Corynoptera minima, (MEIGEN, 1818)

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 : 78

CORYNOPTERA MINIMA (MEIGEN, 1818)

Synonyms: brachyptera (Lengersdorf, 1941) ; brevipennis ( Walker, 1848) .

Literature: Walker (1848):? 108 and 110; Walker (1856):? 54 and 56 [all as? Sciara minima and Sciara brevipennis ]; Edwards (1925a): 543 [as Peyerimhoffia (?) brevipennis ]; Freeman (1983b): 29; Laurence & James (1997): 166 [all as Corynoptera brevipennis ]; Menzel (1998): 21.

Material examined: Ben Chalum , Stirling, 1 female, 9.vi.−10.vi.1932, Edwards leg. ( BMNH) . Cadair Idris , Gwynedd, 1 male, 1 female, 3.vii.1963; 1 male, 9 females, 19.vi.1993; 2 males, 2 females, 3.vii.1993; 1 male, 17.vii.1993; 1 female, 16.viii.1993; 5 males, 3.vii.1997, all Laurence leg. ( PBLN) . Cashlie, Glen Lyon, Perth & Kinross , 5 males, 2 females, 15.vi.1932, Edwards leg. ( BMNH) . Cleddon Bog , Monmouthshire, 6 females, 24.v.1988; 1 male, 10.vi.1988, all Holmes, Boyce & Reed leg. ( PPWM) . Glen Lochay , Stirling, 1 male, 3.vi.−18.vi.1932, Edwards leg. ( BMNH) . Glen Shiel , Highland Region, 1 female, 1.vii.1934, Richards leg. ( BMNH) . Coed Tycanol , Pembrokeshire, 1 female, 27.vi.−7.ix.1999, Levey & Pavett leg. ( PPCM) . Cors Barfog , Gwynedd, 1 male, 13.vi.1988; 1 male, 1 female, 25.vii.1988, all Holmes, Boyce & Reed leg. ( PPCM, PPWM) . Cors Caranod , Ceredigion, 3 males, 27.viii.− 2.ix.1985; 2 males, 1.x.1986, all Holmes, Boyce & Reed leg. ( PPCM, PPWM) . Hafod Garregog , Gwynedd, 1 female, 30.vi.−14.ix.1999, Levey & Pavett leg. ( PPCM) . Llanon , Swansea / Abertawe, 1 male, 3.x.1989, Holmes, Boyce & Reed leg. ( PPWM) . Llyn Tyn y Mynydd , Gwynedd, 1 male, 22.vi.1988; 1 male, 20.viii.1988, all Holmes, Boyce & Reed leg. ( PPWM) . Malham Tarn , North Yorkshire, 1 male, 22.vi.−25.vi.1981, Disney leg. ( PPWM) . Rhôs Cilcennin , Ceredigion, 1 male, 24.ix.1986; 1 male, 10.x.1986, all Holmes, Boyce & Reed leg. ( PPWM) . Waun Isaf , Pembrokeshire, 1 male, 6.vii.1987, Holmes, Boyce & Reed leg. ( PPWM) . Witherslack , Cumbria, 2 males, 20 females, vi.1929, Edwards leg. ( BMNH) . Ynys Eidiol , Ceredigion, 1 female, 19.vi.1987, Holmes, Boyce & Reed leg. ( PPCM) . No locality details, England, 1 female, no date, Walker leg. [holotype of Sciara brevipennis ] ( BMNH) .

Ecological notes: found in broad-leaved woodland; valley fen and wet heathland; damp heath; Molinia bog; Phragmites bed; ungrazed basin mire; ungrazed heather; lakeshore; open montane habitats. v–x.