A selection of notable records reported to Tanyptera. Includes older, but newly recognized regional vice county records (dates blue). ‘The region’ = VC58, 59, 60 + Cheshire, Lancashire, Merseyside, Greater Manchester.

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Coleoptera (Beetles)

Bromius obscurus (Chrysomelidae), Teggs Nose, VC58, 31/07/2024, J. Flanagan & R. Atherton

• Restricted distribution in the UK but more recently found in more sites in Cheshire, North Lincolnshire and Staffordshire
• New Cheshire site 

Diptera (Flies)

Hoplolabis vicina (Limoniidae), Rivacre Valley Country Park, VC58, 03/07/2024, P. Brighton

• A small yellowish cranefly
• Most of the Cheshire records come from the 2007 Buglife Survey of the rivers Bollin and Dane, this is a new location for the species

Tricogena rubricosa (Rhinophoridae), Rivacre Valley Country Park, VC58, 03/07/2024, P. Brighton

• The only other Cheshire records are from Crown Quarry

• Nationally Scarce hoverfly with records spread thinly across the country
• There are just a few records elsewhere in the region
• The larvae live in deep, water-filled rot holes in over-mature trees, such as Beech and Sycamore

Chrysotoxum verralli (Syrphidae), Ravenmeols Sefton Coast, VC59, 06/07/2024, P. Smith

• Most records are from South-East England, often regarded as scarce except in a few parts of its range.
• Sefton Coast is its northern limit, where there are only 3 other records

Hemiptera (Bugs)

Charagochilus gyllenhalii (Miridae), Moore Nature Reserve, VC59, 25/07/24, C. Washington, 

• Widely distributed in Britain but only one other record for VC59 (Alderley Edge in 2015)

Pinalitus rubricatus (Miridae), Docker Moor, VC60, 12/07/2024, K. Fowler

• New to Lancashire

Phoenicocoris obscurellus (Miridae), Docker Moor, VC60, 12/07/2024, K. Fowler

• Beaten from Scot’s Pine
• New to VC60

Jassargus pseudocellaris (Cicadellidae), Docker Moor, VC60, 12/07/2024, K. Fowler

• First records in VC60
• May be under recorded due to being difficult to identify

Hymenoptera (Bees, Wasps, Ants & Sawflies)

Coelioxys conoidea (Megachilidae), Crosby Coastal Park & Hightown Dunes Sefton Coast, VC59, 18/07/2024, P. Smith

• Primarily associated with sandy habitats
• Recent arrival in the North West (2019)
• Scattered records in England and Wales, extending north to Yorkshire
• The host is Megachile maritima

Nysson trimaculatus (Crabonidae), Birkdale Green Beach, Sefton Coast, VC59, 24/07/2024, P. Smith

• Recorded widely in the southern England, from Cornwall to Kent and north to Warwickshire and Yorkshire
• Sefton Coast is its northern limit in the West
• Listed as Nationally Scarce
• Scarcer than its hosts 

Phylloecus linearis (Cephidae), Ravenmeols, Sefton Coast, VC59,17/07/2024, P. Smith

• Distributed north to Yorkshire although scarce in the North-West 

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