Bradysia nitidicollis, (MEIGEN, 1818)

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 : 50-53

BRADYSIA NITIDICOLLIS (MEIGEN, 1818)

Synonyms: alacris ( Winnertz, 1867) ; albicans ( Winnertz, 1867) ; aprilina (Meigen, 1818) ; atroparva Frey, 1948 ; fenestrata (Meigen, 1818) ; inornata ( Winnertz, 1867) ; reforma Rudzinski, 1993 ; scatopsoides (Meigen, 1818) ; tenella ( Winnertz, 1867) ; trichoptera (Lengersdorf, 1926) .

Literature:? Walker (1848): 107 and 108;? Walker (1856): 52, 54 and 55 [as Sciara nitidicollis , Sciara fenestrata , Sciara aprilina and Sciara scatopsoides ]; Edwards (1925a): 540 [as Sciara albinervis , misidentification]; Edwards & Collin (1932): 264; Edwards (1934b): 34 [all as Sciara ]; Edwards (1938): 201 [as Sciara (Neosciara) ]; Freeman (1983b): 38 [in part as Bradysia aprica , misidentification]; Laurence (1994): 113; Chandler et al. (1996): 259; Laurence (1997a): 85; Laurence (1996): 85; Laurence (1997b): 228; Laurence & James (1997): 166; Menzel (1998): 20.

Material examined: Ailladie, Clare , 1 male, 24.v.1985, J.P. & M.A. O’Connor leg. ( NMID) . Ambersham Common , West Sussex, 1 male, 9.vi.1979, Chandler leg. ( PPCM) . Annahala bog, Gearagh, Cork , 4 males, 30.iii.1990; 2 males, 1 female, 6.iv.1990; 6 males, 1 female, 10.viii.1990; 4 males, 1 female, 25.viii.1990; 8 males, 1 female, 24.ix.1990, all de Courcy Williams leg. ( DEI, NMID) . Ashberry Pastures , North Yorkshire, 1 male, 12.x.1990, Chandler leg. ( NMS) . Ashtead, Surrey , 1 male, 8.v.1937, Coe leg. ( BMNH) . Austwick , North Yorkshire, 1 male, 10.x.1930; 1 male, v.1943, all Cheetham leg. ( BMNH) . Aversley Wood, Cambridgeshire , 1 male, 24.iv.1988, J.H. Cole leg. ( PJCB) . Ballyvourney, Cork , 1 male, 10.vii.1990, Withers leg. ( PPWM) . Balmoral Forest, Aberdeenshire , 9 males, 1.viii.−4.viii.1937; 2 males, 19.vii.−30.vii.1938, all Coe leg. ( BMNH) . Beaulieu River, Hampshire , 1 male, 22.vi.1936, Edwards leg. ( BMNH) . Ben Lawers, Perth & Kinross , 1 male, 1.vi.1932, Edwards leg. ( BMNH) . Blean Wood, Kent , 1 male, 19.v.1973, Parmenter leg. ( BMNH) . Blaen y Wergloedd, Wrexham , 1 male, 4.viii.1988; 1 male, 13.x.1988, all Holmes, Boyce & Reed leg. ( PPWM) . Bodnant, Conwy , 1 male, 2.v.1953, Colyer leg. ( BMNH) . Bonhill, West Dunbartonshire , 1 male, 28.vii.1908, Malloch leg. ( NMS) . Boveney Lock, Buckinghamshire , 1 male, 18.iv.1981, Chandler leg. ( PPCM) . Bradfield Wood, Suffolk , 2 males, 6.vii.− 11.vii.1990; 1 male, 11.vii.−16.vii.1990; 5 males, 19.x.− 16.x.1990; 2 males, 16.viii.−22.viii.1991; 4 males, 23.v.−30.v.2000, all Laurence leg. ( PBLN) . Braedownie, Angus , 2 males, 24.vii.1937, Coe leg. ( BMNH) . Braemar, Aberdeenshire , 1 male, 19.vii.