Bradysiopsis vittata, (MEIGEN, 1830)

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 : 67

BRADYSIOPSIS VITTATA (MEIGEN, 1830)

Synonyms: leucotricha ( Tuomikoski, 1960) ; quinquelineata var. alpujarrensis (Strobl, 1900) ; quinquelineata var. nigripes (Strobl, 1898) .

Literature: Freeman (1983a): 168; Freeman (1983b): 30 [all as Lycoriella (Bradysiopsis) leucotricha ]; Freeman (1987): 197; Skidmore (1991): 149; Laurence (1997a): 85 [all as Lycoriella leucotricha ]; Menzel (1998): 20.

Material examined: Alconbury , Cambridgeshire, 1 male, 9.vii.1978, J.H. Cole leg. ( PJCB) . Aviemore , Highland Region, 1 male, v.1934, Edwards leg. ( BMNH) . Bradfield Wood , Suffolk, 1 male, 11.vii.− 16.vii.1990; 1 male, 9.x.−16.x.1990, all Laurence leg. ( PBLN) . King’s Walden , Hertfordshire, 1 male, 24.iv.1964, Colyer leg. ( BMNH) . Knott Wood, Rothamsted, Harpenden , Hertfordshire, 3 females, 20.iv.1950; 2 males, 29.v.1950 (reared), all Laurence leg. ( PBLN) . Nethy Bridge , Highland Region, 1 male, 16.vii.1936, Coe leg. ( BMNH) . Salisbury Plain Training Area, Warminster , Wiltshire, 1 male, 27.v.2003; 3 males, 4.vii.2003, all Ismay & Schulten leg. ( DEI, UMO) . Spinningdale Bog , Highland Region, 1 male, 17.vi.1976, Chandler leg. ( PPCM) . Stanford , Norfolk, 1 male, 27.iii.−10.iv.1988, Collier leg. ( PPWM) . Upwood Meadow , Cambridgeshire, 1 male, 29.v.1977, J.H. Cole leg. ( PJCB) . No locality details, Wales, ‘ Clwyd’ , 1 male, 1987, M. Jones leg. ( BMNH) .

Ecological notes: found in broad-leaved woodland; unimproved calcareous grassland; on ive broomrape; hedges; river bank; ditch along meadow hedge; bog with stream. Reared from old cow dung. iii–vii, x.