Boletina griphoides

Boletina griphoides
	Boletina griphoides North Wales wing length 2.5-3 mm.
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Family:	Mycetophilidae
Genus:	Boletina
Species:	B. griphoides
Binomial name
	Boletina griphoides; (Edwards, 1925)

Boletina griphoides is a Palearctic^[1] species of 'fungus gnat' in the family Mycetophilidae.The larvae of B. griphoides are thought to be mycetophagous in the ground litter. Adults sometimes appear in enormous numbers in spring in a wide variety of habitats.^[2]

Male terminalia.
Habitat.Ireland.

References

^ 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. http://www.royensoc.co.uk/sites/default/files/Vol09_Part03.pdf

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[1] Fauna Europaea

[2] 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. http://www.royensoc.co.uk/sites/default/files/Vol09_Part03.pdf

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