Mycetophila signatoides Dziedzicki, 1884

Chandler, Peter J., 2009, The fungus gnats (Diptera: Bolitophilidae, Keroplatidae, Mycetophilidae) of Sardinia, with description of six new species *, Zootaxa 2318 : -

79. Mycetophila signatoides Dziedzicki, 1884

Fungivora conformis Matile, 1963a

Mycetophila assimilis Matile, 1967

Literature records. Sardinia ( Chandler 2004a; Chandler 2008).

Material examined. C70 8.VI.04 1 ♂. C82 9.VI.04 1 ♂. SAR1 16.II–15.VI.04 1 ♂. U1 21.XI.05 1 ♂. U2 21.XI.05 2 ♂♂. V1 10.VI.1972 1 ♂.

Chorotype. Type 2 (revised from 4 in Chandler et al. (2006)) [1.02 of Vigna Taglianti et al. (1999)]. Palaearctic.

Italian distribution. Northern mainland ( Chandler 2008; Kurina 2008) and Sardinia.

Notes. Chandler (2004a) recorded this species from Sardinia based on the specimen from V1 cited above. Zaitzev (2003) used the name M. assimilis for this species and applied the name M. signatoides to a different as yet undescribed species, as discussed by Chandler (2001). The previously unpublished records from the mainland of Italy are from Aosta, leg. L. Matile ( MNHN) and from Siusi allo Sciliar [= Seis am Schlern] (Bolzano province), 1–13.VI.1964, 1 ♂, leg. J. C. Deeming ( BMNH).