Bradysia tilicola ( Loew, 1850 )

Moravvej, Gholamhossein, Heidari Latibari, Minoo & Ghafouri Moghaddam, Mostafa, 2022, New record of black fungus gnat (Diptera: Sciaroidea, Sciaridae) from Iran, with a first record for the fauna of the Middle East, Journal of Insect Biodiversity and Systematics 8 (2), pp. 207-218 : 210-211

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.52547/jibs.8.2.207
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scientific name	Bradysia tilicola ( Loew, 1850 )
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Bradysia tilicola ( Loew, 1850) View in CoL

Original description. Loew (1850): 18 [as Sciara ].

Synonyms. = amoena (Winnertz, 1867) ; = alma (Winnertz, 1871) ; = caldaria (Lintner, 1895) ; = coprophila (Lintner, 1895) ; = domestica Frey, 1948 ; = incomta (Winnertz, 1867) ; = marcilla (Hutton, 1902) ; = nanella (Frey, 1936) ; = selecta (Winnertz, 1871) ; = setigera (Winnertz, 1867) ; = silvatica (Meigen, 1818) ; = sexdentata (Pettey, 1918) ; = triseriata (Winnertz, 1867) ; = turbida (Winnertz, 1867) ; = vana (Winnertz, 1871) ; = vividula (Winnertz, 1867) ; = volucris (Winnertz, 1867) ; = wendalinae (van Bruggen, 1954) .

Material examined. PARALECTOTYPE, male ( Fig. 2C), GERMANY: “ Thuringia, Liebenstein” ( Menzel & Heller, 2007); specimen mounted on slide in Canada balsam, with labels “ tilicola Lw. / 189/ 8518/ Coll. H. Loew/ ♂ / Paralectotypus / Bradysia / tilicola / ( Loew, 1850)/ det. F. Menzel 2002/ Quick Response ( QR) Barcode: http://coll.mfn-berlin.de/u/c2e421” (© ZMHUB). IRAN: Semnan province, Shahroud county, Salehabad village ( 36°15'35.56"N, 54°48'13.52"E), 1.VII.2018, 1♂, yellow sticky trap, in a greenhouse over Cactus plants ( Cactaceae ) ( Fig. 1G), B. Gharaei leg. ( EMFUM); Razavi Khorasan province, Mashhad county, Torqabeh ( 36°18'22.17"N, 59°22'21.10"E) ( Fig. 1E), 1.VII.2021, 1♂, sweep net over weeds, M. Heidari Latibari leg. ( EMFUM); Sistan and Baluchestan province, Sarbaz county ( 26°30'27.143"N, 61°02'56.427"E), 16. V.2015, 1♂, Malaise trap in orchard ( Figs 1A, H), M. Ghafouri Moghaddam leg. ( EMFUM).

Diagnosis. (male) ( Figs 2A–B) First palpal segment with more than 2 setae and with a deep sensory pit; apex of fore tibia with a comb-like row of setae, without curved margin; macrotrichia on the wing vein sections x and y present; 4th flagellomere with l/w index of 2.5; apex of fore tibia with a comb-like row of setae; R 1 rather long; hypopygium unicoloured dark brown, ventrally without an intergonocoxal differentiation; inner ventral margin of gonocoxites short and setose; gonostylus rounded apically, protruded and curved, apex of gonostylus with a short tooth dorsally and with a dense group of 8–12 longer, apical/subapical spines; tegmen trapezoid.

Distribution in Iran. ( Fig. 3) Razavi Khorasan province, Sistan and Baluchestan province ( new records).

Global distribution. Afrotropical ( South Africa, Tristan da Cunha archipelago); Australasia ( New Zealand); Nearctic ( Canada, United States); Neotropical ( Chile); Palearctic ( Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, China, Czech Republic, Estonia, Finland, Greece, Germany, Hungary, Iran [ new record], Ireland, Italy, Lithuania, Morocco, the Netherlands, Nepal, Poland, Portugal [ Azores Islands], Russia, Slovakia, Spain [mainland, Canary Islands], Sweden, the Netherlands, Turkey, United Kingdom).

Note. This species is recorded for the first time from the Middle East.