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 : 85

CORYNOPTERA VAGULA TUOMIKOSKI, 1960

Literature: Menzel (1998): 21; Withers (2002): 114.

Material examined: Aberithon Turbary , Powys, 1 male, 3.vii.1989, Holmes, Boyce & Reed leg. ( PPWM) . Annahala bog, Gearagh , Cork, 1 male, 29.iv.1990, de Courcy Williams leg. ( DEI) . Brandon Marsh, Rytonon-Dunsmore, Coventry, West Midlands , 1 male, 11.x.2001, Chandler leg. ( HRI) . Comin Esgair Maen , Ceredigion, 2 males, 23.vii.1987, Holmes, Boyce & Reed leg. ( PPWM) . Cors Bodeilio , Isle of Anglesey, 1 male, 13.vii.1988, Holmes, Boyce & Reed leg. ( PPWM) . Cors Caranod , Ceredigion, 1 male, 24.ix.1986, Holmes, Boyce & Reed leg. ( PBLN) . Cors Clegyrog , Isle of Anglesey, 1 male, 27.vii.1988; 1 male, 6.x.1988, all Holmes, Boyce & Reed leg. ( PPWM) . Cors Goch , Isle of Anglesey, 1 male, 14.vii.1988, Holmes, Boyce & Reed leg. ( PPWM) . Cors Graianog , Gwynedd, 3 males, 15.vii.1988; 1 male, 28.vii.1988; 2 males, 7.x.1988, all Holmes, Boyce & Reed leg. ( PPWM) . Cors Gyfelog , Gwynedd, 2 males, 26.vii.1988, Holmes, Boyce & Reed leg. ( PPWM) . Cwm Crafnant , Gwynedd, 1 male, 20.vii.1988, Holmes, Boyce & Reed leg. ( PPWM) . Gors Llwyn, Neath / Port Talbot , 1 male, 28.vi.1989, Holmes, Boyce & Reed leg. ( PPWM) . Killaun Bog , Offaly, 2 males, ix.2000, Withers leg. ( PPWM) . Llyn Coethlyn , Powys, 2 males, 1.viii.1988, Holmes, Boyce & Reed leg. ( PPWM) . Llyn Tyn y Mynydd , Gwynedd, 1 male, 18.viii.1988, Holmes, Boyce & Reed leg. ( PPWM) . Llyn Ystumllyn , Gwynedd, 1 male, 26.vii.1988; 2 males, 19.x.1988, all Holmes, Boyce & Reed leg. ( PPWM) . Newbridge Fen , Kildare, 1 male, 27.vi.2002, Withers leg. ( PPWM) . Oxwich , Swansea / Abertawe, 1 male, 4.x.1989, Holmes, Boyce & Reed leg. ( PPWM) . Rhôs Rydd , Ceredigion, 1 male, 8.x.1987, Holmes, Boyce & Reed leg. ( PPWM) . Rhôs-y-gad, Isle of Anglesey, 4 males, 5.x.1988, Holmes, Boyce & Reed leg. ( PPWM) . Strumpshaw , Norfolk, 1 male, 13.vi.−11.vii.1988, Foster & Procter leg. ( PBLN) . Welsh Moor , Swansea / Abertawe, 1 male, 12.vii.1989, Holmes, Boyce & Reed leg. ( PPWM) . Ynys Uchaf, Carmarthen , 2 males, 3.x.1989, Holmes, Boyce & Reed leg. ( PPWM) .

Ecological notes: found in carr woodland; humid and wet heathland; common in all types of fen and bog, basin and ombrotrophic mires; Cladium beds with tufa; former gravel workings. iv, vi–x.