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Bolitophila saundersii

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Species of fly

Bolitophila saundersii
Bolitophila saundersii in British Entomology
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Bolitophilidae
Genus: Bolitophila
Species: B. saundersii
Binomial name
Bolitophila saundersii
Curtis, 1836

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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References

  1. Fauna Europaea

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Taxon identifiers
Bolitophila saundersii


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