Corynoptera globiformis, (FREY, 1945)

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 : 74-75

CORYNOPTERA GLOBIFORMIS (FREY, 1945)

Synonyms: globula Freeman, 1983 ; paraglobula Rudzinski, 1988 .

Literature: Freeman (1983a): 165; Freeman (1983b): 28; Laurence (1997a): 85 [all as Corynoptera globula ]; Menzel (1998): 21; Chandler (2001): 201; Withers (2002): 114.

Material examined: Badger Wood , Cambridgeshire, 1 male, 1.v.−31.v.1998, C.W. Plant leg. ( PPCM) . Balmoral Forest , Aberdeenshire, 2 males, 19.vii.− 30.vii.1938, Coe leg. ( BMNH) . Berwick-upon-Tweed , Northumberland, 1 male, viii.1999, Laurence leg. ( PBLN) . Birks of Aberfeldy, Perth & Kinross , 1 male, 30.viii.1987, Chandler leg. ( PPCM) . Bix Bottom , Oxfordshire, 1 male, 23.ix.2000, Raper leg. ( PDGB) . Bradfield Wood , Suffolk, 6 males, 9.x.−16.x.1990, Laurence leg. ( PBLN) . Buckingham Palace Garden, Greater London , 1 male, 20.x.−20.xi.1995; 2 males, 5.ix.−21.x.1996, all D.J. Carter & C.W. Plant leg. ( PPCM) . Burnham Beeches , Buckinghamshire, 1 male, 10.v.−23.v.1995; 1 male, 15.ix.−4.x.1995; 14 males, 5.viii.−26.xi.1996, all Ismay leg. ( PPCM) . Cadair Idris , Gwynedd, 1 male, 16.viii.1993; 1 male, 4.ix.1993, all Laurence leg. ( PBLN) . Chigwell Row Wood, Chigwell Row , Essex, 3 males, 16.x.2002, Ismay & Schulten leg. ( DEI, UMO) . Clapham , North Yorkshire, 1 male, viii.1981, Disney leg. ( PPWM) . Cock Marsh, Berkshire , 1 male, 25.viii.1999, Chandler leg. ( PPCM) . Convil Braes , Moray, 1 male, no date, Coe leg. ( BMNH) . Cors Erddreiniog , Isle of Anglesey, 1 male, 6.x.1988, Holmes, Boyce & Reed leg. ( PPWM) . Crowborough , East Sussex, 1 male, 13.ix.1916, Jenkinson leg. [paratype of Corynoptera globula ] ( BMNH) . Eday , Orkney, 1 male, 1.vi.−6.vi.1988, Laurence leg. ( PBLN) . Farnborough Park , Warwickshire, 1 male, 10.x.2001, Chandler leg. ( HRI) . Glen of Drumloch , Moray, 3 males, 16.viii.1937, Coe leg. ( BMNH) . Goathland , North Yorkshire, 2 males, 5.ix.1937, Edwards leg. [paratypes of Corynoptera globula ] ( BMNH) . Hay Wood, Baddesley Clinton, Solihull, West Midlands , 4 males, 25.viii.2002, Menzel leg. ( DEI) . Highgate Wood, Greater London , 2 males, 1998–99, Hackett leg. ( PPCM) . Hole of Horcum , North Yorkshire, 4 males, 31.viii.1937, Edwards leg. [including holotype and paratype of Corynoptera globula ] ( BMNH) . Horsell Common , Surrey, 2 males, 6.ix.1999, Chandler leg. ( PPCM) . Kergord , Shetland, 3 males, 26.viii.− 28.viii.1996, Laurence leg. ( PBLN) . Killaun Bog, Offaly , 2 males, ix.2000, Withers leg. ( PPWM) . Letchworth , Hertfordshire, 1 male, vi.1917, Edwards leg. ( BMNH) . Loch an Eilein , Highland Region, 1 male, 18.viii.1986, Chandler leg. ( NMS) . Loch Park , Moray, 5 males, 12.viii.−14.viii.1937, Coe leg. ( BMNH) . Logie , Moray, 1 male, 28.viii.−26.ix.1909, Jenkinson leg. [paratype of Corynoptera globula ] ( BMNH) . Long Spinney, Moreton-in-Marsh , Warwickshire, 3 females, 11.x.2001, J.E. Smith leg. ( HRI) . Malham Tarn , North Yorkshire, 1 male, 18.viii.−25.viii.1981; 2 males, 11.ix.−14.ix.1981, all Disney leg. ( PPWM) . Oakley Wood, Bishops Tachbrook , Warwickshire, 1 male, 14.x.2001, Chandler leg. ( HRI) . Odiham Common , Hampshire, 1 male, 7.vii.1990, Chandler leg. ( PPCM) . Pentwd Marshes , Ceredigion, 1 male, 6.x.1987, Holmes, Boyce & Reed leg. ( PPWM) . Rhôs Cilcennin , Ceredigion, 1 male, 24.ix.1986, Holmes, Boyce & Reed leg. ( PPWM) . Rhôs Rhydd , Ceredigion, 1 male, 11.ix.1986, Holmes, Boyce & Reed leg. ( PPWM) . Rhôsgoch , Powys, 1 male, 10.x.1989, Holmes, Boyce & Reed leg. ( PPWM) . Ryton Wood, Bubbenhall, Coventry, West Midlands , 1 male, 12.x.2001, J.E. Smith leg. ( HRI) . Skokholm , Pembrokeshire, 1 male, 24.viii.1934, Edwards leg. [paratype of Corynoptera globula ] ( BMNH) . The Loke, Norwich , Norfolk, 1 male, 15.ix.1987; 2 males, 18.ix.−20.ix.1988; 1 male, 15.ix.− 28.ix.1989; 1 male, 2.v.−6.v.1992; 1 male, 26.vi.− 30.vi.1992; 1 male, 29.ix.−3.x.1992; 3 males, 27.viii.− 1.ix.1997, all Laurence leg. ( PBLN) . Thompson Common , Norfolk, 1 male, 13.ix.−27.ix.1988, Foster & Procter leg. ( PBLN) . Tomintoul , Moray, 1 male, 8.viii.− 11.viii.1937, Coe leg. ( BMNH) . Whichford Wood, Moreton-in-Marsh , Warwickshire, 1 male, 11.x.2001, J.E. Smith leg. ( HRI) . Wolford Wood, Moreton-in-Marsh , Warwickshire, 1 male, 11.x.2001, J.E. Smith leg. ( HRI) . Woodwalton Fen , Cambridgeshire, 1 male, vi.1939, Edwards leg. ( BMNH) .

Ecological notes: very common in broad-leaved, mixed and carr woodland; also found in ancient pine woodland and conifer plantations; heathland; wetlands including fens, basin mires, bogs, water meadows and wooded lake margins; calcareous grassland; gardens; island with seabird colonies; open montane habitats. v–xi.