Corynoptera postglobiformis, MOHRIG, 1993

Menzel, Frank, Smith, Jane E. & Chandler, Peter J., 2006, The sciarid fauna of the British Isles (Diptera: Sciaridae), including descriptions of six new species, Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 146 (1), pp. 1-147 : 79

CORYNOPTERA POSTGLOBIFORMIS MOHRIG, 1993

New to British list.

Material examined: Balmoral Forest , Aberdeenshire, 1 male, 1.viii.−4.viii.1937, Coe leg. ( BMNH) . Bradfield Wood , Suffolk, 2 males, 9.x.−16.x.1990, Laurence leg. ( PBLN) . Burnham Beeches , Buckinghamshire, 1 male, 5.viii.−31.viii.1996, Ismay leg. ( PPCM) . Cadair Idris , Gwynedd, 1 male, 16.viii.1993, Laurence leg. ( PBLN) . Coombe Abbey Country Park , Coventry, Warwickshire, 1 female, 28.viii.2003, Menzel leg. ( DEI) . Cors Erddreiniog , Isle of Anglesey, 1 male, 6.x.1988, Holmes, Boyce & Reed leg. ( PPWM) . Epping Forest , Essex, 1 male, 17.viii.1998, Chandler leg. ( PPCM) . Hay Wood, Baddesley Clinton, Solihull, West Midlands , 2 males, 25.viii.2002, Menzel leg. ( DEI) . Lea Meadows, Newtown Linford , Leicestershire, 1 male, 24.viii.2003, Menzel leg. ( DEI) . Loch Park , Moray, 1 male, 12.viii.−14.viii.1937, Coe leg. ( BMNH) . Lockhaugh Bank Wood, Derwent Valley, Tyne & Wear , 4 males, 24.vii.−13.viii.1990, Jessop leg. ( PBLN) . Moorthwaite , Cumbria, 1 male, 21.viii.1988, no collector detail ( PPWM) . Rothamsted, Harpenden , Hertfordshire, 1 male, 4.viii.1950, Laurence leg. ( PBLN) . Ryton Wood, Bubbenhall, Coventry, West Midlands , 1 male, 25.viii.2002, Menzel leg. ( DEI) . St. Kilda , Western Isles, 1 male, 6.viii.1931, Lack leg. ( BMNH) . The Loke, Norwich , Norfolk, 1 male, 27.viii.−1.ix.1993; 1 male, 28.viii.−1.ix.1993, all Laurence leg. ( PBLN) . Tocil Wood, Warwick University Campus , Coventry, Warwickshire, 3 males, 2 females, 28.viii.2003, Menzel & J.E. Smith leg. ( DEI, HRI) . Windsor Forest, Berkshire , 1 male, 5.viii.1995, Brock leg. ( PPCM) . No locality details, England, 1 male, 16.viii.1950, Freeman leg. ( PBLN) .

Ecological notes: found in broad-leaved and mixed woodland; conifer plantations; wet meadow with Juncus ; grassland; grounds of horticultural research station; garden; open montane habitats. vii–x.