−30.vii.1938, Coe leg. ( BMNH) . Brancaster, Norfolk , 1 male, 16.ix.− 8.x.1988, Foster & Procter leg. ( PBLN) . Brockenhurst, Hampshire , 1 male, 10.ix.1977, Chandler leg. ( PPCM) . Brynberian Moor, Pembrokeshire 1 male, 6.vii.1987, Holmes, Boyce & Reed leg. ( PPWM) . Burley, Hampshire , 1 male, 30.vii.1953, Colyer leg. ( BMNH) . Burnham Beeches, Buckinghamshire , 1 male, 4.x.1999, Chandler leg. ( NMS) . Cadair Idris, Gwynedd , 2 males, 19.vi.1993; 3 males, 3.vii.1993; 1 male, 13.vii.1993; 1 male, 17.vii.1993; 1 male, 1.viii.1993; 4 males, 4 ix.1993; 8 males, 22.x.1993; 12 males, 13.xi.1993, all Laurence leg. ( PBLN) . Caerkief Farm, Cornwall , 1 male, 3.vii.1983, Chandler leg. ( PPCM) . Cannock Chase, Staffordshire , 1 male, 21.x.1983, Chandler leg. ( NMS) . Carton, Kildare , 1 male, 29.iv.1987, J.P. O’Connor leg. ( NMID) . Castlemartin Corse, Pembrokeshire, 2 males, 22.vii.1987; 2 males, 14.x.1989, all Holmes, Boyce & Reed leg. ( PPWM) . Catfield , Norfolk, 1 male, 12.x.−13.xii.1988, Foster & Procter leg. ( PBLN) . Cefn Bryn , Swansea / Abertawe, 1 male, 28.vi.1989, Holmes, Boyce & Reed leg. ( PPWM) . Cefn Geirch , Denbighshire, 1 male, 15.x.1994, Chandler leg. ( PPCM) . Cefn Grwhyd, Neath / Port Talbot , 4 males, 12.vii.1989; 1 male, 4.x.1989, all Holmes, Boyce & Reed leg. ( PPWM) . Chigwell Row Wood, Chigwell Row , Essex, 1 male, 4 females, 28.vi.2002; 4 males, 3 females, 15.ix.2002; 1 male, 7 females, 3.x.2002; 2 males, 2 females, 8.x.2002; 3 males, 8 females, 16.x.2002; 2 males, 3 females, 22.x.2002, all Ismay & Schulten leg. ( DEI, UMO) . Chilbolton Common , Hampshire, 2 males, 6.vii.1991, Chandler leg. ( NMS, PPCM) . Chippenham Fen , Cambridgeshire, 1 male, 2.vii.1988, Chandler leg. ( NMS) . Clothall , Hertfordshire, 1 male, 4.v.1918, Edwards leg. ( BMNH) . Clovelly , Devon, 2 males, 8.v.1936, Edwards leg. ( BMNH) . Collinpark Wood , Gloucestershire, 1 male, 3.ix.2002, Gibbs leg. ( PDGB) . Colne , Lancashire, 3 males, 7 females, 28.v.1927, Britten leg. ( BMNH) . Consall Wood , Staffordshire, 1 male, 12.x.1997, Chandler leg. ( PPCM) . Convil Braes , Moray, 1 male, 11.viii.1937, Coe leg. ( BMNH) . Correin Lochan, Arran , North Ayrshire, 3 males, 29.v.1919, Edwards leg. ( BMNH) . Corriegills, Arran , North Ayrshire, 1 male, 2.vi.−4.vi.1919, Edwards leg. ( BMNH) . Cors Caron , Ceredigion, 1 male, 29.vii.1987, Holmes, Boyce & Reed leg. ( PPWM) . Cors Erddreiniog , Isle of Anglesey, 4 males, 6.x.1988, Holmes, Boyce & Reed leg. ( PPWM) . Cors Fochno , Ceredigion, 1 male, 1.ix.1989, Holmes, Boyce & Reed leg. ( PPWM) . Cors Graianog , Gwynedd, 2 males, 28.vii.1988; 1 male, 7.x.1988, all Holmes, Boyce & Reed leg. ( PPWM) . Cors-y-Llyn , Powys, 1 male, 11.vii.1989; 2 males, 10.x.1989, Holmes, Boyce & Reed leg. ( PPWM) . Cothill , Oxfordshire, 1 male, 14.x.1999, Chandler leg. ( NMS) . Craig na Cailloch, Perth & Kinross , 1 male, 5.vi.