Allactoneura argentosquamosa
Taxonomy
This page represents the following TreeOfLife-200M taxonomic path.[1]
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Arthropoda
- Class: Insecta
- Order: Diptera
- Family: Mycetophilidae
- Genus: Allactoneura
- Species: Allactoneura argentosquamosa
Visual Description
Based on observations from the TreeOfLife-200M dataset, Allactoneura argentosquamosa exhibits characteristic features of the family Mycetophilidae.[1] The specimens display a slender, elongated body typical of fungus gnats, with long, delicate legs and prominent, clear wings that often show distinct venation patterns.[1] The thorax is generally robust, and the overall coloration often includes shades of brown or grey, consistent with the cryptic appearance of many species in this group.[1]
Distribution and Biology
Allactoneura argentosquamosa (Enderlein, 1910) is a fungus gnat species belonging to the subfamily Leiinae.[2] It was originally described under the name Scottella argentosquamosa.
The species has a broad distribution across the Afrotropical and Oriental regions, with records from the Seychelles (the type locality), Madagascar, Mauritius, Diego Garcia Island, India, Sri Lanka, Thailand, and Indonesia. It has also been historically noted in Tanzania and Malaya.
Taxonomically, A. akasakana is considered a probable synonym of A. argentosquamosa based on similarities in male genitalia. The genus Allactoneura is typically associated with rotting wood, and larvae of the potentially synonymous A. akasakana have been documented in indoor facilities for cultivating shiitake mushrooms (Lentinula edodes).
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References
- 1 2 3 4 Dataset view for Animalia / Arthropoda / Insecta / Diptera / Mycetophilidae / Allactoneura / argentosquamosa constructed from imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M records under this taxonomic path. Hugging Face Datasets. https://huggingface.co/datasets/imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M.
- ↑ Dimitar Bechev; Svetlozara Kazandzhieva. Notes on some species of Allactoneura De Meijere (Diptera: Mycetophilidae: Leiinae). Historia naturalis bulgarica. 2024. https://doi.org/10.48027/hnb.46.114.