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Review of fungus gnats (Diptera, Sciaroidea, excl. Sciaridae and Cecidomyiidae) from Baltic amber.

Zootaxa ·Vol. 5832 ·No. 1 ·2026-06-18

Blagoderov V, Evenhuis NL

Abstract

The paper reviews all available data on the Baltic amber fungus gnats (Diptera: Sciaroidea, excl. Sciaridae and Cecidomyiidae) taxa described to date. The following nomenclatural and taxonomic changes are proposed: New species (11)-Lyprautarossisp. nov., Lyprautameunieri, sp. nov., Dianepsiaelectrica, sp. nov., Dianepsiatatianae, sp. nov., Loewiellamontypythoni, sp. nov., Loewiellabaltica, sp. nov., Palaeoempaliaabavus, sp. nov., Synaphafimbriosa, sp. nov., Synapha chandleri, sp. nov., Allodiameunieri, sp. nov., Acnemiasilobusisp. nov.New combinations (58)-Antriadophilaehrhardti (Loew, 1850), Antriadophilapusilla (Meunier, 1899), Lyprautaceroplatites (Meunier, 1904), Lyprautaceroplatoides (Meunier, 1904), Lyprautakunowi (Meunier, 1904), Lyprautamikii (Meunier, 1904), Lyprautaverralli (Meunier, 1904), Monocentrotagraciosa (Meunier, 1904), Monocentrotaectorsii (Meunier, 1904), Monocentrotamoniliformis (Meunier, 1904), Pyratulaelegantula (Meunier, 1904), Urytalpalongipalpis (Meunier, 1904), Aglaomyiacurvipetiolata (Meunier, 1904), Apolephthisabella (Meunier, 1922), Loewiellaarmipes (Meunier, 1899), Palaeoboletinaanacliniformis (Meunier, 1904), Palaeoboletinabroeckii (Meunier, 1904), Palaeoboletinamutabilis (Meunier, 1904), Palaeoboletinanotata (Meunier, 1923), Palaeoboletinaornata (Meunier, 1922), Palaeoboletinaservata (Meunier, 1922), Palaeodocosiamicropora (Meunier, 1899), Palaeodocosialundstromi (Meunier, 1922), Palaeoempaliaminor (Meunier, 1904), Synaphabrahmi (Meunier, 1917), Synaphacompressa (Loew, 1850), Synaphaelongata (Meunier, 1904), Synaphafimbriata (Meunier, 1904), Synaphahirta (Meunier, 1904), Synaphaoustaleti (Meunier, 1904), Synaphapilosa (Meunier, 1904), Synaphasubhirta (Meunier, 1904), Synaphasyntemniformis (Meunier, 1904), Loewiellainterrupta (Meunier, 1916), Synaphaarchaica (Meunier, 1916), Docosiacurvipetiolata (Meunier, 1904), Docosiapulvillata (Loew, 1850), Ectrepesthoneuraborussica (Meunier, 1904), Ectrepesthoneuradetecta (Meunier, 1923), Ectrepesthoneurafixa Meunier, 1923, Ectrepesthoneuraglabra (Meunier, 1904), Ectrepesthoneuraminuta (Meunier, 1904), Ectrepesthoneurapassa (Meunier, 1923), Ectrepesthoneurarectangulata (Meunier, 1904), Ectrepesthoneuratenera Loew, 1850, Novakiamacrostyla (Loew, 1850), Brachycamptafungicola (Meunier, 1904), Brachypezalongicalcar (Meunier, 1904), Brevicornuleptocerum Loew, 1850, Brevicornuprocerum (Meunier, 1904), Cordylaagilis (Meunier, 1904), Cordylacordyliformis (Meunier, 1904), Cordylainflata Meunier, 1916, Exechiopsis (Exechiopsis) unifurcata (Meunier, 1917), Exechiopsis (Xenexechia) eridana (Meunier, 1916), Neallodiabrevicornis (Meunier, 1904), Rymosiaextincta (Meunier, 1904), Anaclileiainterrupta Loew, 1850. New synonyms (11)-Eokelneria Hebert, Miller & Nel, 2025 (= Kelneria Matile, 1979), syn. nov., Proboletina Meunier, 1904 (= Synapha Meigen, 1818), syn. nov., Palaeoepicypta Meunier, 1904 (= Brachypeza