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 : 90-91

CRATYNA (SPATHOBDELLA) NOBILIS ( WINNERTZ, 1867)

Synonyms: brachialis ( Winnertz, 1867) ; cunctans (Winnertz, 1871) .

Literature:? Walker (1848): 109 [as Sciara nemoralis , misidentification]; Edwards & Collin (1932): 264 [as Sciara ]; Freeman (1983b): 25; O’Connor & Ashe (1991): 29 [all as Plastosciara (Spathobdella) ]; Laurence (1997b): 228; Laurence & James (1997): 166 [all as Plastosciara ]; Menzel (1998): 21.

Material examined: Annahala bog, Gearagh, Cork , 4 males, 1.vi.1990; 1 male, 24.ix.1990, all de Courcy Williams leg. ( DEI, NMID) . Beacon Bog, Carmarthen , 1 male, 11.vii.1989, Holmes, Boyce & Reed leg. ( PPWM) . Becky Falls, Manaton, Devon , 1 male, 28.v.1978, J.H. Cole leg. ( PJCB) . Beinn a′ Chreachain, Perth & Kinross , 1 male, 14.vi.1932, Edwards leg. ( BMNH) . Beinn Eighe , Highland Region, 1 male, 10.vi.1984, Chandler leg. ( PPCM) . Ben Macdhui, Aberdeenshire , 2 males, 6.viii.1983, no collector detail ( PPWM) . Bix Bottom, Oxfordshire , 1 male, 23.ix.2000, Raper leg. ( PDGB) . Blaen Cilieni, Powys , 1 male, 21.vi.1989, Holmes, Boyce & Reed leg. ( PPWM) . Boundless Copse, Surrey , 1 male, 26.vii.2002, Chandler leg. ( PPCM) . Brandyquoi, Kirkwall , Orkney, 1 male, 28.v.−8.vi.2001, Laurence leg. ( PBLN) . Brechfa Pool , Powys, 1 male, 26.vi.1976, Chandler leg. ( PPCM) . Burley, New Forest , Hampshire, 1 male, 30.vii.1953, Colyer leg. ( BMNH) . Cadair Idris , Gwynedd, 1 male, 3.vii.1993; 1 male, 1.viii.1993; 2 males, 4.ix.1993; 1 male, 22.x.1993, all Laurence leg. ( PBLN) . California Country Park, Berkshire , 1 male, 29.vi.2002, Chandler leg. ( PPCM) . Chigwell Row Wood, Chigwell Row , Essex, 2 males, 15.ix.2002; 1 male, 23.ix.2002; 1 male, 16.x.2002, all Ismay & Schulten leg. ( DEI, UMO) . Corriegills, Arran , North Ayrshire, 1 male, 24.vi.1919, Edwards leg. ( BMNH) . Cors Caranod , Ceredigion, 2 males, 24.ix.1986; 2 males, 11.vi.1987, all Holmes, Boyce & Reed leg. ( PPWM) . Cors Geirch , Gwynedd, 1 male, 16.vi.1988; 1 male, 15.vii.1988, all Holmes, Boyce & Reed leg. ( PPWM) . Cors Gyfelog , Gwynedd, 1 male, 30.vi.1988, Holmes, Boyce & Reed leg. ( PPWM) . Cors Llyn Farch a Llyn Fanod , Ceredigion, 1 male, 2.ix.1986; 1 male, 17.x.1986, all Holmes, Boyce & Reed leg. ( PPWM) . Crymlyn Bog , Swansea / Abertawe, 1 male, 5.x.1989, Holmes, Boyce & Reed leg. ( PPWM) . Cwm Ystwyth , Ceredigion, 1 male, 27.viii.1986; 3 males, 19.ix.1986; 1 male, 2.x.1986; 1 male, 16.vi.1987, all Holmes, Boyce & Reed leg. ( PPWM) . Dingwall , Highland Region, 1 male, 17.viii.1909, King leg. ( BMNH) . Dyffryn Gwaun , Pembrokeshire, 1 male, 22.vi.1987; 1 male, 20.vii.1987, all Holmes, Boyce & Reed leg. ( PPWM) . Eday , Orkney, 1 male, 1.vi.1988, Laurence leg. ( PBLN) . Eyeworth Wood, New Forest , Hampshire, 1 male, 2.vi.1985, Chandler leg. ( PPCM) . Figyn Blaen Brefi , Ceredigion, 1 male, 4.ix.1986; 1 male, 18.ix.1986, all Holmes, Boyce & Reed leg. ( PPCM, PPWM) . Fleet Pond , Hampshire, 1 male, 15.vii.1990, Chandler leg. ( PPCM) . Gearagh, Cork , 1 male, 31.iii.1990; 1 male, 2.iv.1990; 1 male, 11.v.1990; 1 male, 12.vi.1990, all de Courcy Williams leg. ( DEI, NMID) . Glen Einich , Highland