Metatrichia
Ing, 1964
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1- Metatrichia bulbosa(window fly)
Metatrichia is a of plasmodial slime molds (Myxomycetes) within the Trichiaceae, established by Bruce Ing in 1964. The genus currently contains six . Members of this genus are found across diverse geographic regions including North and South America, Africa, Asia, Europe, and Oceania. Some species have been recorded on dead wood and bark.
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Habitat
Dead wood and bark (documented for M. vesparium).
Distribution
Widespread across multiple continents: Africa (Algeria, Ghana, Kenya, Liberia, Morocco, Reunion), North America (Canada, Mexico, USA including Alaska), Central America ( Rica, Nicaragua, Panama), South America (Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Venezuela), Asia (Armenia, China, Georgia, India, Kazakhstan, Nepal, Pakistan, Philippines, Russia, Sri Lanka, Turkey), Oceania (Australia, New Zealand), Caribbean (United States Virgin Islands, Antigua and Barbuda, Cuba, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Jamaica, Puerto Rico, Trinidad and Tobago), and Europe (Belgium, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Lithuania, Poland, Spain, Sweden, Ukraine, UK).
Misconceptions
The name Metatrichia has been applied to both a of slime molds (Myxomycetes, Trichiaceae) and, in error or outdated , to a genus of window flies (Scenopinidae) in some sources. The valid current usage is for the slime mold genus established by Ing in 1964.
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Taxonomic history
Circumscribed by Bruce Ing in 1964. The comprises six .