Bradysia regularis, (LENGERSDORF, 1934)

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 : 61

BRADYSIA REGULARIS (LENGERSDORF, 1934)

Synonym: subnervosa Frey, 1948 .

Literature: Freeman (1983b): 37 [in part]; Laurence & James (1997): 166; Menzel (1998): 20.

Material examined: Cadair Idris , Gwynedd, 2 males, 4.ix.1993; 1 male, 22.x.1993, all Laurence leg. ( PBLN) . Cors Caranod , Ceredigion, 1 male, 10.ix.1986; 1 male, 17.ix.1986; 1 male, 24.ix.1986; 1 male, 1.x.1986,all Holmes, Boyce & Reed leg. ( PPWM) . Cors Geirch , Gwynedd, 1 male, 28.vii.1988; 1 male, 21.x.1988, all Holmes, Boyce & Reed leg. ( PPWM) . Cors Graianog , Gwynedd, 1 male, 28.vii.1988; 1 male, 4.viii.1988, all Holmes, Boyce & Reed leg. ( PPWM) . Cors Llyn Farch a Llyn Fanod , Ceredigion, 1 male, 10.ix.1986, Holmes, Boyce & Reed leg. ( PPWM) . Culrossie Wood , Highland Region, 1 male, 24.x.2000, Chandler leg. ( PPCM) . Hickling Broad , Norfolk, 1 male, viii.1937, Edwards leg. ( BMNH) . Rhôsgyll Fawr , Gwynedd, 1 male, 14.vii.1988, Holmes, Boyce & Reed leg. ( PPWM) .

Ecological notes: found in mixed woodland, mainly pine; alder carr; grazed wet heath; wetlands including valley fen, bog, sedge bed, basin mire with Schoenus nigricans , Sphagnum and Phragmites and grazed Molinia and Myrica ; open montane habitats. vii–x.

Taxonomic note: Highland Region record in Freeman (1983b) was of Scatopsciara subciliata . The Salop [= Shropshire] and Herts [= Hertfordshire] records were Bradysia nigrispina Menzel sp. nov.