Exechia fusca ( Meigen, 1804 )

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

58. Exechia fusca ( Meigen, 1804)

Mycetophila fusca Meigen, 1804

Literature records. Sardinia ( Chandler 2008).

Material examined. C60 10.XI.06 1 ♂. S1 2 –16.V.06 ♂♂, 16–30.V.06 2 ♂♂, 13–27.VI.06 ♂♂. S2 4 – 18.IV.06 ♂♂, 16–30.V.06 ♂♂. SAR1 16.II–15.VI.04 1 ♂, 20.V–16.VI.05 ♂♂, 16.VI–14.VII.05 1 ♂, 13– 30.IX.05 2 ♂♂, 30.IX–17.X.05 1 ♂. 2–16.XII.05 1 ♂. U1 21.XI.05 1 ♂. U4 22.XI.05 3 ♂♂. U5 23.XI.05 2 ♂♂ 1 ♀.

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

Italian distribution. Northern mainland ( Dahl et al. 1995; Chandler 2008; Kurina 2008), Sicily ( Chandler 2004a) and Sardinia.

Notes. The Sicilian record by Chandler (2004a) refers to 1 ♂ and 1 ♀ from Nebradi , 8 km north-west of Cesaro, 1300 m, Messina province, 7.v.1999, leg. P. Gatt (private collection) .

Exechia spp. ♀ ( fulva or fusca )

Material examined. C85 5.IX.03 1 ♀. S1 18.IV–12.V.06 ♀. S2 30.V–13.VI.06 ♀, 27.VI–11.VII.06 ♀. SAR1 14.VII–5.VIII.05 1 ♀, 16.XI–2.XII.05 1 ♀.

Notes. Females of these two species cannot be reliably separated.