Pnyxia Explained

Pnyxia is a genus of dark-winged fungus gnats, insects in the family Sciaridae. There are at least four described species in Pnyxia.

Species

These four species belong to the genus Pnyxia:

• Pnyxia scabiei (Hopkins, 1895)

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• Pnyxia schmallenbergensis Menzel & Mohrig, 1998

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• Pnyxia schmallerbergensis Menzel & Mohrig, 1998

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• Pnyxia thaleri (Mohrig & Mamaev, 1978)

^{c g}Data sources: i = ITIS, c = Catalogue of Life, g = GBIF, b = Bugguide.net

Further reading

• Revision of the black fungus gnats (Diptera: Sciaridae) of North America. 2013. Mohrig . W.. Heller . K.. Hippa . H.. Vilkamaa . P.. Menzel . F.. 4. Studia Dipterologica. 19. 141–286.
• Book: Manual of Nearctic Diptera, Volume I. 1981. McAlpine . J. F.. Petersen . B. V.. Shewell . G. E.. Teskey . H. J.. Vockeroth . J. R.. Wood . D. M.. Agriculture Canada, Research Branch. 978-0-660-10731-8.