Scatopsciara (Scatopsciara) pusilla (Meigen, 1818)

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

Scatopsciara (Scatopsciara) pusilla (Meigen, 1818)

Synonyms.

= paludicicola (Lengersdorf, 1940); = pavida (Winnertz, 1867); = pusilliformis Mohrig & Mamaev, 1986; = zygoneuroides Frey, 1948.

Literature.

Faunistics: Lengersdorf (1926b): 3 [as Sciara pavida ]; Soot-Ryen (1942): 80 [as Neosciara pusilla ]. Menzel et al. (1990): 327 [as Scatopsciara pusilla ]; Köhler et al. (2014): 329 [as Scatopsciara (Scatopsciara) pusilla ]. Taxonomy: Tuomikoski (1960): 151, 155 [as Scaptosciara pusilla ; recte Scatopsciara ]; Menzel and Mohrig (1998): 370; Menzel and Mohrig (2000): 499 [both as Scatopsciara (Scatopsciara) pusilla ].

Localities.

• Norway; without further locality details (= ‘Norwegen’) • Finnmark; Alta, Jotkajavre fjellstue on the Finnmarksvidda between Karasjok and Alta (= ‘Jotkajavre’) • Telemark; Drangedal, woodland Steinknapp SW of Drangedal (= 'Drangedal, Steinknapp’).

Ecological note.

Oak canopies of Quercus robur . Phenology: Jun., Aug.