Bradysia lutaria, (WINNERTZ, 1869)

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

BRADYSIA LUTARIA (WINNERTZ, 1869)

Synonym: postbicolor Mohrig & Krivosheina, 1983 .

Literature: Laurence (1994): 118; Laurence (1996): 87 [all as Bradysia brunnipes , misidentification]; Menzel (1998): 20; White et al. (2000): 208; White & Smith (2000): 165.

Material examined: Cors Erddreiniog , Isle of Anglesey, 2 males, 20.x.1988, Holmes, Boyce & Reed leg. ( PPWM) . Cuckfield , West Sussex, 4 males, 16.i.1969 (reared), Lane leg. ( BMNH) . Dyffryn Gwaun , Pembrokeshire, 1 male, 20.vii.1987, Holmes, Boyce & Reed leg. ( PPWM) . Glasshouse Crops Research Station, Littlehampton , West Sussex, 2 males, 13.viii.1956; 2 males, 15.viii.1956, all Hussey leg. ( HRI) ; 1 male, 26.iv.1965; 1 female, 26.v.1965, all Gurney leg. ( HRI) . Lephinmore, Argyll & Bute , 1 female, 14.iv.1951; 2 females, 20.iv.1951 (all reared), all Pelham-Clinton leg. ( NMS) . Monkfield Wood , Cambridgeshire, 1 male, vi.1998, C.W. Plant leg. ( PPCM) . Rhôs-y-gad, Isle of Anglesey, 1 male, 27.vii.1988, Holmes, Boyce & Reed leg. ( PPWM) . Rothamsted, Harpenden , Hertfordshire, 10 males, 1950, Laurence leg. ( PBLN) . The Loke, Norwich , Norfolk, 1 male, 23.iv.1987; 1 male, 8.v.1987; 7 males, 18.vi.1987; 1 male, 4.vii.1987; 2 males, 5.vii.1987; 1 male, 25.vi.−19.vi.1988; 1 male, 15.ix.− 28.ix.1989, all Laurence leg. ( PBLN) . Waun Isaf , Pembrokeshire, 1 male, 20.vii.1987, Holmes, Boyce & Reed leg. ( PPWM) . Wellesbourne , Warwickshire, 7 males, 26.vi.1997, White leg. ( DEI) ; 8 males, 29 females, 16.x.2000; 2 males, 11 females, xi.2000; 8 males, 29.xi.2001, all J.E. Smith leg. ( DEI, HRI, PPCM) . Yarrow , Scottish Borders, 4 males, 2 females, 20.iv.1951 (reared), Pelham-Clinton leg. ( NMS) . No locality details, England, 3 females, 14.x. [no year]; 2 males, 1 female, 16.x.1950, all no collector details ( PBLN) ; 1 male, 1 female, 2 larvae, no date, Speyer leg. ( HRI) .

Ecological notes: found in broad-leaved woodland; damp heathland; wetlands including fens, reed beds and water meadows; garden; grounds of horticultural research station; in glasshouses on cucumber roots. Reared from rotten wood, dung, mushroom farm and laboratory cultures. iv-ix.