Bradysia normalis, FREY, 1948

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 : 54

BRADYSIA NORMALIS FREY, 1948

Literature: Freeman (1983a): 168; Freeman (1983b): 35; Freeman (1987): 197; Laurence (1994): 118; Menzel (1998): 20; Chandler et al. (2002): 122 [in part as Bradysia leptoptera , misidentification and locality given in error as Lennymore Bog].

New to Irish list.

Material examined: Barvas, Lewis , Western Isles, 9 males, 2 females, 26.vi.1984, Laurence leg. ( DEI, PBLN) . Lennymore Bay , Antrim, Northern Ireland, 1 male, 22.iv.1976, Reid leg. ( PPCM) . Loch Morlich , Highland Region, 29 males, 14.vii.1936, Coe leg. ( BMNH) . Stanford , Norfolk, 1 male, 27.iii.−10.iv.1988, Collier leg. ( PPWM) . Walberswick , Suffolk, 1 male, 15.vi.−29.vi.1988, Foster & Procter leg. ( PBLN) .

Ecological notes: found in ancient pine woodland; saltmarsh and reed beds; males swarming in shelter of dunes, in sand among marram in an exposed situation facing the Atlantic Ocean; in debris on shore of lake. iii–iv, vi–vii.