Bradysia placida, (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 : 57-59

BRADYSIA PLACIDA ( WINNERTZ, 1867)

Synonym: fimbricauda Tuomikoski, 1960 .

Literature: Freeman (1983a): 169; Freeman (1983b): 37; O’Connor & Ashe (1991): 29; Laurence (1994): 118; Chandler et al. (1996): 259; Laurence (1996): 86; Laurence (1997a): 85; Laurence (1997b): 228; Laurence & James (1997): 166 [all as Bradysia fimbricauda ]; Menzel (1998): 20; Chandler (2001): 201.

Material examined: Allerthorpe , East Riding of Yorkshire, 1 male, 18.ix.1923, Edwards leg. ( BMNH) . Ampfield , Hampshire, 1 male, 20.xi.1932, Edwards leg. ( BMNH) . Annahala bog, Gearagh, Cork , 1 male, 6.iv.1990; 1 male, 23.vi.1990, all de Courcy Williams leg. ( DEI, NMID) . Ashridge Estate , Hertfordshire, 1 male, 8.vii.1999, Chandler leg. ( NMS) . Austwick , North Yorkshire, 2 males, 26.v.−27.v.1934, Edwards leg. ( BMNH) . Baldock , Hertfordshire, 1 male, 10.v.1934, Edwards leg. ( BMNH) . Ballynafid Lake, Westmeath , 1 male, 10.v.1989, Withers leg. ( PPWM) . Bayford , Hertfordshire, 1 male, 15.x.1931, Edwards leg. ( BMNH) . Beaford Bridge , Devon, 1 male, 14.vi.1989, Chandler leg. ( NMS) . Bix Bottom , Oxfordshire, 1 male, 23.ix.2000, Raper leg. ( PDGB) . Blean Wood , Kent, 1 male, 19.v.1973, Parmenter leg. ( BMNH) . Bleathwaite Coppice , Cumbria, 1 male, 8.x.2001, Gibbs leg. ( PDGB) . Bradfield Wood , Suffolk, 1 male, 9.iv.−16.iv.1990; 1 male, 16.viii.−22.viii.1991, all Laurence leg. ( PBLN) . Brendon , Devon, 2 males, viii.1935, Edwards leg. ( BMNH) . Bridgeham, Thetford Chase , Norfolk, 1 male, 26.iv.1969, Cogan leg. ( BMNH) . Brockenhurst, New Forest , Hampshire, 1 male, 23.v.1969, Hutson leg. ( BMNH) . Brockenhurst Wood, New Forest , Hampshire, 1 male, 8.vii.1990, Chandler leg. ( PPCM) . Brook Wood, Bromley, Greater London , 2 males, 3 females, 21.iv.1966, Chandler leg. ( PPCM) . Buckingham Palace Garden, Greater London , 1 male, 19.ii.−27.iii.1997, D.J. Carter & C.W. Plant leg. ( NMS) . Burnham Beeches , Buckinghamshire, 1 male, 5.vii.−20.vii.1995, Ismay leg. ( PPCM) ; 1 male, 20.iv.1998; 1 male, 4.x.1999, all Chandler leg. ( NMS, PPCM) . Byfleet , Surrey, 2 males, 14.v.1932, Coe leg. ( BMNH) . Cadair Idris , Gwynedd, 1 male, 19.vi.1993; 1 male, 22.x.1993; 1 male, 13.xi.1993, all Laurence leg. ( PBLN) . California Country Park, Berkshire , 1 male, 6.vii.1997, Chandler leg. ( PPCM) . Canonteign Falls , Devon, 1 female, 22.vi.2002, J.E. Smith leg. ( HRI) . Castle Neroche , Somerset, 1 male, 12.v.1936, Edwards leg. ( BMNH) . Cefn Grwhyd, Neath / Port Talbot , 1 male, 12.vii.1989, Holmes, Boyce & Reed leg. ( PPWM) . Charterhouse Alder Holt , Surrey, 1 male, 16.vii.1989, Chandler leg. ( PPCM) . Chatelherault , South Lanarkshire, 1 male, 27.v.1994, Chandler leg. ( PPCM) . Chigwell