Bradysia vagans, (WINNERTZ, 1868)

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 : 66-67

BRADYSIA VAGANS (WINNERTZ, 1868)

Synonyms: angustipennis Frey, 1948 [preocc.]; callicera Frey (1948) ; richardi Gerbachevskaja, 1986 .

Literature: Laurence (1994): 118; Laurence (1997a): 85 [all as Bradysia confinis , misidentification]; Laurence (1997b): 228 [as Bradysia confinis (group) and in part as Bradysia pullula , misidentification]; Menzel (1998): 20; Chandler et al. (2002): 122.

Material examined: Alconbury , Cambridgeshire, 1 male, 3.v.1976; 1 male, 4.v.1989, all J.H. Cole leg. ( PJCB) . Badger Wood , Cambridgeshire, 2 males, 1.v.−31.v.1998, C.W. Plant leg. ( PPCM) . Ban-y-Gor Wood , Gloucestershire, 1 male, 12.ix.2002, Gibbs leg. ( PDGB) . Bradfield Wood , Suffolk , 8 males, 9.x.− 16.x.1990; 2 males, 23.v.−30.v.1991; 1 male, v.1991; 3 males, 16.viii.−22.viii.1991, all Laurence leg. ( PBLN) . Brancaster , Norfolk, 1 male, 28.x.1988, Withers leg. ( PPWM) . Brandyquoi, Kirkwall , Orkney, 10 males, v.– vi.2001, Laurence leg. ( PBLN) . Blackgang , Isle of Wight, 1 male, 25.iv.1975, Jarzembowski leg. ( BMNH) . Blair Atholl, Perth & Kinross, 1 male, 28.v.1973, Chandler leg. ( PPCM) . Brampton, Ouse flood meadow, Cambridgeshire, 1 male, 8.v.1977, J.H. Cole leg. ( PJCB) . Buckingham Palace Garden, Greater London , 1 male, 25.iv.−9.v.1996, D.J. Carter & C.W. Plant leg. ( PPCM) . Burnham Beeches , Buckinghamshire, 1 male, 26.ix.−9.x.1996, Ismay leg. ( PPCM) . Cock Marsh, Berkshire , 2 males, 25.viii.1999, Chandler leg. ( PPCM) . Den of Alyth , Angus, 1 male, 30.v.1976, Chandler leg. ( PPCM) . Dinton Pastures Country Park , Berkshire , 1 male, 20.ix.1992; 1 male, 1.v.1993; 1 male, 15.v.1993; 1 male, 9.vii.1996; 1 male, 29.x.1996, all Chandler leg. ( PPCM) . Eday , Orkney , 1 male, 1.vi.− 6.vi.1988; 3 males, 4.vi.1988, all Laurence leg. ( PBLN) . Epping Forest , Essex , 2 males, 18.ix.1998; 2 males, iv.1999, all Dagley leg. ( PPCM) . Fanore, Clare , 1 male, 24.v.1985, J.P. & M.A. O’Connor leg. ( NMID) . Glen of Drumloch , Moray, 1 male, 16.viii.1937, Coe leg. ( BMNH) . Hartslock , Oxfordshire, 1 male, 6.v.2000, Raper leg. ( PDGB) . Hickling Broad , Norfolk, 1 male, viii.1932, Edwards leg. ( BMNH) . Holme Fen , Cambridgeshire, 1 male, 27.iv.1987, J.H. Cole leg. ( PJCB) . Holywood , Down, 1 male, 18.vi.1993, Jordan leg. ( UMB) . Kelham Bridge, Ravenstone , Leicestershire, 2 females, 24.viii.2003, Menzel leg. ( DEI) . Kennack Cove , Cornwall, 1 male, 4.ix.1983, Chandler leg. ( PPCM) . Knocksink Wood, Wicklow , 1 male, 28.ix.1999, Chandler leg. ( PPCM) . Lea Meadows, Newtown Linford , Leicestershire, 1 male, 24.viii.2003, Menzel leg. ( DEI) . Letchworth , Hertfordshire, 1 male, v.1917, Edwards leg. ( ZFMK) . Loch Fleet , Highland Region, 1 male, 26.v.2002, Chandler leg. ( PPCM) . Lockhaugh Bank Wood, Derwent Valley, Tyne & Wear, 1 male, 24.vii.−13.viii.1990, Jessop leg. ( PBLN) . Lolly Moor , Norfolk, 2 males, 23.v.1979, Irwin leg. ( PPWM) . Luton Airport, Bedfordshire , 1 male, 20.iv.