Bradysia rufescens (Zetterstedt, 1852)

Synonyms.

= pullula (Winnertz, 1867); = somnians (Winnertz, 1867); = testacea (Zetterstedt, 1851) [preocc.]; = villosa (Winnertz, 1867).

Literature.

Faunistics: Zetterstedt (1851): 3763 [as Sciara testacea; preocc.]; Siebke (1853): 305; Zetterstedt (1855): 4890; Siebke (1863): 177 [all as Sciara rufescens]; Siebke (1877): 212 [as Sciara testacea] and 214 [as Sciara rufescens]; Lengersdorf (1926b): 3 [as Sciara pullula and Sciara rufescens]; Soot-Ryen (1942): 80 [as Neosciara pullula and Neosciara rufescens]; Tuomikoski (1960): 145 [as Bradysia rufescens]. Taxonomy: Zetterstedt (1852): 4545 [ Sciara rufescens as new name for Sciara testacea [preocc.; not Sciara testacea Zetterstedt, 1838]; Tuomikoski (1960): 143, 145 [as Bradysia rufescens]; Menzel et al. (1990): 370 [as Bradysia rufescens, in part]; Menzel and Mohrig (2000): 129 [as Bradysia rufescens].

Localities.

• Finnmark; Alta, Bojobæskihytta in the Stabbursdalen between Karasjok and Alta (= ‘Bojobæske’) • Alta, Bossekop in Alta (= ‘Bosekop’) • Vardø, Vardø (= ‘Vardø’) • Møre Og Romsdal; Smøla, Smøla Island (= 'in insula Smølen’; = 'ad Smölen’; = ‘Smøla’) • Oppland; Dovre, Hjerkinn NW of Folldal in the Gudbrandsdalen (= 'in alpe Dovre ad Jerkin’; = ‘Jerkin’; = 'Hjerkin, Dovre’) • Lesja, Fogstuen on the Dovrefjell plateau (= ‘Fogstuen’; = 'ad Fokstuen’; = 'Fokstuen, Dovre’; = 'in alpe Dovre ad Fokstuen’; = 'in alpe Dovre’) • Øyer in the Gudbrandsdalen (= 'in parochiis Øyer … Gudbrandsdaliæ’; = 'Gudbrandsdalen, Öier’; = ‘Öier’; = ‘Øyer’) • Ringebu in the Gudbrandsdalen (= 'in parochiis … Ringebo Gudbrandsdaliæ’; = 'Gudbrandsdalen, Ringebo’; = ‘Ringebo’; = 'Ringebu, Gudbrandsdal’) • Oslo; Oslo, Botanisk hage (= 'in horto botanico ad Christianiam’) • Oslo, Tøyen (= 'ad Töien prope Christianiam’; = ‘Töien nahe Kristiania [Oslo]') • Troms; Karlsøy, Torsvåg at the NW coast of Vannøya 15 km N of Tromsø (= ‘Torsvaag’) • Nordreisa, woodland and farm Hallen at the E shore of Reisaelva SE of Storslett (= 'Nordreisa, Hallen’; = ‘Nordreisa’) • Tromsø (= ‘Tromsø’) • Trøndelag; Levanger, Hestøya NW of Alstahaug, southern tip Måkeskjær (= ‘Måkeskjær’) • Oppdal, in the Drivdalen (= ‘Drivdalen’) • Oppdal, Kongsvoll near Kongsvold Fjeldstue in the Drivdalen (= ‘Kongsvold’; = 'ad Kongsvold’; = 'Kongsvold, Dovre’; = 'in alpe Dovre ad Kongsvold’; = 'in alpe Dovre’).

Taxonomic note.

After Lengersdorf (1930a: 52) and Tuomikoski (1960: 145) Sciara testacea Zetterstedt, described in Zetterstedt (1838: 826), does not belong to the Sciaridae, but to the Diadocidiidae [= Diadocidia testacea (Zetterstedt, 1938)]. Zetterstedt (1851: 3763) later describes another ' Sciara testacea ' [preocc.; not Sciara testacea Zetterstedt, 1838], which without doubt belongs to the Sciaridae and was renamed by Zetterstedt himself as Sciara rufescens [see Zetterstedt (1852: 4545)]. Siebke (1877: 212) used the name ' Sciara testacea Zetterstedt’ in connection with Zetterstedt’s original description in volume ‘X’ of ' Diptera scandinaviae disposita et descripta’ (Zetterstedt 1851). For that reason the citation by Siebke (1877) and the Norwegian record on page 212 is preliminarily included here.

In the here presented checklist of Norwegian Sciaridae, Bradysia vagans (Winnertz, 1868) is missing, with its synonyms B. angustipennis Frey, 1948 [preocc.], B. callicera Frey, 1948 and B. richardi Gerbachevskaja, 1986. This is a very common species throughout Europe. It is dark brown, with rather broad wings and unicoloured dark-brown antennae, but is not distinguishable by the male genitalia from the reddish-yellow Bradysia rufescens (Zetterstedt). It is possible, that there are some misidentified specimens of Bradysia vagans (Winnertz) among the records of ' Bradysia rufescens ', published before Tuomikoski (1960).

Ecological note.

In the grass in humid places; in botanical gardens. Phenology: Jun.-Aug.