Bradysia confinis, (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 : 41-42

BRADYSIA CONFINIS ( WINNERTZ, 1867)

Synonyms: myrtilli ( Winnertz, 1867) ; nigrescens (Winnertz, 1869) ; occulta ( Winnertz, 1867) ; sororcula ( Winnertz, 1867) ; tarda ( Winnertz, 1867) .

Literature: Edwards (1925a): 538 [as Sciara ]; Freeman (1983b): 35; Chandler (2001): 200; Menzel (1998): 20.

Material examined: Alice Holt Forest , Hampshire, 2 males, 10.v.1984, Chandler leg. ( PPCM) . Bagley Wood , Oxfordshire, 3 males, 18.v.1936, Edwards leg. ( BMNH) . Blean Wood , Kent, 2 males, 19.v.1973, Parmenter leg. ( BMNH) . Brampton Wood , Cambridgeshire, 1 male, 13.v.1989, J.H. Cole leg. ( PJCB) . Brockhurst Wood , Buckinghamshire, 2 males, 2 females, 5.v.1935, Basden leg. ( NMS) . Buckingham Palace Garden, Greater London , 1 male, 24.iv.− 15.v.1997, D.J. Carter & C.W. Plant leg. ( PPCM) . Castle Neroche , Somerset, 4 males, 12.v.1936, Edwards leg. ( BMNH) . Charleville Wood , Offaly, 1 male, 27.v.1984, Chandler leg. ( PPCM) . Clovelly , Devon, 1 male, 8.v.1936, Edwards leg. ( BMNH) . Corrimony , Highland Region, 1 male, 28.v.2002, Chandler leg. ( PPCM) . Darenth , Kent, 3 males, 5 females, 3.v.1898, Grant leg. ( BMNH) . Epping Forest , Essex, 5 males, 26.iv.−2.v.1999; 1 male, v.1999, all Dagley leg. ( HRI, PPCM) . Farley Down, Hampshire, 3 males, 20.v.1936, Edwards leg. ( BMNH) . Fungarth, Perth & Kinross , 1 male, 30.v.1998, Chandler leg. ( PPCM) . Hook Common , Hampshire, 3 males, 9.v.1976, Chandler leg. ( PPCM) . Knebworth , Hertfordshire, 3 males, 4.v.1923; 1 male, 6.v.1923; 1 male, 13.v.1923, all Edwards leg. ( BMNH) . Ledmore Wood , Highland Region, 1 male, 28.v.1994, Chandler leg. ( PPCM) . Loch Achilty , Highland Region, 1 male, 28.v.2002, Chandler leg. ( PPCM) . Lolly Moor , Norfolk, 1 male, 23.v.1979, Irwin leg. ( PPWM) . New Forest , Hampshire, 1 male, 16.v.1968, Parmenter leg. ( BMNH) . Newmarket , Cambridgeshire, 1 male, 29.iv.1889, Verrall leg. ( BMNH) . Nuremore Lake, Carrickmacross , Monaghan, 2 males, 20.v.1976, J.H. Cole leg. ( PJCB) . Savernake Forest , Wiltshire, 1 male, 11.iv.−2.v.1990, Porter leg. ( PPCM) ; 3 males, 3.v.1993, Chandler leg. ( PPCM) . Sedlescombe , East Sussex, 1 male, 2.v.1997; 1 male, 3.v.1997, all Roper leg. ( PPRS) . Staffhurst Wood , Surrey, 1 male, 18.v.1991, Chandler leg. ( PPCM) . Stoke Wood , Buckinghamshire, 1 male, 2 females, 29.iv.1943, Richards leg. ( BMNH) . Stokeford Heath , Dorset, 1 male, 7.v.2001, Gibbs leg. ( PDGB) . Windsor Forest, Berkshire , 2 males, 10.v.1939, Edwards leg. ( BMNH) .

Ecological notes: very common in broad-leaved and mixed woodland and conifer plantations; sandy heathland; lakeside marsh with scrub; fen; formal garden with wooded fringes and lake; grassland (including calcareous). iv–v.