Wood gnat

Sylvicola cinctus

Classification

Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Anisopodidae

The Anisopodidae are a small cosmopolitan family of gnat-like flies known as wood gnats or window-gnats, with 154 described extant species in 15 genera, and several described fossil taxa. Some species are saprophagous or fungivorous. They are mostly small to medium-sized flies, except the genera Olbiogaster and Lobogaster, which are large with spatulated abdomens.

Distribution

Kolcsár L, Dvořák L, Beuk P · CC BY

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Sources and credits

PhotoKolcsár L, Dvořák L, Beuk P · CC BY DescriptionAnisopodidae, Wikipedia contributors

Wood gnat

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