Kurina, O. 2003: Notes on the Palaearctic species of the genus Polylepta
Winnertz (Diptera: Mycetophilidae) with a new synonymization. - Entomol.
Fennica 14: 91–97.
Morphological differences between three Palaearctic species of Polylepta Winnertz - P. borealis Lundström, P. guttiventris (Zetterstedt) and P. zonata (Zetterstedt) - are discussed and detailed genital figures for males and females are given. Polylepta meridionalis Bechev, 1990 is shown to be a junior synonym of Polylepta zonata (Zetterstedt, 1852).