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Genus Mycetaulus

Tiny Fly - Mycetaulus costalis Tiny Fly - Mycetaulus costalis Tephritoidea... - Mycetaulus costalis Piophilidae,  Amphipogon species? - Mycetaulus nigritellus - female Lauxaniid Fly? - Mycetaulus polypori Fly - Mycetaulus polypori Cheese Skipper Fly - Mycetaulus Brachyceran Fly - Mycetaulus
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Diptera (Flies)
No Taxon ("Acalyptratae")
Superfamily Tephritoidea
Family Piophilidae (Skipper Flies)
Genus Mycetaulus
Numbers
7 spp. in our area(1)
Identification
Wings with dark apical spot, except for Mycetaulus nigritellus. One postpronotal bristle and 2-3 pairs of dorsocentrals. Often extensively yellow/brown/red.
According to McAlpine (1977), there are at least 8 undescribed Nearctic species, mostly in the bipunctatus group, which can make species ID problematic.
Habitat
Associated with fungus and/or carrion.
Print References
Mcalpine, J. F. (1977). A revised classification of the Piophilidae, including ‘Neottiophilidae’ and ‘Thyreophoridae’ (Diptera: Schizophora). The Memoirs of the Entomological Society of Canada, 109(S103), 1-66.