Row Wood, Chigwell Row , Essex, 2 males, 28.vi.2002; 1 male, 16.x.2002, all Ismay & Schulten leg. ( DEI, UMO) . Clowes Wood , Warwickshire, 2 males, 19.iv.1987, Withers leg. ( PPWM) . Coed Crafnant , Gwynedd, 1 male, 16.x.1992, Chandler leg. ( NMS) . Coed Dolbebin , Gwynedd, 1 male, 16.x.1992, Chandler leg. ( NMS) . Coombe Abbey Country Park , Coventry, Warwickshire, 1 male, 28.viii.2003, J.E. Smith leg. ( HRI) . Craig na Cailloch, Perth & Kinross , 1 male, 5.vi.−18.vi.1932, Edwards leg. ( BMNH) . Crowgutter Wood , Staffordshire, 1 male, 12.x.1997, Chandler leg. ( PPCM) . Cuckoo Wood, Downe, Greater London , 1 male, 20.vii.1985, Chandler leg. ( PPCM) . Cwm Bychan , Gwynedd, 1 male, 16.x.1982, Chandler leg. ( PPCM) . Dickleburgh , Norfolk, 2 males, 7.i.−15.i.1989; 1 male, 29.i.−12.ii.1989, all Withers leg. ( PPWM) . Dinton Pastures Country Park, Berkshire , 1 male, 21.v.1995; 1 male, 17.x.1998, all Chandler leg. ( PPCM) . Duthlas , Powys, 1 male, 17.x.1987, McLean leg. ( PPCM) . Epping Forest , Essex, 2 males, 19.iv.1999, Dagley leg. ( NMS) . Fritham, New Forest , Hampshire, 2 males, 17.iv.1954, Colyer leg. ( BMNH) . Gearagh, Cork , 1 male, 2.iv.1990, de Courcy Williams leg. ( NMID) . Gibriddings Wood , Staffordshire, 1 male, 14.x.1997, Chandler leg. ( PPCM) . Glen Affric , Highland Region, 1 male, 25.vi.1999, Chandler leg. ( PPCM) . Glendalough, Wicklow , 1 male, 24.iv.1989, J.P. & M.A. O’Connor leg. ( NMID) . Glengarriff, Cork , 1 male, 6.vii.1985, J.P. & M.A. O’Connor leg. ( NMID) . Glen Lochay , Stirling, 1 male, 5.vi.− 18.vi.1932, Edwards leg. ( BMNH) . Greywell Fen , Hampshire, 1 male, 2.viii.1998, Chandler leg. ( PPCM) . Grindon Wood , Staffordshire, 1 male, 13.x.1997, Chandler leg. ( PPCM) . Hafod Garregog , Gwynedd, 1 male, 13.x.1988, Holmes, Boyce & Reed leg. ( PPWM) . Hartslock , Oxfordshire, 1 male, 6.v.2000, Raper leg. ( PDGB) . Hay Wood, Baddesley Clinton, Solihull, West Midlands , 1 male, 25.viii.2002, Menzel leg. ( DEI) . Haytor , Devon, 1 male, 23.vi.2002, J.E. Smith leg. ( HRI) . Hencliff Wood, Avon , 1 male, 14.ii.2001, Gibbs leg. ( PDGB) . Hickling , Norfolk, 1 male, 1.vi.1988; 5 males, x.1988, all Foster & Procter leg. ( PBLN) . Holker Moss , Cumbria, 2 males, 20.v.1938, Edwards leg. ( BMNH) . Humphrey Head , Cumbria, 1 male, 1.viii.−8.viii.1923, Edwards leg. ( BMNH) . Inholm’s Copse , West Sussex, 1 male, 20.vii.1974, Chandler leg. ( NMS) . Ipley Manor, New Forest , Hampshire, 1 male, 17.vii.1990, Chandler leg. ( PPCM) . Killaun Bog, Offaly , 2 males, ix.2000, Withers leg. ( PPWM) . Knebworth , Hertfordshire, 2 males, 10.x.1917, Edwards leg. ( BMNH) . Knole Park , Kent, 1 male, 12.xi.1967, Chandler leg. ( NMS) . Leckford Estate , Hampshire, 2 males, 12.iv.1981; 2 males, 27.vii.1985; 1 male, 15.iii.1992, all Chandler leg. ( NMS, PPCM) . Letchworth , Hertfordshire, 2 males, vii.1915; 1 male, xi.1917, all Edwards leg. ( BMNH) . Lion Wood, Redditch , Worcestershire, 2 males, 10.iv.2003, J.E. Smith leg. ( HRI) . Loch Morlich , Highland Region, 1 male, 4.vii.1936, Coe leg. ( BMNH) . Lockhaugh Bank Wood, Derwent Valley, Tyne & Wear , 1 male, 7.vi.