@article {60592, title = {Twelve flies new to Ireland and one further species confirmed as Irish from six historic demesnes (Diptera: Mycetophilidae, Sciaridae, Psychodidae, Scatopsidae, Ceratopogonidae, Dolichopodidae}, journal = {The Irish Naturalists{\textquoteright} Journal}, volume = {32}, year = {2009}, month = {145-147}, pages = {10 July 2013}, author = {Alexander, Keith N. A. and Chandler, Peter J.} } @article {43928, title = {A review of Allodiopsis (Diptera: Mycetophilidae) from China}, journal = {Oriental Insects}, volume = {43}, year = {2009}, pages = {7-10}, issn = {0030-5316}, author = {Wang, Yi-Ping and Hong, Wu and Xu, Hua-Chao} } @article {43927, title = {Kommentierte Artenlisten der Farn- und Bl{\"u}tenpflanzen und Insekten (Diptera, Odonata, Coleoptera: Bupestridae) des GEO-Artentages in Dessau-Ro{\ss}lau 2009 und vorangegangener Jahre.....}, journal = {Naturwissenschaftliche Beitr{\"a}ge des Museums Dessau}, volume = {21}, year = {2009}, pages = {87-106}, abstract = {Ausgew{\"a}hlte Ergebnisse der entomologischen und botanischen Exkursionen in f{\"u}nf Untersuchungsgebieten im weiteren Umkreis des K{\"u}hnauer Sees in der Stadt Dessau-Ro{\ss}lau werden pr{\"a}sentiert. Die Untersuchungsstellen werden kurz charakterisiert. Nachweise von 55 Insektenarten, darunter 27 Diptera, 18 Odonata, 10 Buprestidae (Coleoptera) und 198 Farn- und Bl{\"u}tenpflanzen werden in Tabellenform gelistet. Besonders seltene und gef{\"a}hrdete, sowie lokal oder national erstmalig belegte Arten werden besprochen. Dabei erfahren u.a. die Taxa Brachypeza radiata Jenkinson, 1908, Trichonta paraterminalis Zaitzev, 1999 (Diptera: Mycetophilidae), Aeshna isoceles (O.F. M{\"u}ller, 1767) (Odonata: Aeshnidae), Trachys scrobiculatus Kiesenwetter, 1857 (Coleoptera: Buprestidae) eingehende Diskussion. Die botanische Exkursion in die Lobenbreite liefert die erste den Autoren bekannte floristische Erfassung des Gebietes seit 1978 und ist Teil der Neubearbeitung der Flora von Dessau-Ro{\ss}lau. An regional seltenen, z.T. gef{\"a}hrdeten Pflanzenarten wurden Silene otites (L.). (Ohrl{\"o}ffel-Leimkraut), Geranium sanguineum L., Vincetoxicum hirundinaria Medik (Schwalbenwurz), Ornithopus perpusillus L.(Vogelfu{\ss}) und Colchicum autumnale L. (Herbst-Zeitlose) nachgewiesen.}, issn = {0138-1636}, author = {Rulik, Bj{\"o}rn and Guido Warthemann and Doreen Kr{\"u}ger and Tom Quast and Susanne Osterloh and Katja Osterloh and Hendrik Freitag} } @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 {43908, title = {Two new species and other new records of fungus gnats (Diptera: Mycetophilidae and Keroplatidae) from Slovakia and the Czech Republic}, journal = {{\v C}asopis Slezskeho Zemskeho Muzea Serie A Vedy Prirodni}, volume = {58}, year = {2009}, pages = {55-60}, abstract = {

Eight species of Mycetophilidae and two species of Keroplatidae (Diptera: Sciaroidea) are for the first time recorded from the Slovak Republic, of which 2 species are described as new - Phronia hruzi sp.n. and Synplasta terezae sp. n. The occurrence of two species in Slovakia is confirmed. Additional two species of Mycetophilidae are firstly recorded from the Czech Republic. A new synonym is proposed: Synplasta exclusa (Dziedzicki, 1889) = S. sintenisi (Lackschewitz, 1937) syn. n.

