Leptosciarella (Leptosciarella) trochanterata (Zetterstedt, 1851)

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

Leptosciarella (Leptosciarella) trochanterata (Zetterstedt, 1851)

Synonyms.

= coarctata (Winnertz, 1867); = hirsutissima (Strobl, 1895); = prisca (Winnertz, 1867); = saltuum (Winnertz, 1868); = splendens (Winnertz, 1867) [ Sciara ].

Literature.

Faunistics: Zetterstedt (1871): 3721; Siebke (1877): 211 [both as Sciara trochanterata ; in part]; Soot-Ryen (1942): 76 [as Lycoria trochanterata ; in part]; Menzel et al. (1990): 314 [as Trichosia (Trichosia) trochanterata ; in part]; Mohrig and Menzel (1997): 54; Menzel and Mohrig (2000): 367 [both as Leptosciarella (Leptosciarella) trochanterata ]. Taxonomy: Tuomikoski (1960): 21, 24 [as Trichosia (Leptosciarella) coarctata ]; Mohrig and Menzel (1997): 54; Menzel and Mohrig (2000): 367 [both as Leptosciarella (Leptosciarella) trochanterata ].

Localities.

• Oslo; Oslo, Botanisk hage (= 'in horto botanico ad Christianiam’) • Oslo, Tøyen (= 'in Töien prope Christianiam’; = ‘Töien nahe Kristiania [Oslo]'; = ‘Töien [Oslo]'; = ‘Tøien, Oslo’) • Trøndelag; Verdal, near Sul, between Kongsstuggu [formerly 'Kongsstuen fjeldstue’] and Høyfjellsbro (= 'inter Kongsstuen et Höjfjeldbroe’; = 'Kongstuen und Höjfjeldroe’; = ‘Höjfjeldbroe’; = 'between Kongsstuen and Høifjellsbro’).

Ecological note.

On mountains; in botanical gardens. Phenology: Jun.-Jul.