@article {50918, title = {Types of Neotropical Mycetophilidae (Diptera) at the Natural History Museum collection, London}, journal = {Zootaxa}, volume = {3726}, year = {2013}, month = {25/10/2013}, pages = {1{\textendash}119}, abstract = {

The primary types, secondary types, and some other identified specimens of 407 Neotropical species of Mycetophilidae at the Natural History Museum, London were examined. Notes were made on the condition of the primary types, their labels, and presence of other specimens in the type series. Additional comments are made about types, secondary types and some few other cases worth of note mistakenly determined to be at the NHM. Lectotypes are designated for syntypes of 17 species: Epicypta insipiens (Williston), Epicypta dolosa (Williston), Leia amabilis Williston, Leia concinna (Williston), Leia nitens (Williston), Megalopelma cellularis Edwards, Megalopelma fraudulenta (Williston), Megalopelma platyura Edwards, Mycetophila borgmeieri Edwards, Mycomya meridionalis Johannsen, Monoclona digitata Edwards, Mycomya peruviana Edwards, Neoempheria maculipennis Williston, Procycloneura paranensis Edwards, Stenophragma nigricauda Edwards, Tetragoneura simplex Edwards, Trizygia nitens Edwards. Three species\–Leia biamputata Edwards, Leia fuscicornis Edwards, and Neallodia flavida Edwards\–previously considered subjective junior synonyms in the literature were revalidated. Mycetophila rufoides nom. nov. is proposed for Mycetophila rufa Lane (preocc. Macquart 1826). Mycetophila dolosa Williston is transferred to Epicypta, without being assigned to a particular subgenus. The type of Sceptonia paiaguensis Freeman is formally considered lost. Photographs taken of holotypes and lectotypes are included, helping taxonomic documentation and in some extent, species identification. After the nomenclatural acts in this paper, the Natural History Museum, London, now holds holotypes of 292 Neotropical species of the Mycetophilidae, 23 lectotypes, syntypes of 3 species that have syntypes in other collections, paratypes of 81 species that have holotypes in other collections, identified specimens of 5 species with types lost and specimens of three species which fit in other cases.

}, keywords = {Diptera, Mycetophilidae, Natural History Museum, Neotropics, Taxonomy, types}, issn = {1175-5334}, doi = {10.11646/zootaxa.3726.1.1}, url = {http://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.3726.1.1}, author = {Amorim, D.d.Souza and Oliveira, S.S.} } @article {50038, title = {New records of Manota WILLISTON (Diptera: Mycetophilidae) in Europe and North America, including a redescription of Manota unifurcata LUNDSTR{\"O}M and pointers towards the interrelationships among Palaearctic species}, journal = {Studia dipterologica}, volume = {17}, year = {2011}, pages = {55-66}, abstract = {Knowledge of the morphology of Manota unifurcata LUNDSTR{\"O}M, 1913 is deepened by a detailed description and illustration of the male genitalia. Based on a study of the characters of the male genitalia in specimens from various countries, it is reconfirmed that M. unifurcata is the only species of Manota WILLISTON in Europe. Its geographic distribution is reviewed, and is augmented by new records from Germany and the first records from Sweden. The relationships of M. unifurcata to other Manota species are discussed. It appears that the species is rather isolated from other Manota in terms of both morphology and geographic distribution. The presence of a male hind tibial organ, which is described here, is a synapomorphous character shown by at least 4 of the 5 East Palaearctic species of Manota. These species and several Oriental Manota, for which presence or absence of the tibial organ is unknown, have several male genitalia characters in common, a fact that indicates their close relationships. Manota ibanezi HIPPA \& HUERTA, 2009 from Mexico is shown to occur also in the north-eastern United States (Maine and New York). These are the first records of a named Manota species from the Nearctic Region. Possible explanations for the rarity of Manota in both North America and Europe are discussed.