Corynoptera hypopygialis, (LENGERSDORF, 1926)

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 : 75-76

CORYNOPTERA HYPOPYGIALIS (LENGERSDORF, 1926)

Synonyms: pachycerca (Frey, 1948); piniphila (Lengersdorf, 1940) .

Literature: Menzel (1998): 21.

Material examined: Bix Bottom , Oxfordshire, 1 male, 23.ix.2000, Raper leg. ( PDGB) . Cadair Idris , Gwynedd, 3 males, 19.vi.1993; 4 males, 3.vii.1993; 8 males, 17.vii.1993; 11 males, 1.viii.1993; 5 males, 16.viii.1993, all Laurence leg. ( PBLN) . Cors Erddreiniog , Isle of Anglesey, 1 male, 6.x.1988, Holmes, Boyce & Reed leg. ( PPWM) . Hartslock , Oxfordshire, 1 male, 6.v.2000, Raper leg. ( PDGB) . Llanllwch, Carmarthen , 1 male, 11.vii.1989, Holmes, Boyce & Reed leg. ( PPWM) . Loch Callater , Aberdeenshire, 1 male, 22.vii.1938, Coe leg. ( BMNH) . Luton Airport, Bedfordshire , 1 male, 20.iv.−6.v.1999, C.W. Plant leg. ( PPCM) . Malham Tarn , North Yorkshire, 1 male, no date, Disney leg. ( PPWM) . Natural History Museum, South Kensington, Greater London , 1 male, 13.vi.1924, Edwards leg. ( BMNH) . Park End , North Yorkshire, 1 male, 22.vi.−25.vi.1981, Disney leg. ( PPWM) . Waun Isaf , Pembrokeshire, 1 male, 20.vii.1987, Holmes, Boyce & Reed leg. ( PPWM) . Wytham Woods, Wytham , Oxfordshire, 1 male, 21.viii.2002, Menzel leg. ( DEI) .

Ecological notes: found on calcareous grassland; damp heathland; wetlands including fens with Cladium and Phragmites beds and bogs; open montane habitats. iv– x.