Thread subject: Diptera.info :: ? Mycetophila ornata

Posted by bioimages on 09-03-2020 20:28
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Thanks Evi

I've just heard back from Peter Chandler (I sent him the images) and he says it's M. dziedzickii.

This is M. dziedzickii, an uncommon species for which the only rearing record is from under loose birch bark bearing the resupinate fruiting bodies of Scytinostroma galactinum in Finland (Jakovlev 2011). I presume there was no likely host apparent?
M. ornata is easily recognised by having a series of separate brown spots in the preapical wing band.

Edited by bioimages on 09-03-2020 20:35