Bradysia kassebeeri, HELLER, 1998

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 : 47

BRADYSIA KASSEBEERI HELLER, 1998

Literature: Laurence (1994): 110 [in part as Bradysia aprica and Bradysia fungicola , misidentification].

New to British list.

Material examined: Cadair Idris , Gwynedd, 6 males, 13.x.−19.xii.1988, Laurence leg. ( DEI) . Catfield , Norfolk, 3 males, 29.ix.−12.x.1988; 19 males, 13.x.− 12.xii.1988, all Foster & Procter leg. ( PBLN) . Dowrog Common , Pembrokeshire, 1 male, 13.x.1987, Holmes, Boyce & Reed leg. ( PPWM) . Gatewen Marsh , Denbighshire, 4 males, 3.viii.1988, Holmes, Boyce & Reed leg. ( PPWM) . Reedham , Norfolk, 1 male, 21.x.1988, Foster & Procter leg. ( PBLN) . Sutton , Norfolk, 1 male, 9.vi.−23.vi.1988, Foster & Procter leg. ( PBLN) . Thompson Common , Norfolk, 1 male, 13.ix.− 27.ix.1988, Foster & Procter leg. ( PBLN) .

Ecological notes: found in carr woodland and fen including Carex , Typha latifolia beds; open montane habitats. vi, viii–xii.