−8.vi.1932, Edwards leg. ( BMNH) . Credenhill Park Wood , Herefordshire, 1 male, 11.x.1998, Chandler leg. ( NMS) . Croft Pascoe Pool , Cornwall, 1 male, 2.x.1983, Chandler leg. ( PPCM) . Crymlyn Bog , Swansea / Abertawe, 5 males, 5.x.1989, Holmes, Boyce & Reed leg. ( PPWM) . Culbin Forest , Highland Region, 1 male, 27.v.2002, Chandler leg. ( PPCM) . Culbin Sands , Highland Region, 3 males, 5.vii.−7.vii.1936, Coe leg. ( BMNH) . Cwm Bychan , Gwynedd, 2 males, 12.vii.1976, J.H. Cole & Chandler leg. ( PJCB, PPCM) . Cwm Dewi , Pembrokeshire, 1 male, 28.ix.1987, Holmes, Boyce & Reed leg. ( PPWM) . Dartford , Kent, 1 male, 22.iv.1957, Parmenter leg. ( BMNH) . Dartmoor, Bush Down, Devon, 2 males, 28.v.1978, J.H. Cole leg. ( PJCB) . Dendles Wood , Devon, 1 male, 29.v.1978, J.H. Cole leg. ( PJCB) . Derrycunihy Cascade, Kerry , 1 male, 16.x.1973, Chandler leg. ( PPCM) . Derwent Valley, Tyne & Wear , 1 male, 26.vii.− 13.viii.1990, Jessop leg. ( PBLN) . Devil’s Glen, Wicklow , 1 male, 4.x.1980, Chandler leg. ( PPCM) . Dinton Pastures Country Park, Berkshire , 1 male, 18.ix.1993; 2 males, 23.iv.1994; 1 male, 17.x.1998, all Chandler leg. ( NMS, PPCM) . Ditchley , Oxfordshire, 2 males, v.1937, Edwards leg. ( BMNH) . Dromore Forest, Kerry , 1 male, 15.x.1973, Chandler leg. ( PPCM) . Dublin City, Dublin , 1 male, 13.v.1982, J.P. O’Connor leg. ( NMID) . Dyffryn Gwaun , Pembrokeshire, 1 male, 20.vii.1987, Holmes, Boyce & Reed leg. ( PPWM) . Epping Forest , Essex, 1 male, 28.vi.2000; 1 male, 11.x.2000, all Chandler leg. ( NMS) . Fair Isle , Shetland, 2 males, 21.vii.−3.viii.1966, Moreby leg. ( BMNH) ; 3 males, 31.viii.2000, Riddiford leg. ( PBLN) . Falls of Tarnash , Moray, 2 males, 9.vi.1936; 22 males, 9.vii.1936, all Coe leg. ( BMNH) . Fferam Paradwys , Isle of Anglesey, 1 male, 5.vii.1987, Chandler leg. ( NMS) . Fleet Pond , Hampshire, 1 male, 15.vii.1990, Chandler leg. ( NMS) . Gearagh, Cork , 3 females, 9.iii.1990; 3 males, 31.iii.1990; 17 males, 7.iv.1990; 7 males, 20.iv.1990; 7 males, 7.vi.1990; 3 males, 9.vi.1990; 2 males, 10.vi.1990, all de Courcy Williams leg. ( DEI, NMID) . Glen Coiltie , Highland Region, 1 male, 28.v.2002, Chandler leg. ( PPCM) . Glendalough, Wicklow , 1 male, 16.x.1973, Chandler leg. ( PPCM) . Glen Einich , Highland Region, 1 male, 30.vi.1933, Coe leg. ( BMNH) . Glen Lough, Westmeath , 1 male, 28.vi.1987, Chandler leg. ( PPCM) . Glen of Drumloch , Moray, 1 male, 16.viii.1937, Coe leg. ( BMNH) . Godlingstone Heath , Dorset, 1 male, 1.vii.1998, Chandler leg. ( PPCM) . Gors