Bradysia flavipila, TUOMIKOSKI, 1960

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 : 43

BRADYSIA FLAVIPILA TUOMIKOSKI, 1960

New to British and Irish list.

Material examined: Annahala bog, Gearagh, Cork , 1 male, 22.iii.1990; 1 male, 15.vi.1990; 1 male, 24.ix.1990, all de Courcy Williams leg. ( DEI, NMID) . Brandyquoi, Kirkwall , Orkney, 1 male, 28.v.− 8.vi.2001; 2 males, v.-. vi.2001, all Laurence leg. ( PBLN) . Cadair Idris , Gwynedd, 1 male, 13.xi.1993, Laurence leg. ( PBLN) . Eday , Orkney, 1 male, 1.vi.− 6.vi.1988, Laurence leg. ( PBLN) . Gearagh, Cork , 1 male, 5.viii.1990, de Courcy Williams leg. ( DEI) . Lundy Island , Devon, 1 male, 1 female, 11.vii.1972, Hutson leg. ( BMNH) ; 1 male, 20.vii.−27.vii.1972, Lane leg. ( BMNH) . Narborough Bog, Whetstone , Leicestershire, 1 male, 24.viii.2003, J.E. Smith leg. ( HRI) . North Ronaldsay , Orkney, 1 male, 4.ix.−6.ix.1989; 2 males, 9.ix.1989, 2 males, ix.1989, all Laurence leg. ( PBLN) . Salisbury Plain Training Area, Warminster , Wiltshire, 11 males, 4.vii.2003, Ismay & Schulten leg. ( DEI, UMO) . The Loke, Norwich , Norfolk, 1 male, 4.vii.1987; Laurence leg. ( PBLN) . Tomintoul , Moray, 88 males, 11 females, 8.viii.−11.viii.1937, Coe leg. ( BMNH) . Unst , Shetland, 6 males, 30.v.−2.vi.1997, Laurence leg. ( PBLN) . Vidlin , Shetland, 1 male, 14.vi.−16.vi.1992, Laurence leg. ( PBLN) . Weisdale , Shetland, 4 males, viii.1996, Laurence leg. ( PBLN) . Wicklow town, Wicklow , 1 male, 19.x.−22.x.1998, Laurence leg. ( PBLN) . Willes Meadow, Leamington Spa , Warwickshire, 1 male, 27.viii.2002, Menzel leg. ( DEI) . No locality details,? Wales, 1 male, ix.1988, Eyre & Luff leg. ( PPWM) .

Ecological notes: found in damp broad-leaved woodland; wet meadow with reed bed on peat; bog; meadow flooded in winter; unimproved calcareous grassland; open montane habitats; near shore; gardens. iii, v–xi.