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Indoor Soil Gnats
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.
60 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Bradysia tilicola
speciesBradysia tilicola

Bradysia impatiens
speciesBradysia impatiens

Bradysia placida
speciesBradysia placida

Bradysia pallipes
speciesBradysia pallipes

Bradysia ocellaris
speciesBradysia ocellaris

Bradysia difformis
speciesBradysia difformis

Bradysia brevispina
speciesBradysia brevispina
Bradysia spatitergum
speciesBradysia spatitergum

Bradysia amoena
speciesBradysia amoena
Bradysia coprophila
speciesBradysia coprophila

Bradysia strenua
speciesBradysia strenua
Bradysia transitata
speciesBradysia transitata

Bradysia polonica
speciesBradysia polonica
Chinese Chive Maggot
speciesBradysia odoriphaga

Bradysia urticae
speciesBradysia urticae
Bradysia scabricornis
speciesBradysia scabricornis

Bradysia fungicola
speciesBradysia fungicola
Bradysia radicum
speciesBradysia radicum
Bradysia setigera
speciesBradysia setigera
Bradysia tritici
speciesBradysia tritici
Bradysia rubra
speciesBradysia rubra
Bradysia brunnipes
speciesBradysia brunnipes
Bradysia campbellensis
speciesBradysia campbellensis
Bradysia mexicana
speciesBradysia mexicana
Bradysia simulatrix
speciesBradysia simulatrix
Bradysia novalobata
speciesBradysia novalobata
Bradysia leucopeza
speciesBradysia leucopeza
Bradysia lobata
speciesBradysia lobata
Bradysia microspina
speciesBradysia microspina
Bradysia longispina
speciesBradysia longispina
Bradysia procera
speciesBradysia procera
Bradysia angustoocularis
speciesBradysia angustoocularis
Bradysia bulbiformis
speciesBradysia bulbiformis
Bradysia brachytoma
speciesBradysia brachytoma
Bradysia basilatissima
speciesBradysia basilatissima
Bradysia basiangustata
speciesBradysia basiangustata
Bradysia apicalba
speciesBradysia apicalba
Bradysia zizhongi
speciesBradysia zizhongi
Bradysia zhenzhongi
speciesBradysia zhenzhongi
Bradysia xianyingi
speciesBradysia xianyingi
Bradysia weiningana
speciesBradysia weiningana
Bradysia uncipleuroti
speciesBradysia uncipleuroti
Bradysia tomentosa
speciesBradysia tomentosa
Bradysia silvosa
speciesBradysia silvosa
Bradysia luodiana
speciesBradysia luodiana
Bradysia longitoma
speciesBradysia longitoma
Bradysia longimedia
speciesBradysia longimedia
Bradysia longicolla
speciesBradysia longicolla
Bradysia introflexa
speciesBradysia introflexa
Bradysia furcata
speciesBradysia furcata
Bradysia disjuncta
speciesBradysia disjuncta
Bradysia ctenoura
speciesBradysia ctenoura
Bradysia chunmeiae
speciesBradysia chunmeiae
Bradysia chunguii
speciesBradysia chunguii
Bradysia compacta
speciesBradysia compacta
Bradysia chenjinae
speciesBradysia chenjinae
Bradysia bellingeri
speciesBradysia bellingeri
Bradysia meigeni
speciesBradysia meigeni
Bradysia noduspina
speciesBradysia noduspina
Bradysia floribunda
speciesBradysia floribunda
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the stacks
Searching the stacks…
Every page naming Bradysia in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →
This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 248001.