@article {60253, title = {Phylogeny, classification, Mesozoic fossils, and biogeography of the Leiinae (Diptera: Mycetophilidae)}, journal = {Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History}, volume = {446}, year = {2021}, pages = {1-108}, abstract = {

The relationships among the genera of fungus gnats in the mycetophilid subfamily Leiinae are unclear, and the monophyly of this group is questionable. This monograph provides an extensive phylogenetic study of theLeiinae based on morphological data from a large taxonomic sample, including all genera that have ever been assigned to the subfamily and a wide outgroup sampling to properly test subfamilial monophyly. A data matrix with 128 morphological features of 117 terminal taxa was carried out under parsimony using different implicit weight schemes. All recovered topologies support a monophyletic Leiinae that is more restricted than the usual delimitation of the subfamily. We found no consistent evidence that a clade with Docosia Winnertz, Novakia Strobl, Ectrepesthoneura Enderlein, and Tetragoneura Winnertz group together with the remaining genera of Leiinae. A name with subfamily rank--Tetragoneurinae, already present in the literature--is used here to refer to this group. The allactoneurine genera Sticholeia S\øli and Allactoneurade Meijere form a clade with the leiine genus Leiella and the genera of Manotinae, which is deeply nested within the Leiinae. The male terminalia patterns found within the subfamily are analyzed and illustrated. A classification for the Leiinae is proposed grouping 33 genera in seven clades ranked as tribes: Selkirkiini Enderlein, Megophthalmidiini, trib. nov., Rondaniellini, trib. nov., Cycloneurini Shaw and Shaw, Manotini Edwards, Anomalomyiini, trib. nov., and Leiini Edwards. A key for the world genera of Leiinae is also provided. The Cretaceous mycetophilid fossil record is revisited and the biogeographic evolution of the Leiinae is discussed.

}, url = {http://digitallibrary.amnh.org/handle/2246/7256}, author = {Oliveira, Sarah Siqueira and Amorim, Dalton de Sousa} } @article {51840, title = {Catalogue of Neotropical Diptera. Mycetophilidae.}, journal = {Neotropical Diptera}, volume = {25}, year = {2014}, month = {31.Oct.2014}, pages = {1-87}, chapter = {1}, abstract = {

The catalogue of the Mycetophilidae of the Neotropical region is updated. The region now has records of 1145
species in 54 genera of the family. Syntemna laticornis Enderlein is transferred to genus Dziedzickia Johannsen, while
Aphelomera armata Freeman, A. cristata Freeman, A. inermis Freeman, and A. subcompleta Edwards are transferred to
Neoaphelomera Miller. Dziedzickia coheri Lane is proposed to be a subjective junior synonym of D. laticornis (Enderlein).
Coelosia neotropica Lane, previously placed in Coelophthinia, is reinstated in the genus Coelosia, while Mycetophila
macula Enderlein, that had been transferred to Epicypta, is reinstated in the genus Mycetophila. Specifi c status is given
to Tetragoneura minor Enderlein and to Mycomya dorsimacula Enderlein. A new name, Neoempheria kerteszi Oliveira
\& Amorim, is given to Neoempheria apicalis Kert\ész, which is preoccupied. Freemanomyia elongata (Freeman), from
Chile, is kept in the catalogue, though it is questionably a Mycetophilidae species. Information on the gender, status, and
depositing institution of the types is included for all species whenever available. Comments are added to cases in which
there is relevant new taxonomic information.

}, author = {Oliveira, Sarah Siqueira}, editor = {Dalton de Souza Amorim} } @article {50917, title = {The first Cordyla Meigen species (Diptera, Mycetophilidae) from continental Australia and Tasmania}, journal = {ZooKeys}, volume = {342}, year = {2013}, month = {10/2013}, chapter = {29-43}, abstract = {

A new species of Mycetophilidae, Cordyla australica sp. n., is described from continental Australia and
Tasmania, representing the first Cordyla record in the region. A detailed description of its morphology
with illustrations of male and female terminalia and a map of the collecting localities are provided. According
to the structure of male terminalia, C. australica sp. n. belongs to the C. murina species-group
that has 13 species worldwide. Within the group C. australica sp. n. resembles C. murina but has a unique
outline of the hypoproct and medial branch of the gonostylus. The observed distributional pattern is
restricted to the rainforest of eastern Australia and Tasmania.