Llwyn, Neath / Port Talbot , 1 male, 28.vi.1988; 2 males, 12.vii.1989, all Holmes, Boyce & Reed leg. ( PPWM) . Grassholm , Pembrokeshire, 2 males, 25.viii.1934, Edwards leg. ( BMNH) . Great Huntly Bank, New Forest , Hampshire, 1 male, 29.vi.1989, Chandler leg. ( NMS) . Greywell Fen , Hampshire, 1 male, 15.vii.1990; 1 male, 7.vii.1991, all Chandler leg. ( PPCM) . Gwaun Garthenor , Ceredigion, 1 male, 14.x.1986, Holmes, Boyce & Reed leg. ( PPWM) . Gwaun Ystrad Caron , Ceredigion, 1 male, 4.ix.1986; 1 male, 11.ix.1986; 1 male, 18.ix.1986, all Holmes, Boyce & Reed leg. ( PPWM) . Hartslock , Oxfordshire, 1 male, 6.v.2000, Raper leg. ( PDGB) . Hayle Kimbro Pool , Cornwall, 1 male, 4.x.1983, Chandler leg. ( PPWM) . Haytor , Devon, 8 males, 23.vi.2002, J.E. Smith leg. ( HRI) . Hengrove Park, Avon , 1 male, 23.iv.2003, Gibbs leg. ( PDGB) . Hickling , Norfolk, 12 males, 23.vi.−7.vii.1988; 1 male, vii.1988; 6 males, x.1988; 3 males, 1988; 8 males, 18.v.1989; 5 males, v.1989, all Foster & Procter leg. ( PBLN) . Hickling Broad , Norfolk, 2 males, 1 female, 17.ix.−19.ix.1932, Coe leg. ( BMNH) . Hinchingbrooke Country Park , Cambridgeshire, 1 male, 30.iv.1989, J.H. Cole leg. ( PJCB) . Hosey Common , Kent, 1 male, 29.x.1968, Chandler leg. ( PPCM) . How Hill, Ludham , Norfolk, 1 male, 24.vi.1990, Withers leg. ( PPWM) . Illtyd Pools , Powys, 2 males, 11.x.1989, Holmes, Boyce & Reed leg. ( PPWM) . Ingleborough , North Yorkshire, 1 male, 13.v.1921, Edwards leg. ( BMNH) . Iping Common , West Sussex, 2 males, 12.x.1984, Godfrey leg. ( PPCM) . Ivybridge , Devon, 1 male, 11.x.1980, Chandler leg. ( PPCM) . Kenmare, Kerry , 1 male, 15.x.1973, Chandler leg. ( PPCM) . Kessingland , Suffolk, 1 male, 22.iv.−25.iv.1933, Edwards leg. ( BMNH) . Killaun Bog, Offaly , 5 males, ix.2000, Withers leg. ( PPWM) . Lakenheath , Suffolk, 2 males, 24.vi.−8.vii.1988, Foster & Procter leg. ( PBLN) . Leckford Estate , Hampshire, 1 male, 3.x.1970, Stubbs leg. ( PPCM) ; 1 male, 30.iv.1977; 1 male, 12.iv.1981; 1 male, 27.vii.1985; 1 male, 1.ix.1999, all Chandler leg. ( NMS, PPCM) . Leebotwood , Shropshire, 2 females, 14.vii.2003, J.E. Smith leg. ( HRI) . Lenwade Pits , Norfolk, 1 male, 6.x.1980 (reared), Evans leg. ( BMNH) . Letchworth , Hertfordshire, 2 males, vii.1939, Edwards leg. ( BMNH) . Limerigg , Falkirk, 1 male, 18.vii.1990, Chandler leg. ( PPCM) . Linn of Dee , Aberdeenshire, 1 male, 31.x.1998, Chandler leg. ( NMS) . Llanbedr , Gwynedd, 1 male, 16.x.1992, Chandler leg. ( PPCM) . Llandwrog , Gwynedd, 6 males, 9.vii.1914 [in part labelled as ‘? albinervis Winnertz’], Edwards leg. ( BMNH, ZFMK) . Llangloffan Fen , Pembrokeshire, 1 male, 29.ix.1987, Holmes, Boyce & Reed leg. ( PPWM) . Llanon , Swansea / Abertawe, 2 males, 13.vii.1989, Holmes, Boyce & Reed leg. ( PPWM) . Llyn Hafodol , Isle of Anglesey, 1 male, 11.vii.1987, Chandler leg. ( NMS) . Llyn Llennyrch , Gwynedd, 2 males, 16.vii.1976, Chandler leg. ( PPCM) . Llyn Pencraig , Gwynedd, 1 male, 27.x.1988, Holmes, Boyce & Reed leg. ( PPWM) . Llyn Tyn y Llyn , Denbighshire, 1 male, 4.viii.1988; 5 males, 13.x.1988, all Holmes, Boyce & Reed leg. ( PPWM) . Llyn Ystumllyn , Gwynedd, 1 male, 13.vii.1988; 1 male, 24.vii.1988; 1 male, 5.x.1988; 3 males, 8.x.1988, all Holmes, Boyce & Reed leg. ( PPWM) . Loch Callater , Aberdeenshire, 1 male, 28.vi.−29.vi.1937; 1 male, 28.vii.−29.vii.1937; 4 males, 22.vii.1938, all Coe leg. ( BMNH) . Loch na Ba Ruaidhe , Highland Region, 1 male, 13.vi.1984, Chandler leg. ( NMS) . Loch Park , Moray, 4 males, 12.viii.−14.viii.1937, Coe leg. ( BMNH) . Lockhaugh Bank Wood, Derwent Valley, Tyne & Wear, 2 males, 24.vii.−13.viii.1990, Jessop leg. ( PBLN) . Lough Key, Roscommon , 1 male, 11.v.1970, Chandler leg. ( PPCM) . Lough Slevin, Westmeath , 1 male, 28.vi.1987, Chandler leg. ( PPCM) . Lower Brock Mill , Lancashire, 2 males, 14.vi.1999, Chandler leg. ( PPCM) . Lundy Island , Devon, 1 male, 20.vii.−27.vii.1972, Lane leg. ( BMNH) . Maen Porth , Cornwall, 1 male, 5.x.1983, Chandler leg. ( NMS) . Mid Yell , Shetland, 1 male, 29.v.1987; 1 male, 5.ix.1990, all Laurence leg. ( PBLN) . Mills Marsh , Norfolk, 1 male, 27.vi.−11.vii.1988; 7 males, 11.viii.1988, all Foster & Procter leg. ( PBLN) . Monument Field, Epping Forest , Essex, 5 males, 19.iv.−25.iv.1999, Dagley leg. ( HRI) . Nanjizal Cove , Cornwall, 1 male, 3.iv.1972, Chambers leg. ( BMNH) . Newbold Comyn Park, Leamington Spa , Warwickshire, 67 males, 15 females, 29.vii.2001, J.E. Smith leg. ( HRI) . Newborough Warren , Isle of Anglesey, 1 male, 9.vii.1987, Chandler leg. ( NMS) . Newbridge Fen, Kildare , 1 male, 12.iv.1982, J.P. & M.A. O’Connor leg. ( NMID) ; 1 male, 27.vi.1984, Chandler leg. ( NMS) ; 1 male, 16.vii.1990, Withers leg. ( PPWM) . New Malden, Greater London , 1 male, 8.v.1932, Coe leg. ( BMNH) . Nine Nicks of Thirlwall , Northumberland, 2 males, 1.viii.1923, Edwards leg. ( BMNH) . North Ronaldsay , Orkney, 1 male, 4.iv.1989; 1 male, 12.ix.1989, all Laurence leg. ( PBLN) . Nûg , Conwy, 1 male, 3.viii.1988, Holmes, Boyce & Reed leg. ( PPWM) . Odiham Common , Hampshire, 1 male, 7.vii.1984, Chandler leg. ( PPCM) . Oswestry , Shropshire, 1 male, 10.v.1913, Colyer leg. ( BMNH) . Oxey Mead , Oxfordshire, 2 males, 15.x.1999, Chandler leg. ( PPCM) . Oxford , Oxfordshire, 1 male, 10.v.1924, Hamm leg. ( BMNH) . Peel , Isle of Man, 4 males, 1 female, 7.v.1988, Laurence leg. ( PBLN) . Pingle Wood, Warboys , Cambridgeshire, 2 males, 2.v.1990, J.H. Cole leg. ( PJCB) . Port Appin, Argyll & Bute , 1 male, 30.ix.1951, Pelham-Clinton leg. ( NMS) . Powerscourt, Wicklow , 1 male, 1.x.1909, Halbert leg. ( NMID) . Redgrave Lake , Suffolk, 1 male, 24.v.1987, Withers leg. ( PPWM) . Reedham , Norfolk, 1 male, 11.vii.