Corynoptera tetrachaeta, TUOMIKOSKI, 1960

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 : 83-84

CORYNOPTERA TETRACHAETA TUOMIKOSKI, 1960

Literature: Menzel (1998): 21 [as Corynoptera inexpectata (recte inexspectata ), misidentification based on unpublished material by Laurence]; Leigh & Ware (2003): [as Bradysia albanensis , misidentification].

New to British list.

Material examined: Brandon Marsh, Ryton-on- Dunsmore, West Midlands , 2 males, 22.viii.2002, Menzel leg. ( DEI) . Bix Bottom , Oxfordshire, 1 male, 23.ix.2000, Gibbs leg. ( PDGB) . Burnham Beeches , Buckinghamshire, 1 male, 14.vi.−1.vii.1996; 1 male, 22.vii.−5.viii.1996; 1 male, 13.ix.−26.ix.1996, all Ismay leg. ( PPCM) . Cadair Idris , Gwynedd, 3 males, 3.vii.1993; 9 males, 17.vii.1993; 7 males, 1.viii.1993; 3 males, 4.ix.1993, all Laurence leg. ( DEI, PBLN) . Cors Erddreiniog , Isle of Anglesey, 1 male, 27.vii.1988, Holmes, Boyce & Reed leg. ( PPWM) . Epping Forest , Essex, 1 male, iv.1999; 1 male, v.1999, all Dagley leg. ( PPCM) . Highgate Wood, Greater London , 2 males, 1998–99, Hackett leg. ( PPCM) . Lea Meadows, Newtown Linford , Leicestershire, 4 males, 24.viii.2003, Menzel & J.E. Smith leg. ( DEI, HRI) . Natural History Museum, South Kensington, Greater London , 4 males, 9.viii.−23.viii.2002, no collector detail. ( BMNH) . Ryton Wood, Bubbenhall, Coventry, West Midlands , 1 male, 25.viii.2002, Menzel leg. ( DEI) . Ufton Bridge , Warwickshire, 1 male, 9.vi.1991, Chandler leg. ( PPCM) . Wytham Woods, Wytham , Oxfordshire, 1 male, 1 female, 21.viii.2002, Menzel leg. ( DEI) .

Ecological notes: common in broad-leaved and carr woodland; wetlands including water meadow, fen with Cladium and Phragmites bed; former gravel workings; calcareous grassland; wildlife gardens; disused railway cutting; open montane habitats. iv–ix.