Epidapus (Pseudoaptanogyna),

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 : 97

EPIDAPUS (PSEUDOAPTANOGYNA) ABSCONDITUS

(VIMMER, 1926)

Synonym: flabellata (Lengersdorf, 1942) .

New to British list.

Material examined: Coed Tycanol , Pembrokeshire, 1 male, 1999, Levey & Pavett leg. ( PPCM) . Epping Forest , Essex, 2 males, viii.1998; 1 male, vi.-vii.1999; 1 male, ix.2000, all Dagley leg. ( PPCM) . Tocil Wood, Warwick University Campus , Coventry, Warwickshire, 3 males, 28.viii.2003, Menzel leg. ( DEI) . Whitacre Heath , Warwickshire, 3 males, 13.x.2001, J.E. Smith leg. ( HRI) .

Ecological notes: found in broad-leaved woodland; willow carr with birch and reed beds; old sand and gravel workings; wetland and grassland. vi–x.