Bradysia smithae, MENZEL & HELLER, 2004

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 : 62

BRADYSIA SMITHAE MENZEL & HELLER, 2004

Literature: Chandler (2001): 200 [as Bradysia normalis , misidentification]; Menzel & Heller (2005): 339.

New to British list.

Material examined: Buckingham Palace Garden, Greater London , 1 male, 11.vii.−1.viii.1996; 2 males, 26.v.−19.vi.1997 [paratypes of Bradysia smithae ; recorded as Bradysia normalis by Chandler (2001)]; 1 male, 18.vii.−13.viii.1997, all D.J. Carter & C.W. Plant leg. ( NMS, PPCM) . Lackham Park , Wiltshire, 1 male, 24.x.2002, Chandler leg. [paratype of Bradysia smithae ] ( PPCM) . Milham Ford School, Oxford , Oxfordshire, 2 males, 3.v.−11.vi.2002, Webb leg. [paratypes of Bradysia smithae ] ( PPCM) . Monkfield Wood , Cambridgeshire, 1 male, x.1998, C.W. Plant leg. [paratype of Bradysia smithae ] ( HRI) . Sheep Leas, West Horsley , Surrey, 1 male, 16.vi.1991, Chandler leg. [paratype of Bradysia smithae ] ( PPCM) . Whichford Wood, Moreton-in-Marsh , Warwickshire, 1 male, 11.x.2001, J.E. Smith leg. [paratype of Bradysia smithae ] ( HRI) . Wytham Woods, Wytham , Oxfordshire, 3 males, 21.viii.2002, Menzel leg. [holotype and paratypes of Bradysia smithae ] ( DEI) .

Ecological notes: found in broad-leaved woodland; calcareous grassland; school grounds with old poplars; formal garden with wooded fringes and lake. v– viii, x.