Bradysia aprica, (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 : 38-39

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https://doi.org/ 10.1111/j.1096-3642.2006.00190.x

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Bradysia aprica
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BRADYSIA APRICA ( WINNERTZ, 1867) View in CoL

Synonym: ingrata var. varicornis (Strobl, 1910) .

Literature: Freeman (1983b): 38 [in part; not fig. 148, = Bradysia subalpina Frey (1948) ; Laurence (1994): 110 [in part] and 118 [in part as Bradysia nitidicollis , misidentification]; Menzel (1998): 20.

Material examined: Ballynafid Lake , Westmeath, 1 male, 10.v.1989, Withers leg. ( PPWM) . Brancaster , Norfolk, 9 males, 2.ix.1988, Foster & Procter leg. ( PBLN) . Burnham Beeches , Buckinghamshire, 3 males, 10.v.−21.vi.1995; 1 male, 13.v.1998, all Ismay leg. ( PPCM) . Cothill , Oxfordshire, 6 males, 5.v.1934, Edwards leg. ( BMNH) ; 1 male, 3.vi.1990, Chandler leg. ( PPCM) . Dickleburgh , Norfolk, 1 male, 21.iv.1989, Withers leg. ( PPWM) . Frilford Heath , Oxfordshire, 1 male, 25.iv.−25.v.1991, Porter leg. ( PPCM) . Glanvilles Wootton , Dorset, 2 males, viii.1939, Edwards leg. ( BMNH) . Greywell Fen , Hampshire, 1 male, 11.viii.1999, Chandler leg. ( PPCM) . Hogley , Oxfordshire, 1 male, 1.v.1915, Hamm leg. ( BMNH) . How Hill , Norfolk, 1 male, 8.iv.1989; 1 male, 1.x.1989 (reared), all Withers leg. ( PPWM) . Leckford Estate , Hampshire, 1 male, 4.v.1974, S.A. Williams leg. ( PPCM) ; 1 male, 18.v.1985, Chandler leg. ( PPCM) . Llangloffan Fen , Pembrokeshire, 1 male, 23.vi.1987, Holmes, Boyce & Reed leg. ( PPWM) . Lough Gill, Castlegregory , Kerry, 1 male, 13.vii.1990, Withers leg. ( PPWM) . Mills Marsh , Norfolk, 1 male, 11.viii.1988, Foster & Procter leg. ( PBLN) . Pass of Killiecrankie, Perth & Kinross , 1 male, 19.vi.1976, Chandler leg. ( PPCM) . Portheiddy Moor , Pembrokeshire, 1 male, 21.vii.1987, Holmes, Boyce & Reed leg. ( PPWM) . Rostherne, Cheshire , 1 male, 30.vii.1932, Britten leg. ( BMNH) . Stanford , Norfolk, 1 male, 27.iii.−10.iv.1988, Collier leg. ( PPWM) . West Harling Common , Norfolk, 1 male, 30.iii.1991, Withers leg. ( PPWM) . Wheatfen Broad , Norfolk, 1 male, 8.x.1988; 1 male, 25.vii.1989, all Withers leg. ( PPWM) . Whites Marsh , Cork, 1 male, 12.v.1989, Withers leg. ( PPWM) . Wicken Fen , Cambridgeshire, 1 male, 12.v.1990, Withers leg. ( PPWM) . Wortham Ling , Suffolk, 1 male, 10.v.1987, Withers leg. ( PPWM) .

Ecological notes: found in broad-leaved and carr woodland; conifer plantation; very common on fens; sedge beds; common on wet meadows; sand dunes; salt marsh; garden on reclaimed agricultural land. Reared from the fungus Leccinum scabrum and mole nest. iii–x.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Diptera

Family

Sciaridae

Genus

Bradysia

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