Trichosia (Trichosia) caudata (Walker, 1848)

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

Trichosia (Trichosia) caudata (Walker, 1848)

Synonyms.

= dziedzickii (Grzegorzek, 1884); = longiventris (Zetterstedt, 1851); = mikii (Grzegorzek, 1884); = sznablii (Grzegorzek, 1884).

Literature.

Faunistics: Zetterstedt (1851): 3727; Siebke (1863): 110; Siebke (1866a): 387; Siebke (1866b): 417; Siebke (1870): 304; Siebke (1872): 97; Siebke (1877): 211; Strand (1904): 10; Lengersdorf (1926b): 3 [all as Sciara longiventris ]; Soot-Ryen (1942): 76 [as Lycoria longiventris ]; Tuomikoski (1960): 19; Menzel et al. (1990): 314 [both as Trichosia (Trichosia) caudata ]; Menzel and Mohrig (1997): 20 [as Sciara longiventris under Trichosia (Trichosia) morio sensu Menzel and Mohrig] and 21 [as Trichosia (Trichosia) morio sensu Menzel and Mohrig; misidentification]; Menzel and Mohrig (2000): 558 [as Sciara longiventris under Trichosia (Trichosia) morio sensu Menzel and Mohrig; misidentification]. Taxonomy: Tuomikoski (1957): 16 [as Trichosia caudata ]; Tuomikoski (1960): 18, 19 [as Trichosia (Trichosia) caudata ]; Menzel and Mohrig (1997): 19; Menzel and Mohrig (2000): 558 [both as Trichosia (Trichosia) morio sensu Menzel and Mohrig; misidentification].

Localities.

• Norway; without further locality details (= ‘Norwegen’) • Akershus; Skedsmo, Lillestrøm E of Oslo (= ‘Lillestrømmen in par. [parochia] Skedsmo’; = 'ad Christianiam, Lillestrømmen’; = ‘Lillestrømmen’; = ‘Skedsmo’) • Buskerud; Krødsherad (= ‘Krødsherred’; = ‘Krydsherred’) • Hedmark; Åmot, Åset 7.5 km N of Åmot in the Østerdalen (= 'in parochiis Aamodt Østerdaliæ (ad Aaset)'; = ‘Åset, Åmot’) • Åmot, in the Østerdalen (= ‘Østerdalen, Aamodt’) • Møre Og Romsdal; Rauma, Rauma in the Romsdalen (= 'Romsdals Amt, i Rauma’) • Rauma, in the Romsdalen (= 'ad Fladmark, Romsdaliæe’; = 'Fladmark, Romsdal’) • Oppland; Nord-Aurdal, Aurdal (= Aurdal in Valders’; = 'Aurdal, Valdres’; = ‘Aurdal’) • Vågå, farm Sve NE of Vågåmo in the Gudbrandsdalen (= 'Vaage Gudbrandsdaliæ ad Svee’; = 'i Vaage’; = 'Sve, Våge’) • Oslo; Oslo (= 'ad Christianiam’; = ‘Oslo’; = ‘Moe.’ [misinterpretation in Menzel and Mohrig (1997), correctly 'leg. M. Moe’]) • Oslo, Tøyen (= ‘Tøien’; = ‘Tøyen, Oslo’) • Østfold; Hvaler, Hvaløerne (= ‘Hvaløerne’) • Telemark; Porsgrunn, Porsgrunn (= ‘Porsgrund’) • Troms; Nordreisa, woodland and farm Hallen at the E shore of Reisaelva SE of Storslett (= 'Nordreisa, Hallen’) • Trøndelag; Fosnes, Jøa Island, montain Mulfjellet SE of Dun (= ‘Mulfjellet’) • Levanger, Skogn SE of Levanger (= 'ad Thynæs’; = 'ad Thynäs’; = Tynes) [= in the accommodation of Thy in Skogn] • Stjørdal, farm Hammermoen NE of Stjørdal (= 'ad Hammermoen)'; = ‘Hammermoen’) • Verdal, former poststation ‘Suulstuen’ SE of Vuku at the Jamtlandsvegen [road no. 72] (= 'ad Suulstuen Værdaliæ’; = 'Suulstuen Værdaliæ’; = 'Suul. [Suulstuen Vaerdaliae]'; = ‘Sulstuen’) • Verdal, Kong Carl Johans Klev at the Jamtlandsvegen [road no. 72] SE of Vuku (= 'ad Kong Carl Johans Klev’; = 'Kong Carl Joh. Klev. [Kong Carl Johans Klev]'; = 'ad Carl Johans Klev’; = 'Karl Johans Klev’) • Verdal, Østre Nes at the Jamtlandsvegen [road no. 72] between Verdal and Lysthaugen (= ‘Østre Værdaliæ’; = ‘Østre’; = ‘Østre Nes’; = ‘Østre Næs’; = ‘Östre-Näs’; = ‘Näs’; = ‘Näs [ Östre-Näs]’).

Ecological note.

Between stones on sandy soil; larvae in rotten wood of gray alder ( Alnus incana ); on mountains. Phenology: Apr., Jun.-Aug.