Bradysia holsatica HELLER 2004
Creators: name: Menzel, Frank
name: Smith, Jane E.
name: Chandler, Peter J.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2006
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Diptera
Sciaridae
Bradysia
Bradysia holsatica

description: BRADYSIA HOLSATICA HELLER, 2004   
New to British list.  
 Material examined: Blaen y Wergloedd, Conwy, 1 male, 4.viii.1988; 1 male, 13.x.1988, all Holmes, Boyce & Reed leg. (PPWM). Brynberian Moor, Pembrokeshire, 1 male, 12.x.1987, Holmes, Boyce & Reed leg. (PPWM). Cefn Grwhyd, Neath / Port Talbot, 1 male, 12.vii.1989, Holmes, Boyce & Reed leg. (PPWM). Colwyn Brook, Powys, 1 male, 18.vii.1989, Holmes, Boyce & Reed leg. (PPWM). Comin Esgair Maen, Ceredigion, 1 male, 15.x.1987, Holmes, Boyce & Reed leg. (PPWM). Coombe Abbey Country Park, Coventry, Warwickshire, 1 male, 28.viii.2003, Menzel leg. (DEI). Cors Caron, Ceredigion, 1 male, 27.vii.1987, Holmes, Boyce & Reed leg. (PPWM). Cors Caranod, Ceredigion, 1 male, 15.vi.1987; 2 males, 1.x.1987, all Holmes, Boyce & Reed leg. (PPWM). Cors Erddreiniog, Isle of Anglesey, 2 males, 14.vii.1988, Holmes, Boyce & Reed leg. (PPWM). Cors Farlais, Carmarthen, 1 male, 28.vi.1989, Holmes, Boyce & Reed leg. (PPWM). Cors Geirch, Gwynedd, 1 male, 28.vii.1988, Holmes, Boyce & Reed leg. (PPWM). Cors Graianog, Gwynedd, 1 male, 28.vii.1988, Holmes, Boyce & Reed leg. (PPWM). Dyffryn Gwaun, Pembrokeshire, 1 male, 6.vii.1987; 1 male, 20.vii.1987; 1 male, 26.ix.1987; 1 male, 28.ix.1987, all Holmes, Boyce & Reed leg. (PPWM). Fairwood Common, Swansea / Abertawe, 1 male, 4.x.1989, Holmes, Boyce & Reed leg. (PPWM). Illtyd Pools, Powys, 1 male, 5.vii.1989; 1 male, 19.vii.1989; 1 male, 11.x.1989, all Holmes, Boyce & Reed leg. (PPWM). Llanon, Swansea / Abertawe, 1 male, 13.vii.1989; 4 males, 3.x.1989, all Holmes, Boyce & Reed leg. (PPWM). Llyn Coethlyn, Powys, 2 males, 26.x.1988, Holmes, Boyce & Reed leg. (PPWM). Llyn Creiniog, Denbighshire, 1 male, 6.vii.1988; 1 male, 13.x.1988; 1 male, 27.x.1988, all Holmes, Boyce & Reed leg. (PPWM). Llyn Tyn y Mynydd, Gwynedd, 1 male, 20.vii.1988; 3 males, 18.viii.1988, all Holmes, Boyce & Reed leg. (PPWM). Merddwr, Denbighshire, 1 male, 3.viii.1988, Holmes, Boyce & Reed leg. (PPWM). Magor Marsh, Monmouthshire, 1 male, 28.ix.1988, Holmes, Boyce & Reed leg. (PPWM). Nûg, Conwy, 1 male, 12.x.1988, Holmes, Boyce & Reed leg. (PPWM). Rhôs Cruglas, Carmarthen, 1 male, 3.x.1989, Holmes, Boyce & Reed leg. (PPWM). Rhôs LLawr Cwrt, Ceredigion, 3 males, 6.x.1987, Holmes, Boyce & Reed leg. (PPWM). Rhôsili Down, Swansea / Abertawe, 2 males, 12.vii.1989; 1 male, 3.x.1989, all Holmes, Boyce & Reed leg. (PPWM). Trawsfynydd, Gwynedd, 1 male, 7.vii.1988, Holmes, Boyce & Reed leg. (PPWM).   
 Ecological notes: found in broad-leaved woodland; common on wetlands in Wales including damp heathland, fens, bogs, valley and basin mires; grazed meadow. vi–x.
description: 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 46, DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.2006.00190.x, http://zenodo.org/record/5435693