Bradysia austera, 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 : 39

BRADYSIA AUSTERA MENZEL & HELLER SP. NOV.

New to British and Irish list.

Material examined: Annahala bog, Gearagh, Cork, 1 male, 25.viii.1990, de Courcy Williams leg. [paratype of Bradysia austera ] ( DEI) . Castlemartin Corse, Pembrokeshire, 1 male, 14.x.1987, Holmes, Boyce & Reed leg. ( PPWM) . Cors Caron , Ceredigion, 1 male, 15.vi.1987, Holmes, Boyce & Reed leg. ( PPWM) . Cors Caranod , Ceredigion, 1 male, 23.vii.1987, Holmes, Boyce & Reed leg. ( PPWM) . Crymlyn Bog , Swansea / Abertawe, 1 male, 14.vi.1989, Holmes, Boyce & Reed leg. ( PPWM) . Gearagh , Cork, 1 male, 31.vi.1990, de Courcy Williams leg. [paratype of Bradysia austera ] ( NMID) . Gwaun Ystrad Caron , Ceredigion, 1 male, 26.vi.1987, Holmes, Boyce & Reed leg. ( PPWM) . Llyn Ystumllyn , Gwynedd, 1 male, 8.x.1988, Holmes, Boyce & Reed leg. [paratype of Bradysia austera ] ( PPWM) . Loch Tummel , Perth & Kinross, 2 males, viii.1939, Edwards leg. ( BMNH) . Middle Harling , Norfolk, 1 male, 28.vi.−12.ix.1988, Foster & Procter leg. ( PBLN) . Reedham , Norfolk, 2 males, 27.x.1988, Foster & Procter leg. ( PBLN) .

Ecological notes: found in damp broad-leaved and mixed woodland; wet heathland; wetlands including fens, water meadows, floodplain mire and bogs. vi–x.