−6.v.1999, C.W. Plant leg. ( PPCM) . Newbridge Fen, Kildare , 1 male, 8.ix.−19.ix.2000, Withers leg. ( PPWM) . North Ronaldsay , Orkney , 1 male, 9.ix.−10.ix.1989; 2 males, ix.1989, all Laurence leg. ( PBLN) . Occold , Suffolk, 1 male, 10.v.1990, Withers leg. ( PPWM) . Oxford University Museum, Oxford , Oxfordshire, 1 male, 6.v.1927, Hamm leg. ( BMNH) . Pearman’s Copse, Berkshire , 1 male, 28.viii.1995, Chandler leg. ( PPCM) . Pett’s Wood, Greater London , 1 male, 6.x.1981, Freeman leg. ( BMNH) . Raveley Wood , Cambridgeshire, 1 male, 28.ix.1975, J.H. Cole leg. ( PJCB) . Reedham , Norfolk, 1 male, 26.viii.−27.viii.1988, Foster & Procter leg. ( PBLN) . Salisbury Plain Training Area , Warminster, Wiltshire , 1 male, v.2003; 1 male, 27.v.2003; 1 male, 31.v.2003, all Ismay & Schulten leg. ( DEI, UMO) . Sandy, Bedfordshire , 1 male, 15.v.1919, Edwards leg. ( BMNH) . Stronsay , Orkney, 1 male, 25.v.1988, Laurence leg. ( PBLN) . Sutton Wash , Cambridgeshire, 1 male, 18.v.1989, J.H. Cole leg. ( PJCB) . The Loke , Norwich, Norfolk , 3 males, 23.iv.1987; 2 males, 26.iv.1987; 1 male, 27.iv.1987; 11 males, 8.v.1987; 26 males, 9.v.1987; 2 males, 18.vi.1987; 1 male, 10.viii.1987; 1 male, 15.viii.−16.viii.1988; 3 males, 7.ix.1987; 1 male, 8.ix.1987; 6 males, 15.ix.1987; 1 male, 24.x.−25.x.1987; 5 males, 5.v.1988; 7 males, 13.v.1988; 1 male, 13.vi.1988; 1 male, 18.ix.−20.ix.1988; 9 males, 5.vi.− 13.vi.1989; 3 males, 21.viii.−24.viii.1989; 4 males, 15.ix.−28.ix.1989; 1 male, 29.ix.−3.x.1989, all Laurence leg. ( PBLN) . The Oaks , Cambridgeshire, 1 male, ix.1998, C.W. Plant leg. ( PPCM) . Thundry Meadow , Surrey, 1 male, 15.ix.2001, Chandler leg. ( PPCM) . Tomintoul , Moray, 1 male, 8.vii.−11.vii.1937, Coe leg. ( BMNH) . Trefeiddan Moor , Pembrokeshire, 1 male, 21.vii.1997, Holmes, Boyce & Reed leg. ( PPWM) . Tresta , Shetland, 1 male, 5.vi.−6.vi.1998, Laurence leg. ( PBLN) . Udale Bay , Highland Region, 2 males, 29.v.2002, Chandler leg. ( PPCM) . Weem Castle Woods, Perth & Kinross, 1 male, 28.viii.1995, Chandler leg. ( PPCM) . Wellesbourne , Warwickshire , 1 male, 1999; 1 male, 24.ii.−2.iii.2000; 8 males, 6.iv.−13.iv.2000; 4 males, 17.viii.−31.viii.2000; 1 female, 28.iii.− 26.iv.2001, all J.E. Smith leg. ( HRI) . Whitacre Heath , Warwickshire, 1 male, 1 female, 13.x.2001, J.E. Smith leg. ( HRI) . Willes Meadow, Leamington Spa , Warwickshire, 1 male, 1 female, 27.viii.2002, Menzel leg. ( DEI) . Wistow Wood, Warboys , Cambridgeshire, 1 male, 4.v.1975, J.H. Cole leg. ( PJCB) . Yell , Shetland, 1 male, 3.ix.−19.ix.1990, Laurence leg. ( PBLN) . No location details, 1 male, no date, Withers leg. ( PPWM) .

Ecological notes: very common in broad-leaved, mixed and carr woodland; heathland and scrub; wetlands including water meadows, Sphagnum bog and sedge beds, saltmarsh; unimproved calcareous grassland; old hedges; old sand and gravel workings; gardens; near shore; coastal landslip. iii–x.