Definition of Mycetophilidae

1. Noun. Fungus gnats.

Exact synonyms: Family Mycetophylidae
Generic synonyms: Arthropod Family
Group relationships: Nematocera, Suborder Nematocera
Member holonyms: Fungus Gnat

Lexicographical Neighbors of Mycetophilidae

Myadestes
Myanmar
Myanmar monetary unit
Myanmarese
Mycelia Sterilia
Mycenae
Mycenaean
Mycenaean Greek
Mycenaean civilisation
Mycenaean civilization
Mycenaean culture
Mycenaeans
Mycenean
Mycenæan
Mycenæans
Mycetophilidae (current term)
Mycobacterium abscessus
Mycobacterium avium-intracellulare complex
Mycobacterium chelonae subsp. abscessus
Mycobacterium intracellulare
Mycobacterium marianum
Mycobacterium microti
Mycoplasma agalactiae
Mycoplasma buccale
Mycoplasma conjunctivae subsp. ovis
Mycoplasma faucium
Mycoplasma gallisepticum
Mycoplasma granularum

Literary usage of Mycetophilidae

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Bulletin by Maine Agricultural Experiment Station (1913)
"THE Mycetophilidae OF NORTH AMERICA. PART IV (CONCLUSION)*. OA JOHANNSEN. The species of the genera belonging to Series I as well as the first 6 genera of ..."

2. The Cambridge Natural History by Arthur Everett Shipley, Sidney Frederic Harmer (1899)
"Mycetophilidae.—These small flies are mnch less delicate ... The larvae of Mycetophilidae are usually very elongate, worm - like maggots, ..."

3. Handbook to the Natural History of Cambridgeshire by J. E. Marr, Arthur Everett Shipley (1904)
"... though one cannot help thinking that it would prove a good locality for these families, especially Chippenham Fen for Mycetophilidae. ..."

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