TY - JOUR T1 - Exploring the visual world of fossilized and modern fungus gnat eyes (Diptera: Keroplatidae) with X-ray microtomography Y1 - 2020 DO - 10.1098/rsif.2019.0750 A1 - Taylor, Gavin J. A1 - Hall, Stephen A. A1 - Gren, Johan A. A1 - Baird, Emily AB -

Animal eyes typically possess specialized regions for guiding different behavioural tasks within their specific visual habitat. These specializations, and evolutionary changes to them, can be crucial for understanding an animal’s ecology. Here, we explore how the visual systems of some of the smallest flying insects, fungus gnats, have adapted to different types of forest habitat over time (approx. 30 Myr to today). Unravelling how behavioural, environmental and phylogenetic factors influence the evolution of visual specializations is difficult, however, because standard quantitative techniques often require fresh tissue and/or provide data in eye-centric coordinates that prevent reliable comparisons between species with different eye morphologies. Here, we quantify the visual world of three gnats from different time periods and habitats using X-ray microtomography to create high-resolution three-dimensional models of the compound eyes of specimens in different preservation states—fossilized in amber, dried or stored in ethanol. We present a method for analysing the geometric details of individual corneal facets and for estimating and comparing the sensitivity, spatial resolution and field of view of species across geographical space and evolutionary time. Our results indicate that, despite their miniature size, fungus gnats do have variations in visual properties across their eyes. We also find some indication that these visual specializations vary across species and may represent adaptations to their different forest habitats. Overall, the findings demonstrate how such investigations can be used to study the evolution of visual specializations—and sensory ecology in general—across a range of insect taxa from different geographical locations and across time.

L2 - 57429 L3 - 69999 UR - https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rsif.2019.0750 ER - TY - ICOMM T1 - Fauna Europaea: Bolitophilidae, Diadocidiidae, Ditomyiidae, Keroplatidae and Mycetophilidae from Sweden Y1 - 2005 A1 - Chandler, Peter J. L2 - 49367 L3 - 50673 JA - Fauna Europaea: Diptera, Nematocera PB - Fauna Europaea VL - 2005 UR - http://www.faunaeur.org ER - TY - CHAP T1 - Svensk Insektfauna 11. Tvåvingar. Diptera. Första underordningen Orthorapha. Första gruppen myggor. Nematocera. Fam. 12-13 T2 - Svensk Insektfauna 11. Tvåvingar. Diptera. 1. Orthorapha. Första gruppen myggor. Nematocera Y1 - 1921 A1 - Wahlgren, Einar SP - 141 EP - 273 L2 - 49354 L3 - 50634 JA - Svensk Insektfauna 11. Tvåvingar. Diptera. 1. Orthorapha. Första gruppen myggor. Nematocera PB - Entomologiska Föreningen i Stockholm, Almquist & Wiksells Boktryckeri CY - Uppsala & Stockholm ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Succession of Diptera in dead beech wood: A 10-year study JF - Pedobiologia Y1 - 2003 A1 - Hövemeyer, K. A1 - Schauermann, Jürgen SP - 61 EP - 75 L2 - 43800 L3 - 44265 VL - 47 ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Annotated checklist of fungus gnats from Sweden (Diptera: Bolitophilidae, Diadocidiidae, Ditomyiidae, Keroplatidae and Mycetophilidae) JF - Insect Systematics and Evolution Supplements Y1 - 2007 A1 - Kjærandsen, Jostein A1 - Hedmark, Kjell A1 - Kurina, Olavi A1 - Polevoi, Alexei A1 - Økland, Bjørn A1 - Frank Götmark SP - 1–128 AB -

