Bolitophila saundersii

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Bolitophila saundersii
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Bolitophila saundersii in British Entomology
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Bolitophilidae
Genus: Bolitophila
Species:
B. saundersii
Binomial name
Bolitophila saundersii
Curtis, 1836 [1]

Bolitophila saundersii is a Palearctic species of 'fungus gnat' in the family Bolitophilidae. The larvae of Bolitophila are mycetophagous and live in decaying wood or other organic debris overgrown by fungal plant substrates. The name honours William Wilson Saunders.

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