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Phthinia humilis Winnertz 1864

Description

Phthinia humilis Winnertz, 1864

Material examined. Figure 1. Romania: Căpățânenii Ungureni, Făgăraș Mt., Transfăgăraș, spruce forest, 1280 m a.s.l., 45.5626° N, 024.6093° E, 27 May 2014, Kolcsár L.-P. leg., 1 male, DIPT-JS-2016-0251.

A rather widespread European species (Chandler 2013), here reported for the first time from Romania. The species is associated with forests; adults have been reared from decaying wood, moss carpet, and soil (Jakovlev 2011).

Notes

Published as part of Kolcsár, Levente-Péter & Salmela, Jukka, 2017, New taxonomic and faunistic records of fungus gnats (Insecta, Diptera) from Montenegro, Romania, and Serbia, pp. 533-559 in Check List 13 (5) on page 541, DOI: 10.15560/13.5.533

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Biodiversity

Family
Mycetophilidae
Genus
Phthinia
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Diptera
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
Winnertz
Species
humilis
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Phthinia humilis Winnertz, 1864 sec. Kolcsár & Salmela, 2017

References

  • Chandler PJ (2013) Fauna Europaea: " Bolitophilidae, Keroplatidae, Mycetophilidae. In: Pape T. and P. Beuk. 2013. Fauna Europaea, Diptera. Fauna Europaea version 2.6. 2. http: // www. faunaeur. org. Accessed: 2016 - 10 - 15.
  • Jakovlev J (2011) Fungus gnats (Diptera: Sciaroidea) associated with dead wood and wood growing fungi: new rearing data from Finland and Russian Karelia and general analysis of known larval microhabitats in Europe. Entomologica Fennica 22 (3): 157 - 189.