Bradysia pectoralis, (STAEGER, 1840)

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 : 55-57

BRADYSIA PECTORALIS (STAEGER, 1840)

Synonym: castanea Mohrig & Menzel, 1990 .

Literature: Freeman (1983b): 38; O’Connor & Ashe (1991): 29; Chandler et al. (1996): 259; Laurence (1994): 118 [all as Bradysia fungicola , misidentification]; Menzel (1998): 20; Chandler et al. (2002): 122.

Material examined: Aber Valley , Gwynedd, 1 male, 7.vii.1987, Chandler leg. ( NMS) . Archers Wood , Cambridgeshire, 1 male, 27.v.1990, J.H. Cole leg. ( PJCB) . Ashberry Pastures , North Yorkshire, 1 male, 14.x.1990, Chandler leg. ( NMS) . Ballynalacken Castle , Clare, 1 male, 19.v.1979, Chandler leg. ( PPCM) . Ban-y-Gor Wood , Gloucestershire, 1 male, 12.ix.2002, Gibbs leg. ( PDGB) . Bedford Purlieus , Cambridgeshire, 2 males, 14.v.1988, J.H. Cole leg. ( PJCB) . Beltra Lough , Sligo, 1 male, 13.vi.1985, Chandler leg. ( PPCM) . Birk Crag Wood, Harrogate , North Yorkshire, 1 male, 16.vii.1977, Chandler leg. ( NMS) . Bolt Wood, Stockerston , Leicestershire, 2 males, 24.viii.2003, Menzel leg. ( DEI) . Bolton Wood , North Yorkshire, 4 males, 14.ix.1931, Cheetham leg. ( BMNH) . Boundless Copse , Surrey, 1 male, 26.vii.2002; 1 male, 8.x.2002, all Chandler leg. ( PPCM) . Brancaster , Norfolk, 12 males, 2.ix.1988; 15 males, 2.ix.−16.ix.1988; 10 males, 28.x.1988, all Foster & Procter leg. ( PBLN) . Brandon Marsh, Ryton-on-Dunsmore, West Midlands , 1 male, 22.viii.2002, Menzel leg. ( DEI) . Brasenose , Oxfordshire, 1 male, 28.viii.1915, Hamm leg. ( BMNH) . Brigsteer Park , Cumbria, 1 male, 14.vi.1999, Howe leg. ( NMS) . Brithdir-Isaf , Gwynedd, 3 males, 25.ix.1971; 1 male, 25.x.1971, all Hutson leg. ( BMNH) . Bucklebury Common, Berkshire , 1 male, 30.viii.1983; 1 male, 5.iii.1997 (reared), all Chandler leg. ( PPCM) . Burnham Beeches , Buckinghamshire, 1 male, 13.v.1990, Chandler leg. ( PPCM) . California Country Park, Berkshire , 2 males, 19.v.1998, Chandler leg. ( NMS) . Carie, Rannoch, Perth & Kinross , 1 male, 29.v.1998, Chandler leg. ( NMS) . Castle Loch, Dumfries & Galloway , 1 male, 16.ix.1989, Chandler leg. ( PPCM) . Castlerea , Roscommon, 1 male, 28.ix.1977, Chandler leg. ( PPCM) . Chalford , Gloucestershire, 1 male, 12.x.1979, Chandler leg. ( PPCM) . Charleville Wood , Offaly, 1 male, 27.v.1984; 4 males, 15.vi.1985; 2 males, 19.ix.1999, all Chandler leg. ( NMS, PPCM, PPWM) . Chigwell Row Wood, Chigwell Row , Essex, 1 female, 8.x.2002; 1 female, 16.x.2002; 1 female, 22.x.2002, all Ismay & Schulten leg. ( DEI, UMO) . Chippenham Fen , Cambridgeshire, 1 male, 21.x.1990, Chandler leg. ( NMS) . Chobham Common , Surrey, 1 male, 8.ix.1974, Chandler leg. ( PPCM) . Cilast Isaf , Pembrokeshire, 1 male, 7.x.1973, Chandler leg. ( PPCM) . Cleeve Heronry, Avon , 1 male, 11.ix.2000, Gibbs leg. ( PDGB) . Coed Dolgarrog , Conwy, 1 male, 6.vii.1987, Chandler leg. ( NMS) . Coombe Abbey Country Park , Coventry, Warwickshire, 2 males, 28.viii.2003, Menzel leg. ( DEI) . Cop Mere , Staffordshire, 1 male, 23.v.1994, Chandler leg. ( PPCM) . Cosford Mill , Surrey, 1 male, 15.ix.1973, Chandler leg. ( PPCM) . Cothill , Oxfordshire, 1 male, 