Bradysia alpicola, (WINNERTZ, 1867)

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 : 38

BRADYSIA ALPICOLA ( WINNERTZ, 1867)

Synonyms: caliginosa ( Winnertz, 1867) ; concolor (Beling, 1873) ; egens ( Winnertz, 1867) ; meridiana (Lengersdorf, 1926) ; moreensis (Lengersdorf, 1926) ; mutabilis (Lengersdorf, 1926) ; obscura ( Winnertz, 1867) ; rogenhoferi ( Winnertz, 1867) .

Literature: Freeman (1983b): 36 [as Bradysia morio , misidentification]; Menzel (1998): 20.

Material examined: Aversley Wood , Cambridgeshire, 1 male, 24.iv.1988, J.H. Cole leg. ( PJCB) . Ballina , Tipperary, 1 male, 27.v.1984, J.P. O’Connor leg. ( NMID) . Bank, New Forest , Hampshire, 1 male, 1 female, vi.1939, Collin leg. ( BMNH) . Belfast, City of Belfast, 1 male, 17.v.1978, Nash leg. ( UMB) . Berwick-upon- Tweed , Northumberland, 1 male, v.1999; 1 male, vii.1999, all Laurence leg. ( PBLN) . Brandyquoi, Kirkwall , 1 male, v.–vi.2001, Laurence leg. ( PBLN) . Cassop Vale, Durham , 1 male, 13.viii.1986, J.H. Cole leg. ( PJCB) . Colt Park Wood, Marrick , North Yorkshire, 1 male, 27.viii.−30.viii.1981, Disney leg. ( PBLN) . Convil Braes , Highland Region, 1 male, 11.viii.1937, Coe leg. ( BMNH) . Dingwall , Highland Region, 1 female, 5.viii.1909; 1 male, 1 female, 16.viii.1909; 1 female, 26.viii.1909; 1 male, 30.viii.1909, all King leg. ( BMNH) . Dowlands Cliff , Devon, 20 males, 3 females, 9.vi.1937, Edwards leg. ( BMNH) . Dunton Green , Kent, 1 female, 1.v.1936, no collector detail ( BMNH) . East Walton Common , Norfolk, 1 male, 24.iv.1989, Stubbs leg. ( PPCM) . Edge Barton , Devon, 1 male, 6.vi.1937, Edwards leg. ( BMNH) . Forest of Dean , Gloucestershire, 1 female, 27.v.1962, K.G.V. Smith leg. ( BMNH) . Glen Lochay , Stirling, 1 male, 8.vi.1932, Edwards leg. ( BMNH) . Glendevon, Perth & Kinross , 1 male, 15.viii.1973, Dear leg. ( BMNH) . Gorge of Avon , South Lanarkshire, 1 male, 20.vi.1909, King leg. ( BMNH) . Gullane Bents , East Lothian, 2 males, 1 female, 19.vii.1990, Chandler leg. ( NMS, PPCM) . Hatherton , Staffordshire, 2 males, 25.viii.1983, Wyatt leg. ( BMNH) . Invertromie Wood, Insh Marshes , Highland Region, 1 male, 30.v.2002, Chandler leg. ( PPCM) . Killarney , Kerry, 1 male, 11.ix.1981, J.P. O’Connor leg. ( NMID) . Killaun Bog , Offaly, 1 male, ix.2000, Withers leg. ( PPWM) . Letchworth , Hertfordshire, 1 male, 1.vii.1934, Edwards leg. ( BMNH) . Loch Park , Moray, 1 female, 12.viii.−14.viii.1937, Coe leg. ( BMNH) . Malham Tarn , North Yorkshire, 2 males, 26.vi.− 28.vi.1982, Disney leg. ( PPWM) . Mark Ash Wood, New Forest , Hampshire, 1 male, 4.vi.1989, Chandler leg. ( PPCM) . Moccas Park , Herefordshire, 6 males, 10.vi.2002, Godfrey leg. ( HRI, PPCM) . Muckross Lake , Kerry, 1 male, 8.v.1981, Chandler leg. ( PPCM) . Nairn , Highland Region, 2 males, 10.vi.1904, no collector detail ( BMNH) ; 3 males, 1 female, 10.viii.1904, King leg. ( BMNH) . Portland , Dorset, 2 males, 7.vi.1967, Goddard leg. ( PPCM) . Richmond Park, Greater London , 1 male, 6.vi.1992, Chandler leg. ( PPCM) . Slough, Berkshire , 1 male, 26.vi.1942, Richards leg. ( BMNH) . Stanford , Norfolk, 1 male, 27.iii.−10.iv.1988, Collier leg. ( PPWM) . Tomintoul , Moray, 11 males, 12 females, 8.viii.−11.viii.1937, Coe leg. ( BMNH) .

Ecological notes: very common in broad-leaved woodland; also found in aspen woodland; wooded lakeshore; mossy rocks by waterfall; wooded riverside; raised bog and bog by lakeshore; calcareous grassland and mining subsidence lake; dunes with sea buckthorn scrub. iii–ix.