Species Lycoriella (Lycoriella) ingenua (Dufour, 1839)
- Sciara ingenua Dufour, L. 1839. Memoire sur les metamorphoses de plusieurs larves fongovores appurtenant a des Dipteres. Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Zoologie 2 12: 5-60 [29–31, plate I, figs 20–28].
Type data:
Syntype(s) MNHNP several ♂♂ and ♀♀ (missing), Saint-Sever S of Mont-de-Marsan, Ascogne, France. - Molobrus mali Fitch, A. 1856. Report on the noxious, beneficial and other insects of the State of New York. [II.]. Transactions of the New York State Agricultural Society 15: 409-559 [484].
Type data:
Lectotype USNM ♂ adult (number of specimens in type series not stated in original description), New York, USA.Subsequent designation references:
Steffan, W.A. 1965. Notes on the synonomy of Bradysia tritici (Coquillett) and Lycoriella mali (Fitch) (Diptera: Sciaridae). Pacific Insects 7: 1-290 [290]. - Sciara caesar Johannsen, O.A. 1929. A new species of Sciara from Canada (Diptera). The Canadian Entomologist 61(10): 223-224.
Type data:
Holotype CUIC 2108 ♂, on slide, Brampton, Ontario, Canada. - Sciara womersleyi Séguy, E. 1940. Diptères. pp. 203-267 in Jeannel, R. (Ed.). Croisière du Bougainville aux îles Australes françaises. Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, Paris [1936-1950] NS 14: 1-326 [210].
Type data:
Syntype(s) SAMA 2♀ adults, Observatory Bay, Kerguelen Island.
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Menzel, F. & Mohrig, W. 2000. Revision der paläarktischen Trauermücken (Diptera, Sciaridae). Studia Dipterologica Supplement 6: 1-761
- Mohrig, W., Heller, K., Hippa, H., Vilkamaa, P. & Menzel, F. 2013. Revision of Black Fungus Gnats (Diptera: Sciaridae) of North America. Studia Dipterologica 19(1–2): 141–286 [2012] [211]
- Broadley, A., Kauschke, E. & Mohrig, W. 2018. Black fungus gnats (Diptera: Sciaridae) found in association with cultivated plants and mushrooms in Australia, with notes on cosmopolitan pest species and biosecurity interceptions. Zootaxa 4415(2): 201-242 [215]
Generic Combinations
- Lycoriella (Lycoriella) ingenua (Dufour, 1839).
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Also Holarctic; Hawaii, Subantarctic Islands
Introduced.
IBRA
NSW, Qld, SA, Tas, Vic, WA: Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Esperance Plains (ESP), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Jarrah Forest (JF), Kanmantoo (KAN), King (KIN), Mallee (MAL), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), NSW North Coast (NNC), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Warren (WAR), Wet Tropics (WT)
Other Regions
Australian Antarctic Territory
Distribution References
General References
Cantello, W.W. 1979. Lycoriella mali: Control in Mushroom Compost by Incorporation of Insecticides into Compost. Journal of Economic Entomology 72: 703-705 [703] (population control)
Clift, A.D. & Larsson, S.F. 1984. The incidence and ecology of Lycoriella mali (Fitch) (Diptera: Sciaridae) in the commercial culture of two species of mushroom in N.S.W. General and Applied Entomology 16: 49-56 [49] (biology, effect on mushroom cultivation)
Kielbasa, R. & Snetsinger, R. 1980. Life history of a sciarid fly, Lycoriella mali, and its injury threshold on the commercial mushroom. Bulletin of the Pennsylvania State University, Agricultural Experimental Station 833: 1-14 [3] (biology)
Steffan, W.A. 1974. Laboratory studies and ecological notes on Hawaiian Sciaridae (Diptera). Pacific Insects 16: 41-50 [41] (laboratory rearing)
Steffan, W.A. 1989. 11. Family Sciaridae. pp. 146-151 in Evenhuis, N.L. (ed.). Catalog of the Diptera of the Australasian and Oceanian Regions. Honolulu and Leiden : Bishop Museum Press and E.J. Brill 1155 pp. [148] (distribution)
Wicklow, D. T. & Yocom, D.H. 1982. Effect of larval grazing by Lycoriella mali (Diptera: Sciaridae) on species abundance of coprophilous fungi. Transactions of the British Mycological Society 78: 29-32 [29] (biology)
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SCIARIDAE | 12-Oct-2018 | ADDED |