Scatopsciara (Scatopsciara) atomaria (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

Scatopsciara (Scatopsciara) atomaria (Zetterstedt, 1851)

Synonyms.

= borealis ( Rübsaamen, 1898); = falsaria (Winnertz, 1867); = hybrida (Winnertz, 1867); = mundula (Winnertz, 1867); = nacta (Johannsen, 1912); = pagana (Winnertz, 1867); = pratinicola (Winnertz, 1867); = radialis (Shaw, 1934); = silvestris (Frey, 1936); = soluta (Winnertz, 1867); = vivida (Winnertz, 1867).

Literature.

Faunistics: Zetterstedt (1851): 3761; Siebke (1877): 214 [both as Sciara atomaria ]; Lengersdorf (1926b): 4 [as Sciara vivida ]; Lengersdorf (1930c): 52 [as Sciara borealis Rübsamer; recte Rübsaamen]; Soot-Ryen (1942): 76 [as Neosciara atomaria ], 77 [as Neosciara borealis ] and 80 [as Neosciara vivida ]; Menzel et al. (1997): 140 [as Scatopsciara atomaria ]; Menzel and Mohrig (2000): 494 [as Scatopsciara (Scatopsciara) atomaria ]; Thunes et al. (2004): 85 [as Scatopsciara atomaria ]; Mohrig et al. (2013): 235; Köhler et al. (2014): 329 [both as Scatopsciara (Scatopsciara) atomaria ]. Taxonomy: Tuomikoski (1960): 151, 153 [as Scaptosciara vivida ; recte Scatopsciara ]; Menzel and Mohrig (2000): 494; Mohrig et al. (2013): 235 [both as Scatopsciara (Scatopsciara) atomaria ]; Broadley et al. (2018): 234 [as Scatopsciara atomaria ].

Localities.

• Akershus; Frogn, Sønderstøa-Degerud (= ‘Degerud’) • Buskerud; Sigdal, Heimseteråsen (= ‘Sigdal’) • Finnmark; Alta, Bossekop in Alta (= ‘Bosekop’) • Alta, Jotkajavre fjellstue on the Finnmarksvidda between Karasjok and Alta (= ‘Jotkajavre’) • Karasjok, Karasjok at the river Karasjohka (= ‘Karasjok’) • Hordaland; Kvam, 'Berge landskapsvernområde’ [protected landscape area with the Bergsvatnet] NW of Tørvikbygd (= 'Kvam, Berge’) • Telemark; Drangedal, woodland Steinknapp SW of Drangedal (= 'Drangedal, Steinknapp’) • Porsgrunn, Mule Varde SE of Porsgrunn at the Eidangerfjorden (= 'Porsgrunn, Mule Varde’) • Troms; Tromsø (= ‘Tromsø’) • Tromsø, lake Prestvannet on the Tromsøya (= 'Prestvann, Tromsø’) • Trøndelag; Levanger, Hestøya NW of Alstahaug, southern tip Måkeskjær (= ‘Måkeskjær’) • Levanger, Skogn SE of Levanger (= 'ad diversorium Thynäs’; = 'ad Thyæs in Skogn’; = ‘Thynäs’; = 'Tynes, Værdal’) [= in the accommodation of Thy in Skogn].

• Svalbard; Bjørnøya, Mosevatnet near Kapp Forsberg (= 'bei Mosevatnet (B.)').

Taxonomic note.

The syntypes (two females) of Sciara borealis Rübsaamen were studied by the senior author and identified as a junior synonym of Scatopsciara atomaria (Zetterstedt). More detailed information will be presented in a separate publication about the Sciara species described by Rübsaamen (1898).

Ecological note.

Pinus sylvestris dominated boreal forests with Betula pubescens and Picea abies ; oak canopies of Quercus robur . In mosses, lichens and Salix plants (Svalbard records). Phenology: Jun.-Oct.