The first modern Swedish checklist of fungus gnats of the families Bolitophilidae, Diadocidiidae, Ditomyiidae, Keroplatidae and Mycetophilidae is presented. The checklist results from a comprehensive literature research as well as treatment of a considerable determined and undetermined material from Swedish museum collections and recent material from several sources. To get better grounds for judging many old and doubtful records from Sweden, a nearly complete review of fungus gnats from the J. W. Zetterstedt collection at the Museum of Zoology in Lund has been undertaken and identifications corrected where needed. In order to preserve nomenclatural stability three species names are reinstated, all with priority over junior synonyms, viz. Orfelia lugubris (Zetterstedt, 1851) comb. n. = Orfelia tristis (Lundström, 1911) syn. n., Ectrepesthoneura ovata Ostroverkhova, 1977 = Ectrepesthoneura bucera Plassmann, 1980 syn. n., and Dynatosoma thoracicum (Zetterstedt, 1838) sens. auct. nec Zaitzev = Dynatosoma norwegiense Zaitzev & Økland, 1994 syn. n. We further find the holotype of Mycetophila grisea Zetterstedt, 1852 to be identical to Mycetophila perpallida Chandler, 1993, but retain Mycetophila perpallida pending a review of other possible synonyms with precedence. Ectrepesthoneura pubescens (Zetterstedt, 1860) is found to be a synonym of Ectrepesthoneura unifurcata (Zetterstedt, 1860) comb. n. syn. n. where the first name is retained as valid due to page priority. Four names described by Zetterstedt remain nom. dub., viz.: Mycomya diluta (Zetterstedt, 1860), Mycomya (Mycomya) notata (Zetterstedt, 1860), Brevicornu fusculum (Zetterstedt, 1838), and Brevicornu obscurellum (Zetterstedt, 1838) comb. n. Stigmatomeria obscura (Winnertz, 1863) sp. restit. is found to be a distinct species separate from Stigmatomeria crassicornis (Stannius, 1831). New combinations are suggested for Exechia praedita Plassmann, 1976 = Exechiopsis (Xenexechia) praedita (Plassmann, 1976) comb. n., and for Rhymosia pectinacea Ostroverkhova, 1979 = Pseudexechia pectinacea (Ostroverkhova, 1979) comb. n. Having removed 17 published species names with doubtful or wrong records (listed at the end) we find that the published sources comprise altogether 585 species. 137 species are reported for the first time in Sweden, bringing the total up to 722. Additional 36 species considered to be new to science are mentioned for completeness, but will be further presented and described elsewhere. Hence, at present the known fauna (including claimed undescribed species) comprises 758 species in 83 genera; 25 species of the family Bolitophilidae, 5 of the family Diadocidiidae, 3 of the family Ditomyiidae, 45 of the family Keroplatidae, 679 of the family Mycetophilidae and 1 in the unplaced genus Sciarosoma Chandler. For each species a full account of published Swedish sources with pagination, all synonyms used in Sweden and the currently known distribution in the Swedish provinces as well as the known world distribution is given. The Swedish species of fungus gnats are generally very widespread: 47% being widespread in Europe, 43% being distributed in the Eastern Palaearctic Region, and 25% having a Holarctic distribution. We find significantly higher species richness in the boreal forests of northern Sweden, but only 3% of the species so far described are known only from the Nordic biogeographical region.

