Bradysia tilicola (Loew, 1850)

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 tilicola (Loew, 1850)

Synonyms.

= amoena (Winnertz, 1867); = alma (Winnertz, 1871); = caldaria (Lintner, 1895); = coprophila (Lintner, 1895); = domestica Frey, 1948; = incomta (Winnertz, 1867); = marcilla (Hutton, 1902); = nanella (Frey, 1936); = selecta (Winnertz, 1871); = setigera (Winnertz, 1867); = silvatica (Meigen, 1818); = sexdentata (Pettey, 1918); = triseriata (Winnertz, 1867); = turbida (Winnertz, 1867); = vana (Winnertz, 1871); = vividula (Winnertz, 1867); = volucris (Winnertz, 1867); = wendalinae (van Bruggen, 1954).

Literature.

Faunistics:? Schøyen (1889) 14;? Trail (1889) 203, 215 [both as Sciara tilicola ]; Soot-Ryen (1942) 78 [as Neosciara modesta ; misidentification] and 80 [as Sciara silvatica ]. Taxonomy: Tuomikoski (1960): 130, 132; Menzel and Mohrig (2000): 147 [both as Bradysia amoena ]; Menzel and Heller (2005): 351; Menzel et al. (2013): 286; Mohrig et al. (2013): 171; Broadley et al. (2018): 224 [all as Bradysia tilicola ].

Localities.

• Finnmark; Alta, Jotkajavre fjellstue on the Finnmarksvidda between Karasjok and Alta (= ‘Jotkajavre’) •? Hordaland; Hardanger, Granvin, Eide [= 'vicinity of Eide’; = 'Eide i Hardanger’ = 'Eide, Hardanger’) • Oslo; Oslo, Tøyen (= ‘Tøyen, Oslo’) • Troms; Balsfjord, Øverbygd (= ‘Øverbygd’) • Tromsø (= ‘Tromsø’) • Trøndelag; Levanger, Hestøya NW of Alstahaug, southern tip Måkeskjær (= ‘Måkeskjær’) • Verdal, Tromsdal SE of Lysthaugen (= ‘Tromsdal’).

Ecological note.

On twig of Tilia parvifolia [questionable record based on galls]. Phenology: Jun.-Oct.