Corynoptera flavicauda, (ZETTERSTEDT, 1855)

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 : 70-72

CORYNOPTERA FLAVICAUDA (ZETTERSTEDT, 1855)

Literature: Edwards (1925a): 538 [as Sciara ]; Edwards (1938): 201 [as Sciara (Neosciara) ]; Freeman (1983b): 28; Menzel (1998): 21; Chandler et al. (2002): 123.

Material examined: Annahala bog, Gearagh, Cork , 2 males, 22.iii.1990; 1 male, 7.iv.1990; 6 males, 1.vi.1990, all de Courcy Williams leg. ( DEI, NMID) . Alconbury, Cambridgeshire , 3 males, 4.v.1989, J.H. Cole leg. ( PJCB) . Aldermoors, Berkshire , 1 male, 14.v.1994; 1 male, 11.vi.1994, all Chandler leg. ( PPCM) . Ashridge Estate, Hertfordshire , 2 males, 20.v.1999, Chandler leg. ( NMS) . Aston Rowant, Oxfordshire , 2 males, 1 female, 24.vi.1972, Chandler leg. ( PPCM) . Badger Wood, Cambridgeshire , 1 male, 1.v.−31.v.1998, C.W. Plant leg. ( NMS) . Bagley Wood, Oxfordshire , 8 males, 20.v.−21.v.1933; 1 male, 8.v.1936; 1 male, 18.v.1936, all Edwards leg. ( BMNH) . Ballykeeffe Wood, Kilkenny , 1 male, 25.vi.1987, Chandler leg. ( PPCM) . Bayfordbury Estate, Hertford, Hertfordshire , 1 male, 22.iv.1975, J.H. Cole leg. ( PJCB) . Bedford Purlieus, Cambridgeshire , 2 males, 23.vi.1975, J.H. Cole leg. ( PJCB) . Bishop’s Stortford, Hertfordshire , 1 male, iv.1994, C.W. Plant leg. ( PPCM) . Bix Bottom, Oxfordshire , 2 males, 9.v.1998, Chandler leg. ( NMS) . Bradfield Wood, Suffolk , 1 male, 23.v.−30.v.1991, Laurence leg. ( PBLN) . Brampton Wood, Cambridgeshire , 1 male, 23.v.1967; 1 male, 25.v.1987; 2 males, 13.v.1989, all J.H. Cole leg. ( PJCB) . Brandyquoi, Kirkwall , Orkney, 12 males, v.-vi.2001, Laurence leg. ( PBLN) . Buckingham Thick Copse , Northamptonshire, 1 male, 9.vi.1992, Warne leg. ( PPCM) . California Country Park, Berkshire , 1 male, 2.vi.1996, Chandler leg. ( PPCM) . Castlecomer, Kilkenny , 2 males, 25.vi.1987, Chandler leg. ( NMS) . Charlbury , Oxfordshire, 1 male, 4.vii.1936, Edwards leg. ( BMNH) . Charleville Wood, Offaly , 9 males, 15.vi.1985, Chandler leg. ( PPWM) . Chedworth , Gloucestershire, 1 male, 5.vi.1936, Edwards leg. ( BMNH) . Cliveden , Buckinghamshire, 1 male, 3.vii.1984, Chandler leg. ( PPCM) . Coombe , Cornwall, 1 male, 16.vi.1989, Chandler leg. ( NMS) . Cop Mere , Staffordshire, 1 male, 23.v.1994, Chandler leg. ( PPCM) . Cothill , Oxfordshire, 1 male, 20.v.1936, Edwards leg. ( BMNH) ; 1 male, 14.vi.1986, Chandler leg. ( PPCM) . Crawfordsburn Country Park , Down, 1 male, 2.vii.1987, Chandler leg. ( NMS) . Crickhowell , Powys, 1 male, v.1937, Edwards leg. ( BMNH) . Dickleburgh , Norfolk, 3 males, 4.vi.−18.vi.1989, Withers leg. ( PPWM) . Dingwall , Highland Region, 1 male, 18.vi.1976, Chandler leg. ( PPCM) . Dinton Pastures Country Park, Berkshire , 4 males, 25.iv.−13.vi.1993; 2 males, 2.v.−12.vi.1994; 1 male, 6.viii.1994, all Chandler leg. ( PPCM) . Duncombe Park , North Yorkshire, 1 male, 16.vii.1996, Chandler leg. ( PPCM) . East Grinstead , West Sussex, 1 male, no date, Stubbs leg. ( PPCM) . East Trewent Wood , Pembrokeshire, 3 males, 12.vii.1986, Chandler leg. ( PPCM) . Epping Forest , Essex, 1 male, 25.v.1999, Chandler leg. ( PPCM) . Farningham Wood , Kent, 2 males, 18.v.1974, Stubbs leg. ( PPCM) . Forge Valley , North Yorkshire, 1 male, 18.vii.1996, Chandler leg. ( PPCM) . Fowl Mere , Norfolk, 2 males, vi.1939, Edwards leg. ( BMNH) . Gait Barrows , Cumbria, 1 male, 25.v.1994, Chandler leg. ( PPCM) . Gearagh, Cork , 1 male, 7.vi.1990, de Courcy Williams leg. ( DEI) ; 1 male, 9.vii.1990, Withers leg. ( PPWM) . Glen Coiltie , Highland Region, 1 male, 23.vi.1999; 1 male, 28.v.2002, all Chandler leg. ( PPCM) . Golden Park , Devon, 1 male, 16.vi.1989, Chandler leg. ( NMS) . Hambleden Great Wood , Buckinghamshire, 1 male, 15.v.1997, Chandler leg. ( PPCM) . Hartslock , Oxfordshire, 2 males, 10.v.