Bradysia affinis (Zetterstedt, 1838)

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 affinis (Zetterstedt, 1838)

Synonym.

= pratincola Tuomikoski, 1960.

Literature.

Faunistics: Zetterstedt (1851): 3752; Siebke (1877): 214 [both as Sciara affinis ]; Tuomikoski (1960): 119 [only correctly mentioned under Bradysia affinis as 'in Norwegen’ [in Norway] based on the old records by Zetterstedt (1851) and Siebke (1877); the rest are misidentifications] and 120 [as Bradysia pratincola ]; Menzel et al. (1990): 368 [as Bradysia pratincola only; not Bradysia affinis sensu Tuomikoski; misidentification]; Menzel and Mohrig (2000): 178 [as Bradysia pratincola ]; Köhler et al. (2014): 328 [as Bradysia affinis ]. Taxonomy: Tuomikoski (1960): 116, 120 [as Bradysia pratincola ]; Menzel and Mohrig (1998): 356 [as Bradysia affinis ]; Menzel and Mohrig (2000): 172 [as Bradysia affinis ] and 178 [as Bradysia pratincola ].

Localities.

• Norway; without further locality details (= ‘Norwegen’; = ‘Norway’) • Finnmark; Tana, Tanafjorden, fjord Vestertana (= 'Finmark, Tana, Vestertana’) • Telemark; Drangedal, Djupedal 1.5 km SE of Henneseid (= 'Drangedal, Djupedal, Henseid’) • Drangedal, woodland Steinknapp SW of Drangedal (= 'Drangedal, Steinknapp’) • Troms; Nordreisa, woodland and farm Hallen at the E shore of Reisaelva SE of Storslett (= 'Nordreisa, Hallen’) • Tromsø (= ‘Tromsø’; = ‘Tromsö’) • Trøndelag; Verdal, Østre Nes at the Jamtlandsvegen [road no. 72] between Verdal and Lysthaugen (= 'ad diversorium Näs Værdaliæ’; = 'ad diversorium Næs Værdaliæ’).

Ecological note.

Grove meadows. Phenology: Jun.-Aug.