Pnyxia

Pnyxia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Clade:Euarthropoda
Class:Insecta
Order:Diptera
Family:Sciaridae
Genus:Pnyxia
Johannsen, 1912

Pnyxia is a genus of dark-winged fungus gnats, insects in the family Sciaridae. There are at least four described species in Pnyxia.[1][2][3][4]

Species

These four species belong to the genus Pnyxia:

  • Pnyxia scabiei (Hopkins, 1895) i c g b (potato scab gnat)
  • Pnyxia schmallenbergensis Menzel & Mohrig, 1998 g
  • Pnyxia schmallerbergensis Menzel & Mohrig, 1998 c g
  • Pnyxia thaleri (Mohrig & Mamaev, 1978) c g

Data sources: i = ITIS,[1] c = Catalogue of Life,[2] g = GBIF,[3] b = Bugguide.net[4]

References

  1. 1 2 "Pnyxia Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-05-01.
  2. 1 2 "Browse Pnyxia". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-05-01.
  3. 1 2 "Pnyxia". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-05-01.
  4. 1 2 "Pnyxia Genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-05-01.

Further reading

  • Arnett, Ross H. Jr. (2000). American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico (2nd ed.). CRC Press. ISBN 0-8493-0212-9.
  • Charles, H. Curran (1934). "The families and genera of North American Diptera". doi:10.5962/bhl.title.6825.
  • McAlpine, J.F.; Petersen, B.V.; Shewell, G.E.; Teskey, H.J.; et al. (1987). Manual of Nearctic Diptera. Research Branch Agriculture Canada. ISBN 978-0660121253.
  • Mohrig, W.; Heller, K.; Hippa, H.; Vilkamaa, P.; et al. (2012). "Revision of the black fungus gnats (Diptera: Sciaridae) of North America". Studia dipterologica. 19: 141–286.

  • "Diptera.info". Retrieved 2018-05-01.
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