Brevicornu foliatum
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| Brevicornu foliatum North Wales | |
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| Species: | B. foliatum
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| Brevicornu foliatum (Edwards, 1925)
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Brevicornu foliatum is a Palearctic[1] species of 'fungus gnat' in the family Mycetophilidae. Members of this genus are found in a wider variety of habitats from wooded streams to wetlands and open moorland.[2] Larvae develop in dead wood and in soil litter, feeding probably on microfungi.[3]
References[edit]
- ^ Fauna Europaea
- ^ A. M. Hutson, D. M. Ackland and L. N. Kidd (1980) Diptera - Nematocera. Mycetophilidae (Bolitophilinae, Ditomyiinae, Diadocidiinae, Keroplatinae, Sciophilinae and Manotinae).Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects Vol 9 Part 3. Royal Entomological Society. pdf Archived 2018-03-24 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Jakovlev, J. 2011: Fungus gnats (Diptera: Sciaroidea) associated with dead woodand wood growing fungi: new rearing data from Finland and Russian Karelia and general analysis of known larval microhabitats in Europe. Entomol. Fennica 22: 157–189. pdf
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