Trichosia (Trichosia), (TRICHOSIA)

Menzel, Frank, Smith, Jane E. & Chandler, Peter J., 2006, The sciarid fauna of the British Isles (Diptera: Sciaridae), including descriptions of six new species, Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 146 (1), pp. 1-147 : 137-138

TRICHOSIA (TRICHOSIA) CONFUSA MENZEL &

MOHRIG, 1997

Literature: Edwards (1925a): 536 [as Sciara trochanterata , misidentification]; Freeman (1983b): 20; O’Connor & Ashe (1991): 30; Laurence (1994): 118 [all as Trichosia trochanterata , misidentification]; Menzel (1998): 23; Chandler (2001): 201; Withers (2002): 115.

Material examined: Badger Wood , Cambridgeshire, 1 male, vi.1998, C.W. Plant leg. ( NMS) . Balmoral Forest , Aberdeenshire, 1 male, 19.viii.−30.viii.1938, Coe leg. ( BMNH) . Benacre Broad , Suffolk, 1 male, 28.v.1973, Hutson leg. ( NMS) . Binfield, Berkshire , 1 male, 6.v.1923, Dudgeon leg. ( BMNH) . Black Wood, Rannoch, Perth & Kinross , 1 male, 11.vii.1988, Chandler leg. ( NMS) . Bolderwood , Hampshire, 1 male, 29.vii.1953, Colyer leg. ( BMNH) . Boundless Copse , Surrey, 1 male, 26.vii.2002, Chandler leg. ( PPCM) . Brampton Wood , Cambridgeshire, 1 male, 9.v.1987, J.H. Cole leg. ( PJCB) . Brodick, Arran , North Ayrshire, 1 male, 22.v.−25.v.1919, Edwards leg. ( BMNH) . Bromley, Greater London , 1 male, 24.vi.1964, Chandler leg. ( PPCM) . Buckingham Palace Garden, Greater London , 1 male, 15.viii.−5.ix.1995, Chandler leg. ( PPCM) . Burnham Beeches , Buckinghamshire, 1 male, 8.vii.−22.vii.1996, Ismay leg. ( PPCM) ; 1 male, 20.iv.1998, Chandler leg. ( PPCM) . California Country Park, Berkshire , 2 males, 15.vi.1996; 1 male, 22.v.1999, all Chandler leg. ( PPCM) . Chippenham Fen , Cambridgeshire, 1 male, 6.v.1934, J.H. Cole leg. ( PJCB) . Chobham Common , Surrey, 1 male, 5.vii.1984, Chandler leg. ( PPCM) . Coldborough Park , Herefordshire, 1 male, 31.v.1972, Chandler leg. ( PPCM) . Cothill , Oxfordshire, 1 male, 8.vi.1975, Chandler leg. ( PPCM) . Craigmore Wood, Aberfoyle , Stirling, 1 male, 21.vi.1999, Chandler leg. ( NMS) . Culbin Forest , Highland Region, 1 male, 27.v.2002, Chandler leg. ( PPCM) . Dinton Pastures Country Park, Berkshire , 1 male, 17.vi.1995, Chandler leg. ( PPCM) . Drumguish , Highland Region, 1 male, 17.viii.1986, Chandler leg. ( NMS) . Easter Fearn , Highland Region, 3 males, 11.vi.1984, Chandler leg. ( PPWM) . Epping Thicks, Epping Forest , Essex, 1 male, 12.vii.− 18.vii.1999, Dagley leg. ( HRI) ; 1 male, 26.vi.2000, J.H. Cole leg. ( PJCB) . Fish House Moss , Cumbria, 1 male, 16.vi.1999, Chandler leg. ( NMS) . Folly Farm, Avon , 3 males, 25.vii.2001, Gibbs leg. ( PDGB) . Glendalough , Wicklow, 1 male, 10.vi.1985, Chandler leg. ( PPCM) . Glentanar , Aberdeenshire, 2 males, 13.vii.1977, Chandler leg. ( NMS) . Grantown-on-Spey , Highland Region, 1 male, 15.vi.1984, Chandler leg. ( PPWM) . Grondra Great Wood , Monmouthshire, 1 male, 9.vii.1986, Chandler leg. ( PPCM) . Hartslock , Oxfordshire, 1 male, 10.v.