Species Mycomya par (Walker, 1856)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Sciophila par Walker, F. 1856. Diptera. Part V. pp. 415–474 in, Insecta Saundersiana: or characters of undescribed insects in the collection of William Wilson Saunders, Esq., F.R.S., F.L.S., & c. London : Van Voorst Vol. 1. 474 pp. [417].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH adult (number of paratypes not stated in original description, the type is cited as male by Skuse, F.A.A. 1888. Diptera of Australia. Part III.—The Mycetophilidae. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 2 3: 1123–1222 [1190]), TAS (as Van Dieman's Land).

 

Distribution

States

Tasmania

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

Tas: Ben Lomond (BEL), Flinders (FLI), King (KIN), Tasmanian Central Highlands (TCH), Tasmanian Northern Midlands (TNM), Tasmanian Northern Slopes (TNS), Tasmanian South East (TSE), Tasmanian Southern Ranges (TSR), Tasmanian West (TWE)

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: volant.

 

General References

Matile, L. 1989. 10. Family Mycetophilidae. pp. 135-145 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. [136] (as Mycomya par (Walker, 1856))

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
12-Nov-2013	MYCETOPHILIDAE	29-Sep-2015	MODIFIED
16-Nov-2011		16-Nov-2011	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)