The researchers also found that temperature appeared to influence diversity of fungus gnats in the family Mycetophilidae as well as Syrphidae, a family comprising bee-like hover flies.

For example, the prevalence of hard surfaces such as concrete and asphalt had contrasting impacts on different insect populations. While it increased the diversity of fruit flies of the ...

Abstract Mycomya supernivea Nakamura and Saigusa, 2020 is a recently described large-sized cold-adapted fungus gnat species known from the island of Hokkaido and the northern part of Honshu in Japan.

You’re familiar with gnats, right? Tiny, buzzing insects mostly from the families Mycetophilidae, Anisopodidae, and Sciaridae, these bugs hang out around human heads during warm summer months. But why ...

by Edward I Coher Publication date 1988 Usage Attribution-Noncommercial 3.0 Collection biostor; additional_collections Volume 96 Item Size 13.4M Addeddate 2022-07-26 11:57:29 Identifier biostor-172021 ...

Abstract Two new Phronia Winnertz, 1864 species—P. hannarostiae sp. nov. and P. ristoi sp. nov.—are described from Taita Hills in Kenya, representing the first named species of this genus in the ...

Two new species of the genus Docosia Winnertz (Diptera: Mycetophilidae) from Russia and Turkmenistan by Zaitzev, A I Publication date 2011 Collection taxonomyarchive; additional_collections Volume 20 ...

Gnats, sometimes known as no-see-ums, are tiny flies that belong to the Mycetophilidae family, a family of small flies. Ranging from gray to black in color, these tiny insects sport long legs and ...

If you’ve noticed clouds of small bugs on your daily socially distant walk, you’re not alone. Right now, with warm spring weather, there are a few flies in the gnat family that are swarming ...

A contribution to the systematics of the genus Manota Williston (Diptera: Mycetophilidae) in Brazil. Zootaxa, 2018; 4472 (1): 1 DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4472.1.1 ...

Nine-year-old Jude Sparks was playing with his brother in the New Mexican desert when he tripped and landed beside a massive skull. "I didn't know what it was," Sparks, now aged 10, told El Paso ...