−19.v.2000; 1 male, 14.v.2000, all Raper leg. ( HRI, PDGB) . High Dam , Cumbria, 1 male, 15.vi.1999, Chandler leg. ( NMS) . Kinrive Wood , Highland Region, 1 male, 15.vi.1976, Chandler leg. ( NMS) . Knebworth , Hertfordshire, 1 male, vi.1922, Edwards leg. ( BMNH) . Knocksink Wood , Wicklow, 1 male, 17.vi.1985, Chandler leg. ( PPWM) . Knole Park , Kent, 1 male, 16.v.1971; 1 male, 23.vi.1979, all Chandler leg. ( NMS) . Leckford Estate , Hampshire, 1 male, 8.v.1976, Chandler leg. ( PPCM) . Letchworth , Hertfordshire, 1 male, vii.1917; 2 males, iv.1918; 2 males, v.1924; 1 male, v.1925, all Edwards leg. ( BMNH) . Loch Garten , Highland Region, 1 male, 15.vi.1984, Chandler leg. ( NMS) . Loch Katrine Dam , Stirling, 1 male, 21.vi.1999, Chandler leg. ( PPCM) . Loch Tummel, Perth & Kinross , 1 male, 30.vi.1937, Collin leg. ( BMNH) . Lough Ballynafid , Westmeath, 1 male, 16.vi.1985, Chandler leg. ( PPWM) . Monk’s Wood , Cambridgeshire, 1 male, 29.v.1972; 1 male, 12.vi.1972; 1 male, 18.vi.1978, all J.H. Cole leg. ( PJCB) . New Forest , Hampshire, 1 male, 28.v.1948, Colyer leg. ( UMO) . Oxford , Oxfordshire, 1 male, 13.v.1925; 1 male, 30.v.1925, all Hamm leg. ( UMO) . Oversley Wood , Warwickshire, 1 male, x.1969 (reared), Evans leg. ( BMNH) . Pett’s Wood, Greater London , 1 male, 25.v.1983, Freeman leg. ( BMNH) . Pingle Cutting, Warboys , Cambridgeshire, 1 male, 26.v.1985, J.H. Cole leg. ( PJCB) . Pitmaduthy , Highland Region, 1 male, 19.vii.1991, Stubbs leg. ( PPCM) . Purn Hill, Avon , 1 male, 24.v.2001, Gibbs leg. ( PDGB) . Redfield, Bristol, Avon , 1 male, 2.v.2001, Gibbs leg. ( PDGB) . Ridley Wood , Hampshire, 1 male, 4.v.1964, Colyer leg. ( BMNH) . Rothiemurchus , Highland Region, 1 male, 18.viii.1986, Chandler leg. ( NMS) . Savernake Forest , Wiltshire, 1 male, 3.v.1993, Chandler leg. ( PPCM) . Scadbury Park, Greater London , 2 males, 18.vi.1983, Chandler leg. ( NMS, PPCM) . Skinner’s Pastures , Cumbria, 1 male, 17.vi.1999, Chandler leg. ( NMS) . Teesdale, Durham , 1 male, 22.vi.1924, Edwards leg. ( BMNH) . Terenure, Dublin City , Dublin, 1 male, 23.v.1990, Ashe leg. ( NMID) . The Loke, Norwich , Norfolk, 1 male, 5.vi.−13.vi.1989; 1 male, 28.v.1992, all Laurence leg. ( PBLN) . The Spittles , Dorset, 1 male, 2.vii.1998, Chandler leg. ( NMS) . West Walk , Hampshire, 1 male, 6.vi.1998, Chandler leg. ( NMS) . Whitbarrow Scar , Cumbria, 1 male, 13.vi.1999, J.H. Cole leg. ( PJCB) . Windsor Forest, Berkshire , 1 male, 7.vi.1977, Chandler leg. ( NMS) .

Ecological notes: very common in all types of woodland; fen; water meadows by river; gravel pits; old hedges; calcareous grassland and scrub; dunes; gardens; in house. Reared from rotten wood. iv–x.