Claustropyga abblanda, (FREEMAN, 1983)

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 : 68

CLAUSTROPYGA ABBLANDA (FREEMAN, 1983)

Literature: Freeman (1983a): 163; Freeman (1983b): 29; Menzel (1998): 20; Chandler et al. (2002): 123 [all as Corynoptera ]; Hippa, Vilkamaa & Mohrig (2003): 486.

Material examined: Burnham Beeches , Buckinghamshire, 1 male, 23.v.−6.vi.1995; 7 males, 8.vii.− 26.xi.1996, all Ismay leg. ( HRI, PPCM) . Clovelly , Devon, 2 males, 8.v.1936, Edwards leg. [paratypes of Corynoptera abblanda ] ( BMNH) . Coed y Rhygen , Gwynedd, 1 male, 14.vii.−8.ix.1999, Levey & Pavett leg. ( PPCM) . Cotterdale , North Yorkshire, 1 male, 4.v.1976, J.H. Cole leg. ( PJCB) . Crowborough , East Sussex, 1 male, 12.v.1904, Jenkinson leg. [paratype of Corynoptera abblanda ] ( BMNH) . Dendles Wood , Devon, 1 male, 4.v.1976, J.H. Cole leg. ( PJCB) . Epping Forest , Essex, 7 males, 12.iv.-xi.1999; 1 male, 19.ix.1999; 1 male, ix.1999, all Dagley leg. ( NMS, PPCM) . Fishpool Valley , Herefordshire, 1 male, 12.x.1984, Chandler leg. ( PPWM) . Gearagh , Cork, 1 male, 7.iv.1990; 1 male, 10.x.1990, all de Courcy Williams leg. ( DEI, NMID) . Hartslock , Oxfordshire, 1 male, 6.v.2000, Raper leg. ( PDGB) . J.F. Kennedy Park, Wexford, 1 male, 29.iii.1989, J.P. & M.A. O’Connor leg. ( NMID) . Kitely Wood, Malham , North Yorkshire, 1 male, 11.ix.−18.ix.1981, Laurence leg. ( PBLN) . Lancaut Nature Reserve , Gloucestershire, 1 male, 5.ix.2002, Gibbs leg. ( PDGB) . Lion Wood, Redditch , Worcestershire, 2 males, 10.iv.2003, J.E. Smith leg. ( HRI) . Lisdoonvarna , Clare, 1 male, 21.iv.1982, J.P. O’Connor leg. ( NMID) . Longborough , Gloucestershire, 5 males, 8.iv.2003, J.E. Smith leg. ( HRI) . Offley Holes , Hertfordshire, 2 males, iv.1936, Edwards leg. [paratypes of Corynoptera abblanda ] ( BMNH) . Selsdon, Greater London , 1 male, 18.iv.1938, Coe leg. ( BMNH) . Stonybrow Wood, Rotherfield Park , Hampshire, 1 male, 3.vii.2002, Chandler leg. ( PPCM) . Sutton Park, Birmingham, West Midlands , 10 males, 1 female, 7.iv.2003, J.E. Smith leg. ( HRI) . Symond’s Yat , Herefordshire, 1 male, ix.1936, Edwards leg. [holotype of Corynoptera abblanda ] ( BMNH) . Wicken Fen , Cambridgeshire, 1 male, 12.v.1990, Withers leg. ( PPWM) . Wood Crates, New Forest , Hampshire, 1 male, viii.1936, Edwards leg. ( BMNH) .

Ecological notes: common in broad-leaved and mixed woodland; riverbank with alders; calcareous grassland; heath and parkland; wetlands including fen meadows and ditches. On fallen beech. iii–xi.