Corynoptera subtilis, (LENGERSDORF, 1929)

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 : 83

CORYNOPTERA SUBTILIS (LENGERSDORF, 1929)

Synonyms: longicornis (Bukowski & Lengersdorf, 1936) ; signhildae (Frey, 1948) .

Literature: Menzel (1998): 21.

New to British list.

Material examined: Aviemore , Highland Region, 1 male, 9.vii.1982, Disney leg. ( PBLN) . Brancaster , Norfolk, 4 males, 2.ix.−16.ix.1988; 4 males, 25.x.1988; 2 males, 28.x.1988, all Foster & Procter leg. ( PBLN) . Cadair Idris , Gwynedd, 1 male, 19.vi.1993; 3 males, 3.vii.1993; 11 males, 4.ix.1993, all Laurence leg. ( PBLN) . Clowes Wood , Warwickshire, 1 male, 19.iv.1987, Withers leg. ( PPWM) . Killaun Bog , Offaly, 1 male, ix.2000, Withers leg. ( PPWM) . Letchworth , Hertfordshire, 1 male, viii.1917, Edwards leg. ( BMNH) . Malham Tarn , North Yorkshire, 1 male, 8.v.− 11.v.1981, Disney leg. ( PPWM) .

Ecological notes: found in broad-leaved woodland; sedge bed; bog and lakeshore; raised bog; open montane habitats. iv–x.

Taxonomic note: earlier references in the British literature [as Bradysia or Corynoptera subtilis in Freeman (1983b: 77), O’Connor & Ashe (1991: 29), Laurence (1994: 118) and Menzel (1998: 21)] referred to Corynoptera irmgardis so Corynoptera subtilis is correctly recorded here as new to the British list.