First record of Neoempheria Osten Sacken (Diptera, Mycetophilidae) biology in the neotropical region, with associations between its larvae and fungi
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2015-06
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Members of the family Mycetophilidae (Diptera) have life cycles that are typically
associated with fungus. Their biology is relatively well known in the Palaearctic, though
other regions are poorly known, and there are no associations recorded between
mycetophilid immatures and fungi in the Neotropical region. Here we report the first
association between a mycetophilid—Neoempheria puncticoxa Edwards—and fungi in this
region. Immatures of N. puncticoxa were collected on fungi and some were reared in the
laboratory until adult emergence. The immature stages and adult of N. puncticoxa are
described and re-described respectively, and high resolution images and illustrations of the
habitus, wings, thorax, male and female terminalia, immatures, and in situ specimens are
given.
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Immature, Fungivore, Natural history, Biodiversity, Ecology
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OLIVEIRA, Sara Siqueira; ALBERTONI, Fabiano Fabian; BORKENT, Christopher James; AMORIM, Dalton S. First record of Neoempheria Osten Sacken (Diptera, Mycetophilidae) biology in the neotropical region, with associations between its larvae and fungi. Biodiversity Data Journal, Sófia, v. 3, e5073, June 2015.