Boletina griphoides

Boletina griphoides
Boletina griphoides North Wales wing length 2.5-3 mm.
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Mycetophilidae
Genus: Boletina
Species: B. griphoides
Binomial name
Boletina griphoides
(Edwards, 1925)

Boletina griphoides is a Palearctic [1] species of 'fungus gnat' in the family Mycetophilidae.The larvae of B. griphoides are thought to be mycetophagous in the ground litter.Adults sometimes appear in enormous numbers in Spring in a wide variety of habitats.[2]

References

  1. Fauna Europaea
  2. A. M. Hutson, D. M. Ackland and L. N. Kidd (1980) Diptera - Nematocera. Mycetophilidae (Bolitophilinae, Ditomyiinae, Diadocidiinae, Keroplatinae, Sciophilinae and Manotinae).Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects Vol 9 Part 3. Royal Entomological Society. http://www.royensoc.co.uk/sites/default/files/Vol09_Part03.pdf
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