:''The plant genus ''Trichosia'' is nowadays considered a synonym of
Eria
''Eria'' is a genus of orchids with more than 50 species distributed in China, the Himalayas, the Indian Subcontinent, Southeast Asia, New Guinea, Polynesia, Melanesia and Micronesia.
Species
''Eria'' species accepted by Plants of the World On ...
.''
''Trichosia'' is a
genus
Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...
of
fungus gnat
Fungus gnats are small, dark, short-lived gnats, of the families Sciaridae, Diadocidiidae, Ditomyiidae, Keroplatidae, Bolitophilidae, and Mycetophilidae (order Diptera); they comprise six of the seven families placed in the superfamily Sc ...
s that feed on decaying organic matter and fungi. The subgenus ''Mouffetina'' is treated by some as a genus, while ''Baeosciara'' was originally described as a genus.
Systematics and selected species
Subgenus ''
Baeosciara''
Tuomikoski, 1966
*''
T. scotica''
( Edwards, 1925)
Subgenus ''
Mouffetina''
Frey
Freyr (Old Norse: 'Lord'), sometimes anglicized as Frey, is a widely attested god in Norse mythology, associated with kingship, fertility, peace, prosperity, fair weather, and good harvest. Freyr, sometimes referred to as Yngvi-Freyr, was especi ...
, 1942
*''
T. pulchricornis''
( Edwards, 1925)
Subgenus ''
Trichosia''
Winnertz, 1867
*''
T. basdeni''
Freeman, 1983
*''
T. confusa''
Menzel & Mohrig, 1997
*''
T. glabra''
(Meigen
Johann Wilhelm Meigen (3 May 1764 – 11 July 1845) was a German entomologist famous for his pioneering work on Diptera.
Life
Early years
Meigen was born in Solingen, the fifth of eight children of Johann Clemens Meigen and Sibylla Margaretha ...
, 1830)
*''
T. jenkinsoni''
Freeman, 1987
*''
T. morio''
(Fabricius Fabricius (, ) is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
*people from the Ancient Roman Fabricia gens, gens Fabricia:
**Gaius Fabricius Luscinus, the first of the Fabricii to move to Rome
* Johann Goldsmid (1587–1616), known by his ...
, 1794)
*''
T. splendens''
Winnertz, 1867
References
Sciaridae
Sciaroidea genera
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