Bradysia giraudii, (EGGER, 1862)

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

BRADYSIA GIRAUDII (EGGER, 1862)

Synonyms: clavigera (Lengersdorf, 1926) ; nemorum ( Winnertz, 1867) .

Literature: Freeman (1983b): 36; Chandler et al. (1996): 259 [all as Bradysia giraudi (Schiner) [recte giraudii (Egger) ]; Menzel (1998): 20.

Material examined: Bayfordbury Estate, Hertford , Hertfordshire, 1 male, 10.vi.1975, J.H. Cole leg. ( PJCB) . Bickley, Bromley, Greater London , 2 males, 12.v.1978 (reared), Dear leg. ( BMNH) . Bishop’s Stortford , Hertfordshire, 1 male, vii.1993, C.W. Plant leg. ( HRI) . Buckingham Palace Garden, Greater London , 1 male, 23.v.−6.vi.1998, D.J. Carter & C.W. Plant leg. ( PPCM) . Byfleet , Surrey, 1 male, 14.v.1932, Coe leg. ( BMNH) . California Country Park, Berkshire , 1 male, 8.vii.1998, Chandler leg. ( PPCM) . Cothill , Oxfordshire, 1 male, 7.v.1972, Chandler leg. ( PPCM) . Dinton Pastures Country Park, Berkshire , 1 male, 9.vii.1994, Chandler leg. ( PPCM) . Ennis , Clare, 1 male, 30.v.1984, J.P. O’Connor leg. ( NMID) . Failford, by River Ayr , South Ayrshire, 1 male, 3.vii.1995, Chandler leg. ( PPCM) . Goring-on-Thames , Oxfordshire, 1 male, 15.v.1962, J.H. Cole leg. ( PJCB) . Hogley , Oxfordshire, 1 male, 25.iv.1924 (reared), Hamm leg. ( UMO) . Lackham Park , Wiltshire, 1 male, 2.viii.2002, Chandler leg. ( PPCM) . Leckford Estate , Hampshire, 1 male, 6.vii.1991, Chandler leg. ( PPCM) . Mark Ash Wood, New Forest , Hampshire, 1 male, 2.vi.1984, Chandler leg. ( NMS) . Newbridge Fen , Kildare, 1 male, 8.viii.− 19.viii.1998, Good leg. ( PPWM) . Oversley , Warwickshire, 1 male, ix.1969; 1 male, 4 females, x.1969 (reared), all Evans leg. ( BMNH) . Rostherne, Cheshire , 1 female, 29.v.1932, Britten leg. ( BMNH) . Runnymede Meadow , Surrey, 1 male, 2.vii.1990, Chandler leg. ( NMS) . Scadbury Park, Greater London , 3 males, 21.vii.1975, Chandler leg. ( PPCM) . Seaton , Devon, 1 male, v.1937 (reared), Blair leg. ( BMNH) . The Loke, Norwich , Norfolk, 1 male, 12.vii.1987; 1 male, 15.v.− 18.v.1992, all Laurence leg. ( PBLN) . Theale, Berkshire , 1 male, 7.vii.2003, Chandler leg. ( HRI) . Thompson Common , Norfolk, 1 male, 11.vii.1997, Chandler leg. ( PPCM) . Toxside Hill , Midlothian, 1 male, 4 females, 1.xi.−9.xi.2001 (reared), Bland leg. ( NMS) . Walton Moor, Gordano, Avon , 3 males, 6 females, 20.iv.1952, d’Assis-Fonseca leg. ( NMS, PPCM) . Welbourne , Norfolk, 1 male, 18.viii.1983 (reared), Evans leg. ( PPWM) . Windbury Wood , Devon, 1 male, 18.v.1980, Chandler leg. ( NMS) . Woodwalton Fen , Cambridgeshire, 1 male, 24.v.1940, Edwards leg. ( BMNH) ; 1 male, 4.vi.1977, J.H. Cole leg. ( PJCB) . No locality details, Devon, 2 males, 4 females, iv.1942, Perkins leg. ( BMNH) .

Ecological notes: common in broad-leaved and carr woodland; mixed drier woodland; fen; Cladium beds with tufa; herb-rich grassland; grassland with pingo pools; water meadows and gravel pits; wooded river bank; gardens; meadow hedge. Reared from dead stem of foxglove, decaying pith of old thistle stems, dead stem of agrimony, stem of old nettles, stem of common mallow, thistle stem, rotten wood. iv–x.