Bradysia


Bradysia is a genus of fungus gnat in the family Sciaridae. They are commonly known as darkwinged fungus gnats. 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. Bradysia is a large genus containing over 500 living species, with at least 65 species found in North America and 172 in Europe.
Bradysia species are a major pollinator of plants such as Aspidistra elatior.

Species

Selected species of Bradysia include:
  • B. affinis
  • B. alpicola
  • B. amoena
  • B. angustipennis
  • B. angustoocularis Mohrig & Krivosheina, 1989
  • B. aprica C
  • B. arcula Vilkamaa, Salmela & Hippa, 2007
  • B. atracornea Mohrig & Menzel, 1992
  • B. austera Menzel et al., 2006
  • B. bellingeri Shaw, 1953
  • B. biformis
  • B. bispina
  • B. brevispina Tuomikoski, 1960
  • B. browni
  • B. caldaria
  • B. cellarum Frey, 1948
  • B. chlorocornea Mohrig & Menzel, 1992
  • B. cinerascens
  • B. confinis
  • B. coprophila
  • B. cucumeris
  • B. cuneiforma Komarova, 1997
  • B. dichaeta
  • B. diluta
  • B. distincta
  • B. dux
  • B. ericia
  • B. excelsa Menzel & Mohrig, 1998
  • B. expolit
  • B. falcata
  • B. fatigans
  • B. felti
  • B. fenestralis
  • B. flavipila Tuomikoski, 1960
  • B. fochi
  • B. forcipulata
  • B. fugaca Mohrig & Mamaev, 1989
  • B. fulvicauda
  • B. fumida
  • B. fungicola
  • B. giraudii
  • B. groenlandica
  • B. hamata
  • B. hartii
  • B. hastata
  • B. heydemanni
  • B. hilariformis Tuomikoski, 1960
  • B. hygida Sauaia & Alves, 1968
  • B. impatiens
  • B. inusitata Tuomikoski, 1960
  • B. iridipennis
  • B. ismayi Menzel et al., 2006
  • B. johannseni Enderlein, 1912
  • B. jucunda
  • B. kaiseri
  • B. lapponica
  • B. lembkei Mohrig & Menzel, 1990
  • B. lobosa
  • B. longicubitalis
  • B. longimentula Sasakawa, 1994
  • B. longispina
  • B. loriculata Mohrig, 1985
  • B. macclurei
  • B. macfarlanei
  • B. macroptera
  • B. mellea
  • B. mesochra
  • B. moesta Frey, 1948
  • B. munda
  • B. mutua
  • B. neglecta
  • B. nemoralis
  • B. nervosa
  • B. nitidicollis
  • B. nigripes
  • B. nigrispina Menzel et al., 2006
  • B. nomica Mohrig & Rsschmann, 1996
  • B. normalis Frey, 1948
  • B. ocellaris
  • B. odoriphaga Yang & Zhang, 1985
  • B. ovata
  • B. pallipes
  • B. paradichaeta
  • B. parilis
  • B. pauperata
  • B. pectoralis
  • B. penna
  • B. peraffinis Tuomikoski, 1960
  • B. petaini
  • B. picea
  • B. pilata
  • B. placida
  • B. pollicis
  • B. polonica
  • B. praecox
  • B. procera
  • B. prolifica
  • B. protohilaris Mohrig & Krivosheina, 1983
  • B. quadrispinistylata Alam, 1988
  • B. quadrispinosa
  • B. quadrispinosa
  • B. reflexa Tuomikoski, 1960
  • B. sachalinensis Mohrig & Krivosheina, 1989
  • B. scabricornis Tuomikoski, 1960
  • B. sexdentata
  • B. silvestrii
  • B. similigibbosa Köhler & Menzel, 2013
  • B. smithae Menzel & Heller, 2005
  • B. spinata
  • B. splendida Mohrig & Krivosheina, 1989
  • B. strenua
  • B. strigata
  • B. subaprica Mohrig & Krivosheina, 1989
  • B. subgrandis
  • B. subrufescens Mohrig & Krivosheina, 1989
  • B. subvernalis Mohrig & Heller, 1992
  • B. tilicola
  • B. trifurca
  • B. trispinifera Mohrig & Krivosheina, 1979
  • B. tritici
  • B. trivialis
  • B. trivittata
  • B. trivittata
  • B. unguicauda
  • B. urticae Mohrig & Menzel, 1992
  • B. vagans
  • B. varians
  • B. vernalis
  • B. zetterstedti Mohrig & Menzel, 1993
Data sources: C = Catalogue of Life, I = ITIS, N = NCBI