Region, 1 male, 30.vi.1933, Coe leg. ( BMNH) . Greywell Fen , Hampshire, 1 male, 15.vii.1990, Chandler leg. ( NMS) . Gwaun Garthenor , Ceredigion, 2 males, 2.x.1987, Holmes, Boyce & Reed leg. ( PPWM) . Hickling , Norfolk, 1 male, 16.iv.1989, Withers leg. ( PPWM) . Ipley Manor, New Forest , Hampshire, 1 male, 13.vii.1990, Chandler leg. ( PPCM) . Killaun Bog, Offaly , 1 male, ix.2000, Withers leg. ( PPWM) . Lea Meadows, Newtown Linford , Leicestershire, 3 males, 24.viii.2003, Menzel & J.E. Smith leg. ( DEI, HRI) . Llyn Llennyrch , Gwynedd, 1 male, 16.vii.1976, Chandler leg. ( PPCM) . Llyn Pencraig , Gwynedd, 2 males, 20.vii.1988, Holmes, Boyce & Reed leg. ( PPWM) . Llyn Ystumllyn , Gwynedd, 1 male, 26.vii.1988, Holmes, Boyce & Reed leg. ( PPWM) . Loch Garten , Highland Region, 1 male, v.1981, Owen leg. ( BMNH) . Loch Park , Moray, 1 male, 12.viii.−14.viii.1937, Coe leg. ( BMNH) . Lough Slevin, Westmeath , 1 male, 16.vi.1985, Chandler leg. ( PPWM) . Lundy Island , Devon, 1 male, 20.vii.− 27.vii.1972, Lane leg. ( BMNH) . Meall nan Tarmachan, Perth & Kinross , 1 male, 2.vi.1932, Edwards leg. ( BMNH) . Mongan Bog, Offaly , 1 male, 14.vi.1983, Ashe leg. ( NMID) . New Close Wood, Brandon , Warwickshire, 2 males, 28.viii.2003, Menzel & J.E. Smith leg. ( DEI, HRI) . Pont Croesor , Gwynedd, 1 male, 2.vi.1987, Chandler leg. ( PPCM) . Porthcawl , Bridgend, 1 male, 17.vi.1906, Yerbury leg. ( BMNH) . Puttles Bridge, New Forest , Hampshire, 1 male, 8.vii.1990, Chandler leg. ( NMS) . Reydon Wood , Suffolk, 1 male, 11.v.1986, Withers leg. ( PPWM) . Rhôs Rhydd , Ceredigion, 1 male, 11.ix.1986, Holmes, Boyce & Reed leg. ( PPWM) . Rhôsgyll Fawr , Gwynedd, 1 male, 28.vii.1988; 2 males, 7.x.1988, all Holmes, Boyce & Reed leg. ( PPWM) . Ryton Wood, Bubbenhall, Coventry, West Midlands , 6 males, 1 female, 25.viii.2002, Menzel & J.E. Smith leg. ( DEI, HRI) . Salem , Ceredigion, 1 male, 1.viii.1987, Holmes, Boyce & Reed leg. ( PPWM) . Savernake Forest , Wiltshire, 1 male, 31.v.1990, Porter leg. ( NMS) . Stokeford Heath , Dorset, 1 male, 20.v.2001, Gibbs leg. ( PDGB) . Tomintoul , Moray, 1 male, 8.viii.−11.viii.1937, Coe leg. ( BMNH) . Trawsfynydd , Gwynedd, 1 male, 5.viii.1988, Holmes, Boyce & Reed leg. ( PPWM) . Turville Heath , Buckinghamshire, 4 males, 20.vii.2002, Chandler leg. ( PPCM) . Upton Broad , Norfolk, 1 male, 12.v.−19.v.1988, Withers leg. ( PPWM) . Waterperry Wood , Oxfordshire, 1 male, 5.v.1940; 12 males, v.1940, all Edwards leg. ( BMNH) . Welton Wood , Lincolnshire, 1 male, 1.v.1988, Hoff leg. ( NMS) . West End Common, Esher , Surrey, 5 males, 16.vii.2002, Chandler leg. ( PPCM) . Wistmans Wood , Devon, 1 male, 28.v.1978, J.H. Cole leg. ( PJCB) . Witherslack , Cumbria, 1 male, vi.1922, Edwards leg. ( BMNH) . Woodwalton Fen , Cambridgeshire, 10 males, 24.v.1940, Edwards leg. ( BMNH) .

Ecological notes: very common in broad-leaved and mixed woodland; conifer plantations; ancient pine woodland; stunted oak woodland on moorland; carr woodland; common on dry and damp heathland; common on wetlands including all types of fen, mires, bogs, ditches, sedge beds and water meadows; sea cliff; grazed meadow; calcareous grassland; open and high montane habitats. iii–x.