Bradysia fungicola, (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 : 43-44

BRADYSIA FUNGICOLA ( WINNERTZ, 1867)

Synonyms: fera ( Winnertz, 1867) ; hercyniae (Winnertz, 1869) ; incana (Strobl, 1910) ; ingrata ( Winnertz, 1867) ; sylvicola (Winnertz, 1869) .

Literature: Menzel (1998): 20; Chandler et al. (2002): 122.

Material examined: Alice Holt Forest , Hampshire, 1 male, 23.vii.1999, Chandler leg. ( PPCM) . Alvecote Pools , Staffordshire, 4 males, 13.x.2001, J.E. Smith leg. ( HRI) . Annahala bog, Gearagh, Cork , 2 males, 1.vi.1990, de Courcy Williams leg. ( DEI, NMID) . Ashridge Estate , Hertfordshire, 2 males, 8.vii.1999, Chandler leg. ( PPCM) . Aviemore , Highland Region, 1 male, v.1934, Edwards leg. ( BMNH) . Bix Bottom , Oxfordshire, 2 males, 23.ix.2000, Raper leg. ( PDGB) . Bolt Wood, Stockerston , Leicestershire, 1 male, 1 female, 24.viii.2003, Menzel leg. ( DEI) . Boundless Copse , Surrey, 1 male, 26.vii.2002, Chandler leg. ( PPCM) . Brancaster , Norfolk, 1 male, 1.vii.− 15.vii.1988, Foster & Procter leg. ( PBLN) . Burnham Beeches , Buckinghamshire, 1 male, 15.ix.−4.x.1995; 1 male, 22.vii.−5.viii.1996; 1 male, 17.v.−25.v.1999, all Ismay leg. ( PPCM) . Caerhays Castle , Cornwall, 1 male, 2.vii.1988, Chandler leg. ( PPCM) . California Country Park, Berkshire , 1 male, 27.vii.1996, Chandler leg. ( PPCM) . Castle Eden Dene, Durham , 1 male, 14.viii.1990, J.H. Cole leg. ( PJCB) . Charleville Wood, Offaly , 1 male, 19.ix.1999, Chandler leg. ( PPCM) . Chester, Cheshire , 1 male, 27.ii.1953, Gordon-Smith leg. ( BMNH) . Chippenham Fen , Cambridgeshire, 1 male, 2.vii.1988, Chandler leg. ( PPCM) . Clovelly , Devon, 1 male, 8.v.1936, Coe leg. ( BMNH) . Collinpark Wood , Gloucestershire, 1 male, 3.ix.2002, Gibbs leg. ( PDGB) . Coombe Abbey Country Park , Coventry, Warwickshire, 1 male, 28.viii.2003, J.E. Smith leg. ( HRI) . Cuckfield , West Sussex, 1 male, 15.i.1969 (reared), Lane leg. ( BMNH) . Cuckoo Wood, Downe, Greater London , 1 male, 20.vii.1985, Chandler leg. ( PPCM) . Culbin Sands , Highland Region, 1 male, 5.vii.− 7.vii.1936, Coe leg. ( BMNH) . Dinton Pastures Country Park, Berkshire , 1 male, 20.xi.1992, Chandler leg. ( PPCM) . Ditchley , Oxfordshire, 1 male, v.1937, Edwards leg. ( BMNH) . Dowdeswell Wood , Gloucestershire, 1 male, 16.ix.2001, Gibbs leg. ( PDGB) . Epping Forest , Essex, 10 males, vii.–ix.1998; 1 male, 1999, all Dagley leg. ( PPCM) . Felbrigg Wood , Norfolk, 1 male, 10.vii.1993, Chandler leg. ( PPCM) . Folly Farm, Avon , 1 male, 25.vii.2001, Gibbs leg. ( PDGB) . Frithsden Beeches , Hertfordshire, 1 male, 16.x.1997, Chandler leg. ( PPCM) . Gearagh, Cork , 1 male, 7.iv.1990; 1 male, 11.v.1990; 1 male, 12.vi.1990; 1 male, 30.vi.1990; 1 male, 5.viii.1990; 1 male, 8.ix.1990; 1 male, 26.ix.1990, all de Courcy Williams leg. ( DEI, NMID) . Glen Coiltie , Highland Region, 1 male, 28.v.2002, Chandler leg. ( PPCM) . Goring-on-Thames , Oxfordshire, 1 male, 19.iv.1962, J.H. Cole leg. ( PJCB) . Grange-over-Sands , Cumbria, 1 male, 20.iii.1996, Birkett leg. ( PPCM) . Highgate Wood, Greater London , 1 male, 1998–99, Hackett leg. ( PPCM) . Hitch Wood , Hertfordshire, 1 male, 26.ix.1937, Edwards