Corynoptera cavipes, 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 : 69

CORYNOPTERA CAVIPES MOHRIG, 1993

New to British list.

Material examined: Hartslock , Oxfordshire, 1 male, 14.v.2000; 1 male, 19.v.2000, all Raper leg. ( PDGB) . Letchworth , Hertfordshire, 1 male, v.1917; 1 male, ix.1917; 1 male, x.1917; all Edwards leg. ( BMNH) . Milham Ford School, Oxford , Oxfordshire, 3 males, 3.v.− 5.vi.2002, Webb leg. ( PPCM) . Pant-y-Sais, Neath / Port Talbot , 1 male, 13.vii.1989, Holmes, Boyce & Reed leg. ( PPWM) . Salisbury Plain Training Area, Warminster , Wiltshire, 1 male, 27.v.2003, Ismay & Schulten leg. ( UMO) . The Loke, Norwich , Norfolk, 1 male, 21.v.− 23.v.1993, Laurence leg. ( PBLN) . Wytham Woods, Wytham , Oxfordshire, 1 male, 21.viii.2002, J.E. Smith leg. ( HRI) .

Ecological notes: found in broad-leaved woodland; wetlands including Phragmites and Molinia bog; unimproved calcareous grassland; school grounds with old poplars. v–x.