14.vi.1986; 1 male, 3.vi.1990, all Chandler leg. ( NMS) . Cotterdale , North Yorkshire, 1 male, 27.ix.1986, J.H. Cole leg. ( PJCB) . Craigmore Wood, Aberfoyle , Stirling, 1 male, 21.vi.1999, Chandler leg. ( PPCM) . Crickhowell , Powys, 1 female, ix.1936, Edwards leg. ( BMNH) . Culbin Forest , Highland Region, 1 male, 27.v.2002, Chandler leg. ( PPCM) . Dartmeet , Devon, 2 males, 27.v.1978, J.H. Cole leg. ( PJCB) . Dowlands Cliff , Devon, 1 male, 9.vi.1937, Edwards leg. ( BMNH) . Dromore Forest , Kerry, 1 male, 15.x.1973, Chandler leg. ( PPCM) . Ebbor Gorge , Somerset, 1 male, 16.x.1986, Chandler leg. ( NMS) . Epping Forest , Essex, 1 male, 3.v.−9.v.1999; 1 male, vi.1999, all Dagley leg. ( HRI, PPCM) ; 1 male, 25.v.1999, Chandler leg. ( PPCM) . Ewden Valley , Sheffield, South Yorkshire, 1 female, 21.ix.1971, Chandler leg. ( NMS) . Forest of Dean , Gloucestershire, 1 male, 27.v.1962, K.G.V. Smith leg. ( BMNH) . Galway’s Bridge, Killarney , Kerry, 1 male, 1 female, 9.ix.1981, J.P. & M.A. O’Connor leg. ( NMID) . Gatewen Marsh , Denbighshire, 1 male, 12.x.1988, Holmes, Boyce & Reed leg. ( PPWM) . Gearagh , Cork, 1 male, 1 female, 26.ix.1990, de Courcy Williams leg. ( DEI, NMID) . Glanvilles Wootton , Dorset, 1 male, viii.1939, Edwards leg. ( BMNH) . Glen Coiltie , Highland Region, 1 male, 29.v.1994, Chandler leg. ( PPCM) . Glengarriff Forest , Cork, 1 male, 4.vii.1985, J.P. & M.A. O’Connor leg. ( NMID) . Glen of the Downs , Wicklow, 1 male, 27.vii.1981; 1 male, 3.x.1982, all J.P. O’Connor leg. ( NMID) . Goathland , North Yorkshire, 5 males, 5.ix.1937, Edwards leg. ( BMNH) . Gorge of Avon , South Lanarkshire, 1 female, 30.v.1909; 1 male, 18.viii.1909; 1 male, 24.x.1910, all King leg. ( BMNH) . Great Ellerside , Cumbria, 1 male, 15.vi.1999, Chandler leg. ( PPCM) . Great Elm, Avon , 2 males, 16.x.1986, Chandler leg. ( PPCM) . Great Offley , Hertfordshire, 1 male, 29.ix.1968, Chandler leg. ( NMS) . Greywell Fen , Hampshire, 1 male, 15.x.1989; 2 males, 11.viii.1999, all Chandler leg. ( NMS, PPCM) . Grindon Wood , Staffordshire, 1 male 13.x.1997, Chandler leg. ( PPCM) . Hafod Wood , Denbighshire, 1 male, 24.v.1994, Chandler leg. ( PPCM) . Haugh Wood , Herefordshire, 1 male, 12.x.1998, Chandler leg. ( PPCM) . Hay Wood, Baddesley Clinton, Solihull, West Midlands , 1 male, 25.viii.2002, Menzel leg. ( DEI) . Hembury Wood , Devon, 1 male, 29.v.1978, J.H. Cole leg. ( PJCB) . Hickling , Norfolk, 1 male, v.1989, Foster & Procter leg. ( PBLN) . How Hill , Norfolk, 1 male, 13.viii.1989, Withers leg. ( PPWM) . Knebworth , Hertfordshire, 1 male, vi.1922, Edwards leg. ( BMNH) . Lady’s Island Lake , Wexford, 1 male, 25.v.1987, J.P. O’Connor leg. ( NMID) . Lady’s Wood , Cambridgeshire, 1 male, 3.vi.1989, J.H. Cole leg. ( PJCB) . Lancaut Nature Reserve , Gloucestershire, 1 male, 5.ix.2002, Gibbs leg. ( PDGB) . Lea Meadows, Newtown Linford , Leicestershire, 2 males, 1 female, 24.viii.2003, Menzel & J.E. Smith leg. ( DEI, HRI) . Leckford Estate , Hampshire, 1 male, 5.x.1995; 1 female, 23.ix.1997; 1 male, 12.x.1997; 2 males, 25.vii.1998, all Chandler leg. ( NMS, PPCM) . Linton , Devon, 1 male, 16.vi.1989, Chandler