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Corynoptera postglobiformis MOHRIG 1993

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CORYNOPTERA POSTGLOBIFORMIS MOHRIG, 1993

New to British list.

Material examined: Balmoral Forest, Aberdeenshire, 1 male, 1.viii.−4.viii.1937, Coe leg. (BMNH). Bradfield Wood, Suffolk, 2 males, 9.x.−16.x.1990, Laurence leg. (PBLN). Burnham Beeches, Buckinghamshire, 1 male, 5.viii.−31.viii.1996, Ismay leg. (PPCM). Cadair Idris, Gwynedd, 1 male, 16.viii.1993, Laurence leg. (PBLN). Coombe Abbey Country Park, Coventry, Warwickshire, 1 female, 28.viii.2003, Menzel leg. (DEI). Cors Erddreiniog, Isle of Anglesey, 1 male, 6.x.1988, Holmes, Boyce & Reed leg. (PPWM). Epping Forest, Essex, 1 male, 17.viii.1998, Chandler leg. (PPCM). Hay Wood, Baddesley Clinton, Solihull, West Midlands, 2 males, 25.viii.2002, Menzel leg. (DEI). Lea Meadows, Newtown Linford, Leicestershire, 1 male, 24.viii.2003, Menzel leg. (DEI). Loch Park, Moray, 1 male, 12.viii.−14.viii.1937, Coe leg. (BMNH). Lockhaugh Bank Wood, Derwent Valley, Tyne & Wear, 4 males, 24.vii.−13.viii.1990, Jessop leg. (PBLN). Moorthwaite, Cumbria, 1 male, 21.viii.1988, no collector detail (PPWM). Rothamsted, Harpenden, Hertfordshire, 1 male, 4.viii.1950, Laurence leg. (PBLN). Ryton Wood, Bubbenhall, Coventry, West Midlands, 1 male, 25.viii.2002, Menzel leg. (DEI). St. Kilda, Western Isles, 1 male, 6.viii.1931, Lack leg. (BMNH). The Loke, Norwich, Norfolk, 1 male, 27.viii.−1.ix.1993; 1 male, 28.viii.−1.ix.1993, all Laurence leg. (PBLN). Tocil Wood, Warwick University Campus, Coventry, Warwickshire, 3 males, 2 females, 28.viii.2003, Menzel & J.E. Smith leg. (DEI, HRI). Windsor Forest, Berkshire, 1 male, 5.viii.1995, Brock leg. (PPCM). No locality details, England, 1 male, 16.viii.1950, Freeman leg. (PBLN).

Ecological notes: found in broad-leaved and mixed woodland; conifer plantations; wet meadow with Juncus; grassland; grounds of horticultural research station; garden; open montane habitats. vii–x.

Notes

Published as part of Menzel, Frank, Smith, Jane E. & Chandler, Peter J., 2006, The sciarid fauna of the British Isles (Diptera: Sciaridae), including descriptions of six new species, pp. 1-147 in Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 146 (1) on page 79, DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.2006.00190.x, http://zenodo.org/record/5435693

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