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 <small>(Zetterstedt, 1838)</small>
- B. alpicola <small>(Winnertz, 1867)</small>
- B. amoena <small>(Winnertz, 1867)</small>
- B. angustipennis <small>(Winnertz, 1867)</small>
- B. angustoocularis <small>Mohrig & Krivosheina, 1989</small>
- B. aprica <small>(Winnertz, 7) C</small>
- B. arcula <small>Vilkamaa, Salmela & Hippa, 2007</small>
- B. atracornea <small>Mohrig & Menzel, 1992</small>
- B. austera <small>Menzel et al., 2006</small>
- B. bellingeri <small>Shaw, 1953</small>
- B. biformis <small>(Lundbeck, 1898)</small>
- B. bispina <small>(Fisher, 1938)</small>
- B. brevispina <small>Tuomikoski, 1960</small>
- B. browni <small>(Shaw, 1935)</small>
- B. caldaria <small>(Linyner, 1895)</small>
- B. cellarum <small>Frey, 1948</small>
- B. chlorocornea <small>Mohrig & Menzel, 1992</small>
- B. cinerascens <small>(Grzegorzek, 1884)</small>
- B. confinis <small>(Winnertz, 1867)</small>
- B. coprophila <small>(Lintner, 1895)</small>
- B. cucumeris <small>(Johannsen, 1912)</small>
- B. cuneiforma <small>Komarova, 1997</small>
- B. dichaeta <small>(Shaw, 1941)</small>
- B. diluta <small>(Johannsen, 1912)</small>
- B. distincta <small>(Staeger, 1840)</small>
- B. dux <small>(Johannsen, 1912)</small>
- B. ericia <small>(Pettey, 1918)</small>
- B. excelsa <small>Menzel & Mohrig, 1998</small>
- B. expolit <small>(Coquillett, 1900)</small>
- B. falcata <small>(Pettey, 1918)</small>
- B. fatigans <small>(Johannsen, 1912)</small>
- B. felti <small>(Pettey, 1918)</small>
- B. fenestralis <small>(Zetterstedt, 1838)</small>
- B. flavipila <small>Tuomikoski, 1960</small>
- B. fochi <small>(Pettey, 1918)</small>
- B. forcipulata <small>(Lundbeck, 1898)</small>
- B. fugaca <small>Mohrig & Mamaev, 1989</small>
- B. fulvicauda <small>(Felt, 1898)</small>
- B. fumida <small>(Johannsen, 1912)</small>
- B. fungicola <small>(Winnertz, 1867)</small>
- B. giraudii <small>(Egger, 1862)</small>
- B. groenlandica <small>(Holmgren, 1872)</small>
- B. hamata <small>(Pettey, 1918)</small>
- B. hartii <small>(Johannsen, 1912)</small>
- B. hastata <small>(Johannsen, 1912)</small>
- B. heydemanni <small>(Lengersdorf, 1955)</small>
- B. hilariformis <small>Tuomikoski, 1960</small>
- B. hygida <small>Sauaia & Alves, 1968</small>
- B. impatiens <small>(Johannsen, 1912)</small>
- B. inusitata <small>Tuomikoski, 1960</small>
- B. iridipennis <small>(Zetterstedt, 1838)</small>
- B. ismayi <small>Menzel et al., 2006[10]</small>
- B. johannseni <small>Enderlein, 1912</small>
- B. jucunda <small>(Johannsen, 1912)</small>
- B. kaiseri <small>(Shaw, 1941)</small>
- B. lapponica <small>(Lengersdorf, 1926)</small>
- B. lembkei <small>Mohrig & Menzel, 1990</small>
- B. lobosa <small>(Pettey, 1918)</small>
- B. longicubitalis <small>(Lengersdorf, 1924)</small>
- B. longimentula <small>Sasakawa, 1994</small>
- B. longispina <small>(Pettey, 1918)</small>
- B. loriculata <small>Mohrig, 1985</small>
- B. macclurei <small>(Shaw, 1941)</small>
- B. macfarlanei <small>(Jones, 1920)</small>
- B. macroptera <small>(Pettey, 1918)</small>
- B. mellea <small>(Johannsen, 1912)</small>
