Vol. 96, No. 2, March & April. 1985 87 DIPTERA ASSOCIATED WITH SHELF FUNGI AND CERTAIN OTHER MICRO-HABITATS IN THE HIGHLANDS AREA OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA 1 2 Robert C. Graves, Anne C.F. Graves-^ ABSTRACT: Diptera collected primarily from species of woody fungi in western North Carolina (Macon, Jackson, and Transylvania counties) are discussed. The families represented include Ceratopogonidae, Chironomidae, Mycetophilidae, Sciaridae, Cecidomyiidae, Lonchopteridae, Phoridae, and Drosophilidae. This is the seventh in a series of papers on the arthropods associated with the sporocarps of woody shelf-or bracket-fungi ( chiefly Polyporaceae) in the Blue Ridge Mountains area near Highlands, North Carolina ( Graves and Graves 1966a, 1966b, 1968, 1969, 1970, Graves et al. 1977). A bibliography of publications on mycophagous insects has been published by Fogel(1975). Information on the Highlands area, collecting methods (extraction funnel), and detailed habitat and collection data may be found in Graves and Graves (1966a). The paired code numbers (e.g., 120-1) refer to this information, the second number in each pair being the number of individuals collected. Collection numbers beginning with "C" refer to non-fungus habitats (data listed in Graves and Graves 1 969). In the following checklist, the general types of microhabitats in which each species was collected are indicated as follows: F -fungi, L -rhododendron leaf litter, M -moss, S -sawdust pile, and T -tree-hole debris. Checklist of Diptera Ceratopogonidae Atrichopogon sp. (M) (C101-1) Forcipomvia (new subgenus near Lepidohelea) new species 1 (F)(120-l. 121-1, 125-1, 130-f, 134-1,141-6, 147-15,149-1,151-1,159-6, 180-1. 2 13-1,21 5-1, 21 7-1, 218-1) F. (Forcipomvia) bipunctata(L.) (F) (147-1) F. (Forcipomvia) fuliginosa(Meigen) (F) (141-1) F. (Forcipomvia) sp. (F.S.M) (156-1, 158-1, C110a-l. C115-1) Deceived April 9, 1984. Accepted November 3, 1984. ^Collecting supported by NSF G-1 7005 made to the Highlands Biological Station, Highlands, NC ^Department of Biological Sciences, Bowling Green State University. Bowling Green, OH 43403 ENT. NEWS 96(2): 87-92. March & April 1985
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