Phronia tenuis Winnertz, 1863

Chandler, Peter J., 2009, The fungus gnats (Diptera: Bolitophilidae, Keroplatidae, Mycetophilidae) of Sardinia, with description of six new species *, Zootaxa 2318 : -

90. Phronia tenuis Winnertz, 1863

Literature records. Sardinia ( Chandler 2004a).

Material examined. T2 31.V.1981 1 ♂ (det. N. Caspers). U1 21.XI.05 1 ♂ (det. O. Kurina).

Chorotype. Type 1 [1.01 of Vigna Taglianti et al. (1999)]. Holarctic.

Italian distribution. North and south of mainland ( Dahl et al. 1995; Kurina 2008) and Sardinia.

Notes. Chandler (2004a) recorded this species from Sardinia based on the specimen from T2 cited above.

Phronia spp. ♀

Material examined. C82 11–12.VI.04 1 ♀. S2 19.IX–3.X.06 ♀, 3–17.X.06 ♀. S3 2 –16.V.06 ♀. SAR1 14–29.IX.03 1 ♀, 16.VI–14.VII.05 1 ♀, 13–30.IX.05 5 ♀, 30.IX–17.X.05 1 ♀, 17.X–3.XI.05 1 ♀, 6.X– 5.XI.06 ♀. U4 22.XI.05 1 ♀.

Notes. Determination of females in this genus is difficult. While females of Phronia basalis and P. biarcuata can be recognised on wing characters and are here associated with their males, the females listed here cannot be confidently assigned to species.