- B. mesochra <small>(Shaw, 1941)</small>
- B. moesta <small>Frey, 1948</small>
- B. munda <small>(Johannsen, 1912)</small>
- B. mutua <small>(Johannsen, 1912)</small>
- B. neglecta <small>(Johannsen, 1912)</small>
- B. nemoralis <small>(Meigen, 1818)</small>
- B. nervosa <small>(Meigen, 1818)</small>
- B. nitidicollis <small>(Meigen, 1818)</small>
- B. nigripes <small>(Meigen, 1830)</small>
- B. nigrispina <small>Menzel et al., 2006</small>
- B. nomica <small>Mohrig & Rsschmann, 1996</small>
- B. normalis <small>Frey, 1948</small>
- B. ocellaris <small>(Comstock, 1882)</small>
- B. odoriphaga <small>Yang & Zhang, 1985</small>
- B. ovata <small>(Pettey, 1918)</small>
- B. pallipes <small>(Fabricius, 1787)</small>
- B. paradichaeta <small>(Shaw, 1941)</small>
- B. parilis <small>(Johannsen, 1912)</small>
- B. pauperata <small>(Winnertz, 1867)</small>
- B. pectoralis <small>(Staeger, 1840)</small>
- B. penna <small>(Pettey, 1918)</small>
- B. peraffinis <small>Tuomikoski, 1960</small>
- B. petaini <small>(Pettey, 1918)</small>
- B. picea <small>(Rubsaamen, 1894)</small>
- B. pilata <small>(Pettey, 1918)</small>
- B. placida <small>(Winnertz, 1867)</small>
- B. pollicis <small>(Pettey, 1918)</small>
- B. polonica <small>(Lengersdorf, 1929)</small>
- B. praecox <small>(Meigen, 1818)</small>
- B. procera <small>(Winnertz, 1868)</small>
- B. prolifica <small>(Felt, 1898)</small>
- B. protohilaris <small>Mohrig & Krivosheina, 1983</small>
- B. quadrispinistylata <small>Alam, 1988</small>
- B. quadrispinosa <small>(Pettey, 1918)</small>
- B. quadrispinosa <small>(Pettey, 1918)</small>
- B. reflexa <small>Tuomikoski, 1960</small>
- B. sachalinensis <small>Mohrig & Krivosheina, 1989</small>
- B. scabricornis <small>Tuomikoski, 1960</small>
- B. sexdentata <small>(Pettey, 1918)</small>
- B. silvestrii <small>(Kieffer, 1910)</small>
- B. similigibbosa <small>Köhler & Menzel, 2013</small>
- B. smithae <small>Menzel & Heller, 2005</small>
- B. spinata <small>(Pettey, 1918)</small>
- B. splendida <small>Mohrig & Krivosheina, 1989</small>
- B. strenua <small>(Winnertz, 1867)</small>
- B. strigata <small>(Staeger, 1840)</small>
- B. subaprica <small>Mohrig & Krivosheina, 1989</small>
- B. subgrandis <small>(Shaw, 1941)</small>
- B. subrufescens <small>Mohrig & Krivosheina, 1989</small>
- B. subvernalis <small>Mohrig & Heller, 1992</small>
- B. tilicola <small>(Loew, 1850)</small>
- B. trifurca <small>(Pettey, 1918)</small>
- B. trispinifera <small>Mohrig & Krivosheina, 1979</small>
- B. tritici <small>(Coquillett, 1895)</small>
- B. trivialis <small>(Johannsen, 1912)</small>
- B. trivittata <small>(Staeger, 1840)</small>
- B. trivittata <small>(Staeger, 1840)</small>
- B. unguicauda <small>(Malloch, 1923)</small>
- B. urticae <small>Mohrig & Menzel, 1992</small>
- B. vagans <small>(Winnertz, 1868)</small>
- B. varians <small>(Johannsen, 1912)</small>
- B. vernalis <small>(Winnertz, 1868)</small>
- B. zetterstedti <small>Mohrig & Menzel, 1993</small>
<small>Data sources: C = Catalogue of Life, I = ITIS, N = NCBI</small>
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