Mycetophila lunata Meigen, 1804
(a fungus gnat)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesMycetophila lunata (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)

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

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