L2 - 26324 L3 - 51965 VL - 65 UR - http://www.online-keys.net/sciaroidea/add01/Kjerandsen_et_al_2007_Checklist_Sweden.pdf ER - TY - CHAP T1 - Family Keroplatidae T2 - Catalogue of Palaearctic Diptera. Volume 3. Ceratopogonidae - Mycetophilidae. Y1 - 1988 A1 - Krivosheina, N. P. A1 - Mamaev, B. M. ED - Soos, A. ED - Papp, L. [Eds]. SP - 1 EP - 448. Chapter paginatio KW - KEROPLATIDAE-; CATALOGUES-; PALAEARCTIC-REGION; Catalogue ; &; biology; * insecta-; ** diptera-; *** nematocera-; **** keroplatidae-; Invertebrates; Arthropods; Insects; Dipterans/True Flies L2 - 22301 L3 - 50692 JA - Catalogue of Palaearctic Diptera. Volume 3. Ceratopogonidae - Mycetophilidae. PB - Elsevier Science Publishers CY - Amsterdam, Oxford etc. N1 - English ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Nine new fungus gnats (Diptera, Sciaroidea, Mycetophilidae) of Portugal JF - Boletim da Sociedade Portuguesa de Entomologia Y1 - 2003 A1 - Ribeiro, Eugenia SP - 401 EP - 411 KW - Animalia-; Apolephthisa-subincana (Diptera-): species- KW - Arthropoda- KW - Biodiversity-; Biogeography-: Population-Studies; Systematics-and-Taxonomy; [75314-] Diptera-[new-taxon] KW - Insecta- KW - Invertebrata- KW - new-record; Mycomya-fimbriata (Diptera-): species- KW - new-record; Mycomya-flavicollis (Diptera-): species-; Mycomya-occultans (Diptera-): species- KW - new-record; Neoempheria-bimaculata (Diptera-): species- KW - new-record; Neoplatyura-modesta (Diptera-): species- KW - new-record; Neoplatyura-nigricauda (Diptera-): species-; Phronia-nigricornis (Diptera-): species-; Phronia-nitidiventris (Diptera-): species-; Phronia-tyrrhenica (Diptera-): species- KW - new-record; Platurocypta-testata (Diptera-): species- KW - new-record; Rymosia-fasciata (Diptera-): species-; Sceptonia-cryptocauda (Diptera-): species-; Sceptonia-nigra (Diptera-): species-; Sceptonia-pilosa (Diptera-): species- KW - new-record; Synapha-fasciata (Diptera-): species-; Tetragoneura-sylvatica (Diptera-): species- KW - new-record; Trichonta-vitta (Diptera AB - In Vilar de Mouros (North of Portugal) we used a Malaise trap, to access entomological biodiversity of the region. Some of the specimens collected are treated in this work. Data for nineteen mycetophilid species are given. Nine of these species are new records to the entomofauna of Portugal. For ten species, a new locality is presented, The new species for Portugal are: Apolephthisa subincana (Curtis, 1837); Mycomya fimbriata (Meigen, 1818); Mycomya occultans (Winnertz, 1863); Neoempheria bimaculata (Von Roser, 1840); Neoplatyura modesta (Winnertz, 1863); Phronia tyrrhenica Edwards, 1928; Platurocypta testata (Edwards, 1925); Sceptonia pilosa Bukowski, 1934 and Tetragoneura sylvatica (Curtis, 1837). L2 - 22871 L3 - 22888 UR - http://www.online-keys.net/sciaroidea/add01/Ribeiro_2003_9_new_ Portugal.pdf N1 - ArticleEnglish ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Neue Mycetophiliden JF - Berliner Entomologische Zeitschrift Y1 - 1885 A1 - Grzegorzek, A SP - 199 EP - 206 L2 - 22130 L3 - 22147 VL - 29 CP - 2 ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Keroplatidae (incl. Macroceridae) JF - Folia Facultatis Scientiarum Naturalium Universitatis Masarykianae Brunensis Biologia Y1 - 2000 A1 - Martinovsky, Jaroslav A1 - Bartak, Miroslav SP - 61 EP - 63 KW - Diptera- KW - Insecta-; Arthropods-; Dipterans-True-Flies; Insects-; Invertebrates- KW - Keroplatidae- : Nematocera- L2 - 22490 L3 - 22507 VL - 104 N1 - Article; PrintEnglish ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Additions à la Faune de France des Diptères Mycetophilidae JF - L'Entomologiste Y1 - 1969 A1 - Matile, Loic SP - 61 EP - 66 L2 - 22505 L3 - 22522 VL - 25 ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Notes on British Mycetophilidae JF - Transactions of the Entomological Society of London Y1 - 1913 A1 - Edwards, Frederick Wallace SP - 334 EP - 382, pl. XII L2 - 21945 L3 - 21962 ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Note sur les Mycetophilidae de la règion pyrénéenne et description de quatre espèces nouvelles JF - Bulletin de la Société Entomologique De France Y1 - 1967 A1 - Matile, Loic SP - 121 EP - 126, 208 AB -

