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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » "Nematocera" (Non-Brachycera) » Gnats, Gall Midges, and March Flies (Bibionomorpha) » Wood Gnats (Anisopodidae) » Anisopodinae » Sylvicola

Genus Sylvicola

Classification · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Size · Identification · Range · Habitat · Food · Print References · Works Cited
Sylvicola - Sylvicola alternatus - female Wood Gnat - Sylvicola fenestralis - female Wood Gnat - Sylvicola fenestralis - female maybe Sylvicola - Sylvicola Sylvicola fenestralis? - Sylvicola fenestralis Sylvicola fenestralis? - Sylvicola fenestralis Sylvicola sp. - Sylvicola fly - Sylvicola
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)
Family Anisopodidae (Wood Gnats)
Subfamily Anisopodinae
Genus Sylvicola
Explanation of Names
Sylvicola Harris 1780
'forest dweller'
Numbers
5 spp. in our area(1)
Size
4‒8 mm
Identification
mosquito-like but proboscis shorter than head; thorax humped, with three dark dorsal stripes; wings with dark spots
Range
most of NA(1)
Habitat
larvae in decaying wood/vegetation; adults on foliage or around flowing sap in damp areas; may be attracted to light
Food
decaying plant matter, fermenting sap
Print References
(2)
Works Cited
1.American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico
Ross H. Arnett. 2000. CRC Press.
2.Notes on Nearctic Sylvicola (Diptera: Anisopodidae)
Pratt, G.K. and H.D. Pratt. 1980. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 82(1): 86-98.
Contributed by Robin McLeod on 4 March, 2005 - 11:40am
Additional contributions by Bbarnd, Vox Sciurorum, v belov
Last updated 3 December, 2023 - 1:55pm

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