No April-fool: New species of fungus gnat discovered in Bonn

Björn Rulík (taxonomic coordinator at the Zoological Research Museum Alexander Koenig – Leibniz Institute for Animal Biodiversity, Bonn) and Kai Heller (Citizen Scientist in GBOL, Quickborn) describe a new species of fungus gnat in the recently published edition of the Biodiversity Data Journal . Surprisingly, the animal has been discovered in the museum garden in the center of Bonn using an automated malaise trap for the efficient detection of biodiversity in the context of the GBOL project.

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Holotype of Ctenosciara alexanderkoenigi