Bradysiopsis vittigera Zetterstedt 1851

• Main Authors: Mohrig, Werner, Kauschke, Ellen
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: Zenodo 2016
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Arthropoda; Insecta; Diptera; Sciaridae; Bradysiopsis; Bradysiopsis vittigera; Canada; Breton Island; Fuller; Menzel; Tuomikoski; Hat Lake
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6081339; https://zenodo.org/record/6081339

Bradysiopsis vittigera (Zetterstedt, 1851) (Fig. 6 A–C) Literature: Tuomikoski (1960): 74; Menzel & Mohrig (2000): 185–191, figs 157–159. Material : 11 males, 30.iv.–11.vi.1994, leg. E. Fuller, Canada, Alberta, Berland River at Hwy 40, 53.42°N, 118.20°W, Pine forest, Malaise trap; 1 male, 11.vi.–24.vii.1994, same data; 1 male, 30.viii.1936, leg. E. G. Fisher, Nova Scotia, Cape Breton Island (PWMP); 1 male, 30.vii.1974, leg. P. H. Arnaud, USA, California, Shasta County, Lassen Volcanic National Park, Hat Lake, 1995 m (CAS). Comments . The species is characterized by short and strong gonostylus (not more than 1.4 times as long as wide), possessing 3–4 subapical spines and 2–3 long whiplash-like bristles. The American specimens are identical with the Palearctic specimens in all details. Distribution . Holarctic. USA, Canada. New for North America . : Published as part of Mohrig, Werner & Kauschke, Ellen, 2016, New Black Fungus Gnats (Diptera, Sciaridae) of North America. Part II. Genus Bradysiopsis Tuomikoski, 1960, pp. 293-302 in Zootaxa 4154 (3) on page 302, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4154.3.4, http://zenodo.org/record/260850 : {"references": ["Tuomikoski, R. (1960) Zur Kenntnis der Sciariden (Dipt.) Finnlands. Annales Zoologici Societatis Zoologicae Botanicae Fennicae \" Vanamo \", 21 (4), 1 - 164.", "Menzel, F. & Mohrig, W. (2000) Revision der palaarktischen Trauermucken (Diptera: Sciaridae). Studia dipterologica, Supplement 6 (1999), 1 - 761."]}