Coboldia fuscipes

Description & taxonomy

  • Coboldia fuscipes (Meigen)

    Diagnosis: 
    Taxonomic data
    Valid Genus: 
    Coboldia
    Species epithet: 
    fuscipes
    Author: 
    Meigen
    Year: 
    1830
    Page: 
    314
    Synonyms: 

    Coboldia formicarum Melander, 1916

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    General
    Distribution: 

    Cosmopolitan

    Biology: 

    Common Name: oyster mushroom fly
    The larvae feed in mushroom mycelium and/or on decaying fungal, animal or plant tissue. Adults are not known to feed, but likely imbibe liquids from environmental substrates. These flies have been used in laboratory studies of developmental gene expression (Bulllock et al. 2004).
    Economic Impact : A pest of oyster mushroom and other commercially grown mushrooms (Kim et al. 1999)

    Discussion: 
    Description in general words: 

    Tiny black flies with milky wings.

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