Bradysia bishopi Steffan, 1973

Broadley, Adam, Kauschke, Ellen & Mohrig, Werner, 2019, Revision of the black fungus gnat species (Diptera: Sciaridae) described by W. A. Steffan from Micronesia, Zootaxa 4683 (2), pp. 215-241 : 218

Bradysia bishopi Steffan, 1973

Bradysia bishopi Steffan, 1973 [ Steffan (1973): 353 –355, fig. 1 a–f].

Selected literature: Mohrig et al. (2019): 406, fig. 3 A–D.

Material studied: Holotype: Male, 11.xi.1968, Hawaiian Islands , O‘ahu I., Kailua, at black light, leg. W.A. Steffan ( BPBM 9943 ). 3 males, same data as holotype (1 in PWMP). 1 male, 9 May 1957, Palau Islands, Kayangel [as “Ngaiangl”] Atoll, at light, leg. C.W. Sabrosky (as “ Bradysia radicum ”). 1 male, 19.xii.1947, Palau Is., Babelthuap I., Ulimang, “Pac. Sci. Bd. Micronesia Surv.”, leg. H.S. Dybas, (as “ Bradysia radicum ”).

Conservation status: Embedded in Euparal. Body and head separated, all details in good condition.

Distribution. Widespread in the Southern Hemisphere. Hawai‘i; Australia; New Caledonia; Papua New Guinea; Thailand (Bangkok); Seychelles Islands; Galápagos Islands. The species is very common on all islands in Micronesia.