Cratyna, 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 : 89

CRATYNA (SPATHOBDELLA) COLEI ( FREEMAN, 1990)

Literature: Edwards (1925a): 541 [as Sciara longispina , misidentification]; Freeman (1983b): 25 [as Plastosciara (Spathobdella) brachialis , misidentification]; Freeman (1990): 52 [as Plastosciara (Spathobdella) ]; Laurence (1997b): 228; Laurence & James (1997): 166 [all as Plastosciara falcifera , misidentification]; Menzel (1998): 21; Menzel & Mohrig (2000): 281; Chandler et al. (2002): 123.

Material examined: Annahala bog, Gearagh, Cork , 1 male, 29.iv.1990, de Courcy Williams leg. ( DEI) . Bwlch y Ddeufaen , Conwy, 1 male, 5.vii.1987, J.H. Cole leg. ( PJCB) . Cadair Idris , Gwynedd, 1 male, 4.ix.1993, Laurence leg. ( PBLN) . Corriegills, Arran , North Ayrshire, 1 male, 2.vi.−4.vi.1919, Edwards leg. ( BMNH) . Crawcwellt , Gwynedd, 1 male, 18.ix.1968, Vane- Wright leg. ( BMNH) . Eday , Orkney, 2 males, 1.vi.1988, Laurence leg. ( PBLN) . Glen Lochay , Stirling, 1 male, 3.vi.−18.vi.1932, Edwards leg. ( BMNH) . Kenmare Estate, Killarney, Kerry , 1 male, 8.ix.1981, J.P. & M.A. O’Connor leg. ( NMID) . Lea Meadows, Newtown Linford , Leicestershire, 46 males, 3 females, 24.viii.2003, Menzel & J.E. Smith leg. ( DEI, HRI) . Leckford Estate , Hampshire, 1 male, 20.v.1971, Stubbs leg. ( PPCM) . Loch Callater , Aberdeenshire, 10 males, 22.vii.1938, Coe leg. ( BMNH) . Loch Tummel, Perth & Kinross , 1 male, 8.vii.1937, Collin leg. ( BMNH) . Lochan an Daimh, Perth & Kinross , 1 male, 26.viii.1995, Chandler leg. ( PPCM) . Mid Quoich , Aberdeenshire, 1 male, 15.vi.2003, Chandler leg. ( PPCM) . Moineach Mararulin, Skye , Highland Region, 1 male, 10.vii.1991, J.H. Cole leg. ( PJCB) . Rake Beck , North Yorkshire, 1 male, 9.vi.1976, J.H. Cole leg. [holotype of Plastosciara colei ] ( BMNH) . Rhôs Cilcennin , Ceredigion, 1 male, 1.x.1986, Holmes, Boyce & Reed leg. ( PPWM) . Thompson Common , Norfolk, 1 male, 1.vi.1985, Chandler leg. ( PPCM) . Udale Bay , Highland Region, 1 male, 29.v.2002, Chandler leg. ( PPCM) . Woodbastwick , Norfolk, 3 males, viii.1932, Edwards leg. ( BMNH) .

Ecological notes: found in broad-leaved, mixed and carr woodland; ancient pine woodland; moorland flushes; wetlands including fen, open marsh by pool, grazed Molinia bog with Carex rostrata , acid bog, wooded stream gorge and water meadows by river; grassland with pingo pools; open montane habitats. iv–x.