Allodiopsis

Kjaerandsen, Jostein, 2005, A review of fungus gnats in the tribe Exechiini (Diptera, Mycetophilidae) from the J. W. Zetterstedt collection at the Museum of Zoology in Lund, Sweden, Zootaxa 856, pp. 1-35 : 17

Allodiopsis s. lat. spp.

Specimens determined as Mycetophila maculosa Meigen, 1818 in the " Diptera Scandinaviae " collection.

Material. Sex unknown, lacking abdomen [SPM­005247, with light blue tag, labelled: M. maculosa Meig. ď. Esperöd.] – Sweden: SK, Kivik´s Esperöd in Mellby parish, undated. Sex unknown, lacking abdomen [SPM­005248, with light blue tag, labelled: M. maculosa Meig. ď. Esperöd.] – Sweden: SK, Kivik´s Esperöd in Mellby parish, undated.

These two specimens are both in poor condition and lack sufficient characters for safe

generic determination. They both belong to the compound genus Allodiopsis Tuomikoski,

1966 as defined by Tuomikoski (1966) where all four subgenera later have been raised to

generic level ( Matile 1987, Söli et al. 2000). They are both devoid of scutal bristles. Their

wing venations are slightly different, indicating two species. The first is most likely a Syn­

plasta Skuse, 1890 while the latter has three proepisternal setae and most likely refers to

an Allodiopsis s. str. Neither is likely to be associated with Myriosa maculosa (Meigen,

1818) nor with Notolopha Tuomikoski, 1966 .