Bradysia iridipennis (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 iridipennis (Zetterstedt, 1838)

Synonyms.

= hirundina (Winnertz, 1867); = latiuscula (Winnertz, 1867); = merula (Winnertz, 1867); = tremulae (Beling, 1873).

Literature.

Faunistics: Zetterstedt (1855): 4890; Siebke (1877): 213 [both as Sciara iridipennis ]; Soot-Ryen (1942): 78 [as Neosciara iridipennis ]. Taxonomy: Tuomikoski (1960): 122, 124; Menzel and Mohrig (2000): 178; Mohrig et al. (2013): 163 [all as Bradysia iridipennis ].

Localities.

• Norway; without further locality details (= ‘Norwegia’) • Finnmark; Alta, Jotkajavre fjellstue on the Finnmarksvidda between Karasjok and Alta (= ‘Jotkajavre’) • Nordland; Herøy, Måsvær Island (= ‘Måsvær’) • Øksnes, in the NW part of Langøya of the Vesterålen archipelago (= ‘Øksnes’) • Oslo; Oslo, Tøyen (= 'in Tøien ad Christianiam’; = ‘Tøyen, Oslo’) • Troms; Balsfjord, Fjellfrøsvatnet [Fjellfroskvannet] N of Øverbygd (= ‘Fjellfrøskvann’) • Tromsø (= ‘Tromsø’) • Trøndelag; Verdal, farm Nes between Verdal and Lysthaugen at the S site of Verdalselva (= 'Nes, Værdal’).

Ecological note.

Habitats not specified. Phenology: Jun.-Jul., Sep.