Mycophila fungicola
Mycophila
M. fungicola
New species and new distribution records of Lestremiinae, Micromyinae and Porricondylinae (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae) in Sweden
Jaschhof, Mathias
Jaschhof, Catrin
Zootaxa
2015
3973
1
159
174
44XDG
Felt, 1911
Felt
1911
[151,530,1659,1685]
Insecta
Cecidomyiidae
Mycophila
Animalia
Diptera
12
171
Arthropoda
species
fungicola
Mycophila fungicolahas a scattered distribution in the Holarctic region and was found also in the Hawaiian Islands, Australia, and New Zealand( Gagné & Jaschhof 2014). Most findings of this—and the following—species are from mushroom cultures ( Jaschhof 1998). Previous scientific literature makes no mention of Mycophilaoccurring in Sweden. The Swedish specimen of M. fungicolareported here was taken from the wild.
Material.Male (CEC36), Sweden, Skåne, Simrishamn, Stenshuvud National Park, 28 June–29 July 2010, M. & C. Jaschhof.