}, keywords = {Australia, Cordyla, Diptera, Mycetophilidae, new species, Tasmania}, issn = {1313-2970}, doi = {10.3897/zookeys.342.6045}, url = {http://www.pensoft.net/journals/zookeys/issue/342/}, author = {Kurina, Olavi and Oliveira, Sarah Siqueira} } @article {48342, title = {Docosia adusta sp. nov. (Diptera, Mycetophilidae) from the Colombian Andes: a Holarctic element in northwestern South America}, journal = {Canadian Entomologist}, volume = {143}, year = {2011}, month = {12/2011}, pages = {688-696}, chapter = {688}, abstract = {A third Neotropical species of the genus Docosia Winnertz is described from the Colombian Andes. Three males and four females of D. adusta sp. nov. from Cundinamarca, Colombia, collected at 3600m elevation were examined. Detailed illustrations of the male and female terminalia are presented and morphological differences in relation to those of other species of the genus are discussed. The relationships between Holarctic and Neotropical species within Docosia are discussed and overlap of circumantarctic, tropical, and Nearctic elements in the northern Andes is considered.}, doi = {10.4039/n11-033}, author = {Oliveira, Sarah Siqueira and Dalton de Souza Amorim} } @article {45911, title = {The identity of Paratrizygia conformis Tonnoir (Diptera, Mycetophilidae), with comments on its systematic position }, journal = {Zootaxa}, volume = {2892}, year = {2011}, pages = {47-52}, abstract = {Paratrizygia conformis, the type{\textendash}species of the genus Paratrizygia, from Tasmania, is redescribed from the holotype. The wing venation and male terminalia are illustrated in detail. The question of the monophyly of the genus{\textemdash}which has four additional species in Chile and southern Argentina, and four species in the Atlantic Forest, in Brazil{\textemdash}is addressed. Comments are made on the relationships of the genus in the Azana{\textendash}group of Sciophilinae. The hypothesis of monophyly of Paratrizygia is retained, as indicated by the presence of modified, elongated spines on a distal fold of tergite 9.}, keywords = {Mycetophilidae, Paratrizygia, redescriptio, Sciophilinae, Taxonomy}, author = {Amorim, Dalton de Sousa and Oliveira, Sarah Siqueira and McAlister, Erica} } @article {45011, title = {Four new species of Paratrizygia Tonnoir from the Brazilian Atlantic Forest (Diptera, Mycetophilidae, Sciophilinae)}, journal = {Zootaxa}, volume = {2629}, year = {2010}, pages = {29-46}, abstract = {Paratrizygia Tonnoir was originally described for P. conformis, from Australia, and since then only four species have been added to the genus, from Chile and Southern Argentina. We add four new species to the genus Paratrizygia{\textemdash}P. balbii sp. nov., P. alvesi sp. nov., P. camargoi sp. nov., and P. albidens sp.nov.{\textemdash}from the southern part of the Brazilian Atlantic Forest. Comments are made about the possible relationships of the Brazilian and other Neotropical species of the genus. An identification key to the Neotropical species of the genus is provided.}, keywords = {Atlantic forest, Mycetophilidae, Neotropics, Paratrizygia, Sciophilinae, Taxonomy}, url = {http://www.online-keys.net/sciaroidea/2000_/Olivera_et_Amirim_Paratryzigia_zt02629p046.pdf}, author = {Oliveira, Sarah Siqueira and Amorim, Dalton de Sousa} } @article {43929, title = {The genus Phthinia Winnertz (Diptera, Mycetophilidae) in the Neotropical region, with the first records from Brazil}, journal = {Zootaxa}, volume = {2350}, year = {2010}, month = {03/02/2010}, pages = {22-34}, abstract = {Three Neotropical species of Phthinia Winnertz have been described to date. The genus is known from Chile and southern Argentina. Four new species are herein described for the genus in the region, two from Brazil{\textemdash}Phthinia theresae, sp.n., from the State of Esp{\'\i}rito Santo, and Phithinia urubici, sp.n., from the State of Santa Catarina{\textemdash}and two from Chile{\textemdash}Phthinia freemani, sp.n., and Phthinia parafurcata, sp.n. Comments are made about the relationships between the Neotropical species. Some notes are added about P. furcata Freeman, P. flagellata Freeman, and P. fasciata Freeman, from Chile and southern Argentina. Attention is called for the fact that Phthinia has two species in Brazil disjunct from the other temperate species of the genus in South America, differently from most similar cases, that have a single known representative in Brazil.