Cratyna (Cratyna), (CRATYNA)

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 : 86

CRATYNA (CRATYNA) PERNITIDA (EDWARDS, 1915)

Literature: Edwards (1915a): 164; Edwards (1925a): 542; Perry & Stubbs (1978): 71; Freeman (1983a): 169 [all as Plastosciara ]; Freeman (1983b): 24 [as Plastosciara (Plastosciara) ]; Hancock, 1997: 28 [as Plastosciara ]; Menzel (1998): 21; Menzel & Mohrig (2002): 276; Withers (2002): 114.

Material examined: Auchindachy , Moray, 3 males, 7 females, 30.vi.1936, Coe leg. ( BMNH) . Farnham , Buckinghamshire, 4 males, 4 females, 24.v.1930 (reared), Mansbridge leg. ( BMNH) . Gorge of Avon , South Lanarkshire, 1 female, 2.vi.1906, King leg. ( BMNH) . Killaun Bog , Offaly, 3 males, ix.2000, Withers leg. ( PPWM) . Offley , Hertfordshire, 5 males, 9 females, v.1936 (reared), Edwards leg. ( BMNH) . Stanmore, Greater London , 8 males, 12 females, 3.v.1914 (reared), Blair leg. [lectotype and paralectotypes of Plastosciara pernitida ] ( BMNH, ZFMK) .

Ecological notes: found in broad-leaved woodland; mixed woodland by river; raised bog. Reared from rotten pine stump and beech log. v, vi, ix.