Sciara ruficauda Meigen, 1818

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

Sciara ruficauda Meigen, 1818

Synonyms.

= boleti Winnertz, 1867; = mamaevi Antonova, 1978; = vigilax Winnertz, 1867.

Literature.

Faunistics: Zetterstedt (1852): 4354; Siebke (1863): 176; Siebke (1877): 210; Lengersdorf (1926b): 3 [all as Sciara ruficauda ]; Soot-Ryen (1942): 76 [as Lycoria ruficauda ]; Menzel et al. (1990): 312 [as Sciara ruficauda ]. Taxonomy: Antonova (1978): 182, 186 [as Sciara mamaevi]; Menzel and Mohrig (2000): 530 [as Sciara ruficauda ].

Localities.

• Norway; without further locality details (= ‘Norwegen’) • Oppland; Lesja, Fogstuen on the Dovrefjell plateau (= 'ad Fogstuen’; = 'in alpe Dovre ad Fokstuen’; = 'Fokstuen, Dovre’) • Oslo; Oslo, Tøyen (= 'ad Christianiam in Tøien’; = 'ad Tøien’; = ‘Tøyen, Oslo’) • Troms; Målselv, farm Frihetsli in the Dividalen 32 km SE of Øverbygd (= ‘Frihetsli’).

Ecological note.

Habitats not specified. Phenology: Jun.-Jul.