Bradysia confinis (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 confinis (Winnertz, 1867)

Synonyms.

= myrtilli (Winnertz, 1867); = nigrescens (Winnertz, 1869); = occulta (Winnertz, 1867); = sororcula (Winnertz, 1867); = tarda (Winnertz, 1867).

Literature.

Faunistics: Lengersdorf (1926b): 3 [as Sciara sororcula ]; Soot-Ryen (1942): 78 [in part as Neosciara nervosa ; misidentification (only cited sororcula specimens)]. Taxonomy: Tuomikoski (1960): 139, 140; Menzel and Mohrig (2000): 127 [both as Bradysia confinis ].

Localities.

• Finnmark; Alta, Bossekop in Alta (= ‘Bosekop’) • Hammerfest, Hammerfest (= ‘Hammerfest’) • Porsanger, farm Fæstningsstua near Lævnasjarvi W of Skoganvarre (= ‘Fæstningstuen’; = ‘Festningsstuen’) • Møre Og Romsdal/Oppland/ Trøndelag; Dovrefjell [Dovre Mountains] (= ‘Dovre’) • Troms; Balsfjord, Svendborg ca. 1.7 km from the N shore of Fjellfrøsvatnet (= ‘Svendborg’; = ‘Svendborg’) • Karlsøy, Torsvåg at the NW coast of Vannøya 15 km N of Tromsø (= ‘Torsvaag’; = ‘Torsvåg’) • Tromsø (= ‘Tromsø’) • Tromsø, Ramfjorden (= ‘Ramfjord’).

Ecological note.

Habitats not specified. Phenology: Jul.-Aug.