}, url = {http://www.online-keys.net/sciaroidea/2000_/Sevcik_2009_Slovakia.pdf}, author = {Jan {\v S}ev{\v c}{\'\i}k} } @article {43890, title = {Simultaneous freeze tolerance and avoidance in individual fungus gnats, Exechia nugatoria}, journal = {Journal of Comparative Physiology B}, volume = {179}, year = {2009}, pages = {897-902}, abstract = {Freeze tolerance and freeze avoidance are typically described as mutually exclusive strategies for overwintering in animals. Here we show an insect species that combines both strategies. Individual fungus gnats, collected in Fairbanks, Alaska, display two freezing events when experimentally cooled and different rates of survival after each event (mean {\textpm} SEM: -31.5 {\textpm} 0.2{\textdegree}C, 70\% survival and -50.7 {\textpm} 0.4{\textdegree}C, 0\% survival). To determine which body compartments froze at each event, we dissected the abdomen from the head/thorax and cooled each part separately. There was a significant difference between temperature levels of abdominal freezing (-30.1 {\textpm} 1.1{\textdegree}C) and head/thorax freezing (-48.7 {\textpm} 1.3{\textdegree}C). We suggest that freezing is initially restricted to one body compartment by regional dehydration in the head/thorax that prevents inoculative freezing between the freeze-tolerant abdomen (71.0 {\textpm} 0.8\% water) and the supercooled, freeze-sensitive head/thorax (46.6 {\textpm} 0.8\% water).}, keywords = {Mycetophilidae {\textperiodcentered} Exechia nugatoria {\textperiodcentered} Supercooling {\textperiodcentered} Exotherm}, author = {Sformo, Todd and Kohl, F. and McIntyre, J. and Kerr, Peter and Duman, J. G. and Barnes, B. M.} } @article {43822, title = {On the systematics of the fungus gnat subfamily Mycetophilinae (Diptera): a combined morphological and molecular approach}, journal = {Journal of Zoological Systematics And Evolutionary Research}, volume = {47}, year = {2009}, month = {08/2009}, pages = {227-233}, abstract = {The phylogenetic relationships within the fungus gnat subfamily Mycetophilinae (Diptera) are addressed using a combined morphological and molecular approach. Twenty-four species, representing nine genera of the tribe Mycetophilini and 15 genera of the tribe Exechiini, were included in the study. Analyses include nucleotide sequences of mitochondrial (cytochrome oxidase I and 16S), and nuclear (18S and 28S rDNA) genes, in addition to 65 morphological characters. A combined parsimony analysis, including all characters, supports the monophyly of the subfamily Mycetophilinae and two of its tribes, Exechiini and Mycetophilini. There is also statistical support for a Mycetophila-group and a Phronia-group within the tribe Mycetophilini. The Phronia-group includes the genera Phronia, Macrobrachius and Trichonta. The Mycetophila-group includes the genera Mycetophila, Epicypta, Platurocypta, Sceptonia and Zygomyia. A Bayesian analysis based on the nucleotide sequences alone also support these clades within Mycetophilini except for the position of Dynatosoma which is recovered as the sister taxon to the Phronia-group. A somewhat different pattern, however, is observed for the tribe Exechiini - neither molecular data nor the combined data set support unambiguously any intergeneric relationships within Exechiini.}, url = {http://www.online-keys.net/sciaroidea/2000_/Rindal_et_al_2009_Mycetophilinae_Phylogeny.pdf}, author = {Rindal, Eirik and Soli, Geir E. E. and Bachmann, L.} } @article {43783, title = {Molecular phylogeny of the fungus gnat family Mycetophilidae (Diptera, Mycetophiliformia)}, journal = {Systematic Entomology}, volume = {34}, year = {2009}, note = {Unpublished for the purposes of zoological nomenclature (Art. 8.2, ICZN)}, pages = {524-532}, abstract = {A molecular phylogeny of the fungus gnat family Mycetophilidae based on the nuclear 18S, 28S, and the mitochondrial 16S rRNA genes is presented. The total alignment included 58 taxa and 1704 bp. The family was recovered as monophyletic in parsimony and Bayesian analyses. In the Bayesian analysis, Mycetophilinae and its two tribes, Mycetophilini and Exechiini, were monophyletic with good statistical support. The subfamily Mycomyinae was found consistently in a sister-group relationship to Mycetophilinae. Gnoristinae was rendered paraphyletic, subtending Mycomyinae and Mycetophilinae. Within Gnoristinae, the genera Coelosia Winnertz, Boletina Staeger, Gnoriste Meigen group with Docosia Winnertz, usually considered to be a member of Leiinae. No support was found for the monophyly of the subfamilies Sciophilinae and Leiinae.}, issn = {0307-6970}, url = {http://www.online-keys.net/sciaroidea/2000_/Rindal_et_al_2009_Mycetophilidae_phylogeny.pdf}, author = {Rindal, Eirik and S{\o}li, Geir E. E. and Bachmann, Lutz} } @article {43748, title = {A Siberian fungus gnat (Diptera: Mycetophilidae) species found in Estonia}, journal = {Entomologica Fennica}, volume = {20}, year = {2009}, month = {30 March 2009}, pages = {56-60}, abstract = {

The first European record of Exechia inaperta Ostroverkhova, 1979 is presented and its morphological difference from the allied E. exigua Lundstr\öm, 1909 is discussed. Diagnostic characters and detailed figures ofmale terminalia are given for both species. The new finding of E. inaperta in Estonia indicates a possibly disjunct Euro-Siberian distribution pattern of the South-Taiga, also observed in several other species of fungus gnats.

}, issn = {0785-8760}, url = {http://www.entomologicafennica.org/}, author = {Kurina, Olavi and Kj{\ae}randsen, Jostein} } @article {43717, title = {The genus Pseudexechia Tuomikoski re-characterized, with a review of European species (Diptera: Mycetophilidae)}, journal = {Zootaxa}, volume = {2056}, year = {2009}, pages = {1-45}, abstract = {The genus Pseudexechia Tuomikoski is re-characterized and described, including a thorough morphological study of the male and female terminalia, providing homology assessment of the various parts and substructures. The 25 currently known species of Pseudexechia are tentatively grouped into four species groups that are characterized mainly by structures of the male terminalia: the canalicula group(Holarctic), the longistylus group (Afrotropical) the trisignata group (Holarctic and Oriental), and the trivittata group (Holarctic and Oriental). The ten European species of Pseudexechia are then revised, of which one, Pseudexechia tuomikoskii sp. n., is described as new to science. All males and nine associated females are keyed, measured, described and illustrated. A principal component analysis of 59 morphometric measurements failed to give a clear separation of the different species and species groups. Except for overall size and some diffuse differences in flagellomere and tarsus lengths the present study also failed to reveal morphometric characters that are clearly taxonomically informative, and species identity must rest primarily on structural differences in the terminalia with aid of coloration patterns. Given as ratios, however, some measurements, like the wing vein R4+5 bending index and the length to width ratio of clypeus, appear to be informative at species group level.}, keywords = {Exechiini, morphometrics, new species, revision, species groups}, url = {http://www.online-keys.net/sciaroidea/2000_/Kjaerandsen2009_Zootaxa2056.pdf}, author = {Kj{\ae}randsen, Jostein} }