Bradysia vernalis (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

Bradysia vernalis (Zetterstedt, 1851)

Synonyms.

= monticola (Winnertz, 1867); = vallestris (Lengersdorf, 1926).

Literature.

Faunistics: Lengersdorf (1926b): 5 [as Sciara vallestris ]; Soot-Ryen (1942): 80 [as Neosciara vernalis ]; Menzel et al. (1990): 377 [as Bradysia vernalis ]. Taxonomy: Tuomikoski (1960): 123, 124; Menzel and Mohrig (2000): 183 [both as Bradysia vernalis ].

Localities.

• Norway; without further locality details (= ‘Norwegen’) • Finnmark; Porsanger, farm Fæstningsstua near Lævnasjarvi W of Skoganvarre (= ‘Fæstningsstuen’; = ‘Festningsstuen’) • Troms; Karlsøy, Vannøya (= ‘Vannö’; = ‘Vannø’; = ‘Vannøy’).

Ecological note.

Habitats not specified. Phenology: Jul.-Aug.