}, keywords = {Europe, Faunistics, Holarctic region, Manota, Mycetophilidae, North America, relationships, Sciaroidea, Taxonomy}, author = {Jaschhof, Mathias and Jaschhof, Catrin and Rulik, Bj{\"o}rn and Kj{\ae}randsen, Jostein} } @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} } @inbook {43909, title = {The fungus gnats (Diptera: Bolitophilidae, Keroplatidae, Mycetophilidae) of Sardinia, with description of six new species}, booktitle = {Research on the Terrestrial Arthropods of Sardinia (Italy)}, series = {Zootaxa}, volume = {2318}, year = {2009}, pages = {450-506}, publisher = {Magnolia Press}, organization = {Magnolia Press}, address = {Auckland}, abstract = {The fungus gnat fauna of Sardinia is reviewed and data presented for all species recorded. Altogether one species of Bolitophilidae, 16 species of Keroplatidae and 105 species of Mycetophilidae are recognised as occurring in Sardinia. As the bolitophilid and two of the mycetophilid species are represented only by females and are not determined to species level, the total confirmed Sardinian list stands at 119 species. Four species of Keroplatidae and 19 species of Mycetophilidae are new to the total Italian fauna, whereas three species of Keroplatidae and 32 species of Mycetophilidae are newly recorded for the island of Sardinia. Six species are described as new to science: two Keroplatidae (Urytalpa juliae sp. nov., Macrocera nuragica sp. nov.) and four Mycetophilidae (Boletina ichnusa sp. nov., Trichonta sandalyon sp. nov., Sciophila benjaminbottomi sp. nov., Sciophila immodesta sp. nov.). The new synonymy Zygomyia valida Winnertz, 1863 = Zygomyia simplex Strobl, 1895 syn. nov. is established. Macrocera penicillata Costa, 1857 is tentatively considered as a synonym of M. phalerata Meigen, 1818. Label data are provided for 5 and 17 species recorded without further detail in the Fauna Europaea online database, respectively from Italian mainland and Sicily; one species, Mycetophila alea Laffoon, 1965 is newly recorded for Sicily. Three species based on unconfirmed 19th century records cited by Hellrigl from South Tyrol should be deleted from the Italian list: Exechiopsis indecisa (Walker, 1856), Mycetophila signata Meigen, 1830 and Mycomya storai V{\"a}is{\"a}nen, 1979.}, keywords = {Bolitophilidae, distribution, fungus gnats, Italy (mainland), Keroplatidae, Mycetophilidae, new records, new species, Sardinia, Sicily, Taxonomy}, url = {http://mapress.com/zootaxa/2009/f/zt02318p506.pdf}, author = {Chandler, Peter J.}, editor = {Cerretti, P. and Mason, F. and Minelli, A. and Nardi, G. and Whitmore, D.} } @article {43750, title = {The Cycloneura Marshall group of genera in New Zealand (Diptera: Mycetophilidae: Leiini)}, journal = {Zootaxa}, volume = {2090}, year = {2009}, pages = {1-39}, abstract = {The Cycloneura group of genera, as it is here defined, represents a significant component of the Leiini (Diptera: Mycetophilidae) in New Zealand. The group includes little known genera, such as Cawthronia Tonnoir \& Edwards, Cycloneura Marshall, Paracycloneura Tonnoir \& Edwards, Paradoxa Marshall and Sigmoleia Tonnoir \& Edwards, which are reviewed, as well as two new genera, Tonnwardsia gen. n. and Waipapamyia gen. n., which are described here. The prominent feature of Cycloneura-like leiines is the peculiar course of the hind wing veins, CuA2 and A1. Typically, A1 approaches the sinuous course of CuA2, or the two veins even join each other, thereby forming a closed posterior cubital cell. In New Zealand the Cycloneura group is more speciose than previously thought. New species described in this paper are: Paracycloneura inopinata sp. n., Sigmoleia peterjohnsi sp. n., Sigmoleia separata sp. n., Sigmoleiasimilis sp. n., Waipapamyia dentata sp. n., Waipapamyia elongata sp. n., and Waipapamyia truncata sp. n. The New Zealand members of the Cycloneura group do not form a monophyletic group in themselves, but are variously related to extralimital taxa the majority of which is found in the southern Neotropics, South Africa, Australia, and New Caledonia. Possible relationships, with supporting arguments from adult morphology, are discussed.