Boletina trispinosa

Boletina trispinosa
	Boletina trispinosa North Wales
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Family:	Mycetophilidae
Genus:	Boletina
Species:	B. trispinosa
Binomial name
	Boletina trispinosa; (Edwards, 1913)

Boletina trispinosa 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. They make use of diverse breeding sites from the more normal habitat of rotting wood to mosses and liverworts. The breeding biology of most species is largely unknown.^[2]

Male genitalia
Microhabitat, Northern 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 Archived 2018-03-24 at the Wayback Machine

External links

Images representing Boletina trispinosa at BOLD

[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 Archived 2018-03-24 at the Wayback Machine

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