Cordyla flaviceps is a Palearctic[1] species of 'fungus gnat' in the family Mycetophilidae. The type-locality is Copenhagen (Denmark). C. flavicepsis a mycetophage associated with Russula and Lactarius.[2]

Cordyla flaviceps
Cordyla flaviceps North Wales
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Mycetophilidae
Genus: Cordyla
Species:
C. flaviceps
Binomial name
Cordyla flaviceps
Stæger, 1840

References

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  1. ^ Fauna Europaea
  2. ^ Jakovlev, J. 2011: Fungus gnats (Diptera: Sciaroidea) associated with dead wood and wood growing fungi: new rearing data from Finland and Russian Karelia andgeneral analysis of known larval microhabitats in Europe. Entomol. Fennica 22: 157–189. pdf
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