− 14.v.2000; 1 male, 14.v.2000, all Raper leg. ( HRI, PDGB) . Hawnby, River Rye , North Yorkshire, 1 male, 19.vii.1996, Perry leg. ( NMS) . Hayley Wood , Cambridgeshire, 1 male, 31.v.1975, J.H. Cole leg. ( PJCB) . Hobb’s Quarry , Gloucestershire, 1 male, 15.v.2003, Gibbs leg. ( PDGB) . Ivy Thorn Hill , Somerset, 1 male, 4.v.2001; 1 male, 20.vi.2001, all Gibbs leg. ( PDGB) . Knocksink Wood, Wicklow , 1 male, 17.vi.1985, Chandler leg. ( PPWM) . Lancaut Nature Reserve , Gloucestershire, 1 male, 28.v.2003, Gibbs leg. ( PDGB) . Leckford Estate , Hampshire, 1 male, 18.vii.1972, Chandler leg. ( PPCM) . Letchworth , Hertfordshire, 1 male, v.1917; 6 males, vi.1917; 1 male, v.1918, all Edwards leg. ( BMNH) . Loxley Wood , Somerset, 1 male, 5.vii.1985, Chandler leg. ( PPCM) . Loynton Moss , Staffordshire, 1 male, 23.v.1994, Chandler leg. ( PPCM) . Monk Wood, Avon , 2 males, 24.v.2000, Gibbs leg. ( PDGB) . Monkfield Wood , Cambridgeshire, 2 males, 1.v.−31.v.1998, C.W. Plant leg. ( PPCM) . New Malden, Greater London , 2 males, 18.vi.1932, Coe leg. ( BMNH) . Oakland Wood , Cambridgeshire, 1 male, 1.v.−31.v.1998, C.W. Plant leg. ( NMS) . Old Buckenham Fen , Norfolk, 2 males, 9.vi.1990, Chandler leg. ( NMS) . Purn Hill, Avon , 1 male, 24.v.2001, Gibbs leg. ( PDGB) . Radwell , Hertfordshire, 1 male, v.1918, Edwards leg. ( ZFMK) . Reelig Glen, Moniack , Highland Region, 1 male, 23.vii.1999, Chandler leg. ( NMS) . Rewell Wood , West Sussex, 1 male, 10.vi.1979, Chandler leg. ( PPCM) . Rosevear , Cornwall, 1 male, 6.vii.1983, Chandler leg. ( NMS) . Rousdon , Devon, 1 male, 8.vi.1937, Edwards leg. ( BMNH) . Runnymede , Surrey, 1 male, 8.vii.1973, Chandler leg. ( PPCM) . Salisbury Plain Training Area, Warminster , Wiltshire, 1 male, 29.v.2003, Ismay & Schulten leg. ( UMO) . Selborne Hanger , Hampshire, 1 male, 12.vi.1979, Chandler leg. ( PPCM) . Selsdon, Greater London , 2 males, 6.vi.1938, Coe leg. ( BMNH) . Sharpenhoe, Bedfordshire , 1 male, 16.vi.1997, Chandler leg. ( PPCM) . Sheep Leas, West Horsley , Surrey, 2 males, 1 female, 21.v.1966; 2 males, 18.v.1991; 2 males, 16.vi.1991; all Chandler leg. ( NMS, PPCM) . Shortwood , Gloucestershire, 1 male, 12.vi.2003, Gibbs leg. ( PDGB) . Sowley Pond, New Forest , Hampshire, 1 male, 22.v.1936, Edwards leg. ( BMNH) . The Loke, Norwich , Norfolk, 1 male, 5.vi.− 13.vi.1989, Laurence leg. ( PBLN) . The Moors, Bishop’s Waltham , Hampshire, 1 male, 13.x.1989, M.N. Pugh leg. ( PPCM) . Tickenham Hill, Avon , 1 male, 30.v.2001, Gibbs leg. ( PDGB) . Trefeiddan Moor , Pembrokeshire, 1 male, 21.vii.1987, Holmes, Boyce & Reed leg. ( PPWM) . Ufton Bridge , Warwickshire, 2 males, 9.vi.1991, Chandler leg. ( NMS, PPCM) . Virginia Woods, Cavan. 1 male, 21.v.1989, J.P. O’Connor leg. ( NMID) . Weem Castle Woods, Perth & Kinross, 1 male, 23.vi.1990, Chandler leg. ( NMS) . West Walk , Hampshire, 1 male, 6.vi.1998, Chandler leg. ( NMS) . Wicken Fen , Cambridgeshire, 1 male, 12.v.1990, Withers leg. ( PPWM) . Winmarleigh Moss , Lancashire, 1 male, 14.vi.1999, Chandler leg. ( NMS) . Wistow Wood, Warboys , Cambridgeshire, 2 males, 4.v.1975, J.H. Cole leg. ( PJCB) . Wychwood , Oxfordshire, 1 male, v.1937, Edwards leg. ( BMNH) .

Ecological notes: very common in broad-leaved, mixed and carr woodland; partly wooded heathland; wetlands including fen, water meadows and basin mire with Menyanthes bog; gravel pits; ditch along meadow hedge; old hedges; disused railway cutting; garden; common on unimproved calcareous grassland. iv–viii, x.