Mycetophila Meigen 1803

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Auteurs principaux: Amorim, Dalton De Souza, Oliveira, Sarah Siqueira, Balbi, Maria Isabel P. A., Ang, Yuchen, Torres, Ambrosio, Yeo, Darren, Srivathsan, Amrita, Meier, Rudolf
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author Amorim, Dalton De Souza
Oliveira, Sarah Siqueira
Balbi, Maria Isabel P. A.
Ang, Yuchen
Torres, Ambrosio
Yeo, Darren
Srivathsan, Amrita
Meier, Rudolf
author_facet Amorim, Dalton De Souza
Oliveira, Sarah Siqueira
Balbi, Maria Isabel P. A.
Ang, Yuchen
Torres, Ambrosio
Yeo, Darren
Srivathsan, Amrita
Meier, Rudolf
contents <p><b><i>Mycetophila</i> Meigen</b></p><p><i>Mycetophila</i> Meigen, 1803: 263.</p><p>Type species: <i>Tipula agarici</i> Villers, designated by JOHANNSEN (1909: 116).</p><p><b>Diagnosis</b></p><p>Lateral ocelli touching eye margins, third palpomere not swollen. Border of scutum at anterior third only slightly curved; katepisternum at most slightly compressed; anepisternum with strong bristles at dorsal margin; mesepimeron with bristles; laterotergite haired, well developed. Wing membrane with microtrichia arranged in more or less regular longitudinal lines; Sc ending free or in bR; R 4 absent; M 4 present, complete at basal end, slightly divergent from M 2, parallel with or convergent towards CuA on distal half, tip of M 4 closer to tip of CuA than to tip of M 2.</p><p><b>Remarks</b></p><p><i>Mycetophila</i> has over 650 described species worldwide, most of which known from temperate areas in South America, Australia, New Zealand, and the Holarctic regions (JÜRGENSTEIN et al. 2015). There are some clades of the genus in tropical areas, but they are species-poor and not abundant.</p><p>A total of 40 species of <i>Mycetophila</i> have been described from the Oriental region. Of this total, 30 are from China, three from Nepal, three from India, and four from Southeast Asia: <i>M. borneana</i> Edwards from Mt. Kinabalu, Malaysia (EDWARDS 1933), <i>M. lineicoxa</i> Edwards and <i>M. trimacula</i> Edwards from the mountains of Gunong Tahan, Malaysia (EDWARDS 1928), and <i>M. reversa</i> Edwards from Bukittinggi [= “Fort de Kock”], Sumatra, Indonesia (EDWARDS 1931). We found three species of <i>Mycetophila</i> in our Singapore samples, which may belong to a small clade in the genus separate from the larger, showy groups in southern and northern temperate areas of the globe. The three Southeast Asian described <i>Mycetophila</i> species are brownish (like <i>Mycetophila aishae</i> <b>sp. n.</b>), but differ in details of the male terminalia.</p><p>The haplotype network for the genus (Fig. 98D) does not suggest any conflicts among the different approaches, clearly recognizing three species. Most specimens of <i>Mycetophila</i> in our samples come from the swamp forest and rain forest, but <i>M. aishae</i> <b>sp. n.</b> was collected only in one of the urban forests.</p>
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spellingShingle Mycetophila Meigen 1803
Amorim, Dalton De Souza
Oliveira, Sarah Siqueira
Balbi, Maria Isabel P. A.
Ang, Yuchen
Torres, Ambrosio
Yeo, Darren
Srivathsan, Amrita
Meier, Rudolf
Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Diptera
Mycetophilidae
Mycetophila
<p><b><i>Mycetophila</i> Meigen</b></p><p><i>Mycetophila</i> Meigen, 1803: 263.</p><p>Type species: <i>Tipula agarici</i> Villers, designated by JOHANNSEN (1909: 116).</p><p><b>Diagnosis</b></p><p>Lateral ocelli touching eye margins, third palpomere not swollen. Border of scutum at anterior third only slightly curved; katepisternum at most slightly compressed; anepisternum with strong bristles at dorsal margin; mesepimeron with bristles; laterotergite haired, well developed. Wing membrane with microtrichia arranged in more or less regular longitudinal lines; Sc ending free or in bR; R 4 absent; M 4 present, complete at basal end, slightly divergent from M 2, parallel with or convergent towards CuA on distal half, tip of M 4 closer to tip of CuA than to tip of M 2.</p><p><b>Remarks</b></p><p><i>Mycetophila</i> has over 650 described species worldwide, most of which known from temperate areas in South America, Australia, New Zealand, and the Holarctic regions (JÜRGENSTEIN et al. 2015). There are some clades of the genus in tropical areas, but they are species-poor and not abundant.</p><p>A total of 40 species of <i>Mycetophila</i> have been described from the Oriental region. Of this total, 30 are from China, three from Nepal, three from India, and four from Southeast Asia: <i>M. borneana</i> Edwards from Mt. Kinabalu, Malaysia (EDWARDS 1933), <i>M. lineicoxa</i> Edwards and <i>M. trimacula</i> Edwards from the mountains of Gunong Tahan, Malaysia (EDWARDS 1928), and <i>M. reversa</i> Edwards from Bukittinggi [= “Fort de Kock”], Sumatra, Indonesia (EDWARDS 1931). We found three species of <i>Mycetophila</i> in our Singapore samples, which may belong to a small clade in the genus separate from the larger, showy groups in southern and northern temperate areas of the globe. The three Southeast Asian described <i>Mycetophila</i> species are brownish (like <i>Mycetophila aishae</i> <b>sp. n.</b>), but differ in details of the male terminalia.</p><p>The haplotype network for the genus (Fig. 98D) does not suggest any conflicts among the different approaches, clearly recognizing three species. Most specimens of <i>Mycetophila</i> in our samples come from the swamp forest and rain forest, but <i>M. aishae</i> <b>sp. n.</b> was collected only in one of the urban forests.</p>
title Mycetophila Meigen 1803
topic Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Diptera
Mycetophilidae
Mycetophila
url https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.18313063