Corynoptera saccata, TUOMIKOSKI, 1960

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 : 81

CORYNOPTERA SACCATA TUOMIKOSKI, 1960

Synonym: arboris Fritz, 1982 .

Literature: Laurence (1994): 118; Laurence (1997a): 85 [all as Corynoptera curvispinosa , misidentification].

New to British list.

Material examined: Berwick-upon-Tweed, Northumberland , 1 male, 24.vi.−27.vi.1996, Laurence leg. ( PBLN) . Bradfield Wood, Suffolk , 1 male, 11.vii.− 16.vii.1990; 1 male, 1 female, 23.v.−30.v.1991; 2 males, 16.viii.1991; 1 female, 16.viii.−22.viii.1991, all Laurence leg. ( PBLN) . Brandyquoi, Kirkwall , Orkney, 3 males, 28.v.−8.vi.2001; 6 males, v.-vi.2001, all Laurence leg. ( PBLN) . Burnham Beeches , Buckinghamshire, 1 male, 5.viii.−31.viii.1996, Ismay leg. ( PPCM) . Charlbury , Oxfordshire, 2 males, 4.vi.1936, Edwards leg. ( BMNH) . Epping Forest , Essex, 9 males, iv.- x.1999, Dagley leg. ( PPCM) . Hartslock , Oxfordshire, 1 male, 14.v.2000, Raper leg. ( PDGB) . Hickling , Norfolk, 1 male, v.1988, Foster & Procter leg. ( PBLN) . Lockhaugh Bank Wood, Derwent Valley, Tyne & Wear, 1 male, 24.vii.−13.viii.1990, Jessop leg. ( PBLN) . Milham Ford School, Oxford , Oxfordshire, 1 male, 29.v.− 5.vi.2002, Webb leg. ( PPCM) . Monkfield Wood , Cambridgeshire, 1 male, viii.1998, C.W. Plant leg. ( PPCM) . Narborough Bog, Whetstone , Leicestershire, 1 male, 24.viii.2003, Menzel leg. ( DEI) . Sedlescombe , East Sussex, 1 male, 22.viii.1994, Roper leg. ( PBLN) . The Clappers, Sharpenhoe, Bedfordshire , 1 male, 16.vi.1997, Chandler leg. ( PPCM) . The Loke, Norwich , Norfolk, 1 male, 15.v.−18.v.1992; 1 male, 18.v.− 23.v.1992, all Laurence leg. ( PBLN) . The Oaks , Cambridgeshire, 1 male, ix.1998, C.W. Plant leg. ( PPCM) . Tocil Wood, Warwick University Campus , Coventry, Warwickshire, 2 males, 28.viii.2003, Menzel leg. ( DEI) . Wellesbourne , Warwickshire, 1 male, 17.viii.− 31.viii.2000, J.E. Smith leg. ( HRI) . West End Common, Esher , Surrey, 1 male, 17.viii.1982, Chandler leg. ( PPCM) . Woodwalton Fen , Cambridgeshire, 1 male, 24.v.1940, Edwards leg. ( BMNH) . Wytham Woods, Wytham , Oxfordshire, 1 male, 21.viii.2002, Menzel leg. ( DEI) .

Ecological notes: common in broad-leaved and carr woodland; calcareous grassland adjacent to hanger woodland; grassland at woodland fringe; wet meadow with reed bed on peat; fen; sedge bed; school grounds with old poplars; garden. iv–x.