Brevicornu foliatum | |
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Brevicornu foliatum North Wales | |
Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Diptera |
Family: | Mycetophilidae |
Genus: | Brevicornu |
Species: | B. foliatum
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Binomial name | |
Brevicornu foliatum (
Edwards, 1925)
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Brevicornu foliatum is a Palearctic [1] species of 'fungus gnat' in the family Mycetophilidae. Members of this genus are found in a wider variety of habitats from wooded streams to wetlands and open moorland. [2] Larvae develop in dead wood and in soil litter, feeding probably on microfungi. [3]