Bradysia is a genus of fungus gnat in the family Sciaridae.[3][4] They are commonly known as darkwinged fungus gnats.[3] They are considered a major pest in greenhouse agriculture because they thrive in the moist conditions common inside greenhouses and feed on the plants being grown within.[5] Bradysia is a large genus containing over 500 living species,[6] with at least 65 species found in North America[3] and 172 in Europe.[2]

Bradysia
Bradysia praecox from Commanster, in the Belgian High Ardennes
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Bradysia

Winnertz 1867[1]
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Synonyms[2]
  • Dasysciara Kieffer, 1903
  • Neosciara Pettey, 1918
  • Fungivorides Lengersdorf, 1926
  • Lamprosciara Frey, 1948
  • Paractenosciara Sasakawa, 1998

Bradysia species are a major pollinator of plants such as Aspidistra elatior.[7]

Species edit

Selected species of Bradysia include:[6][8][9]

Data sources: C = Catalogue of Life,[6] I = ITIS,[8] N = NCBI[9]

References edit

  1. ^ "Genus Bradysia". BugGuide. Iowa State University Department of Entomology. Retrieved 2019-08-17.
  2. ^ a b "Bradysia Winnertz, 1867". Fauna Europaea. Retrieved 2019-08-18.
  3. ^ a b c "darkwinged fungus gnats - Bradysia spp". entnemdept.ufl.edu. Retrieved 2019-08-18.
  4. ^ Köhler, Arne; Menzel, Frank (2013). "New records of Black Fungus Gnats (Diptera: Sciaridae) from New Caledonia, with the description of two new Bradysia species and an updated checklist". Zootaxa. 3718 (1). Magnolia Press: 63–72. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3718.1.5. PMID 26258208. S2CID 23947245.a
  5. ^ Cloyd, Raymond (2015-04-09). "Ecology of Fungus Gnats (Bradysia spp.) in Greenhouse Production Systems Associated with Disease-Interactions and Alternative Management Strategies". Insects. 6 (2): 325–332. doi:10.3390/insects6020325. ISSN 2075-4450. PMC 4553482. PMID 26463188.
  6. ^ a b c "Browse Bradysia". Catalogue of Life. Archived from the original on 2019-08-18. Retrieved 2019-08-18.
  7. ^ Suetsugu, Kenji; Sueyoshi, Masahiro (2018-01-01). "Subterranean flowers of Aspidistra elatior are mainly pollinated by not terrestrial amphipods but fungus gnats" (PDF). Ecology. 99 (1): 244–246. doi:10.1002/ecy.2021. ISSN 1939-9170. PMID 29136275.
  8. ^ a b "Bradysia". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-08-17.
  9. ^ a b "Bradysia". NCBI Taxonomy Browser. Retrieved 2019-08-17.