leg. ( BMNH) . Killaun Bog, Offaly , 1 male, ix.2000, Withers leg. ( PPWM) . Lackham Park , Wiltshire, 1 male, 2.vii.2002, Chandler leg. ( PPCM) . Lea Meadows, Newtown Linford , Leicestershire, 3 females, 24.viii.2003, Menzel leg. ( DEI) . Leckford Estate , Hampshire, 1 male, 5.v.1984; 1 male, 1.ix.1999, all Chandler leg. ( PPCM) . Loch Achilty , Highland Region, 1 male, 28.v.2002, Chandler leg. ( PPCM) . Loch Loy , Highland Region, 1 male, 14.vii.1984, Chandler leg. ( PPCM) . Monk’s Wood, Muckross, Kerry , 1 male, 4.v.1981, Chandler leg. ( PPCM) . Narborough Bog, Whetstone , Leicestershire, 1 male, 24.viii.2003, Menzel leg. ( DEI) . New Close Wood, Brandon , Warwickshire, 1 male, 28.viii.2003, Menzel leg. ( DEI) . New Forest , Hampshire, 1 male, 17.x.1937, Edwards leg. ( BMNH) . Newbattle Abbey , Midlothian, 3 males, 6.vi.1994 (reared), Rotheray leg. ( NMS) . Nuremore Lake, Carrickmacross, Monaghan , 2 males, 20.v.1976, J.H. Cole leg. ( PJCB) . Paradize Wood. Herefordshire, 1 male, 9.x.1998, Chandler leg. ( PPCM) . Redgrave Lake , Suffolk, 1 male, 24.v.1987, Withers leg. ( PPWM) . Rhôs Rydd , Ceredigion, 1 male, 25.ix.1986, Holmes, Boyce & Reed leg. ( PPWM) . Ringstead , Dorset, 1 male, viii.1939, Edwards leg. ( BMNH) . Rosevear , Cornwall, 1 male, 6.vii.1983, Chandler leg. ( PPCM) . Rotherfield Park , Hampshire, 1 male, 3.vii.2002; 1 male, 2.x.2002, all Chandler leg. ( PPCM) . Savernake Forest , Wiltshire, 1 male, 3.v.1993, Chandler leg. ( PPCM) . Scargill, Durham , 1 male, 5.viii.1979, Chandler leg. ( PPCM) . Sedlescombe , East Sussex, 1 male, 11.ix.1999, Roper leg. ( PPRS) . Sidmouth , Devon, 1 male, 10.v.1936, Edwards leg. ( BMNH) . Spartum Fen , Oxfordshire, 1 male, 15.x.1999, Chandler leg. ( PPCM) . Spey Bay , Moray, 1 male, 2.vii.1936, Coe leg. ( BMNH) . Stanford , Norfolk, 1 male, 27.iii.−10.iv.1988, Collier leg. ( PPWM) . Stonybrow Wood, Rotherfield Park , Hampshire, 1 male, 2.x.2002, Chandler leg. ( PPCM) . The Loke, Norwich , Norfolk, 1 male, 26.iv.1987; 1 male, 15.v.−18.v.1992, all Laurence leg. ( PBLN) . The Spittles , Dorset, 1 male, 2.vii.1998, Perry leg. ( PPCM) . Torboll Wood , Highland Region, 1 male, 26.v.2002, Chandler leg. ( PPCM) . Udale Bay , Highland Region, 1 male, 29.v.2002, Chandler leg. ( PPCM) . Uragh Wood, Kerry , 1 male, 8.vii.1990, Withers leg. ( PPWM) . West End Common, Esher , Surrey, 1 male, 19.v.2002, Chandler leg. ( PPCM) . Wheatfen Broad , Norfolk, 1 male, 8.x.1988, Withers leg. ( PPWM) . Wicken Fen , Cambridgeshire, 1 male, 12.v.1990, Withers leg. ( PPWM) . Woodbastwick , Norfolk, 1 male, viii.1932, Edwards leg. ( BMNH) . Wychwood , Oxfordshire, 1 male, v.1937, Edwards leg. ( BMNH) . Wytham Woods, Wytham , Oxfordshire, 1 male, 21.viii.2002, Menzel leg. ( DEI) . No locality details, Wales, 1 male, no date, Holmes, Boyce & Reed leg. ( PBLN) .

Ecological notes: very common in broad-leaved and carr woodland; conifer plantations; ancient pine woodland; wetlands including water meadows, sedge bed, wooded river banks and lake shores, bogs; grassland (including calcareous); gardens; old hedges; saltmarsh; dunes; coastal clay cliffs. Reared from fallen beech trunk and rotten wood. ii–xi.