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Species Sciara sciophila

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 Sciaridae (Dark-winged Fungus Gnats)

Genus Sciara

Species sciophila (Sciara sciophila)

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Sciara sciophila Loew, 1869

Identification

Redescribed in (1) with illustration of male gonostylus.

Range

Reported in (1) from MA, OH, VT, VA, DC.

Habitat

Several specimens examined in (1) were taken in light traps.

Remarks

Similar to the European S. hemerobioides (Scopoli), but that species has two apical lobes on the gonostylus. S. sciophila has three apical lobes. (1)

Falls in the Sciara hemerobioides group sensu Menzel & Mohrig (2000).

Works Cited

1.	Revision of the black fungus gnats (Diptera: Sciaridae) of North America Mohrig W., Heller K., Hippa H., Vilkamaa P., Menzel F. 2012. Studia dipterologica 19: 141–286.

Contributed by Brad Barnd on 5 May, 2015 - 7:21pm

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