Notes on the systematic position and distribution of Mycomya supernivea (Diptera, Mycetophilidae) in Japan

By

Kolcsár, Levente-Péter

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2023-6-30

Original Publication

Travaux du Muséum national d'histoire naturelle "Grigore Antipa"

Volume

66

Series / Issue

Issue: 1

Pages

159--164

Subjects

Cold-adapted , Eastern Palearctic , first records , first records , winter active

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

București, România Muzeul Național de Istorie Naturală "Grigore Antipa" -2009

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/travaux.66.e103945

 

Abstract

Mycomya supernivea Nakamura and Saigusa, 2020 is a recently described large-sized cold-adapted fungus gnat species known from the island of Hokkaido and the northern part of Honshu in Japan. This study reports the species for the first time from Shikoku Island and the central part of Honshu, indicating that the species is more widely distributed throughout the Japanese islands. Additionally, the systematic position of M. supernivae within the genus Mycomya is discussed, and it is placed under the subgenus Mycomya s. str. within the species group M. matrona.