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 : 45-46

BRADYSIA HILARIFORMIS TUOMIKOSKI, 1960

Literature: Freeman (1983b): 38 [as Bradysia hilaris , misidentification]; Menzel (1998): 20.

New to Irish list.

Material examined: Annahala bog, Gearagh , Cork, 1 male, 1.vi.1990, de Courcy Williams leg. ( NMID) . Brownsham , Devon, 1 male, 18.v.1987, Chandler leg. ( PPCM) . Ditchley , Oxfordshire, 1 male, v.1937, Edwards leg. ( BMNH) . Falls of Tarnash , Moray, 1 male, 1.vii.1936, Coe leg. ( BMNH) . Gearagh , Cork, 2 males, 30.vi.1990, de Courcy Williams leg. ( DEI) . Glen Coiltie , Highland Region, 1 male, 20.v.2002, Chandler leg. ( PPCM) . Lackham Park , Wiltshire, 4 males, 20.ix.2002, Chandler leg. ( PPCM) . Leckford , Hampshire, 1 male, 25.vii.1998, Chandler leg. ( PPCM) . Malham Tarn , North Yorkshire, 1 male, 3.vi.−5.vi.1982, Disney leg. ( PPWM) . Savernake Forest , Wiltshire, 1 male, 3.v.1993, Chandler leg. ( PPCM) . Tre Wilmot , Isle of Anglesey, 1 male, 14.vi.1988, Holmes, Boyce & Reed leg. ( PPWM) . Wychwood , Oxfordshire, 1 male, v.1937, Edwards leg. ( BMNH) . Wytham Woods, Wytham , Oxfordshire, 5 males, 2 females, 21.viii.2002, Menzel & J.E. Smith leg. ( DEI, HRI) .

Ecological notes: widespread in broad-leaved woodland; also found in bogs; lakeshore; basin mire. v–ix.