Mycetophilidae is a family of small flies, forming the bulk of those species known as fungus gnats. About 3000 described species are placed in 150 genera, but the true number of species is undoubtedly much higher. They are generally found in the damp habitats favoured by their host fungi and sometimes form dense swarms.[1]
Adults of this family can usually be separated from other small flies by the strongly humped thorax, well-developed coxae, and often spinose legs, but identification within the family between genera and species generally requires close study of microscopic features such as subtle differences in wing venation and variation in chaetotaxy and genitalia. The terrestrial larvae usually feed on fungi, especially the fruiting bodies, but also spores and hyphae, but some species have been recorded on mosses and liverworts. The larvae of some species, while still being associated with fungi, are at least partly predatory. Some species are attracted to the fungus smell of Jack-in-the-Pulpit, fall into their inflorescences and accomplish their pollination.
^Loïc Matile (1999-09-20). "10. Family Mycetophylidae". Australasian/Oceanian Diptera Catalog — Web Version.
Mycetophilidae is a family of small flies, forming the bulk of those species known as fungus gnats. About 3000 described species are placed in 150 genera...
Sciaridae, Diadocidiidae, Ditomyiidae, Keroplatidae, Bolitophilidae, and Mycetophilidae (order Diptera); they comprise six of the seven families placed in the...
the dipterid suborder Nematocera, especially those in the families Mycetophilidae, Anisopodidae and Sciaridae. Most often they fly in large numbers, called...
aquatic; for instance the Tipulidae tend to be soil-dwelling and the Mycetophilidae feed on fungi such as mushrooms. Unlike most of the Brachycera, the...
the species name Bolitiphila luminosa and was assigned to the family Mycetophilidae. In 1924, it was placed within a new genus of its own, Arachnocampa...
emissions of bats, which helps them avoid predation. A few insects, such as Mycetophilidae (Diptera) and the beetle families Lampyridae, Phengodidae, Elateridae...
Neotropical Mycetophilidae (IV) (Diptera)". Revista de Entomologia. 11: 440–465, pls. 18–19. Lane, J. (1946). "A new genus of Neotropical Mycetophilidae (Diptera...
are mycophagous or fungus feeding. These include the cave dwelling Mycetophilidae (fungus gnats) whose larvae are the only diptera with bioluminescence...
flies, particularly those within the superfamily Sciaroidea such as the Mycetophilidae and some Keroplatidae feed on fungal fruiting bodies and sterile mycorrhizae...
Mycetophilidae, Sciaridae, Cecidomyiidae and Scatopsidae (Diptera)". Revista Chilena de Entomología. 3: 23–40. Freeman, P. (1951). "Mycetophilidae"....
organ of the New Zealand glow-worm Arachnocampa luminosa (Diptera: Mycetophilidae). Tissue and Cell 11: 457–465. Gullan, P.J. and Cranston, P.S. (2000)...
Supplement 3. Mycetophilidae". Acta Societatis Pro Fauna et Flora Fennica. 39 (2): 1–26. Fisher, E. G. (1934). "Four new species of Mycetophilidae (Diptera)"...
this is not universally accepted and some authors place them under Mycetophilidae instead. Despite the similarities in function and appearance, the bioluminescent...
the Ditomyiinae from Celebes (Diptera: Mycetophilidae)". Sieboldia. 4: 217–223. Freeman, P. (1951). "Mycetophilidae". Diptera of Patagonia and South Chile...
infraorder (those shown without common names) are former subfamilies of the Mycetophilidae, which has been recently subdivided. The family Axymyiidae has recently...
Sciophila fractinervis is a species of fungus gnat in the family Mycetophilidae. Sciophila fractinervis is a tropical species and was originally described...
1921) Marshall, Patrick (1896). "New Zealand Diptera: no. 2. - MycetophilidaeMycetophilidae". Transactions of the New Zealand Institute. 28: 250–309. hdl:10182/3343...
Diadocidia ferruginosa is a Palearctic species of fungus gnat in the family Mycetophilidae. They live as larvae in long dry silken tubes under bark or in rotten...
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