Corynoptera uncata, 2006

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 : 84-85

CORYNOPTERA UNCATA MENZEL & SMITH SP. NOV.

New to British list. Material examined: Burnham Beeches , Buckinghamshire, 1 male, 8.vii.−22.vii.1996; 1 male, 22.vii.− 5.viii.1996, all Ismay leg. [paratypes of Corynoptera uncata ] ( PPCM) . Fedw Fawr , Isle of Anglesey, 3 males, 13.vii.1988, Holmes, Boyce & Reed leg. ( PPWM) . Highgate Woods, Greater London , 1 male, 1998–1999, Hackett leg. [paratype of Corynoptera uncata ] ( PPCM) . Kelham Bridge, Ravenstone , Leicestershire, 2 males, 24.viii.2003, Menzel leg. [paratypes of Corynoptera uncata ] ( DEI) . Ryton Wood, Bubbenhall, Coventry, West Midlands , 16 males, 25.viii.2002, Menzel & J.E. Smith leg. [holotype and paratypes of Corynoptera uncata ] ( DEI, HRI) . Welsh Moor , Swansea / Abertawe, 1 male, 14.vi.1989, Holmes, Boyce & Reed leg. ( PPWM) . Y Gors , Powys, 1 male, 17.vii.1989, Holmes, Boyce & Reed leg. ( PPWM) .

Ecological notes: found in broad-leaved woodland; humid and wet heathland; floodplain mire; wet meadow with reed beds around pools; pond banks in damp meadow. vii–viii.