Bradysia

Last updated

Bradysia
Bradysia.praecox.-.lindsey.jpg
Bradysia praecox from Commanster, in the Belgian High Ardennes
Scientific classification OOjs UI icon edit-ltr.svg
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Sciaridae
Genus: Bradysia
Winnertz 1867 [1]
Species

See text

Synonyms [2]
  • DasysciaraKieffer, 1903
  • NeosciaraPettey, 1918
  • FungivoridesLengersdorf, 1926
  • LamprosciaraFrey, 1948
  • ParactenosciaraSasakawa, 1998

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

Species

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

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

References

  1. ↑ "Genus Bradysia". BugGuide. Iowa State University Department of Entomology. Retrieved 2019-08-17.
  2. 1 2 "Bradysia Winnertz, 1867". Fauna Europaea. Retrieved 2019-08-18.
  3. 1 2 3 "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. 1 2 3 "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. Bibcode:2018Ecol...99..244S. doi:10.1002/ecy.2021. hdl:20.500.14094/90004538. ISSN   1939-9170. PMID   29136275.
  8. 1 2 "Bradysia". Integrated Taxonomic Information System . Retrieved 2019-08-17.
  9. 1 2 "Bradysia". NCBI Taxonomy Browser. Retrieved 2019-08-17.
This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.