− 12.viii.1988; 1 male, 26.viii.−27.x.1988, all Foster & Procter leg. ( PBLN) . Rhinefields, New Forest , Hampshire, 1 male, 16.iv.1934, Colyer leg. ( BMNH) . Rhôs Llawr Cwrt , Ceredigion, 1 male, 15.vii.1987, Holmes, Boyce & Reed leg. ( PPWM) . Rhôs Pwllygawnen, Carmarthen , 2 males, 11.vii.1989; 1 male, 12.viii.1989, all Holmes, Boyce & Reed leg. ( PPWM) . Rhôs-y-gad, Isle of Anglesey, 2 males, 5.x.1988, Holmes, Boyce & Reed leg. ( PPWM) . Rhôsili Down, Swansea / Abertawe, 1 male, 3.x.1989, Holmes, Boyce & Reed leg. ( PPWM) . Rhôsgoch , Powys, 1 male, 10.x.1989, Holmes, Boyce & Reed leg. ( PPWM) . Rosserk Abbey, Mayo , 2 males, 30.ix.1977, Chandler leg. ( PPCM) . Rothiemurchus, by River Druie , Highland Region, 1 male, 18.viii.1986, Chandler leg. ( PPCM) . Ryton Wood, Bubbenhall, Coventry, West Midlands , 1 male, 25.viii.2002, Menzel leg. ( DEI) . Salisbury Plain Training Area, Warminster , Wiltshire, 1 male, 3.vii.2003, Ismay & Schulten leg. ( UMO) . Sandscale Haws , Cumbria, 2 males, 18.vi.1999, Chandler leg. ( NMS) . Scadbury Park, Greater London , 1 male, 18.vi.1983, Chandler leg. ( NMS) . Scargill, Durham , 2 males, 2.vi.2002, Chandler leg. ( PPCM) . Shapwick Heath , Somerset, 1 male, 7.ix.1930, Edwards leg. ( BMNH) ; 1 male, 30.vi.1985, J.H. Cole leg. ( PJCB) . Sidmouth , Devon, 1 male, 19.iv.1925, Edwards leg. ( BMNH) . Slepe Heath , Dorset, 1 male, 1.vii.1998, Chandler leg. ( NMS) . Sned Wood, Lower Lye , Herefordshire, 2 females, 14.vii.2003, J.E. Smith leg. ( HRI) . Spartum Fen , Oxfordshire, 1 male, 15.x.1999, Chandler leg. ( PPCM) . St. Kilda , Western Isles, 1 male, 28.vii.1931, Lack leg. ( BMNH) ; 1 male, 13.vii.−22.vii.1960, Giffard leg. ( NMS) ; 1 male, 3.vi.−17.vi.1961, Russell leg. ( NMS) . Stoborough Heath , Dorset, 1 male, 1.vii.1998, Chandler leg. ( NMS) . Stradey Wood, Carmarthen , 1 male, 13.x.1995, McLean leg. ( PPCM) . Templehouse, Sligo , 1 male, 1.x.1977, Chandler leg. ( PPCM) . The Flits , Herefordshire, 1 male, 11.x.1998, Chandler leg. ( PPCM) . The Loke, Norwich , Norfolk, 1 male, 26.iv.1987; 2 males, 4.v.1987; 5 males, 8.v.1987; 16 males, 9.v.1987; 2 males, 15.ix.−28.ix.1989; 1 male, 27.vii.1992, all Laurence leg. ( PBLN) . The Ritec , Pembrokeshire, 1 male, 8.vii.1987, Holmes, Boyce & Reed leg. ( PPWM) . Thompson Common , Norfolk, 1 male, 11.vii.1993, Chandler leg. ( PPCM) . Tomintoul , Moray, 26 males, 6.viii.−11.viii.1937; 3 males, 8.viii.