}, keywords = {Leiini, morphology, Mycetophilidae, new genera, new species, New Zealand, Taxonomy}, url = {http://www.online-keys.net/sciaroidea/2000_/Jaschoff\&Kallweit_Zootaxa_2090.pdf}, author = {Jaschhof, Mathias and Kallweit, Uwe} } @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.} } @article {23918, title = {The genus Manota Williston (Diptera: Mycetophilidae) in Thailand, with the description of seven new species}, journal = {Zootaxa}, volume = {1528}, year = {2007}, month = {19/07/2007}, pages = {41-60}, keywords = {Manota, Mycetophilidae, new species, Oriental region, Taxonomy, Thailand}, issn = {1175-5326}, url = {http://www.online-keys.net/sciaroidea/2000_/Hippa\&Papp_2007_Zootaxa_1528.pdf}, author = {Hippa, Heikki and Papp, Laszlo} } @article {23667, title = {Revisione e delimitazione dei genere nelle femmine attere di ditteri micetofilidi Paleartici}, journal = {Frustula ent.}, volume = {10}, number = {1}, year = {1970}, pages = {1-36}, type = {Article}, keywords = {6]., Allopnyxia - Freeman 1952 (Sciaridae): [Diagnostic characters, Allostoomma - Schmitz 1915 (Mycetophilidae): [Diagnostic characters, Allostoomma - Schmitz 1915 (Sciaridae): [Referred to, Apterous form, Dahlica - Enderlein 1912 (Mycetophilidae): [Synonymy, Dahlica - Enderlein 1912 (Sciaridae): [Referred to, Diagnosis, Epidapulus - Venturi 1971 (Mycetophilidae): [Diagnostic characters, Epidapulus - Venturi 1971 (Sciaridae): [Referred to, Epidapus - Haliday 1856 (Sciaridae): [Diagnostic characters, Epidapus atomaria - (De, Female, from, Mycetophilidae, Mycetophilidae (Nematocera): [Revision, Nomenclature, p., p. 26]., P. 6, p. 6]., Palaearctic region]., Pp. 13-16, Referred, Referred to, Sciaridae, Systematics, Taxonomic position, Taxonomy, To, Transferred, Transferred from}, author = {Venturi, F.} } @article {23431, title = {Notes on the holarctic species of Pseudexechia Tuomikoski (Diptera: Mycetophilidae), with the description of a new British species}, journal = {Entomologist{\textquoteright}s Record and Journal of Variation}, volume = {90}, number = {2}, year = {1978}, pages = {44-51}, type = {Article}, keywords = {Eurasia, Europe, Exechia ovata, Exechia tristriata, first record, key, Key to species, Land zones, Mycetophilidae, new record, new species, New taxa, Nomenclature, Northern Ireland, Palaearctic region, Pseudexechia, Pseudexechia aurivernica, Pseudexechia canalicula, Pseudexechia ovata, Pseudexechia trisignata, Pseudexechia tristriata, Synonymy, Systematics, Taxonomy, United Kingdom, Wales}, isbn = {0013-8916}, author = {Chandler, Peter J.} } @article {23411, title = {The genus Manota Williston (Diptera: Mycetophilidae) in Melanesia and Oceania}, journal = {Zootaxa}, volume = {1502}, year = {2007}, pages = {1-44}, abstract = {The following new species of Manota are described: M. biunculata (Papua New Guinea), M. evexa (Papua New Guinea), M. explicans (Papua New Guinea), M. gemella (Ambon, Maluku Utara, Indonesia), M. hirsuta (Papua New Guinea), M. orthacantha (Papua New Guinea), M. parilis (Papua New Guinea), M. pentacantha (Solomon Islands), M. perissochaeta (Papua New Guinea and Solomon Islands), M. serawei (Papua New Guinea), M. sicula (Papua New Guinea), M. spathula (Papua New Guinea), M. subspathula (Papua New Guinea) and M. tricuspis (Fiji). Manota ctenophora Matile (New Caledonia), M. maorica Edwards (New Zealand) and M. taedia Matile (New Caledonia) are redescribed. Manota hamulata Colless, previously known from Palau, is redescribed and recorded from Papua New Guinea. Manota pacifica Edwards from Samoa is discussed and compared with the other species of the region. A key to the Melanesian and Oceanian species of Manota is given.}, keywords = {Manota, Melanesia, morphology, Mycetophilidae, new species, Oceania, Taxonomy}, issn = {1175-5326}, url = {http://www.online-keys.net/sciaroidea/2000_/Hippa_2007_Manota_Melanseia_n_sp.pdf}, author = {Hippa, Heikki} }