}, keywords = {Diptera, Mycetophilidae, Neotropics, Phthinia, Taxonomy}, issn = {1175-5326}, url = {http://www.online-keys.net/sciaroidea/2000_/Olivera\&Amorim_zt02350p034_Phthinia.pdf}, author = {Oliveira, Sarah Siqueira and Amorim, Dalton de Sousa} } @article {28797, title = {First Neotropical species of genus Azana (Diptera: Mycetophilidae: Sciophilinae)}, journal = {Zootaxa}, volume = {1937}, year = {2008}, month = {19 Nov. 2008 }, pages = {67-68}, url = {http://www.online-keys.net/sciaroidea/2000_/Amorim\&al2008_Zootaxa_1937.pdf}, author = {Amorim, Dalton de Sousa and Oliveira, Sarah Siqueira and Balbi, Maria Isabel P. A.} } @article {28796, title = {Eleven new species of the genus Cluzobra Edwards (Diptera, Mycetophilidae, Sciophilinae) from the Atlantic Forest of Brazil Sciophilinae) from the Atlantic Forest of Brazil}, journal = {Zootaxa}, volume = {1920}, year = {2008}, month = {31 Oct. 2008 }, pages = {1-28}, abstract = {Eleven new species of the sciophiline genus Cluzobra Edwards are described and illustrated {\textendash} Cluzobra triocellata, sp.n., Cluzobra accola, sp.n., Cluzobra claripennis, sp.n., Cluzobra papaveroi, sp.n., Cluzobra coptolithus, sp.n., Cluzobra vockerothi, sp.n., Cluzobra sapiranga, sp.n., Cluzobra fluminense, sp.n., Cluzobra fritzmuelleri, sp.n., Cluzobra spinata, sp.n., Cluzobra elpidia, sp.n. Additional specimens of C. fuscipennis Edwards, C. plaumanni Edwards, and C. binocellaris (Edwards) have been identified, extending the distribution range of these species. The species were identified and described based on 173 specimens at different latitudes along the Atlantic Forest in eastern Brazil and northern Argentina. The position of the new species in the groups of species proposed for the genus in the literature is considered. Three areas of endemism are identified for the group, one from southern Brazil, northern Argentina and Paraguay northwards to areas at higher altitudes in the States of Minas Gerais and Rio de Janeiro, one from southern Bahia to the extreme north of the Atlantic Forest, in the State of Rio Grande do Norte, and one in west State of S{\~a}o Paulo, extending west and northwards into the states of Mato Grosso do Sul and Goi{\'a}s. This paper raises the number of known Cluzobra to 41 species.}, url = {http://www.online-keys.net/sciaroidea/2000_/Amorim\&al2008_Zootaxa_1920.pdf}, author = {Amorim, Dalton de Sousa and Oliveira, Sarah Siqueira} } @article {26835, title = {Azana atlantica, n.sp., with reduced mouthparts and two ocelli: first record of Azana for the Neotropical region (Diptera: Mycetophilidae: Sciophilinae)}, journal = {Zootaxa}, volume = {1789}, year = {2008}, pages = {57-65}, abstract = {A new Sciophilinae{\textemdash}Azana atlantica, sp.n.{\textemdash}is described from the Atlantic Forest in southeastern Brazil. The species has a number of distinctive apomorphic features, including loss of the mid ocellus, reduced mouthparts, Sc short and incomplete, first section of Rs missing, r-m elongated, longitudinal in position, aligned with the second section of Rs(R5), unforked medial and cubital veins, R4 missing, M4 entirely absent, gonostyle triangular, with an inner row of elongated spines and a basal, digitiform inner projection. Some of these features are shared with other genera of the Azanagroup of Sciophilinae. The shape of the scutum and the strong spines on the gonostyle make it clear that the species belongs in Azana, despite the features that are distinctive from the remaining species in the genus. There are ten species described in Azana to date, from United States, Europe, Sri Lanka, Canary Islands, tropical Africa and Baltic amber. This is the first Neotropical species belonging to the genus. The complete loss of M4 and the separated gonocoxites suggest that Azana atlantica, sp.n. forms a monophyletic group with the Afrotropical species of the genus. Azana, Morganiella, Neoaphelomera, Neotrizygia, and Trizygia are shown to compose a small clade within the Azana-group of genera. The division of the genus into two subgenera{\textemdash}A. (Azana) and A. (Jugazana){\textemdash}most probably renders A. (Azana) paraphyletic and it is suggested that this should be for the time being abandoned.}, keywords = {Atlantic forest, Azana, biodiversity, Diptera, Mycetophilidae, Neotropical region, Sciophilinae, Taxonomy}, url = {http://www.online-keys.net/sciaroidea/2000_/Amorim\%26al2008_Zootaxa_1789.pdf}, author = {Amorim, Dalton de Sousa and Oliveira, Sarah Siqueira and Balbi, Maria Isabel P. A.} }