Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Mycetophila?

Posted by Paul Beuk on 14-01-2021 09:31
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For orientation, see the glossay, for example anterodorsal or ad. It looks as if neither of you specimens has ad setae. The top one probably would fall into the Mycetophila fungorum group, the bottom one in the Mycetophila ruficollis group. The former was revised by Chandler in 1993 (I think all genitalia jobs). Not sure about the latter, but European species of the ruficollis group are very similar and also require genital dissection for reliable ID.