The Society for the study of flies (Diptera)

gwilkinson · 2011-11-25 17:20:19

Dear All,

I’m collating British records of the lauxaniid Meiosimyza laeta to form part of a note I’m about to write and was hoping the wise folk of the forum could help.

I would greatly appreciate receiving any records for Britain that any members may hold (to include grid reference, date, collector/determiner). All records will of course be generously acknowledged!

I’m particularly interested to hear from anyone who could shed light on the records from Suffolk, Bedfordshire and Norfolk in the 1980s. There are also two records from London during the early 20th century.

Many thanks,

Geoff

Howard Bentley · 2011-11-28 15:15:59

I collected one male and one female on the 2nd July 2008 on the bank of the River Nethy, near Grantown-on-Spey, Scotland, NH9922. This is the only time I have come across it.

falky · 2011-11-28 23:44:47

Geoff,

Not one I've ever had, and there are'nt too many lauxaniids that have escaped me so it must be pretty rare. The draft JNCC Acalaptratae Review (Falk, Ismay & Chandler in prep) gives:
Mainly recorded from Scotland: Strathdon, Aberdeenshire (1974); Aviemore (1913) and Craigellachie NNR (1978), Elgin; Corrour, Easterness (1915); Kinloch, Rum (1960) and Loch Assynt, Sutherland (1911). Known in Wales from Fiddlers Elbow SSSI (1997), Monmouthshire; Kenfig NNR (1997), Glamorgan; Aberaeron (1996), Cors Blaencanog-fach (1996), Cardiganshire. Records for Windsor Forest, Berkshire (1967), Hayley Wood, Cambridgeshire (1981) and Coombes Valley, Staffordshire (1991), require checking and confirmation.

The old NCC card index used to pull some of this data together may provide further details, but I don't have it to hand, I think the master copy is with CEH (ex BRC).

Hope this helps, Falky

Tony Irwin · 2011-11-29 00:39:51

None in Norwich Museum that I can find.
I think the Norfolk/Suffolk record is from Lopham Fen (according to the ISR record on NBN gateway). It appears to predate the East Anglian Fen Invertebrate Survey.
Suffolk Biological Records Centre may have more information, they include it (as three records!) on their NBN dataset. And there ought to be a source record at JNCC upon which the ISR record is based.
Cheers
Tony

Last edited by Tony Irwin (2011-11-29 01:06:43)

gwilkinson · 2011-11-29 14:16:46

Many thanks for taking the time to reply with such useful and interesting information, very much appreciated. Those English records remain as elusive as ever!

Kind regards,

Geoff

The Society for the study of flies (Diptera)

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An Appeal for Meiosimyza laeta records

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Re: An Appeal for Meiosimyza laeta records

#4 2011-11-29 00:39:51

Re: An Appeal for Meiosimyza laeta records

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Re: An Appeal for Meiosimyza laeta records

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