Exechia separa Strobl, 1909: unknown name

 

L2 - 22503 L3 - 22520 VL - 72 ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Eine erste Bestandaufnahme der Pilzmuecken Hessens (Diptera Sciaroidea: Ditomyiidae, Bolitophilidae, Diadocidiidae, Keroplatidae, Mycetophilidae) JF - Entomofauna Y1 - 2005 A1 - Plassmann, Eberhard A1 - Zaenker, Stefan SP - 17 EP - 26 KW - Bolitophilidae- KW - Diadocidiidae- KW - Diptera- KW - Ditomyiidae- KW - Hesse- KW - Insecta- KW - Keroplatidae- KW - Mycetophilidae- : Germany- KW - Records-including-new-records; Bolitophilidae- : Nematocera- AB -

Records of diptera of the families Ditomyiidae, Bolitophilidae, Diadocidiidae, Keroplatidae and Mycetophilidae from Hesse (Germany) are given. Several collections of the Senckenberg Museum, Frankfurt a.M. were revised by the first author. The collection of the second author is based on his collections in caves and mines. Additional the studies of CASPERS were considered.

L2 - 22839 L3 - 22856 VL - 26 N1 - Article; PrintGerman ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Fungus gnats (Diptera: Sciaroidea excl. Sciaridae) in the Swedish boreonemoral forests JF - Studia Dipterologica Y1 - 2005 A1 - Kurina, Olavi A1 - Polevoi, Alexei A1 - Gotmark, Frank A1 - Okland, Bjorn A1 - Frank, Niklas A1 - Norden, Bjorn A1 - Hedmark, Kjell SP - 471 EP - 488 KW - boreonemoral-forests; Mycetophilidae- : Europe- KW - Distribution-records-including-76-new-records KW - Docosia-setosa KW - Fennoscandia- KW - Insecta- KW - Mycetophila-eppingensis KW - Mycetophila-lobulata KW - Mycetophila-pyrenaica KW - Mycetophila-subsigillata KW - New-records; Brevicornu-cognatum KW - Sceptonia-cryptocauda KW - Sceptonia-flavipuncta KW - Sceptonia-longistosa KW - Sceptonia-pilosa KW - Sceptonia-pughi KW - Sciaroidea- ( Nematocera- ) : Sweden- KW - Sciophila-interup; Nematocera- : Diptera- AB -

Fungus gnats in boreonemoral forests of south Sweden are studied using material collected with Malaise and window traps from 17 localities in the years 2001 and 2002. 250 species are recorded including 76 species new to Sweden. 14 of these are found in Fennoscandia for the first time: Docosia setosa LANDROCK, D. spec. (indet. sensu HUTSON et al. 1980), Brevicornu cognatum OSTROVERKHOVA, Mycetophila eppingensis CHANDLER, M. lobulata A. ZAITZEV, M. pyrenaica MATILE, M. subsigillata A. ZAITZEV, Sceptonia cryptocauda CHANDLER, S. flavipuncta EDWARDS, S. longisetosa SEVCIK, S. pilosa BUKOWSKI, S. pughi CHANDLER, Sciophila interrupta (WINNERTZ) and S. plurisetosa EDWARDS. One new synonym is proposed: Dynatosoma dihaeta POLEVOI, 1995 = Dynatosoma schachti PLASSMANN, 1999 syn. nov.

L2 - 22327 L3 - 51306 VL - 11 N1 - Article; PrintEnglish ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Die Fungivoriden-Sammlung des Senckenberg-Museum Frankfurt a. M. (Diptera: Fungivoridae) JF - Senckenbergiana Biologica Y1 - 1970 A1 - Plassmann, Eberhard SP - 387 EP - 391 L2 - 22787 L3 - 47021 VL - 51 CP - 5/6 ER -