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Species Mycophila speyeri

Mycophila speyeri (Barnes 1926) - Mycophila speyeri - male

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Diptera (Flies)

No Taxon ("Nematocera" (Non-Brachycera))

Infraorder Bibionomorpha (Gnats, Gall Midges, and March Flies)

Superfamily Sciaroidea (Fungus Gnats and Gall Midges)

Family Cecidomyiidae (Gall Midges and Wood Midges)

Subfamily Micromyinae

Genus Mycophila

Species speyeri (Mycophila speyeri)

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Pezomyia speyeri Barnes, 1926

Range

Holarctic, introduced in some parts of its range.

Life Cycle

Paedogenesis is the normal reproductive method, with winged adults produced under crowded conditions.

Remarks

A pest of cultivated mushrooms.

"It was first identified from Great Britain. It is now known from Europe, China and Japan. In the US its distribution is from Michigan, Pennsylvania, Maryland to Virginia. The larvae attack cultivated mushrooms and through shipping and world trade this species has been accidentally introduced to many ports of entry. Because the larvae cause economic damage to the mushroom industry, there is a great deal of literature surrounding this species."

Comment by John Plakidas, 28 September, 2014

Print References

Chung, Shiu-Ling and Robert Snetsinger. 1965. Environmental Effects Upon Reproduction of a Mushroom-infesting Cecid Fly, Mycophila speyeri (Barnes) (Diptera: Ceciodomyiidae). Canadian Entomologist 97(12):1318-1323.

Internet References

The Canadian Entomologist

Contributed by John F. Carr on 28 September, 2014 - 7:44am
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset
Last updated 28 September, 2014 - 7:13pm

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