Polyporivora

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Polyporivora
Platypezidae Flat-footed flies Polyporivora ornata - Flickr - gailhampshire.jpg
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Platypezidae
Subfamily: Platypezinae
Genus: Polyporivora
Kessel & Maggioncalda, 1968 [1]
Type species
Platypeza polypori
Willard, 1914 [2]

Polyporivora is a genus of flat-footed flies (insects in the family Platypezidae). There are about eight described species in Polyporivora. [3] [4] [5] [6]

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Species

These eight species belong to the genus Polyporivora:

Data sources: i = ITIS, [3] c = Catalogue of Life, [4] g = GBIF, [5] b = Bugguide.net [6]

Ecology

Little is known about the ecology of this genus. Species of Polyporivora are typically associated with polypore fungi, where their larvae pupate in cocoons embedded within the host. [11] Consequently, they are generally found in habitats that support polypore growth throughout the Holarctic.

References

  1. ↑ Kessel, E.L.; Maggioncalda, E.A. (1968). "A revision of the genera of Platypezidae, with the descriptions of five new genera, and considerations of phylogeny, circumversion, and hypopygia (Diptera)". Wasmann Journal of Biology. 26: 33–106.
  2. 1 2 Willard, F. (1914). "Two new species of Platypeza found at Stanford University" (PDF). Psyche: A Journal of Entomology. 21 (5): 166–168. doi: 10.1155/1914/64679 . Retrieved 14 October 2020.
  3. 1 2 "Polyporivora Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-04-26.
  4. 1 2 "Browse Polyporivora". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-04-26.
  5. 1 2 "Polyporivora". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-04-26.
  6. 1 2 "Polyporivora Genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-04-26.
  7. ↑ Chandler, P.J. (1980). "Platypezidae (Diptera) from Israel, including the description of two new species". Entomologist's Gazette. 31: 165–170.
  8. ↑ Kessel, E.L. (1959). "A new species of flat-footed fly from Alaska (Diptera: Platypezidae)". Wasmann Journal of Biology. 17: 19–22.
  9. ↑ Kessel, E.L. (1966). "Diptera from Nepal. New species of Platypeza and Callomyia (Family Platypezidae)". Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), Entomology. 17: 453–455. doi: 10.5962/bhl.part.14820 . Retrieved 14 October 2020.
  10. ↑ Meigen, J.W. (1830). Systematische Beschreibung der bekannten europäische n zweiflugeligen Insekten. Hamm: Sechster Theil. Schulz. pp. xi + 401 +[3] pp.
  11. ↑ Marshall, Stephen A. (2012). Flies: The Natural History and Diversity of Diptera. Firefly Books. p. 409. ISBN 978-1-77085-100-8.

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