Corynoptera inundata, FRITZ, 1982

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 : 76

CORYNOPTERA INUNDATA FRITZ, 1982

Synonym: minutula (Bukowski & Lengersdorf, 1936) [preocc.].

New to British and Irish list.

Material examined: Annahala bog, Gearagh , Cork, 1 male, 24.ix.1990, de Courcy Williams leg. ( NMID) . Archers Wood , Cambridgeshire, 1 male, 18.iv.1977 (reared); 1 male, 22.iv.1987, all J.H. Cole leg. ( PJCB) . Cambridge , Cambridgeshire, 1 male, 29.v.1905, Jenkinson leg. ( BMNH) ; 3 males, 2 females, no date, Keilin leg. ( BMNH) . Cardington, Bedfordshire , 1 male, 8.viii.1919, Edwards leg. ( BMNH) . Charlbury , Oxfordshire, 1 male, 4.vii.1936, Edwards leg. ( BMNH) . Chigwell Row Wood, Chigwell Row , Essex, 1 male, 3 females, 8.x.2002, Ismay & Schulten leg. ( DEI) . Gearagh , Cork, 1 female, 4.iv.1990; 1 male, 9.v.1990; 4 males, 10.vi.1990, all de Courcy Williams leg. ( DEI, NMID) . Milham Ford School, Oxford , Oxfordshire, 4 males, 2 females, 6.vii.2001 (reared); 1 male, 25.iv.− 9.v.2002, all Webb leg. ( PPCM) . The Coombe , Buckinghamshire, 1 male, 17.vi.1997, Chandler leg. ( PPCM) . The Loke, Norwich , Norfolk, 1 male, 8.v.1987, Laurence leg. ( PBLN) . Wemmergill Hall, Durham , 1 male, 25.vi.1983, Chandler leg. ( PPCM) .

Ecological notes: found in broad-leaved woodland; school grounds with old poplars; heathland (heather, Juncus , Deschampsia ) with ancient and secondary woodland; bog; garden. Reared from dead wood and rotten log. iv–x.