Bradysia nigrispina, 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 : 49-50

BRADYSIA NIGRISPINA MENZEL SP. NOV.

Literature: Freeman (1983b): 37 [in part as Bradysia regularis , misidentification].

New to British list.

Material examined: Berwick-upon-Tweed , Northumberland, 1 male, 24.v.−7.vi.1996; 1 male, viii.1999; 1 male, ix.1999, all Laurence leg. [paratypes of Bradysia nigrispina ] ( DEI, PBLN) . Letchworth , Hertfordshire, 1 male, vii.1918, Edwards leg. ( BMNH) . Shrewsbury , Shropshire, 2 males, 21.vii.1920, Edwards leg. ( BMNH) . The Loke, Norwich , Norfolk, 1 male, 2.iii.1993, leg. Laurence [paratype of Bradysia nigrispina ] ( PBLN) . Wellesbourne , Warwickshire, 1 male, 5.vii.−19.vii.2001, J.E. Smith leg. [paratypes of Bradysia nigrispina ] ( HRI) .

Ecological notes: found in gardens; outside mushroom farm. iii, v–viii, ix.