Corynoptera compressa, (WALKER, 1848)

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 : 69-70

CORYNOPTERA COMPRESSA ( WALKER, 1848)

Synonym: pallida ( Walker, 1856) .

Literature: Walker (1848): 110; Walker (1856): 56 [all as Sciara compressa ]; Walker (1856): 56; Edwards (1925a): 540 [all as Sciara pallida ]; Freeman (1983b): 29; Menzel (1998): 20; Menzel & Mohrig (2000): 246; Withers (2002): 114.

Material examined: Baldock , Hertfordshire, 1 male, v.1918, Edwards leg. ( BMNH) . Burnham Beeches , Buckinghamshire, 1 male, 25.v.−1.vi.1999, Ismay leg. ( PPCM) . Killaun Bog, Offaly , 1 male, ix.2000, Withers leg. ( PPWM) . Letchworth , Hertfordshire, 1 male, vi.1917; 2 males, vi.–vii.1936, all Edwards leg. ( BMNH, ZFMK) . Nutcombe Down, Surrey, 1 male, 26.vii.2002, Chandler leg. ( PPCM) . Savernake Forest , Wiltshire, 1 male, 29.ix.1971 (reared), Chandler leg. ( PPCM) . No locality details,? England, 1 female, 1856, Walker leg. [lectotype of Sciara pallida ] ( BMNH) . No locality details,? England, 1 female, no date, Barnston leg. [lectotype of Sciara compressa ] ( BMNH) .

Ecological notes: found in ancient beech and other broad-leaved woodland; raised bog. Reared from the fungus Hypoxylon fragiforme on beech bark. vi–vii, ix.