Bradysia alpicola (Winnertz, 1867)

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 alpicola (Winnertz, 1867)

Synonyms.

= caliginosa (Winnertz, 1867); = concolor (Beling, 1873); = egens (Winnertz, 1867); = meridiana (Lengersdorf, 1926); = moreensis (Lengersdorf, 1926); = mutabilis (Lengersdorf, 1926); = obscura (Winnertz, 1867); = rogenhoferi (Winnertz, 1867).

Literature.

Faunistics: Lengersdorf (1926b): 7 [as Sciara mutabilis ]; Lengersdorf (1928-30): 6, 31 [as Lycoria (Neosciara) mutabilis ]; Soot-Ryen (1942): 78 [as Neosciara mutabilis ]; Menzel and Mohrig (2000): 164 [as Sciara mutabilis under Bradysia alpicola ]; Köhler et al. (2014): 328 [as Bradysia alpicola ]. Taxonomy: Zetterstedt (1851): 3716 [as Sciara morio ; misidentification]; Tuomikoski (1960): 125 [as Bradysia morio sensu Zetterstedt and Frey; misidentification]; Menzel and Mohrig (2000): 163 [as Bradysia alpicola ].

Localities.

• Norway; without further locality details (= ‘Norwegen’) • Finnmark; Alta, Bojobæskihytta in the Stabbursdalen between Karasjok and Alta (= ‘Bojobæske’; = ‘Bojobaeske’) • Alta, Jotkajavre fjellstue on the Finnmarksvidda between Karasjok and Alta (= ‘Jotkajavre’) • Karasjok, Karasjok at the river Karasjohka (= ‘Karasjok’) • Nordland; Sørfold, Røsvik at the S shore of Sørfolda (= ‘Røsvik’; = ‘Røsvik [? Rørvik]’) • Telemark; Drangedal, woodland Steinknapp SW of Drangedal (= 'Drangedal, Steinknapp’).

Ecological note.

Oak canopies of Quercus robur . Phenology: Jun.-Aug.