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Sherwood Forest Diptera 2011 Sherwood Forest Diptera Historical and modern species lists and records - First Edition 2011 T. and D. Pendleton Contents 1.0 Introduction to Sherwood Forest Diptera 1.1 Sourcing records 1.2 Diptera surveys and recorders 1.3 List of Diptera new to Sherwood Forest NNR in 2010 1.4 First species' records since the late 1800's and early 1900's 1.5 Sources of reference 1.6 Sherwood Forest NNR, Birklands and Bilhaugh SSSI and Birklands West and Ollerton Corner SSSI Maps 2.0 Sherwood Forest Diptera. Complete site species list and records from the late 1800's to 2010 3.0 Red Listed and Nationally Notable Diptera recorded at Sherwood Forest 1800's - 2010 4.0 Diptera not recorded at Sherwood Forest NNR since the late 1800's - early 1900's 5.0 New Diptera recorded at Sherwood Forest since 2000 1.0 Introduction to Sherwood Forest Diptera Country Park and Buck Gates areas of the NNR, on behalf of Natural England First edition 2011 East Midlands, yielded even more new Diptera and the reappearences of species not recorded for nearly a century. This first edition of Sherwood Forest Diptera, brings together all of the NNR's historical and modern Diptera records together into a single publication for the first time. It also Godfrey's work and that of the Victorian recorders, constitutes the backbone of continues the series of invertebrate lists produced for the Sherwood Forest NNR. the NNR species list in section 2.0, yet with a species count of just 587 species, it is likely that we have only just sampled Sherwood Forest's Diptera diversity. Diptera represented one of the last of the large insect orders for which there had been no species list produced. Despite being a large group, Diptera are studied by There are certainly some surprising species yet to be encountered here, following relatively few naturalists, probably through the often too frequent difficulties achieving the chance discovery of the Cranefly Ctenophora ornata in 2009. This is a species an accurate identification. confined to the New Forest and Windsor Great Park and yet another example of how Sherwood is slowly developing a reputation to hold it's own, in a direct Once again our thanks goes to those who have supported the production of these comparison to those nationally renowned sites. invertebrate lists and for allowing records to be included. Trevor and Dilys Pendleton, December 2010 1.3 List of Diptera new to Sherwood Forest NNR in 2010 The following species were found to be new to the NNR in 2010. 1.2 Diptera surveys and recorders Tipulidae Despite being one of the largest insect orders, the overall difficulty in Diptera Austrolimiophila ochracea Birklands and Bilhaugh identification, has meant that little recording of the many species to be found at Cheilotrichia cinerescens Birklands and Bilhaugh Sherwood, has been undertaken during the past 130 years. Much of the NNR's Nephrotoma analis Birklands and Bilhaugh / Budby SF current species list, is based upon the records of L.A. Carr in 1912 and 1914. Carr Ula sylvatica Birklands and Bilhaugh must have been prolific in his work on Diptera, with most of his records being cited in J.W. Carr's book "The Invertebrate Fauna of Nottinghamshire " as "Sherwood Bibiondae Forest near Ollerton". We presume that this area is anywhere east of the B6034 Bibio anglicus Birklands and Bilhaugh minor road, that runs from Edwinstowe towards Budby South Forest and west of the traffic island on the A614 at Ollerton. Possibly, Carr covered much of what is now Mycetophilidae Sherwood Heath, but this remains unknown at the time of writing. Apolephthisa subincana Birklands and Bilhaugh Bolitophila basicornia Birklands and Bilhaugh Carr was joined in his efforts by two other recorders, who seem to have remained Ditomyia fasciata Birklands and Bilhaugh / Buck Gates confined to the Country Park area. R.C. Bradley and C.J. Wainwright provided Leia winthemi Birklands and Bilhaugh / Buck Gates many records referred by to J.W. Carr as Sherwood Forest near Edwinstowe Macrocera stigmoides Birklands and Bilhaugh (Birklands and Bilhaugh in this list) Several species these men captured, were Mycomya incisurata Birklands and Bilhaugh notable for being the first records for the UK at the time. Neuratelia nemoralis Birklands and Bilhaugh Orfelia ochracea Birklands and Bilhaugh After the recording of Carr, Bradley and Wainwright in the late 1800's and early Orfelia pallida Birklands and Bilhaugh / Buck Gates 1900's, virtually no Diptera recording was undertaken (at least from the information Phthinia humilis Birklands and Bilhaugh / Buck Gates we have at our present disposal) and it was not until A. Godfrey's surveys at Sherwood Heath in 2003, 2004 and 2006, that any other records came from the NNR. Sciaridae Sciara hemeroboides