Mycetophila dziedzickii Chandler, 1977
(a fungus gnat)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesMycetophila dziedzickii (a fungus gnat)
GenusMycetophila (a genus of fungus gnats)
FamilyMYCETOPHILIDAE (a family of fungus gnats)
SuperfamilySCIAROIDEA (fungus gnats and gall midges)
InfraorderBibionomorpha (St Mark’s flies, fever flies)
SuborderNEMATOCERA (thread-horned flies, gnat)
OrderDIPTERA (two-winged flies)
Division Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
InfraclassNeoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
SubclassPTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
ClassINSECTA (true insects)
SubphylumHEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
Records of Mycetophila dziedzickii (a fungus gnat) :
1: Mycetophila dziedzickii (a fungus gnat)
18 Jan 2020 OSGR: SU00 50° 50’ N, 1° 60’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
8 cocoons, inside Tufted Hair-grass tussock, under Grey Sallow
Image 1: Coccons - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 2: Female - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 3: Male - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 4: Male - genitalia - ventral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 5: Male - lateral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 6: Male - ventral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 7: Male - genitalia - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 8: Male - genitalia - posterior view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 9: Male - genitalia - ventral view - close-up - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 10: Male - genitalia - ventral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 11: Male - head - anterior view - close-up - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 12: Male - head - anterior view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 13: Male - head - front three-quarter view - close-up - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 14: Male - head - front three-quarter view - microscope low magnification - silver background

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Chandler, P.J. 1977 Studies of some fungus gnats (Diptera: Mycetophilidae) including nine additions to the British list Systematic Entomology Vol 2: 67-93.

Mycetophila dziedzickii (a fungus gnat) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

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