Cratyna, WINNERTZ, 1867

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 : 90

CRATYNA (SPATHOBDELLA) FALCIFERA

(LENGERSDORF, 1933)

Literature: Freeman (1983b): 25 [as Plastosciara (Spathobdella) ]; Laurence (1994): 118 [as Plastosciara ]; Menzel (1998): 21; Withers (2002): 114.

Material examined: Annahala bog, Gearagh , Cork, 1 male, 24.ix.1990, de Courcy Williams leg. ( NMID) . Balmoral Forest , Aberdeenshire, 4 males, 19.vii.− 30.vii.1938, Coe leg. ( BMNH) . Beinn Eighe , Highland Region, 1 male, 10.vi.1984, Chandler leg. ( NMS) . California Country Park, Berkshire , 1 male, 1.vi.1997; 4 males, viii.2000, all Chandler leg. ( HRI, PPCM) . Claybokie , Aberdeenshire, 1 male, 12.vii.1977, Chandler leg. ( PPCM) . Cors Gorsgoch , Ceredigion, 1 male, 9.ix.1986, Holmes, Boyce & Reed leg. ( PPWM) . Cors Fochno , Ceredigion, 1 male, 24.vii.1987, Holmes, Boyce & Reed leg. ( PPWM) . Cwm Crafnant , Gwynedd, 1 male, 4.viii.1988, Holmes, Boyce & Reed leg. ( NMS) . Dartmoor, Bush Down, Devon, 1 male, 28.viii.1989, J.H. Cole leg. ( PJCB) . Glen Einich , Highland Region, 1 male, 30.vi.1933, Coe leg. ( BMNH) . Hickling , Norfolk, 1 male, 15.viii.−29.viii.1980; 1 male, 18.v.1989, all Foster & Procter leg. ( NMS, PBLN) ; 1 male, 27.v.1991, Withers leg. ( PPWM) . How Hill , Norfolk, 1 male, 27.v.1989, Withers leg. ( PPWM) . Leckford Estate , Hampshire, 2 males, 12.iv.1981, Chandler leg. ( NMS, PPCM) . Loch Garten , Highland Region, 1 male, 4.vii.1933, Coe leg. ( BMNH) . Loch Loy , Highland Region, 1 male, 14.vi.1984, Chandler leg. ( PPCM) . Loch Shieldaig , Highland Region, 1 male, 10.vi.1984, Chandler leg. ( PPCM) . Market Weston Fen , Suffolk, 1 male, 12.v.1991, Withers leg. ( PPWM) . Mills Marsh , Norfolk, 1 male, 11.viii.1988, Foster & Procter leg. ( PBLN) . Newbridge Fen , Kildare, 2 males, 8.viii.− 19.viii.1998, Good leg. ( PPWM) . Puttles Bridge, New Forest , Hampshire, 3 males, 8.vii.1990, Chandler leg. ( PPCM) . Rhôs Cilcennin , Ceredigion, 3 males, 4.ix.1986; 2 males, 10.x.1986, all Holmes, Boyce & Reed leg. ( PPWM) . Rhôs Llawr-Cwrt , Ceredigion, 1 male, vi.1987, J.H. Cole leg. ( PJCB) . Rhôs Rhydd , Ceredigion, 2 males, 25.ix.1986, Holmes, Boyce & Reed leg. ( PPWM) . Spinningdale Bog , Highland Region, 1 male, 17.vi.1976, Chandler leg. ( NMS) . Stokeford Heath , Dorset, 1 male, 28.viii.2001, Gibbs leg. ( PDGB) . Sutton Park, Birmingham, West Midlands , 1 male, 6.viii.1989, J.H. Cole leg. ( PJCB) . The Quill , Wicklow, 1 male, 7.v.1989, Withers leg. ( PPWM) . Thompson Common , Norfolk, 1 male, 1.vi.1985, Chandler leg. ( NMS) . Waun Isaf , Pembrokeshire, 1 male, 22.vi.1987, Holmes, Boyce & Reed leg. ( PPWM) . Wood Crates, New Forest , Hampshire, 1 male, 8.vii.1990, Chandler leg. ( PPCM) . Woodbastwick , Norfolk, 3 males, viii.1932, Edwards leg. ( BMNH) .

Ecological notes: common in broad-leaved, mixed, pine and carr woodland; conifer plantations; sandy and damp heathland; moorland; wetlands including fen, sedge bed, valley and basin mire, Molinia and raised bog, Cladium beds with tufa, water meadows; grassland with pingo pools. iv–x.