Allodia truncata
Taxonomy
This page represents the following TreeOfLife-200M taxonomic path.[1]
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Arthropoda
- Class: Insecta
- Order: Diptera
- Family: Mycetophilidae
- Genus: Allodia
- Species: Allodia truncata
Visual Description
Based on examination of museum specimens, Allodia truncata exhibits the characteristic morphology of the family Mycetophilidae. The body is slender, typical of fungus gnats, with a distinct head, thorax, and abdomen. The wings are clear and show the venation patterns characteristic of the genus Allodia[1]. The legs are long and thin, with visible tibial spurs. The coloration is generally brownish, consistent with many members of the genus. Fine morphological details, such as the specific structure of the male terminalia, are not resolvable from these images but are known to be diagnostic for species within this genus[2].
General Information
Allodia truncata is a species of fungus gnat in the family Mycetophilidae, first described by F.W. Edwards in 1921[3]. The genus Allodia is sub-cosmopolitan, with its highest diversity found in the Holarctic region[2].
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References
- 1 2 Dataset view for Animalia / Arthropoda / Insecta / Diptera / Mycetophilidae / Allodia / truncata constructed from imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M records under this taxonomic path. Hugging Face Datasets. https://huggingface.co/datasets/imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M.
- 1 2 Trude Magnussen; Jostein Kjærandsen; Arild Johnsen; Geir Søli. Six new species of Afrotropical Allodia (Diptera: Mycetophilidae): DNA barcodes indicate recent diversification with a single origin. Zootaxa. 2018. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4407.3.1.
- ↑ Allodia truncata Edwards, 1921. GBIF. https://www.gbif.org/species/1612329. Accessed 2026-07-16.