What Animal Lives Where

Where has the Dark-winged fungus gnat been recorded?

Bradysia ocellaris occurrence evidence comes from 10 records in 5 countries and territories, from 1913 to 2020. Most records come from Canada.

Dark-winged fungus gnat
Dark-winged fungus gnat — Photo (display-sized rendition): Janet Graham · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons
InsectaDipteraSciaridaeBradysia

Observation evidence passport

Evidence found

10 records across 5 countries and territories, 1913–2020.

Bradysia ocellaris · GBIF taxon key 4520719

Source coverage

CC0 GBIF Animalia occurrence facets, including country, month and year summaries.

Refreshed 2026-08-23. Inspect the taxon on GBIF.

What this means

The species has been recorded in the listed places in the stated source universe. Peak month: August.

5 months reach at least 10% of the peak facet count.

What this does not mean

repeated describes the record pattern, not a formal range, residency, abundance or conservation assessment.

A single record remains evidence of a recording, not proof that a population lives there.

Compare this animal’s observation pattern

When it is recorded

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Peak month: August. Records cluster in the months an animal is present and being looked for, so a summer peak can reflect observer effort as much as the animal.

Records over time

19132020

Recording effort has risen steeply almost everywhere since the 1990s, so a rising line usually shows more observers rather than more animals.

Where Dark-winged fungus gnat has been recorded

The countries below show where occurrence evidence exists for Dark-winged fungus gnat. They do not define a complete habitat range: survey effort differs by place, and historical or one-off records can appear alongside repeated presence.

PlaceRecordsShare
Canada 3
United States 3
Panama 2
Austria 1
United Kingdom 1

Related animals

Others in the family Sciaridae.

Lycoriella flavipeda
731 records
Record pattern: repeated
Repeated records concentrated in part of the year. This is inferred from how many years and months the animal appears in, not from a range map — treat it as evidence, not a formal assessment.