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Issue: Vol. 4122 No. 1: 14 Jun. 2016
Type: Article
Published: 2016-06-14
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4122.1.7
Page range: 41–45
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FAMILY SCIARIDAE

Department of Entomology, Museu Nacional, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Quinta da Boa Vista, São Cristóvão, 20940-040, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil.
Diptera black fungus gnats catalogue Colombia Sciaridae

Abstract

Sciaridae are a widely distributed family with high number of species. They are known as black fungus gnats due to their dark color and feeding activity. This catalogue presents 17 species from Colombia distributed in eight genera, and for each species the geographical distribution is provided.

 

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