−23.vi.1990; 1 male, 24.vii.−13.viii.1990, all Jessop leg. ( PBLN) . Lopham Fen , Norfolk, 1 male, 2.vii.1989, Withers leg. ( PPWM) . Lum Pool , Staffordshire, 1 male, 1.ix.1997, Chandler leg. ( PPCM) . Lundy Island , Devon, 6 males, 20.vii.−27.vii.1972, Lane leg. ( BMNH) . Mark Ash Wood, New Forest , Hampshire, 5 males, 4.vi.1989; 1 male, 29.vi.1989, all Chandler leg. ( NMS, PPCM) . Market Weston Fen , Suffolk, 1 male, 18.iii.1990; 1 male, 12.v.1991, all Withers leg. ( PPWM) . Minsmere , Suffolk, 1 male, 18.x.1996, McLean leg. ( PPCM) . Moccas Park , Herefordshire, 1 male, 11.x.1998, Chandler leg. ( NMS) . Monk’s Wood , Cambridgeshire, 1 male, 25.ix.1922, Edwards leg. ( BMNH) . Mulgrave Wood , North Yorkshire, 1 male, 23.viii.−3.ix.1937, Edwards leg. ( BMNH) . Murrough, Wicklow , 2 males, v.1989, Blackith leg. ( PPWM) . Newbold Comyn Park, Leamington Spa , Warwickshire, 1 male, 15.vii.2001, J.E. Smith leg. ( HRI) . North Ronaldsay , Orkney, 1 male, 7.ix.1989, Laurence leg. ( PBLN) . Oakley Wood, Bishops Tachbrook , Warwickshire, 1 male, 14.x.2001, Chandler leg. ( HRI) . Paramoor Wood , Cornwall, 2 males, 7.vii.1983, Chandler leg. ( PPCM) . Pashford , Norfolk, 1 male, 24.vi.−8.vii.1988, Foster & Procter leg. ( PBLN) . Pentewan , Cornwall, 2 males, 7.vii.1983, Chandler leg. ( NMS) . Pine Wood, Berkshire , 1 male, 10.ix.2001, Gibbs leg. ( PDGB) . Pond Wood, Chislehurst, Greater London , 6 males, 20.iii.1966 (reared), Chandler leg. ( PPCM) . Powler’s Piece , Devon, 1 male, 13.x.1988, Chandler leg. ( PPCM) . Pulham St. Mary, Norfolk, 1 male, 2.v.1988, Withers leg. ( PPWM) . Radwell , Hertfordshire, 2 males, 21.x.1917, Edwards leg. ( BMNH) . Rahan, Cork , 1 male, 6.vii.1989, J.P. O’Connor leg. ( NMID) . Rhinefields, New Forest , Hampshire, 3 males, 16.v.1956, Colyer leg. ( BMNH) . Ringstead , Dorset, 1 male, viii.1939, Edwards leg. ( BMNH) . Riversmead , Devon, 1 male, 13.x.1988, M.N. Pugh leg. ( NMS) . Rosevear , Cornwall, 1 male, 6.vii.1983, Chandler leg. ( PPCM) . Rough Hill Wood, Studley , Warwickshire, 1 male, 10.iv.2003, J.E. Smith leg. ( HRI) . Ryton Wood, Bubbenhall, Coventry, West Midlands , 3 males, 12.x.2001, Chandler & J.E. Smith leg. ( HRI) . Sandscale Haws , Cumbria, 1 male, 18.vi.1999, Chandler leg. ( NMS) . Savernake Forest , Wiltshire, 2 males, 13.xi.1978, Chandler leg. ( PPCM) . Scadbury Park, Greater London , 1 male, 3.xi.1984; 2 males, 21.vii.1985, all Chandler leg. ( NMS) . Seer Green , Buckinghamshire, 1 male, 10.xii.1932; 7 males, 13.xii.