Corynoptera curvispinosa, 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 : 70

CORYNOPTERA CURVISPINOSA FREEMAN, 1983

Literature: Freeman (1983a): 164; Freeman (1983b): 29; Menzel (1998): 21; Chandler (2001): 201; Withers (2002): 114.

Material examined: Ban-y-Gor Wood , Gloucestershire, 1 male, 12.ix.2002, Gibbs leg. ( PDGB) . Buckingham Palace Garden, Greater London , 1 male, 26.v.− 19.vi.1997, D.J. Carter & C.W. Plant leg. ( PPCM) . Cors Erddreiniog , Isle of Anglesey, 1 male, 14.vi.1988, Holmes, Boyce & Reed leg. ( PPWM) . Dent , Cumbria, 1 male, 23.vii.1935, Edwards leg. [paratype of Corynoptera curvispinosa ] ( BMNH) . Dickleburgh , Norfolk, 1 male, 21.iv.1989, Withers leg. ( PPWM) . Dinton Pastures Country Park, Berkshire , 1 male, 3.vii.1994, Chandler leg. ( PPCM) . Epping Forest , Essex, 8 males, iv.-ix.1999, Dagley leg. ( PPCM) . Killaun Bog , Offaly, 1 male, ix.2000, Withers leg. ( PPWM) . Letchworth , Hertfordshire, 1 male, 1922, Edwards leg. [paratype of Corynoptera curvispinosa ] ( BMNH) . Newbridge Fen , Kildare, 1 male, 8.viii.− 19.viii.1998, Good leg. ( PPWM) . Santon Downham , Suffolk, 1 male, 15.viii.1970, Hutson et al. leg. [paratype of Corynoptera curvispinosa ] ( BMNH) . The Oaks , Cambridgeshire, 2 males, ix.1998, C.W. Plant leg. ( PPCM) . Trawsfynydd , Gwynedd, 1 male, 14.x.1988, Holmes, Boyce & Reed leg. ( PPWM) . Wicken Fen , Cambridgeshire, 2 males, 12.v.1990, Withers leg. ( PPWM) . Wychwood , Oxfordshire, 1 male, v.1937, Edwards leg. [holotype of Corynoptera curvispinosa ] ( BMNH) . Wytham Woods, Wytham , Oxfordshire, 2 males, 21.viii.2002, J.E. Smith leg. ( HRI) .

Ecological notes: found in broad-leaved woodland; wooded bank of river; wetlands including fens, water meadows, raised bog, reed beds and Cladium beds with tufa; old hedges; gardens. iv–x.