leg. ( NMS) . Loch Achilty , Highland Region, 1 male, 28.v.2002, Chandler leg. ( PPCM) . Logie , Moray, 1 male, 1 female, 8.ix.1910, Jenkinson leg. ( BMNH) . Lough Slevin , Westmeath, 2 males, 28.vi.1987, Chandler leg. ( NMS) . Low Pasture, Hawnby , North Yorkshire, 1 male, 12.x.1990, Chandler leg. ( NMS) . Maen Porth , Cornwall, 1 male, 5.x.1983, Chandler leg. ( PPCM) . Matley Bog, New Forest , Hampshire, 1 male, viii.1936, Edwards leg. ( BMNH) . Mulgrave Wood , North Yorkshire, 6 males, 23.viii.−3.ix.1937, Edwards leg. ( BMNH) . Newbridge Fen , Kildare, 1 male, 8.viii.− 19.viii.1998; 1 male, 8.ix.−19.ix.2000, all Withers leg. ( PPWM) . Oaklands , Wexford, 1 male, 29.v.1987, J.P. O’Connor leg. ( NMID) . Oakshott , Hampshire, 1 male, 14.vi.1979, Chandler leg. ( PPCM) . Olchon Valley , Herefordshire, 1 male, 21.v.1977, Chandler leg. ( PPCM) . Richmond Park, Greater London , 1 male, 6.vi.1992, Chandler leg. ( NMS) . Roudsea Wood , Cumbria, 1 male, 16.vi.1999, Chandler leg. ( PPCM) . Roydon Common , Norfolk, 1 male, 5.vi.1993, Chandler leg. ( PPCM) . Santon Downham , Suffolk, 1 male, viii.1935, Edwards leg. ( BMNH) . Sladen , Hampshire, 1 male, vi.1939, Edwards leg. ( BMNH) . Sherwood Forest , Nottinghamshire, 1 male, 22.x.−24.x.1922, Edwards leg. ( BMNH) . Spartum Fen , Oxfordshire, 1 male, 1.vi.1991, Chandler leg. ( PPCM) . Stradey Wood, Carmarthen , 1 male, 13.x.1995, McLean leg. ( PPCM) . Strawberry Beds, River Liffey , Dublin, 1 male, 26.ix.1999, Chandler leg. ( NMS) . Templehouse Demesne , Sligo, 1 male, 1.x.1977, Chandler leg. ( PPCM) . Thompson Common , Norfolk, 1 male, 1.vi.1985, Chandler leg. ( NMS) . Tickenham Hill, Avon , 1 male, 30.v.2001, Gibbs leg. ( PDGB) . Tocil Wood, Warwick University Campus , Coventry, Warwickshire, 4 males, 28.viii.2003, Menzel & J.E. Smith leg. ( DEI, HRI) . Tomies Wood, Killarney , Kerry, 1 female, 25.ix.1981, J.P. O’Connor leg. ( NMID) . West Walk , Hampshire, 2 males, 6.vi.1998, Chandler leg. ( NMS) . Whale Moss , Shropshire, 1 male, 29.viii.1931, C.H.W. Pugh leg. ( BMNH) . Whiddon Deer Park , Devon, 1 male, 2.vi.2000, Chandler leg. ( PPCM) . Wicken Fen , Cambridgeshire, 1 male, 21.v.1990; 1 male, 14.v.1992, all J.H. Cole leg. ( PJCB) . Windsor Forest, Berkshire , 1 male, 8.vi.1979; 6 males, 6.ix.1986; 2 males, 13.vi.1987; 2 males, 8.viii.1987; 2 males, 27.v.1989; 1 male, 15.vi.1991; 1 male, 15.v.1994, all Chandler leg. ( NMS, PPCM, PPWM) . Witcombe Wood , Gloucestershire, 1 male, 2 females, 12.x.1979, Chandler leg. ( NMS) . Witherslack , Cumbria, 2 males, 15.vi.1999, Chandler leg. ( NMS) . Woodwalton Fen , Cambridgeshire, 4 males, 24.v.1940, Edwards leg. ( BMNH) ; 1 male, 4.vi.1977, J.H. Cole leg. ( PJCB) . Wytham Woods, Wytham , Oxfordshire, 1 male, 21.viii.2002, Menzel leg. ( DEI) .

Ecological notes: very common in broad-leaved and mixed woodland; conifer plantations; wooded river and lake sides; common in carr woodland; heathland; wetlands including fen, bog, wet meadows, grassland with pingo pools, sedge beds Typha latifolia and marsh; former gravel workings; calcareous grassland; ancient parkland; dunes. Reared from the fungus Laetiporus sulphureus . v–x.