Bradysia, 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 : 48

BRADYSIA LOBULIFERA FREY, 1948

Literature: Edwards (1938): 201 [as Sciara (Neosciara) pullula , misidentification]; Freeman (1983b): 35; Laurence (1997b): 228 [all as Bradysia pullula , misidentification]; Menzel (1998): 20 [in part as Bradysia rufescens , misidentification].

Material examined: Birnam Hill, Perth & Kinross , 1 male, 13.vii.1991, Chandler leg. ( PPCM) . Brandyquoi , Orkney, 1 male, v.-vi.2001, Laurence leg. { PBLN ). Crickhowell , Powys, 1 male, v.1937, Edwards leg. ( BMNH) . Failford, by River Ayr , South Ayrshire, 1 male, 3.vii.1995, Chandler leg. ( PPCM) . Falls of Tarnash , Moray, 1 male, 1.vii.1936; 4 males, 9.vii.1936, all Coe leg. ( BMNH) . Glen Coiltie , Highland Region, 1 male, 23.vi.1999; 1 male, 28.v.2002, all Chandler leg. ( PPCM) . Lackham Park , Wiltshire, 1 male, 20.ix.2002, Chandler leg. ( PPCM) . Migdale Wood , Highland Region, 1 male, 26.vi.1999, Chandler leg. ( PPCM) . Reelig Glen, Moniack , Highland Region, 3 males, 23.vi.1999, Chandler leg. ( PPCM) . Teesdale, Durham , 1 male, 22.vi.1924, Edwards leg. ( BMNH) . The Loke, Norwich , Norfolk, 1 male, 18.vii.1981, Laurence leg. ( PBLN) . Tomintoul , Moray, 1 male, 8.viii.− 11.viii.1937, Coe leg. ( BMNH) . Wytham Woods, Wytham , Oxfordshire, 1 male, 2 females, 21.viii.2002, J.E. Smith leg. ( HRI) .

Ecological notes: widespread in broad-leaved woodland; also found in mixed woodland; alder and birch carr by stream; pine woodland on higher ground; garden. v–ix.