Bradysia praecox (Meigen, 1818)

Menzel, Frank, Gammelmo, Oivind, Olsen, Kjell Magne & Koehler, Arne, 2020, The Black Fungus Gnats (Diptera, Sciaridae) of Norway - Part I: species records published until December 2019, with an updated checklist, ZooKeys 957, pp. 17-104 : 17

Bradysia praecox (Meigen, 1818)

Synonyms.

= albinervis (Winnertz, 1867); = brevipalpis (Winnertz, 1868); = leclerqi (Lengersdorf, 1950); = macilenta (Winnertz, 1867); = morosa (Winnertz, 1867); = nocticolor (Winnertz, 1867); = simplex (Winnertz, 1867); = simplex var. subsimplex (Lengersdorf, 1926); = unicolor (Winnertz, 1868).

Literature.

Faunistics: Zetterstedt (1851): 3735; Siebke (1863): 176; Siebke (1866a): 385, 388; Siebke (1877): 212; Strand (1904): 10; Summerhayes and Elton (1923): 222, 262 [all as Sciara praecox ]; Lengersdorf (1926b): 3 [as Sciara praecox ] and 4 [as Sciara albinervis ]; Summerhayes and Elton (1928): 236 [as Sciara praecox ]; Soot-Ryen (1942): 76 [in part as Neosciara aprilina ; misidentification (only cited albinervis specimens)] and 79 [as Neosciara praecox ]; Coulson and Refseth (2004): 102; Coulson (2008): 160; Coulson (2013): 153 [all as Bradysia praecox ]. Taxonomy: Tuomikoski (1960): 122, 123; Menzel and Mohrig (2000): 181 [both as Bradysia praecox ].

Localities.

• Norway; without further locality details (= ‘Norwegen’) • Finnmark; Karasjok, Ravnastua fjellstue NW of Karasjok (= ‘Ravnastuen’) • Porsanger, farm Fæstningsstua near Lævnasjarvi W of Skoganvarre (= ‘Fæstningstuen’; = ‘Festningsstuen’) • Møre Og Romsdal; Fræna, Hammarøya NW of Hopadalen (= ‘Hammarøy’) • Haram,? Ormeneset (= in Romsdalia ad Ormen’; = 'Romsdals Amt, omkring Ormen’; = ‘Ormem’) • Rauma, between Veblungsnes and Romsdalshornet Mountain in the Romsdalsalpene SE of Åndalsnes (= 'Romsdals Amt, mellem Veblungsnæsset og Romsdalshorn’) • Rauma, Horgheim SE of Åndalsnes in the Romsdalen (= 'in Romsdalia ad Horgheim; = 'Romsdals Amt, Horgheim’; = ‘Horgheim’) • Rauma, Veblungsnes at the Romsdalsfjorden SW of Åndalsnes (= 'in Romsdalia ad Veblungsnæs; = 'Veblungsnes, Romsdal’) • Smøla, Smøla Island (= 'in insula Smølen in Nordmøre’; = 'ad Smölen’; = ‘Smøla’) • Nordland; Hamarøy (= ‘Hammerø’) • Oppland; Lesja, Fogstuen on the Dovrefjell plateau (= ‘Fogstuen’; = 'ad Fokstuen’; = 'in alpe Dovre ad Fokstuen’; = 'in alpe Dovre’) • Oslo; Oslo (= 'ad Christianiam’; = ‘Oslo’) • Oslo, Botanisk hage (= 'in horto botanico ad Christianiam’; = 'Botanical Garden, Oslo’) • Troms; Balsfjord, Øverbygd (= ‘Øverbygd’) • Karlsøy, Vannøya (= ‘Vannø’; = ‘Vannøy’) • Tromsø, Ramfjorden (= ‘Ramfjord’) • Tromsø (= ‘Tromsø’) • Trøndelag; Levanger, Skogn SE of Levanger (= 'ad Thyæs in par. [parochia] Skogn’; = 'ad Thyæs in Skogn’; = ‘Thynäs’; = 'Tynes, Værdal’) [= in the accommodation of Thy in Skogn] • Meråker, NE of mountain Kølhaugan near the Swedish border [maybe a collecting place in Sweden: Jämtland, village Skalstugan close to the border with Norway] (= 'ad diversorium Skalstugan prope jugum alpinum Norwegiæ’) • Oppdal, Kongsvoll near Kongsvold Fjeldstue in the Drivdalen (= ‘Kongsvold’; = 'ad Kongsvold’; = 'in alpe Dovre ad Kongsvold’; = 'in alpe Dovre’).

• Svalbard; Bjørnøya (= 'Bear Island, southern part’) • Spitsbergen, Aldert Dirkses Bugt in the Wijdefjorden (= 'Spitsbergen, Aldert Dirkses Bay District [Wijde Bay]') • Spitsbergen, Bünsow Land, Brucebyen 0.5 km S of Kapp Napier (= 'Spitsbergen, Klaas Billen Bay (Bruce City Region), around Bruce City’).

Ecological note.

On beaches with Salix polaris and mosses; Cassiope heath; plant community ‘fjaeldmark’ (= feldmark; mountain field) with phanerogams, mosses, lichens and Salix polaris (all Svalbard records); on mountains; in botanical gardens. Phenology: Jun.-Aug.