Scatopsciara (Scatopsciara) vitripennis (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) vitripennis (Meigen, 1818)

Synonyms.

= actuosa (Johannsen, 1912); = aucta (Winnertz, 1867); = basaliseta (Yang & Zhang, 1987); = coracina (Zetterstedt, 1851); = intermista (Winnertz, 1867); = nitidula (Zetterstedt, 1851); = quinquelineata (Macquart, 1834); = superba (Winnertz, 1867).

Literature.

Faunistics: Zetterstedt (1851): 3739 [as Sciara coracina ] and 3760 [as Sciara nitidula ]; Siebke (1863): 176; Siebke (1866a): 388 [both as Sciara quinquelineata Macquart; recte quinquelineata Macquart]; Siebke (1877): 213 [as Sciara coracina and Sciara quinquelineata ] and 214 [as Sciara nitidula ]; Soot-Ryen (1942): 80 [as Scatopsciara vitripennis ; in part (only cited coracina , quinquelineata and vitripennis specimens)]; Tuomikoski (1960): 152 [as Scaptosciara vitripennis ; recte Scatopsciara ]; Menzel and Mohrig (2000): 487 [as Sciara coracina and Sciara nitidula under Scatopsciara (Scatopsciara) vitripennis ]; Köhler et al. (2014): 329 [as Scatopsciara (Scatopsciara) vitripennis ]. Taxonomy: Tuomikoski (1960): 150, 151 [as Scaptosciara vitripennis ; recte Scatopsciara ]; Menzel and Mohrig (2000): 487; Mohrig et al. (2013): 240 [both as Scatopsciara (Scatopsciara) vitripennis ].

Localities.

• Finnmark; Tana, between Porsangerfjorden and fjord Vestertana (= 'Finmark, zwischen Porsangerfjord und Vestertana’) • Hordaland; Kvam, 'Berge landskapsvernområde’ [protected landscape area with the Bergsvatnet] NW of Tørvikbygd (= 'Kvam, Berge’) • Møre Og Romsdal; Haram,? Ormeneset (= in Romsdalia ad Ormen’; = 'Romsdals Amt, omkring Ormen’; = 'Ormem, Romsdal’) • Oppland; Lesja, Fogstuen on the Dovrefjell plateau (= ‘Fogstuen’; = 'Fokstuen, Dovre’; = 'in alpe Dovre ad Fogstuen’; = 'in alpe Dovre’) • Oslo; Oslo, Botanisk hage (= 'ad Christianiam in horto botanico’; = 'Botanical Garden, Oslo’) • Oslo, Tøyen (= 'ad Christianiam in Tøien’; = 'in Töien prope Christianiam’; = ‘Töien [Oslo]'; = ‘Töien’) • Telemark; Drangedal, woodland Steinknapp SW of Drangedal (= 'Drangedal, Steinknapp’) • Trøndelag; Levanger, Levanger (= 'ad urbem Levanger’) • Levanger, Skogn SE of Levanger (= 'ad diversorium Thynæs et urbem Levanger in paroecia Skogn’; = 'ad Thyæs in parochia Skogn’; = ‘Thynäs’) [= in the accommodation of Thy in Skogn] • Oppdal, Kongsvoll near Kongsvold Fjeldstue in the Drivdalen (= ‘Kongsvold’; = 'Kongsvold, Dovre’ = 'in alpe Dovre ad Kongsvold’; = 'in alpe Dovre’).

Ecological note.

On coasts and in botanical gardens; oak canopies of Quercus robur . Phenology: May-Aug.