Corynoptera parvula, (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 : 78-79

CORYNOPTERA PARVULA ( WINNERTZ, 1867)

Synonym: uncinata ( Hippa & Vilkamaa, 1994) .

Literature: Hippa & Vilkamaa (1994): 75 [as Camptochaeta uncinata ]; Menzel (1998): 21; Menzel & Mohrig (2000): 242; Chandler (2001): 201; Withers (2002): 114.

Material examined: Berwick-upon-Tweed , Northumberland, 1 male, 24.vi.−27.vi.1996, Laurence leg. ( PBLN) . Bix Bottom , Oxfordshire, 1 male, 23.ix.2000, Raper leg. ( PDGB) . Buckingham Palace Garden, Greater London , 1 male, 18.vii.−13.viii.1997, D.J. Carter & C.W. Plant leg. ( PPWM) . Castlefreke , Cork, 1 male, 12.v.1989, Withers leg. ( PPWM) . Epping Forest , Essex, 12 males, v.-viii.1999, Dagley leg. ( PPCM) . Letchworth , Hertfordshire, 1 male, 26.vi.1926, Edwards leg. ( BMNH) ; 1 male, 2.vii.1934, Edwards leg. [paratype of Camptochaeta uncinata ] ( BMNH) . Salisbury Plain Training Area, Warminster , Wiltshire, 1 male, 27.v.2003 ; 1 male, 3.vii.2003, all Ismay & Schulten leg. ( DEI, UMO) . The Loke, Norwich , Norfolk, 1 male, 15.v.−18.v.1992, Laurence leg. ( PBLN) . Woodwalton Fen , Cambridgeshire, 1 male, 24.v.1940, Edwards leg. [paratype of Camptochaeta uncinata ] ( BMNH) .

Ecological notes: found in broad-leaved and carr woodland; fen; unimproved calcareous grassland; gardens. v–ix.