The sequoia-loving sprite, a new genus and species of fungus gnat (Diptera, Mycetophilidae) from California

Abstract. California is one of the most biologically diverse regions of the world, yet the diversity of fungus gnats (Mycetophilidae) remains largely undocumented within the state. A modest survey of these flies has led to the discovery of a new genus and species of gnat that lives alongside one of...

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Autor principal: Kerr, Peter H.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Pensoft Publishers 2014
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4155732/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25197214
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.437.7932
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description Abstract. California is one of the most biologically diverse regions of the world, yet the diversity of fungus gnats (Mycetophilidae) remains largely undocumented within the state. A modest survey of these flies has led to the discovery of a new genus and species of gnat that lives alongside one of the most iconic trees in the world, the giant sequoia (Sequoiadendron giganteum). Spritella sequoiaphila gen. et sp. n. is described and illustrated and its status among other mycetophilid genera is analyzed and discussed.
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spelling pubmed-41557322014-09-06 The sequoia-loving sprite, a new genus and species of fungus gnat (Diptera, Mycetophilidae) from California Kerr, Peter H. Zookeys Research Article Abstract. California is one of the most biologically diverse regions of the world, yet the diversity of fungus gnats (Mycetophilidae) remains largely undocumented within the state. A modest survey of these flies has led to the discovery of a new genus and species of gnat that lives alongside one of the most iconic trees in the world, the giant sequoia (Sequoiadendron giganteum). Spritella sequoiaphila gen. et sp. n. is described and illustrated and its status among other mycetophilid genera is analyzed and discussed. Pensoft Publishers 2014-08-28 /pmc/articles/PMC4155732/ /pubmed/25197214 http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.437.7932 Text en Peter H. Kerr http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY 4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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The sequoia-loving sprite, a new genus and species of fungus gnat (Diptera, Mycetophilidae) from California
title The sequoia-loving sprite, a new genus and species of fungus gnat (Diptera, Mycetophilidae) from California
title_full The sequoia-loving sprite, a new genus and species of fungus gnat (Diptera, Mycetophilidae) from California
title_fullStr The sequoia-loving sprite, a new genus and species of fungus gnat (Diptera, Mycetophilidae) from California
title_full_unstemmed The sequoia-loving sprite, a new genus and species of fungus gnat (Diptera, Mycetophilidae) from California
title_short The sequoia-loving sprite, a new genus and species of fungus gnat (Diptera, Mycetophilidae) from California
title_sort sequoia-loving sprite, a new genus and species of fungus gnat (diptera, mycetophilidae) from california
topic Research Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4155732/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25197214
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.437.7932
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