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.[2]
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.[2] It has also been historically noted in Tanzania and Malaya.[2]
Taxonomically, A. akasakana is considered a probable synonym of A. argentosquamosa based on similarities in male genitalia.[2] 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).[2]
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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.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 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.