−21.xii.1932 (all reared), all Basden leg. ( BMNH, NMS) . Shapwick Heath , Somerset, 1 male, 5.vii.1985, Chandler leg. ( NMS) . Shefford, Bedfordshire , 14 males, x.1917 [in part labelled as ‘sp. no. 4’]; 7 males, 17.xi.1917, all Edwards leg. ( BMNH, ZFMK) . Shotover Country Park , Oxfordshire, 1 male, 17.x.1999, Chandler leg. ( PPCM) . Slade of Saggart, Dublin , 1 male, 1.xi.1981, J.P. O’Connor leg. ( NMID) . Spey Bay , Moray, 1 male, 2.vii.1936, Coe leg. ( BMNH) . Spinningdale , Highland Region, 2 males, 14.v.1994, Entwistle leg. ( NMS) . Stanford , Norfolk, 1 male, 27.iii.−10.iv.1988, Collier leg. ( PPWM) . Sutton Park, Birmingham, West Midlands , 8 males, 7.iv.2003, J.E. Smith leg. ( HRI) . Thelnetham Fen , Suffolk, 1 male, 20.vi.1989, Withers leg. ( PPWM) . Thornham Magna , Suffolk, 1 male, 25.iv.1991, Withers leg. ( PPWM) . Thursley Common , Surrey, 1 male, 20.v.1966, Chandler leg. ( PPCM) . Tomies Wood, Killarney, Kerry , 1 male, 15.ix.1981, J.P. O’Connor leg. ( NMID) . Tomintoul , Moray, 16 males, 8.viii.−11.viii.1937, Coe leg. ( BMNH) . Torc Falls, Killarney, Kerry , 1 male, 11.vii.1990, Withers leg. ( PPWM) . University Museum, Oxford , Oxfordshire, 1 male, 28.i.1921, Hamm leg. ( UMO) . Uragh Wood, Kerry , 1 male, 8.vii.1990, Withers leg. ( PPWM) . Walberswick , Suffolk, 2 males, 1.vi.−15.vi.1988, Foster & Procter leg. ( PBLN) . Waterperry Wood , Oxfordshire, 1 male, 5.v.1940, Edwards leg. ( BMNH) . Welcombe Valley , Devon, 1 male, 15.x.1988, Chandler leg. ( PPWM) . Wellesbourne , Warwickshire, 1 male, 5.viii.− 17.viii.2000, J.E. Smith leg. ( HRI) . West Harling Common , Norfolk, 1 male, 25.v.1987; 1 male, 1.iv.1989, all Withers leg. ( PPWM) . Weston , Hertfordshire, 2 males, 4.x.1931, Edwards leg. ( BMNH) . West Town, Avon , 1 male, 22.iii.1953, d’Assis-Fonseca leg. ( NMS) . Wheatfen Broad , Norfolk, 1 male, 8.x.1988, Withers leg. ( PPWM) . Whichford Wood, Moreton-in-Marsh , Warwickshire, 7 females, 11.x.2001, J.E. Smith leg. ( HRI) . Whitacre Heath , Warwickshire, 1 female, 13.x.2001, J.E. Smith leg. ( HRI) . Windsor Forest, Berkshire , 1 male, 10.vi.1939, Edwards leg. ( BMNH) ; 4 males, 1.v.1966; 1 male, 3.xi.1990, all Chandler leg. ( NMS, PPCM) . Woodwalton Fen , Cambridgeshire, 1 male, 24.v.1940, Edwards leg. ( BMNH) . Yarner Wood , Devon, 1 male, 28.v.1978, Chandler leg. ( NMS) .

Ecological notes: very common in all types of woodland and carr; heathland; moorland; wetlands including fens, mires, bogs and water meadows; grassland; scrub; old hedges; old sand and gravel workings; marginal vegetation by upland lake; calcareous valley; parkland; gardens; saltmarsh and reed beds; coastal sand dunes; open montane habitats. On ivy. Reared from squirrel’s nest and rotten wood. I–x.