−11.viii.1937, all Coe leg. ( BMNH) . Torboll Wood , Highland Region, 1 male, 18.x.1995, Chandler leg. ( PPCM) . Trawsfynydd , Gwynedd, 1 male, 14.x.1988, Holmes, Boyce & Reed leg. ( PPWM) . Tresta , Shetland, 1 male, 10.vi.1993, Laurence leg. ( PBLN) . Trooper’s Hill, Bristol, Avon , 1 male, 23.iv.2001, Gibbs leg. ( PDGB) . Tup Hag Wood , North Yorkshire, 1 male, 12.x.1990, Chandler leg. ( NMS) . Uragh Wood, Kerry , 3 males, 10.vii.1990, Withers leg. ( PPWM) . Vidlin , Shetland, 1 male, 18.vi.−21.vi.1993, Laurence leg. ( PBLN) . Virginia Water , Surrey, 1 male, 6.x.1974, Chandler leg. ( NMS) . Watford , Hertfordshire, 3 males, 21.x.1944, no collector detail ( BMNH) . Waun Isaf , Pembrokeshire, 2 males, 20.vii.1987, Holmes, Boyce & Reed leg. ( PPWM) . Wellesbourne , Warwickshire, 10 males, 6.iv.− 13.iv.2000; 1 male, 17.viii.−31.viii.2000; 10 males, 2 females, 28.iii.−26.iv.2001; 19 males, 10.v.−24.v.2001; 3 males, 13.ix.−4.x.2001, all J.E. Smith leg. ( HRI) . West End Common, Esher , Surrey, 1 male, 16.vii.2002, Chandler leg. ( PPCM) . West Harling Common , Norfolk, 2 males, 20.x.1990; 1 male, 23.iv.1991, all Withers leg. ( PPWM) . West Walk , Hampshire, 1 male, 6.vi.1998, Chandler leg. ( NMS) . Whitacre Heath , Warwickshire, 2 males, 13.x.2001, Chandler & J.E. Smith leg. ( HRI) . Whitnash brook, Sydenham, Leamington Spa , Warwickshire, 5 males, 4.ix.2003, J.E. Smith leg. ( HRI) . Wicken Fen , Cambridgeshire, 2 males, 8.vii.1989, Chandler leg. ( NMS) . Willes Meadow, Leamington Spa , Warwickshire, 4 males, 5 females, 27.viii.2002, Menzel & J.E. Smith leg. ( DEI, HRI) . Windsor Forest, Berkshire , 1 male, 27.vii.1991, Chandler leg. ( PPCM) . Windsor Great Park, Berkshire , 1 male, no date, Coe leg. ( BMNH) . Winnall Moor , Hampshire, 6 males, 7.vii.1990, Chandler leg. ( NMS, PPCM) ; 2 males, 7.vii.1990, J.H. Cole leg. ( PJCB) . Wood Crates, New Forest , Hampshire, 2 males, 8.vii.1990, Chandler leg. ( NMS, PPCM) . Wyre Forest , Worcestershire, 1 male, 14.x.1984, Chandler leg. ( NMS) . Yell , Shetland, 2 males, 3.ix.−10.ix.1990, Laurence leg. ( PBLN) . No locality details, Wicklow , 1 male, 19.x.−22.x.1998, Laurence leg. ( PBLN) .

Ecological notes: very common in all types of woodland; wet and dry heathland; wetlands including water meadows, fens, mires and bogs; dry grassland; old hedges; old sand and gravel workings; on rocky island with seabird colonies; coastal sand dunes; saltmarsh; gardens; in thousands on rhubarb flowers; open montane habitats; near shore; in house. Reared from the fungus Russula alutacea . iii–xi.

Taxonomic note: All data under ‘ Sciara ? nitidicollis ’ listed by Edwards (1925a) related to Lycoriella ingenua [misidentification].