Corynoptera blanda, (WINNERTZ, 1867)

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 : 69

CORYNOPTERA BLANDA ( WINNERTZ, 1867)

Synonyms: curviligula (Lengersdorf, 1952) ; villica ( Winnertz, 1867) .

Literature: Freeman (1987): 199; Menzel (1998): 20; Chandler et al. (2002): 123.

Material examined: Becky Woods, Manaton , Devon, 1 male, 23.vi.2002, J.E. Smith leg. ( HRI) . Burnham Beeches , Buckinghamshire, 4 males, 1.vii.−8.vii.1996; 1 male, 5.viii.−31.viii.1996; 1 male, 9.x.−26.xi.1996, all Ismay leg. ( HRI, PPCM) . Duxmoor Dingle , Shropshire, 1 male, 15.x.1987, Chandler leg. ( PPCM) . Goathland , North Yorkshire, 1 male, 5.ix.1937, Edwards leg. ( BMNH) . Hay Wood, Baddesley Clinton, Solihull, West Midlands , 1 male, 25.viii.2002, J.E. Smith leg. ( HRI) . Headley Common , Hampshire, 1 male, 23.x.1972, Cranston leg. ( BMNH) . Highgate Wood, Greater London , 1 male, 1998–99, Hackett leg. ( PPCM) . Hunthouse Woods , Worcestershire, 1 male, 13.x.1984, Chandler leg. ( PPWM) . Lion Wood, Redditch , Worcestershire, 1 male, 10.iv.2003, J.E. Smith leg. ( HRI) . Loch Chon , Stirling, 1 male, 22.vi.1999, Chandler leg. ( PPCM) . Low Pasture, Hawnby , North Yorkshire, 1 male, 12.x.1990, Chandler leg. ( PPCM) . Rothiemurchus, by River Druie , Highland Region, 1 male, 18.viii.1986, Chandler leg. ( PPCM) . Slade of Saggart , Dublin, 1 male, 26.ix.1999, Chandler leg. ( PPCM) . Sutton Park, Birmingham, West Midlands , 4 males, 7.iv.2003, J.E. Smith leg. ( HRI) .

Ecological notes: found in broad-leaved, mixed and coniferous woodland; heathland and parkland; wetlands including lakeshore marsh. iv, vi–xi.