Exechia contaminata

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Exechia contaminata
Exechia contaminata, Trawscoed, North Wales, Sept 2015 (21644611350).jpg
Exechia contaminata North Wales
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Mycetophilidae
Genus: Exechia
Species:
E. contaminata
Binomial name
Exechia contaminata
Winnertz, 1863

Exechia contaminata is a Palearctic [1] species of fungus gnat in the family Mycetophilidae. Exechia contaminata is chiefly or exclusively associated with Russula and Lactarius . [2]

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<i>Mycetophila fungorum</i> Species of fly

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References

  1. Informatiion Archived 2018-08-30 at the Wayback Machine from Fauna Europaea
  2. Jakovlev, J. 2011: Fungus gnats (Diptera: Sciaroidea) associated with dead wood and wood growing fungi: new rearing data from Finland and Russian Karelia andgeneral analysis of known larval microhabitats in Europe. Entomol. Fennica 22: 157–189. pdf