Epidapus, HALIDAY, 1851

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 : 95-96

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EPIDAPUS View in CoL View at ENA ( EPIDAPUS ) GRACILIS ( WALKER, 1848)

Synonyms: aptera (Kieffer, 1903) ; edwardsi Freeman, 1983 ; gracilis (Winnertz, 1853) [preocc.]; longicornis (Lengersdorf, 1941) ; pulicina (Frey, 1952) .

Literature: Walker (1848): 109; Walker (1856): 55 [all as Sciara ]; Freeman (1983a): 170; Freeman (1983b): 26 [all in part as Epidapus edwardsi ]; Laurence (1996): 85; Laurence (1997a): 87; Laurence & James (1997): 166 [all in part as Epidapus atomarius , misidentification]; Menzel (1998): 21; Menzel & Mohrig (2000): 319; Withers (2002): 114.

Material examined: Balmoral Forest , Aberdeenshire, 1 male, 1.viii.−4.viii.1937, Coe leg. ( BMNH) . Bradfield Wood , Suffolk, 1 female, x.1990; 6 males, v.1991; 2 males, 3 females, 16.viii.−22.viii.1991, all Laurence leg. ( PBLN) . Belch-y-dwr, Gwynedd, 1 male, 14.vii.1989, Holmes, Boyce & Reed leg. ( PPWM) . Chigwell Row Wood, Chigwell Row , Essex, 1 male, 16.x.2002, Ismay & Schulten leg. ( DEI) . Cors Geirch , Gwynedd, 1 male, 7.x.1988, Holmes, Boyce & Reed leg. ( PPWM) . Cwm Crafnant , Gwynedd, 1 male, 13.x.1988, Holmes, Boyce & Reed leg. ( PPWM) . Dickleburgh , Norfolk, 1 male, 7.v.1988, Withers leg. ( PPWM) . Ditchley , Oxfordshire, 1 male, v.1937, Edwards leg. ( BMNH) . Gors Goch , Powys, 1 male, 18.vii.1989, Holmes, Boyce & Reed leg. ( PPWM) . Killaun Bog, Offaly , 1 male, ix.2000, Withers leg. ( PPWM) . Llanon , Swansea / Abertawe, 1 male, 13.vii.1989, Holmes, Boyce & Reed leg. ( PPWM) . Luton Airport, Bedfordshire , 1 male, 20.iv.−6.v.1999, C.W. Plant leg. ( PPCM) . New Close Wood, Brandon , Warwickshire, 1 male, 28.viii.2003, J.E. Smith leg. ( HRI) . Stanford , Norfolk, 2 males, 27.iii.−10.iv.1988, Collier leg. ( PPWM) . Todd’s Green , Hertfordshire, 1 male, 4.v.1938, no collector detail ( BMNH) . No locality details, England, 1 male, no date, Walker leg. [lectotype of Sciara gracilis ] ( BMNH) .

Ecological notes: found in broad-leaved woodland; conifer plantations; heathland (heather, Juncus , Deschampsia ) with ancient and secondary woodland; blanket bog; Molinia bog; raised bog; ungrazed heather; Schoenus nigricans , Sphagnum and Phragmites ; grazed Molinia and Myrica ; calcareous grassland. iii–v, vii–x.