Bradysia polonica, (LENGERSDORF, 1928)

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 : 59-60

BRADYSIA POLONICA ( LENGERSDORF, 1928)

Synonyms: edwardsi Freeman, 1983 ; spinidensa Hondru, 1968 .

Literature: Freeman (1983a): 166; Freeman (1983b): 35; Laurence (1997b): 228 [all as Bradysia edwardsi ]; Menzel (1998): 20; Menzel & Mohrig (2000): 132; Withers (2002): 114.

Material examined: Badger Wood , Cambridgeshire, 1 male, 1.iv.−3.iv.1998, C.W. Plant leg. ( NMS) . Bagley Wood , Oxfordshire, 3 males, 20.v.−21.v.1933, Edwards leg. [holotype and paratypes of Bradysia edwardsi ] ( BMNH) ; 1 male, 18.v.1936, Edwards leg. ( BMNH) . Bedford Purlieus , Cambridgeshire, 1 male, 19.v.1988, J.H. Cole leg. ( PJCB) . Brampton, Ouse flood meadow, Cambridgeshire, 1 male, 23.v.1976, J.H. Cole leg. ( PJCB) . Brandon Marsh, Ryton-on-Dunsmore, West Midlands , 35 males, 8 females, 22.viii.2002, Menzel & J.E. Smith leg. ( DEI, HRI) . Cothill , Oxfordshire, 1 male, 26.v.1936, Edwards leg. [paratype of Bradysia edwardsi ] ( BMNH) . Dinton Pastures Country Park, Berkshire , 1 male, 24.viii.1995; 1 male, 9.vi.1996, all Chandler leg. ( PPCM) . Clonpriest, Cork , 1 male, 13.vii.1994, Withers leg. ( PPWM) . Gearagh, Cork , 1 male, 2.iv.1990, de Courcy Williams leg. ( NMID) . Coombe Abbey Country Park , Coventry, Warwickshire, 2 males, 2 females, 28.viii.2003, Menzel & J.E. Smith leg. ( DEI, HRI) . Grafham Water, Savage’s Creek , Cambridgeshire, 1 male, 30.v.1988, J.H. Cole leg. ( PJCB) . Greywell Fen , Hampshire, 3 males, 29.viii.2002, Chandler leg. ( HRI) . Hartslock , Oxfordshire, 1 male, 10.vii.1999, Chandler leg. ( NMS) ; 1 male, 14.v.2000, Raper leg. ( PDGB) . Hemingford , Cambridgeshire, 3 males, ix.1938, Edwards leg. [paratypes of Bradysia edwardsi ] ( BMNH) . Highgate Wood, Greater London , 1 male, 1998–99, Hackett leg. ( NMS) . Lackham Park , Wiltshire, 1 male, 5.viii.2002; 3 males, 20.ix.2002, all Chandler leg. ( PPCM) . Leckford Estate , Hampshire, 1 male, 11.x.1999, Chandler leg. ( PPCM) . Letchworth , Hertfordshire, 1 male, 1 female, vi.1917; 1 male, ix.1917, all Edwards leg. [paratypes (males) of Bradysia edwardsi ] ( BMNH) . Lopham Fen , Norfolk, 1 male, 16.iv.1984, Withers leg. ( PPWM) . Monkfield Wood , Cambridgeshire, 1 male, vi.1998, C.W. Plant leg. ( PPCM) . Mulgrave Wood , North Yorkshire, 2 males, 23.viii.−3.ix.1937, Edwards leg. [paratypes of Bradysia edwardsi ] ( BMNH) . Narborough Bog, Whetstone , Leicestershire, 1 male, 24.viii.2003, Menzel leg. ( DEI) . Newbridge Fen, Kildare , 1 male, no date, Withers leg. ( PPWM) . Newtown Lough, Galway , 1 male, 3.v.1999, Withers leg. ( PPWM) . North Ronaldsay , Orkney, 1 male, 8.ix.1989, Laurence leg. ( PBLN) . Odstock , Wiltshire, 1 male, 1 female, 13.viii.1972, Cranston & Dear leg. ( BMNH) . Pingle Cutting, Warboys , Cambridgeshire, 1 male, 26.v.1985, J.H. Cole leg. ( PJCB) . Pingle Wood, Warboys , Cambridgeshire, 1 male, 2.v.1990, J.H. Cole leg. ( PJCB) . Ringstead , Dorset, 1 male, viii.1939, Edwards leg. ( BMNH) . Rotherfield Park , Hampshire, 2 males, 2.x.2002, Chandler leg. ( PPCM) . Ryton Wood, Bubbenhall, Coventry, West Midlands , 1 male, 25.viii.2002, Menzel leg. ( DEI) . Salisbury Plain Training Area, Warminster , Wiltshire, 4 males, 29.v.2003; 1 male, 30.v.2003, all Ismay & Schulten leg. ( DEI, UMO) . Searles Farm, Reading, Berkshire , 1 male, 9.vii.2003, Chandler leg. ( PPCM) . Selsdon, Greater London , 1 male, 27.v.1934, Coe leg. ( BMNH) . St. Bride’s Major , Vale of Glamorgan, 1 male, 27.v.1968, Chandler leg. ( PPCM) . Theale, Berkshire , 1 male, 6.viii.2003, Chandler leg. ( PPCM) . Thornham Magna , Suffolk, 2 males, 20.v.1989, Withers leg. ( PPWM) . Trawsfynydd , Gwynedd, 1 male, 5.viii.1988, Holmes, Boyce & Reed leg. ( PPWM) . Ufton Fields , Warwickshire, 1 male, 9.vi.1991, Chandler leg. ( PPCM) . Warrington, Cheshire , 1 male, 10.v.1934 (reared), Holmes-Smith leg. [paratype of Bradysia edwardsi ] ( BMNH) . Welwyn , Hertfordshire, 1 male, vii.1934; 7 males, 21.vii.− 24.vii.1934, all Edwards leg. [paratypes of Bradysia edwardsi ] ( BMNH) . Willes Meadow, Leamington Spa , Warwickshire, 2 males, 27.viii.2002, J.E. Smith leg. ( HRI) . Whitnash brook, Sydenham, Leamington Spa , Warwickshire, 2 males, 1 female, 4.ix.2003, J.E. Smith leg. ( HRI) . Wytham Woods, Wytham , Oxfordshire, 49 males, 27 females, 21.viii.2002, Menzel & J.E. Smith leg. ( DEI, HRI) .

Ecological notes: very common in broad-leaved and carr woodland; common in wetlands including fens, sedge beds, water meadows, stream sides and turloughs; unimproved calcareous grassland; scrub; near shore; saltmarsh. iv–x.