Genus Dietta Sharp

Dietta Sharp, 1876: 78 . Type species: Dietta sperata Sharp (monotypy).

= Estadia Fairmaire, 1903: 183 (not Sellards [1909]); Portevin, 1914b: 199 (redescription); Decelle, 1988: 54 syn. Type species: Estadia capito Fairmaire (monotypy).

= Eustadia; Hatch, 1928: 77 (misspelling of Estadia).

Note: Neotropical species revised and a phylogenetic analysis given in Peck & Cook (2003).

Key: to subgenera and species of the Neotropical Region in Peck & Cook, 2003: 784.

Distribution: 27 species—Afrotropical, Madagascar, Australia, Neotropical.

Biology: Probably on subterranean fungi in (seasonally) moist habitats (probably usually in forests in the Neotropics).