Corynoptera, 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 : 83

CORYNOPTERA SUBPARVULA TUOMIKOSKI, 1960

Literature: Freeman (1983b): 29 [as Corynoptera parvula , misidentification]; Hippa & Vilkamaa (1994): 77 [as Camptochaeta ]; Laurence (1994): 118; Laurence (1997b): 228 [all as Corynoptera parvula , misidentification]; Menzel (1998): 21.

Material examined: Bix Bottom, Oxfordshire , 1 male, 6.vii.2002, Chandler leg. ( PPCM) ; 2 males, 23.ix.2000, Raper leg. ( PDGB) . Castlemartin Corse, Pembrokeshire, 5 males, 14.x.1987, Holmes, Boyce & Reed leg. ( PPWM) . Epping Forest , Essex, 2 males, ix.2000, Dagley leg. ( PPCM) . Lackham Park , Wiltshire, 1 male, 5.viii.2002, Chandler leg. ( PPCM) . Lakenheath , Suffolk, 4 males, 30.viii.−13.ix.1988, Foster & Procter leg. ( PBLN) . Hemingford , Cambridgeshire, 2 males, ix.1938, Edwards leg. ( BMNH) . North Ronaldsay , Orkney, 1 male, 3.ix.1989, Laurence leg. ( PBLN) . Salisbury Plain Training Area, Warminster , Wiltshire, 1 male, v.2003; 2 males, 27.v.2003; 2 males, 29.v.2003; 1 male, 30.v.2003; 4 males, 31.v.2003, all Ismay & Schulten leg. ( DEI, UMO) . The Loke, Norwich , Norfolk, 1 male, 10.viii.1987; 1 male, 19.vii.1988; 4 males, 15.viii.−16.viii.1988; 4 males, 16.viii.1988; 3 males, 21.viii.−24.viii.1989; 1 male, 18.v.−23.v.1992; 12 males, 27.vii.1992; 6 males, 21.viii.1992; 1 male, 29.ix.− 3.x.1992; 2 males, 22.viii.−1.ix.1993; 3 males, 27.v.1997, all Laurence leg. ( PBLN) . Theale, Berkshire , 2 males, 6.viii.2003, Chandler leg. ( PPCM) . Welwyn , Hertfordshire, 1 male, 21.vii.−24.vii.1934, Edwards leg. ( BMNH) . Willes Meadow, Leamington Spa , Warwickshire, 1 male, 27.viii.2002, Menzel leg. ( DEI) .

Ecological notes: found in broad-leaved and carr woodland; water meadows; by river; unimproved calcareous grassland; near shore; garden. v, vii–x.