Bradysia inusitata, TUOMIKOSKI, 1960

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 : 46-47

BRADYSIA INUSITATA TUOMIKOSKI, 1960

Literature: Freeman (1983a): 169; Freeman (1983b): 34; Laurence (1997b): 228; Menzel (1998): 20.

New to Irish list.

Material examined: Balmaha , Stirling, 1 male, 5.vii.1909, King leg. ( BMNH) . Burnham Beeches , Buckinghamshire, 1 male, 10.v.−23.v.1995, Ismay leg. ( PPCM) . Crickhowell , Powys, 1 male, v.1937, Edwards leg. ( BMNH) . Dickleburgh , Norfolk, 1 male, 5.viii.1989, Withers leg. ( PPWM) . Eday , Orkney, 1 male, 30.v.− 31.v.1988; 9 males, 1.vi.−6.vi.1988, all Laurence leg. ( PBLN) . Gearagh, Cork , 1 male, 10.vi.1990; 1 male, 12.vi.1990, all de Courcy Williams leg. ( DEI, NMID) . Holt Island, St. Ives , Cambridgeshire, 1 male, 13.ix.2002, J.H. Cole leg. ( PJCB) . Malham Tarn , North Yorkshire, 1 male, 2.vi.−3.vi.1982, no collector detail ( BMNH) . Milham Ford School, Oxford , Oxfordshire, 1 male, 18.v.2001, Webb leg. ( PPCM) . North Ronaldsay , Orkney, 1 male, 1.ix.1989, Laurence leg. ( PBLN) . Oakland Wood , Cambridgeshire, 1 male, 1.v.−31.v.1998, C.W. Plant leg. ( PPCM) . Pawlett Levels , Somerset, 1 male, 13.ix.1999, Gibbs leg. ( PDGB) . Stanford , Norfolk, 1 male, 27.iii.−10.iv.1988, Collier leg. ( PPWM) . Stradey Wood, Carmarthen , 1 male, 13.x.1995, Chandler leg. ( PPCM) . Vidlin , Shetland, 4 males, 14.vi.−16.vi.1992, Laurence leg. ( PBLN) . Wicken Fen , Cambridgeshire, 1 male, 25.ix.1990, J.H. Cole leg. ( PJCB) .

Ecological notes: found in broad-leaved woodland; willow carr; bog and lakeshore; fen meadows and ditches;

grazing marshes; school grounds with old poplars; near shore; gardens. iii–x.