Corynoptera flavosignata, MENZEL & HELLER, 2006

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 : 72

CORYNOPTERA FLAVOSIGNATA MENZEL & HELLER

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New to British list.

Material examined: Badger Wood , Cambridgeshire, 1 male, vi.1998, C.W. Plant leg. [paratype of Corynoptera flavosignata ] ( PPCM) . Bradfield Wood , Suffolk, 2 males, 6.vii.−11.vii.1990, Laurence leg. [paratypes of Corynoptera flavosignata ] ( PBLN) . Castle Eden Dene, Durham , 1 male, 26.vi.1992, Chandler leg. [paratype of Corynoptera flavosignata ] ( PPCM) . Charlbury , Oxfordshire, 1 male, 4.vii.1936, Edwards leg. ( BMNH) . Coombe Abbey Country Park , Coventry, Warwickshire, 1 female, 28.viii.2003, Menzel leg. [paratype of Corynoptera flavosignata ] ( DEI) . Lackham Wood , Wiltshire, 1 male, 2.v.2002, Chandler leg. [paratype of Corynoptera flavosignata ] ( PPCM) . Letchworth , Hertfordshire, 1 male, v.1918, Edwards leg. ( BMNH) . Little Wittenham Wood , Oxfordshire, 1 male, 3.vii.1985, Chandler leg. [paratype of Corynoptera flavosignata ] ( PPCM) . Monkfield Wood , Cambridgeshire, 1 male, vi.1998, C.W. Plant leg. [paratype of Corynoptera flavosignata ] ( PPCM) . Mortimer’s Meadow, Dinton Pastures Country Park, Berkshire , 2 males, 26.vi.1993, Chandler leg. [paratypes of Corynoptera flavosignata ] ( PPCM) . Newbold Comyn Park, Leamington Spa , Warwickshire, 1 male, 15.vii.2001, J.E. Smith leg. [paratype of Corynoptera flavosignata ] ( HRI) . Pawlett Levels , Somerset, 1 male, 13.ix.1999, Gibbs leg. [paratype of Corynoptera flavosignata ] ( PDGB) . Sandford Copse, Dinton Pastures Country Park, Berkshire , 2 males, 3.vii.1994, Chandler leg. [paratypes of Corynoptera flavosignata ] ( PPCM) . Searles Farm, Reading, Berkshire , 4 males, 2 females, 26.vi.2003; 2 males, 1 female, 22.vii.2003, all Chandler leg. [paratypes of Corynoptera flavosignata ] ( HRI, PPCM) . Theale, Berkshire , 10 males, 7.vii.2003, Chandler leg. [paratypes of Corynoptera flavosignata ] ( HRI, PPCM) .

Ecological notes: found in broad-leaved and carr woodland; young mixed woodland; wooded river bank; grazing marshes; water meadows; gravel pits; old hedges. v–ix.