Bradysia nitidicollis (Meigen, 1818)

Synonyms.

= alacris (Winnertz, 1867); = albicans (Winnertz, 1867); = aprilina (Meigen, 1818); = atroparva Frey, 1948; = fenestrata (Meigen, 1818); = inornata (Winnertz, 1867); = scatopsoides (Meigen, 1818); = tenella (Winnertz, 1867); = trichoptera (Lengersdorf, 1926).

Literature.

Faunistics: Walker (1848): 108 [as Sciara aprilina]; Zetterstedt (1851): 3737; Zetterstedt (1855): 4890; Siebke (1877): 212 [all as Sciara nitidicollis]; Lengersdorf (1926b): 4 [as Sciara nitidicollis] and 9 [as Sciara aprilina]; Soot-Ryen (1942): 76 [in part as Neosciara aprilina (only cited Walker’s specimen)] and 79 [as Neosciara nitidicollis]; Tuomikoski (1960): 124; Köhler et al. (2014): 328 [both as Bradysia nitidicollis]. Taxonomy: Tuomikoski (1960): 122, 124; Menzel and Mohrig (2000): 179 [both as Bradysia nitidicollis].

Localities.

• Norway; without further locality details (= ‘Norwegia’) • Akershus; Frogn, Sønderstøa-Degerud (= ‘Degerud’) • Finnmark; Alta, Jotkajavre fjellstue on the Finnmarksvidda between Karasjok and Alta (= ‘Jotkajavre’) • Hammerfest, Hammerfest (= 'Hammerfest, Finmark’; = ‘Hammerfest’) • Vardø, Varangerhalvøya, Persfjorden (= 'Finmark: Varangerhalbinsel, Persfjord’) • Hordaland; Kvam, 'Berge landskapsvernområde’ [protected landscape area with the Bergsvatnet] NW of Tørvikbygd (= 'Kvam, Berge’) • Nordland; Sømna, Sømnes at the bay Sømnesvika N of Vik (= ‘Sømnes’) • Oslo; Oslo, Tøyen (= 'ad Christianiam in Tøien’; = ‘Tøien’; = ‘Tøyen, Oslo’) • Østfold; Halden, Halden SE of Fredrikstad (= 'ad Fredrikshald’) • Troms; Nordreisa, woodland and farm Hallen at the E shore of Reisaelva SE of Storslett (= 'Nordreisa, Hallen’) • Tromsø, lake Prestvannet on the Tromsøya (= 'Prestvann, Tromsø’) • Trøndelag; Verdal, former poststation ‘Suulstuen’ SE of Vuku at the Jamtlandsvegen [road no. 72] (= 'ad Suul’; = 'ad Suul Værdaliæ’; = 'Sul, Værdal’).

Ecological note.

Oak canopies of Quercus robur; on mountains. Phenology: May-Oct.