New records of Megaselia (Diptera: Phoridae) reared from fungus sporophores in Japan, including five new species

To clarify the diversity and host associations of dipteran insects exploiting fungal fruiting bodies, we collected fruiting bodies at 18 localities in Hokuriku region, central Japan, from 2012 to 2015 and examined them for the emergence of insects. In total, 14,107 dipteran individuals belonging to 20 families emerged from fungi of 8 orders, 25 families, 49 genera and 129 species. Approximately 79% of dipteran individuals belonged to three families, Phoridae, Muscidae and Drosophilidae. The faunal similarity at the family level was relatively high between central (warm‐temperate) and northern (cool‐temperate) areas of Japan. However, the species composition of Drosophilidae was much different between central and northern Japan. The difference in the species composition was discussed in relation to the climatic conditions and fungal flora. None of the species from Drosophilidae, Phoridae, Muscidae, Mycetophilidae, Lonchaeidae and Chloropidae were specialists (they exploited more than one species of fungi), but they showed differences their fungi preference. Adults of some families, especially Drosophilidae, were frequently collected from fruiting bodies, but those of other families were seldom collected, probably reflecting differences in adult feeding ecology.

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“…2 and H. histrioides from those of Russulaceae (Disney et al . ; this study), and Exechia arisaemae , Mycetophyla sp. cf.…”

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Diversity and host associations of dipteran insects exploiting fungal fruiting bodies in Hokuriku, central Japan

Tuno

Nitta

Kobayashi

et al. 2019

Entomological Science

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“…In their book Fungus–Insect Relationships: Perspectives in Ecology and Evolution , Wheeler and Blackwell [ 16 ] presented four chapters containing lists of invertebrates and the fungi they feed on [ 17 , 18 , 19 , 20 ]. Several global reviews on mycophagy in Coleoptera were published [ 21 , 22 , 23 ], whereas papers on dipteran mycophagy have focused on a particular geographic region [ 24 , 25 , 26 , 27 , 28 ]. Recently, an extensive review of fungi associated with the mycophagous millipede Brachycybe lecontii in North America was published [ 6 ].…”

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Mycophagy: A Global Review of Interactions between Invertebrates and Fungi

Santamaria

Verbeken

Haelewaters

2023

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Fungi are diverse organisms that occupy important niches in natural settings and agricultural settings, acting as decomposers, mutualists, and parasites and pathogens. Interactions between fungi and other organisms, specifically invertebrates, are understudied. Their numbers are also severely underestimated. Invertebrates exist in many of the same spaces as fungi and are known to engage in fungal feeding or mycophagy. This review aims to provide a comprehensive, global view of mycophagy in invertebrates to bring attention to areas that need more research, by prospecting the existing literature. Separate searches on the Web of Science were performed using the terms “mycophagy” and “fungivore”. Invertebrate species and corresponding fungal species were extracted from the articles retrieved, whether the research was field- or laboratory-based, and the location of the observation if field-based. Articles were excluded if they did not list at least a genus identification for both the fungi and invertebrates. The search yielded 209 papers covering seven fungal phyla and 19 invertebrate orders. Ascomycota and Basidiomycota are the most represented fungal phyla whereas Coleoptera and Diptera make up most of the invertebrate observations. Most field-based observations originated from North America and Europe. Research on invertebrate mycophagy is lacking in some important fungal phyla, invertebrate orders, and geographic regions.

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Phylogeny of Phorinae sensu latu (Diptera: Phoridae) inferred from a morphological analysis with comprehensive taxon sampling and an uncommon method of character coding

Ament

2017

Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society

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New records of Megaselia (Diptera: Phoridae) reared from fungus sporophores in Japan, including five new species

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Diversity and host associations of dipteran insects exploiting fungal fruiting bodies in Hokuriku, central Japan

Diversity and host associations of dipteran insects exploiting fungal fruiting bodies in Hokuriku, central Japan

Mycophagy: A Global Review of Interactions between Invertebrates and Fungi

Phylogeny of Phorinae sensu latu (Diptera: Phoridae) inferred from a morphological analysis with comprehensive taxon sampling and an uncommon method of character coding

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