Winnertz, 1864), syn. nov., Platyura distincta Meunier, 1904 (= Platyura ceroplatites Meunier, 1904)), syn. nov., Palaeoboletina elongatissima Meunier, 1904 (= Boletina anacliniformis Meunier, 1904)), syn. nov., Palaeoempalia crassipes Meunier, 1904 (= Palaeoempalia mutabilis Meunier, 1904)), syn. nov., Palaeotrichonta brachycamptites Meunier, 1904 (= Palaeodocosia brachypezoides Meunier, 1904)), syn. nov., Sciomorpha rara Meunier, 1922 (= Syntemna johannseni Meunier, 1922)), syn. nov., Palaeoempalia cylindrica Meunier, 1904 (= Palaeoempalia brongniarti Meunier, 1904)), syn. nov., Brachycampta tomentosa Meunier, 1904 (= Brachycampta extincta Meunier, 1904)), syn. nov., Loewiella brevitarsis Meunier, 1923 (= Syntemna compressa Meunier, 1904)), syn. nov.Lectotype designations (52)-Mycetobia defectiva Loew, 1850, Platyura ehrhardti Loew, 1850, Platyura pusilla Meunier, 1899, Platyura ceroplatites Meunier, 1904, Platyura distincta Meunier, 1904, Platyura ceroplatoides Meunier, 1904, Platyura kunowi Meunier, 1904, Platyura verrali Meunier, 1904, Platyura graciosa Meunier, 1904, Platyura ectorsii Meunier, 1904, Platyura moniliformis Meunier, 1904, Asindulum curvipalpe Meunier, 1904, Asindulum longipalpe Meunier, 1904, Loewiella asinduloides Meunier, 1904, Palaeoempalia broeckii Meunier, 1904, Palaeoempalia mutabilis Meunier, 1904, Palaeoempalia crassipes Meunier, 1904, Palaeodocosia brachypezoides Meunier, 1904, Palaeotrichonta brachycamptites Meunier, 1904, Sciophila micropora Meunier, 1899, Empheria minor Meunier, 1904, Palaeoempalia succinea Meunier, 1904, Boletina brahmi Meunier, 1917, Mycetophila compressa Loew, 1850, Syntemna elongata Meunier, 1904, Boletina fimbriata Meunier, 1904, Boletina hirta Meunier, 1904, Boletina oustaleti Meunier, 1904, Boletina subhirta Meunier, 1904, Docosia petiolata Meunier, 1904, Mycetophila pulvillata Loew, 1850, Docosia varia Meunier, 1904, Tetragoneura borussica Meunier, 1904, Sciophila tenera Loew, 1850, Mycetophila macrostyla Loew, 1850, Proneoglaphyroptera eocenica Meunier, 1904, Brachypeza grandis Meunier, 1917, Mycetophila leptocera Loew, 1850, Brachycampta procera Meunier, 1904, Allodia brevicornis Meunier, 1904, Brachycampta extincta Meunier, 1904, Trichonta crassipes Meunier, 1904, Sciophila helmii Meunier, 1904, Sciophila subquadrata Meunier, 1904, Acnemia bolsuisi Meunier, 1904, Anaclileia dissimilis Meunier, 1904, Leia interrupta Loew, 1850, Proanaclinia gibbosa Meunier, 1904, Syntemna compressa Meunier, 1904, Syntemna pinites Meunier, 1904, Syntemna subcylindrica Meunier, 1904, Syntemna subquadrata Meunier, 1904. Neotype designations (6)-Archaeboletina tipuliformis Meunier, 1904, Dianepsia hissa Meunier, 1899, Sciophila armipes Meunier, 1899, Palaeoempalia urbana Meunier, 1922, Boletina pilosa Meunier, 1904, Anaclileia anacliniformis Meunier, 1904. One species is removed from Sciaroidea: Scudderiella scudderi Evenhuis, 1994 (to ?Ceratopogonidae).

Article Info
Journal
Zootaxa
Abbr.
Zootaxa
ISSN
1175-5334
Published
2026-06-18
Language
English
Country/Region
New Zealand
NLM ID
101179386
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