Epidapus, HALIDAY, 1851

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 : 95

EPIDAPUS ( EPIDAPUS ) ATOMARIUS (DE GEER, 1778)

Synonyms: acutehomerata (Venturi, 1964) ; brevipalpis (Kieffer, 1903) ; degeerii (Bigot, 1854) ; melina (Schmitz, 1915) ; monocalcarata (Vimmer, 1928) ; moravica (Czizek, 1917) ; pumila (Winnertz, 1853) ; soudeki (Vimmer, 1926) ; venaticus Haliday in Walker, 1856.

Literature: Haliday in Walker (1856): 56 [as Epidapus venaticus ]; Freeman (1983b): 26; Laurence (1996): 87 [in part]; Laurence (1997a): 85 [in part]; Laurence & James (1997): 166 [in part]; Menzel (1998): 21; Menzel & Mohrig (2000): 315.

Material examined: Becky Woods, Manaton , Devon, 1 male, 23.vi.2002, J.E. Smith leg. ( HRI) . Berwick-upon- Tweed , Northumberland, 1 male, iv.1999, Laurence leg. ( PBLN) . Bradfield Wood , Suffolk, 1 male, v.1991; 1 male, 23.v.−30.v.1991; 1 male, 16.viii.−22.viii.1991, all Laurence leg. ( PBLN) . Brandon Marsh, Ryton-on- Dunsmore, Coventry, West Midlands , 1 male, 12.x.2001, J.E. Smith leg. ( HRI) . Burnham Beeches , Buckinghamshire, 1 male, 31.viii.−13.ix.1996, Ismay leg. ( PPCM) . Cadair Idris , Gwynedd, 1 male, 13.xi.1993, Laurence leg. ( PBLN) . Farnham Royal , Buckinghamshire, 1 male, 20.v.1931 (reared), Basden leg. ( BMNH) . Freshfield, Merseyside , 3 males, 22.vi.− 23.vi.1932 (reared), Warwick leg. ( BMNH) . Kingsbury Water Park , Warwickshire, 1 male, 13.x.2001, J.E. Smith leg. ( HRI) . Lockhaugh Bank Wood, Derwent Valley, Tyne & Wear , 1 male, 24.vii.−13.viii.1990, Jessop leg. ( PBLN) . Rothamsted, Harpenden , Hertfordshire, 1 male, 3.viii.1950, Laurence leg. ( PBLN) . The Loke, Norwich , Norfolk, 1 male, 21.iv.1988, Laurence leg. ( PBLN) . Wellesbourne , Warwickshire, 1 male, 13.ix.−4.x.2001, J.E. Smith leg. ( HRI) .

Ecological notes: found in broad-leaved and carr woodland; wooded lake margin with reed beds; fen with Carex paniculata , Carex riparia , Cladium , Equisetum , Phragmites , Schoenus nigricans and Sphagnum ; grazed Molinia and Myrica ; blanket bog; former gravel workings; grazed grassland; parkland; gardens; grounds of horticultural research station; open montane habitats. Reared from nest of blue tit and dunnock. iv–xi.