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 : 88-89

CRATYNA ( PEYERIMHOFFIA ) VAGABUNDA

( WINNERTZ, 1867)

Synonyms: alata (Frey, 1948) ; brachyptera (Kieffer, 1903) .

Literature: Donisthorpe (1913): 267; Edwards (1925a): 543; Donisthorpe (1924): 73; Donisthorpe (1927): 139 [all as Peyerimhoffia brachyptera ]; O’Toole (1978): 163 [as Plastosciara brachyptera ]; Freeman (1983b): 25 [as Plastosciara (Peyerimhoffia) brachyptera ]; Laurence (1994): 118; Laurence (1996): 87; Laurence & James (1997): 166 [all as Plastosciara brachyptera ]; Menzel (1998): 21; Withers (2002): 114.

Material examined: Annahala bog, Gearagh , Cork, 1 male, 22.iii.1990, de Courcy Williams leg. ( NMID) . Badger Wood , Cambridgeshire, 1 male, vi.1998, C.W. Plant leg. ( NMS) . Beaulieu River , Hampshire, 2 males, 22.v.1936, Edwards leg. ( BMNH) . Blorenge , Monmouthshire, 1 male, 23.vi.1988, Holmes, Boyce & Reed leg. ( PPWM) . Braedownie , Angus, 1 male, 24.vii.1937, Coe leg. ( BMNH) . Brynberian Moor , Pembrokeshire, 1 male, 22.vi.1987, Holmes, Boyce & Reed leg. ( PPWM) . Buckingham Thick Copse , Northamptonshire, 1 male, 9.vi.1992, Warne leg. ( PPCM) . Burnham Beeches , Buckinghamshire, 6 males, 20.vii.−2.viii.1995; 1 male, 1.vii.−8.vii.1996; 2 males, 5.vii.−20.vii.1999; 1 male, 1.x.−28.x.1999, all Ismay leg. ( HRI, PPCM) . Bushy Park, Greater London , 1 male, vi.1940, no collector detail ( BMNH) . Cadair Idris , Gwynedd, 9 males, 19.vi.1993; 1 male, 3.vii.1993, all Laurence leg. ( PBLN) . Cambridge , Cambridgeshire, 1 male, 23.v.1905, Jenkinson leg. ( BMNH) . Chigwell Row Wood, Chigwell Row , Essex, 1 male, 18.vi.2002, Ismay & Schulten leg. ( DEI) . Coombe Abbey Country Park , Coventry, Warwickshire, 1 male, 28.viii.2003, J.E. Smith leg. ( HRI) . Cors Penally , Pembrokeshire, 1 male, 22.vii.1987, Holmes, Boyce & Reed leg. ( PPWM) . Cotterill Clough, Cheshire , 1 female, 6.viii.1939, Britten leg. ( BMNH) . Coventry, West Midlands , 1 male, vii.1998, C.W. Plant leg. ( PPCM) . Dawlish Warren , Devon, 1 male, 29.vi.1988, J.H. Cole leg. ( PJCB) . Delamere, Cheshire , 1 male, 1 female, 16.vii.1939, Britten leg. ( BMNH) . Epping Forest , Essex, 1 male, 28.vi.2000, Chandler leg. ( PPCM) . Falls of Tarnash , Moray, 1 male, 1.vii.1936, Coe leg. ( BMNH) . Frithsden Beeches , Hertfordshire, 1 male, 30.vii.1997, Chandler leg. ( PPCM) . Gearagh , Cork, 2 males, 22.v.1990; 1 male, 12.vi.1990, all de Courcy Williams leg. ( DEI, NMID) ; 1 male, 9.vii.1990, Withers leg. ( PPWM) . Glasshouse Crops Research Station, Littlehampton , West Sussex, 2 males, 20.viii.1956; 1 male, 30.vii.1957, all Hussey leg. ( HRI) . Glen Lochay , Stirling, 1 male, 8.vi.1932, Edwards leg. ( BMNH) . Haytor , Devon, 1 male, 23.vi.2002, J.E. Smith leg. ( HRI) . Hickling , Norfolk, 1 male, v.1988, Foster & Procter leg. ( PBLN) . Lea Meadows, Newtown Linford , Leicestershire, 2 males, 24.viii.2003, J.E. Smith leg. ( HRI) . Leckford Estate , Hampshire, 1 male, 1.ix.1999, Chandler leg. ( PPCM) . Leebotwood , Shropshire, 2 males, 14.vii.2003, J.E. Smith leg. ( HRI) . Letchworth , Hertfordshire, 1 male, 26.vi.1932, Edwards leg. ( BMNH) . Llyn Gwynant , Gwynedd, 1 male, 13.vii.1914, Edwards leg. ( BMNH) . Loch Garten , Highland Region, 1 male, 24.vii.1997, Chandler leg. ( PPCM) . Loch Morlich , Highland Region, 1 male, 24.vi.1933, Coe leg. ( BMNH) . Loch Pityoulish , Highland Region, 1 male, 3.vii.1933, Coe leg. ( BMNH) . Lough Slevin , Westmeath, 1 male, 16.vi.1985, Chandler leg. ( PPWM) . Lundy Island , Devon, 3 males, 20.vii.−27.vii.1972, Lane leg. ( BMNH) . Magor Marsh , Monmouthshire, 1 male, 10.vi.1988, Holmes, Boyce & Reed leg. ( PPWM) . Milham Ford School, Oxford , Oxfordshire, 2 males, 24.v.−4.vi.2001, Webb leg. ( PPCM) . Monkfield Wood , Cambridgeshire, 1 male, 1.v.−31.v.1998, C.W. Plant leg. ( NMS) . Murrough , Wicklow, 1 male, 20.v.−3.vi.1990, Blackith leg. ( PPWM) . New Malden, Greater London , 1 male, 25.vi.1931, Coe leg. ( BMNH) . Newbold Comyn Park, Leamington Spa , Warwickshire, 2 males, 15.vii.2001, J.E. Smith leg. ( HRI) . Nûg , Conwy, 1 male, 3.viii.1988, Holmes, Boyce & Reed leg. ( PPWM) . Oakland Wood , Cambridgeshire, 1 male, 1.v.−31.v.1998; 1 male, 1.vi.− 30.vi.1998, all C.W. Plant leg. ( NMS, PPCM) . Rhôs-ygad , Isle of Anglesey, 1 male, 27.vii.1988, Holmes, Boyce & Reed leg. ( PPWM) . Rhôsgyll Fawr , Gwynedd, 1 male, 28.vii.1988, Holmes, Boyce & Reed leg. ( PPWM) . Salisbury Plain Training Area, Warminster , Wiltshire, 1 male, 30.v.2003; 4 males, 31.v.2003, all Ismay & Schulten leg. ( DEI, UMO) . Sedlescombe , East Sussex, 1 male, 27.vi.1996, Roper leg. ( PPRS) . Sned Wood, Lower Lye , Herefordshire, 3 males, 14.vii.2003, J.E. Smith leg. ( HRI) . Stackpole Quay , Pembrokeshire, 1 male, 12.viii.1986, Chandler leg. ( PPCM) . The British , Monmouthshire, 1 male, 24.vi.1992, Gibbs leg. ( PDGB) . The Dingle , Isle of Anglesey, 1 male, 5.vii.1987, Chandler leg. ( NMS) . The Loke, Norwich , Norfolk, 2 males, 4vii.−5.vii.1987; 2 males, 15.viii.1987; 2 males, 13.vii.−19.vii.1989; 1 male, 21.viii.−24.viii.1989; 1 male, 15.v.−18.v.1992; 4 males, 27.vii.1992; 1 male, 30.vii.−2.viii.1993, all Laurence leg. ( PBLN) . Ryton Wood, Bubbenhall, Coventry, West Midlands , 1 male, 25.viii.2002, Menzel leg. ( DEI) . Wellesbourne , Warwickshire, 1 male, 17.viii.− 31.viii.2000; 1 male, 1 female, 27.vi.−5.vii.2001, all J.E. Smith leg. ( HRI) . Winfrith , Dorset, 1 male, 17.viii.1910, Haines leg. ( BMNH) . Woodwalton Fen , Cambridgeshire, 1 male, 24.v.1940, Edwards leg. ( BMNH) .

Ecological notes: very common in broad-leaved and carr woodland; also found in mixed woodland; conifer plantations and ancient pine woodland; heathland; moorland; wetlands including fens, mires, bogs, water meadows, sedge beds and riverside habitats; unimproved calcareous grassland; grounds of horticultural research station; school grounds with old poplars; garden; fixed dune grassland and scrub; coastal cliffs; open montane habitats; mining spoil heaps. Reared from dung. iii, v–x.