Name - Sciophila

Life Sciences Identifier (LSID)

urn:lsid:organismnames.com:name:149543 [metadata]

Variants and Synonyms

• Sciophila Meigen 1818

• Sciophila Meigen

• Sciophila Hoffmannsegg in J. W. Meigen 1818

Reported Taxonomic Ranks

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Reported Taxonomic Hierarchies

Recent Publications

• Stable "symbiotic" relationship between a sciophilid fly and its subalpine host, the polypore Phellinus tremulae (Bond.), a parasite of Populus tremula (L.).
• New records of Sciophila Meigen from the Czech and Slovak Republics (Diptera: Mycetophilidae).
• Impacts of a severe winter (2004-2005) on the symbiotic relation between a Diptera (Sciophila sp.) and its subalpine host, Phellinus tremulae, parasite of Populus tremula.
• Subalpine forest near Bonneval/Arc (Savoie) since 2007: recovery of a Sciophila population (Diptera, Mycetophilidae) diminished by hard winters and strictly related to Phellinus tremulae, a rare parasite of aspens.
• New species and new records of Sciophila Meigen (Diptera: Mycetophilidae) from the Afrotropical region.

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