Cratyna, 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 : 89

CRATYNA (SPATHOBDELLA) FALCATA

( TUOMIKOSKI, 1960)

New to British list.

Material examined: Balmoral Forest , Aberdeenshire, 2 males, 1.viii.−4.viii.1937, Coe leg. ( BMNH) . Ben Macdhui , Aberdeenshire, 19 males, 6.viii.1937, Coe leg. ( BMNH) . Feshiebridge , Highland Region, 1 male, 1.vii.1933, Coe leg. ( BMNH) . Loch Callater , Aberdeenshire, 2 males, 28.vii.−29.vii.1937; 1 male, 22.vii.1938; 11 males, 27.vii.1938, all Coe leg. ( BMNH) . Lockhaugh Bank Wood, Derwent Valley, Tyne & Wear , 1 male, 24.vii.−13.viii.1990, Jessop leg. ( PBLN) .

Ecological notes: found in broad-leaved woodland; conifer plantations; wooded river bank; at flowers of moss campion; high montane habitat; at 1309 m a.s.l. vii–viii.