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 : 96

EPIDAPUS ( EPIDAPUS ) MICROTHORAX (BÖRNER, 1903)

Synonyms: gracilicornis (Lengersdorf, 1926) ; intermittens Tuomikoski, 1959 ; obenbergeri (Vimmer, 1926) ; subdetrita (Kratochvil, 1936) ; subdetrita var. bispina (Kratochvil, 1936) ; subdetrita var. monospina (Kratochvil, 1936) ; subdetrita var. trispina (Kratochvil, 1936) .

Literature: Edwards (1925a): 544; Perry & Stubbs (1978): 71 [all as Epidapus gracilis , misidentification]; Freeman (1983b): 26 [as Epidapus edwardsi , misidentification]; Laurence (1997a): 85 [as Epidapus edwardsi , misidentification].

New to British list.

Material examined: Bradfield Wood, Suffolk , 1 male, 9.iv.−16.iv.1990; 1 male, 23.v.−30.v.1991, all Laurence leg. ( PBLN) . Brandyquoi, Kirkwall , Orkney, 1 male, v.- vi.1999; 1 male, v.-vi.2001, all Laurence leg. ( PBLN) . Cothill , Oxfordshire, 1 male, 1.v.1940, Edwards leg. ( BMNH) . Crickhowell , Powys, 1 male, v.1937, Edwards leg. ( BMNH) . Gors Maen-llwyd , Denbighshire, 1 female, 25.vi.1988, Holmes, Boyce & Reed leg. ( PPCM) . Granish , Highland Region, 1 female, 17.vi.1968, Aubrook leg. ( BMNH) . Letchworth , Hertfordshire, 1 male, v.1917; 1 male, vii.1917; 1 male, ix.1936, all Edwards leg. ( BMNH) . Malham Tarn , North Yorkshire, 1 male, 3.vi.−5.vi.1982, Disney leg. ( BMNH) . New Malden, Greater London , 1 male, 31.v.1932, Coe leg. ( BMNH) . Sand , Shetland, 1 male, 11.vi.−12.vi.1998, Laurence leg. ( PBLN) . Sidmouth , Devon, 1 male, 17.viii.−21.viii.1926, Edwards leg. ( BMNH) . Tewin , Hertfordshire, 1 male, ix.1922 (reared), Edwards leg. ( BMNH) . The Loke, Norwich , Norfolk, 1 male, 18.v.−23.v.1992; 1 male, 21.v.− 23.v.1993, all Laurence leg. ( PBLN) . Walker Farm, Stonebyres , South Lanarkshire, 1 male, 23.v.1977, no collector detail ( BMNH) .

Ecological notes: found in broad-leaved woodland; carr woodland and fen; blanket bog remnant; bog and lakeshore; garden. Reared from beech detritus; the fungus Hypholoma velutinum . iv–ix.