Bradysia strigata, (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 : 63

BRADYSIA STRIGATA (STAEGER, 1840)

Synonym: robusta (Lengersdorf, 1926) [preocc.].

Literature: Freeman (1983b): 35; Menzel (1998): 20.

Material examined: Cors Llyn Farch a Llyn Fanod , Ceredigion, 2 males, 17.ix.1986; 1 male, 24.ix.1986, all Holmes, Boyce & Reed leg. ( PPWM) . Cothill , Oxfordshire, 1 male, 5.v.1934, Edwards leg. ( BMNH) . Greywell Fen , Hampshire, 1 male, 2.viii.1998, Chandler leg. ( PPCM) . Hogley , Oxfordshire, 1 male, 10.v.1919, Hamm leg. ( BMNH) . Leckford Estate , Hampshire, 1 male, 30.iv.1977; 1 male, 12.iv.1989, all Chandler leg. ( PPCM) . Rhôs Llawr Cwrt , Ceredigion, 1 male, 29.ix.1986, Holmes, Boyce & Reed leg. ( PPWM) . Sutton Park, Birmingham, West Midlands , 1 male, 6.viii.1989, J.H. Cole leg. ( PJCB) . Thompson Common , Norfolk, 1 male, 16.viii.1989, Chandler leg. ( NMS) . Woodbastwick , Suffolk, 1 male, viii.1932, Edwards leg. ( BMNH) . No location details, 1 male, 1989, no. 89/021,? Disney leg. ( PPWM) .

Ecological notes: found in broad-leaved woodland especially carr; heathland; wetlands including water meadows, wet meadows with Juncus , sedge beds, basin mire and grassland with pingo pools; parkland. iv–v, viii–ix.