Birklands and Bilhaugh / Budby SF Godfrey's Sherwood Heath surveys produced many new species recorded at Sherwood for the first time, or produced the first species records since the days Psychodidae of Carr, Bradley and Wainwright. Similarly, his most recent survey work in the Psychoda setigera Birklands and Bilhaugh / Buck Gates Anisopodidae Verrallia villosa Birklands and Bilhaugh Mycetobia pallipes Birklands and Bilhaugh / Buck Gates Sylvicola cinctus Birklands and Bilhaugh / Buck Gates Lonchaeidae Lonchaea scutellaris Birklands and Bilhaugh Stratiomyidae Beris morrisii Birklands and Bilhaugh Tephritidae Stratiomys potadima Birklands West / Clipstone Old Quarter Trypeta immaculata Birklands and Bilhaugh / Budby SF Urophora cardui Birklands West / Clipstone Old Quarter Empididae Euthyneura halidayi Birklands and Bilhaugh Lauxaniidae Euthyneura myrtilli Birklands and Bilhaugh Lauxania cylindricornis Birklands and Bilhaugh Heleodromia immaculata Birklands and Bilhaugh Lyciella decempunctata Birklands and Bilhaugh / Buck Gates Leptopeza flavipes Birklands and Bilhaugh Lyciella platycephala Birklands and Bilhaugh / Buck Gates Microphorus holosericeus Birklands and Bilhaugh Lyciella stylata Birklands and Bilhaugh Oedalea flavipes Birklands and Bilhaugh Lyciella vittata Birklands and Bilhaugh Oedalea tibialis Birklands and Bilhaugh / Buck Gates Sapromyza hyalinata Birklands and Bilhaugh Phyllodromia melanocephala Birklands and Bilhaugh / Buck Gates Platypalpus candicans Birklands and Bilhaugh / Buck Gates Clusiidae Platypalpus longiseta Birklands and Bilhaugh / Buck Gates Clusia flava Birklands and Bilhaugh Platypalpus pallidiventris Birklands and Bilhaugh / Buck Gates Clusiodes facialis Birklands and Bilhaugh / Buck Gates Rhamphomyia albohirta Birklands and Bilhaugh Clusiodes gentilis Birklands and Bilhaugh Rhamphomyia caliginosa Birklands and Bilhaugh Rhamphomyia nigipennis Birklands and Bilhaugh Acartophthamidae Rhamphomyia tarsata Birklands and Bilhaugh Acartophthalmus nigrinus Birklands and Bilhaugh Trichina clavipes Birklands and Bilhaugh / Buck Gates Agromyzidae Dolichopodidae Leiomyza scathophagina Birklands and Bilhaugh / Buck Gates Dolichopus ungulatus Birklands and Bilhaugh / Budby SF Medetera truncorum Birklands and Bilhaugh / Buck Gates Chloropidae Neurigona quadrifasciata Birklands and Bilhaugh / Buck Gates Lasiamba balicola Birklands and Bilhaugh Sciapus platypterua Birklands and Bilhaugh / Buck Gates Lasiamba brevibucca Birklands and Bilhaugh Syrphidae Heleomyzidae Chrysotoxum bicinctum Birklands and Bilhaugh Heteromyza rotundicornis Birklands and Bilhaugh Melangyna compositarum Birklands and Bilhaugh Suillia fuscicornis Birklands and Bilhaugh / Buck Gates Meliscaeva cinctella Birklands and Bilhaugh Tephrochlamys laeta Birklands and Bilhaugh / Buck Gates Platycheirus clypeatus Birklands and Bilhaugh / Budby SF Tephrochlamys rufiventris Birklands and Bilhaugh / Buck Gates Platycheirus tarsalis Birklands and Bilhaugh Ephydridae Megamerinidae Scatella stagnalis Birklands and Bilhaugh Megamerina dolium Birklands and Bilhaugh / Buck Gates Fanniidae Pipunculidae Fannia clara Birklands and Bilhaugh / Buck Gates Pipunculus campestris Birklands and Bilhaugh Fannia hamata Birklands and Bilhaugh / Buck Gates Fannia mollissima Birklands and Bilhaugh Muscidae Mesembrina meridiana Birklands and Bilhaugh / Budby SF Oedalea holmgreni Birklands and Bilhaugh / Buck Gates Muscina levida Birklands and Bilhaugh / Buck Gates Platypalpus longicornis Birklands and Bilhaugh / Buck Gates Neomyia cornicina Birklands and Bilhaugh / Budby SF Tachypeza nubila Birklands and Bilhaugh / Buck Gates Neomyia viridescens Birklands and Bilhaugh / Budby SF Phaoina variegata Birklands and Bilhaugh / Buck Gates Dolichopodidae Hercostomus cupreus Birklands and Bilhaugh Sarcophagidae Sarcophaga subvicina Birklands and Bilhaugh / Buck Gates Syrphidae Sarcophaga variegata Birklands and Bilhaugh / Buck Gates Criorhina berberina Birklands and Bilhaugh / Buck Gates Criorhina ranunculi Birklands and Bilhaugh Tachinidae Dasysyrphus tricinctus Birklands and Bilhaugh Exorista larvarum Birklands and Bilhaugh / Budby SF Dasysyrphus venustus Birklands and Bilhaugh / Buck Gates Epistrophe eligans Birklands and Bilhaugh / Buck Gates Eristalis interruptus Birklands and Bilhaugh / Budby SF 1.4 First species' records since the late 1800's and early 1900's Eupoedes corollae Birklands and Bilhaugh / Budby SF Leucozona lucorum Birklands West / Clipstone Old Quarter The following species were recorded in the NNR, for the first time since the early 1900's. Meliscaeva auricollis Birklands and Bilhaugh / Budby SF Sphaerophoria interrupta Birklands and Bilhaugh / Budby SF Tipulidae Ctenophora pectinicornis Birklands and Bilhaugh Psilidae Tanyptera nigricornis Birklands and Bilhaugh
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