Symmerus Explained

Symmerus is a genus of fungus gnats and gall midges in the family Ditomyiidae. There are about five described species in Symmerus.^{[1] [2] [3] [4]}

Species

• S. akikoae Saigusa, 1973^[5]
• S. annulatus (Meigen, 1830)

^{i c g}

• S. antennalis Okada, 1936^[6]
• S. balticus Edwards, 1921^[7]
• S. brevicornis Okada, 1939^[8]
• S. coqula Garrett, 1925

^{i c g[9]}

• S. defectivus (Loew, 1850)
• S. elongatus Saigusa, 1973^[5]
• S. fuscicaudatus Saigusa, 1973^[5]
• S. kubani Ševčik, 2000^[10]
• S. latus Ostroverkhova, 1979^[11]
• S. lautus (Loew, 1870)

^{i c g b}

• S. nepalensis Munroe, 1974^[12]
• S. nobilis Lackschewitz, 1937^[13]
• S. pectinatus Saigusa, 1966^{[14] [5]}
• S. uncatus Munroe, 1974^[12]

^{i c g b}

• S. vockerothi Munroe, 1974^[12]

^{i c g b}Data sources: i = ITIS,^[1] c = Catalogue of Life,^[2] g = GBIF,^[3] b = Bugguide.net^[4]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Symmerus Report . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. 2018-04-26 .
2. Web site: Catalogue of Life. 2018-04-26.
3. Web site: Symmerus. GBIF. 2018-04-26.
4. Web site: Symmerus Genus Information. BugGuide.net. 2018-04-26.
5. Saigusa . T. . A systematic study of the Mycetophilidae of Japan (Diptera). Part I. A revision of the subfamily Ditomyiinae . Sieboldia . 1973 . 4 . 167–215.
6. Okada . I. . Beitrag zur Kenntnis der Fungivoridenfauna Japans. 3. Ditomyiinae (Dipt.) . Insecta Matsumurana . 1936 . 11 . 1–2 . 56–60.
7. Edwards . F. W . . A note on the dipterous subfamily Ditomyinae, with descriptions of new recent and fossil forms . The Annals and Magazine of Natural History . 1921 . 7 . 9 . 431–437 . 27 May 2019. 10.1080/00222932108632542 .
8. Okada . I. . Studien uber die Pilzmucken (Fungivoridae) aus Hokkaido (Diptera, Nematocera). . Journal of the Faculty of Agriculture, Hokkaido University . 1939 . 42 . 267–336, pls. 15–18 . 27 May 2019.
9. Book: Garrett . C.B.D. . Sixty-one new Diptera. . 1925 . Published by the author . Cranbrook, British Columbia . 1–12.
10. Sevcik . Jan . A new species of Symmerus from Laos (Diptera: Ditomyiidae) . Entomology Problems . 2000 . 31 . 2 . 181–182 . 27 May 2019.
11. Book: Ostroverkhova . G. P. . Fungus gnats (Diptera, Mycetophilidae) of Siberia.[In Russian] . 1979 . Tomsk . 1–308.
12. Munroe . D.D. . The systematics, phylogeny, and zoogeography of Symmerus Walker and Australosymmerus Freeman (Diptera: Mycetophilidae: Ditomyiinae) . The Memoirs of the Entomological Society of Canada . 1974 . 92 . 1–183 . 27 May 2019.
13. Lackschewitz . P. . Die Fungivoriden des Ostbaltischen Gebietes . Arb. NatForschVer. Riga. (N. F.) . 1937 . 21 . 1–47.
14. Saigusa . T. . . A new Taiwan species of Symmerus with pectinate antennae (Diptera: Mycetophilidae) . Pacific Insects . 1966 . 8 . 800–803.