Bradysia rectinervis, FREY, 1948

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 : 61

BRADYSIA RECTINERVIS FREY, 1948

Literature: Menzel (1998): 20 [in part as Bradysia rufescens , misidentification].

New to British and Irish list.

Material examined: Alvecote Pools , Staffordshire, 2 males, 13.x.2001, J.E. Smith leg. ( HRI) . Becky Woods, Manaton , Devon, 1 male, 23.vi.2002, J.E. Smith leg. ( HRI) . Bradfield Wood , Suffolk, 2 males, 9.x.− 16.x.1990, Laurence leg. ( PBLN) . Brancaster , Norfolk, 1 male, 1.vii.−15.vii.1988, Foster & Procter leg. ( PBLN) . Burnham Beeches , Buckinghamshire, 5 males, 28.v.−1.vii.1996; 5 males, 26.ix.−26.xi.1996, all Ismay leg. ( PPCM) . Cadair Idris , Gwynedd, 29 males, 19.vi.1993; 1 male, 3.vii.1993; 3 males, 17.vii.1993; 4 males, 1.viii.1993; 8 males, 16.viii.1993; 39 males, 4.ix.1993; 1 male, 22.x.1993; 1 male, 4.ix.1997, all Laurence leg. ( DEI, PBLN) . Canonteign Falls , Devon, 1 male, 22.vi.2002, J.E. Smith leg. ( HRI) . Chigwell Row Wood, Chigwell Row , Essex, 1 male, 15.ix.2002, Ismay & Schulten leg. ( DEI) . Coed Tycanol , Pembrokeshire, 1 male, 2.vi.−10.vi.1999; 1 male, 20.vi.− 29.vi.1999; 1 male, 29.vi.−7.ix.1999, all Levey & Pavett leg. ( PPCM) . Gearagh, Cork , 1 male, 26.ix.1990, de Courcy Williams leg. ( DEI) . Gwaun Ystrad Caron , Ceredigion, 1 male, 18.ix.1986, Holmes, Boyce & Reed leg. ( PPWM) . Hafod Garregog , Gwynedd, 1 male, 16.vi.−30.vi.1999, Levey & Pavett leg. ( PPCM) . Illtyd Pools , Powys, 1 male, 11.ix.1989, Holmes, Boyce & Reed leg. ( PPWM) . Lackham Park , Wiltshire, 1 male, 14.x.2002, Chandler leg. ( PPCM) . Loch Callater , Aberdeenshire, 1 male, 27.vi.1938, Coe leg. ( BMNH) . Loch Park , Moray, 15 males, 12.viii.− 14.viii.1937, Coe leg. ( BMNH) . Mark Ash Wood, New Forest , Hampshire, 1 male, 2.vi.1984, Chandler leg. ( PPCM) . Market Weston Fen , Suffolk, 1 male, 12.v.1991, Withers leg. ( PPWM) . Mid Yell , Shetland, 1 male, ix.1990, Laurence leg. ( PBLN) . Murrough, Wicklow , 1 male, 8.v.1989, Withers leg. ( PPWM) . New Forest , Hampshire, 1 male, 21.ix.1909, Adams leg. ( BMNH) . Rhôsili Down, Swansea / Abertawe, 1 male, 3.x.1989, Holmes, Boyce & Reed leg. ( PPWM) . Rotherfield Park , Hampshire, 1 male, 2.x.2002, Chandler leg. ( PPCM) . Ryton Wood, Bubbenhall, Coventry, West Midlands , 4 males, 12.x.2001, J.E. Smith leg. ( HRI) ; 4 males, 25.viii.2002, Menzel & J.E. Smith leg. ( DEI, HRI) . Sutton Common , Dorset, 1 male, 24.v.−31.v.1999, George leg. ( PPCM) . West End Common, Esher , Surrey, 1 male, 19.x.2001; 1 male, 17.vii.2002, all Chandler leg. ( PPCM) . Witherslack , Cumbria, 1 male, 15.vi.1999, Chandler leg. ( PPCM) . Yell , Shetland, 1 male, 3.ix.−19.ix.1990, Laurence leg. ( PBLN) .

Ecological notes: very common in broad-leaved and carr woodland; amongst fallen pine needles; heathland; fen with sedge pools; sedge bed; wetlands formed by mining subsidence; Juncus basin mire; floodplain mire; open montane habitats; decaying vegetation. v– xi.