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 : 141-142

TRICHOSIA (TRICHOSIA) SPLENDENS WINNERTZ, 1867

Synonyms: maxima Strobl, 1880 ; winnertzi Nowicki, 1868 .

Literature: Edwards (1925a): 533 [as Trichosia hirtipennis , misidentification]; Freeman (1983b): 20; Menzel & Mohrig (1997a): 11; Menzel (1998): 23; Withers (2002): 115.

Material examined: Alice Holt Forest , Hampshire, 1 male, 23.viii.1999, Chandler leg. ( PPCM) . Apes Down, Isle of Wight, 1 male, 31.vii.1980, Stubbs leg. ( PPCM) . Arniston , Midlothian, 1 male, 17.vii.1906, A.E.J. Carter leg. ( UMO) . Aviemore , Highland Region, 1 male, 9.vi.1913, Yerbury leg. ( BMNH) . Beaulieu River, New Forest , Hampshire, 1 male, 22.v.1936, Edwards leg. ( BMNH) . Bedford Purlieus , Cambridgeshire, 2 males, 23.vi.1985, J.H. Cole leg. ( PJCB) . Bettws , Conwy, 1 male, 16.vi.1887, Verrall leg. ( UMO) . Bix Bottom , Oxfordshire, 1 female, 6.vii.2002, Chandler leg. ( PPCM) . Black Wood, Rannoch, Perth & Kinross , 1 male, 11.viii.1988, Chandler leg. ( PPCM) . Blean Wood , Kent, 1 female, 31.v.1965, Parmenter leg. ( BMNH) . Bohuntine , Highland Region, 1 female, 20.vii.1997, Chandler leg. ( PPCM) . Bonhill , West Dunbartonshire, 1 male, 22.vi.1907 ; 1 male, 7.viii.1908 ; 1 male, 5.vi.1909, all Malloch leg. ( NMS) . Boundless Copse , Surrey, 1 male, 1 female, 26.vii.2002, Chandler leg. ( PPCM) . Brighstone Forest , Isle of Wight, 1 male, 1 female, 1.vii.1980, Chandler leg. ( PPCM) . Burnham Beeches , Buckinghamshire, 1 male, 1 female, 1.vii.− 8.vii.1996, Ismay leg. ( HRI) . Butley Thicks , Suffolk, 1 female, 1.vi.1952, d’Assis-Fonseca leg. ( NMS) . California Country Park, Berkshire , 1 male, 15.ix.1996, Chandler leg. ( PPCM) . Chippenham Fen , Cambridgeshire, 1 female, 4.viii.1940, Collin leg. ( UMO) . Cod Wood , Devon, 1 male, 24.v.1978, Chandler leg. ( PPCM) . Coed Caeddafydd , Gwynedd, 1 female, 8.vii.1987, Chandler leg. ( PPCM) . Comrie, Perth & Kinross , 1 female, 12.vii.1907, A.E.J. Carter leg. ( UMO) . Crowborough , East Sussex, 1 male, 30.vii.1912 ; 2 females, 8.ix.1919, all Jenkinson leg. ( BMNH) . Cwm Bychan , Gwynedd, 1 male, 12.vii.1976, Chandler leg. ( NMS) . Dalnaglar Castle, Perth & Kinross , 1 male, 7 females, 18.v.1998 (reared), Bland leg. ( NMS) . Derwentwater , Cumbria, 1 female, 14.vi.1977, Chandler leg. ( PPCM) . Dinton Pastures Country Park, Berkshire , 1 female, 12.vi.1994, Chandler leg. ( PPCM) . Dolgellau , Gwynedd, 1 female, 13.vi.1887, Verrall leg. ( UMO) . Epping Forest , Essex, 1 male, 18.viii.1998 ; 1 female, 26.v.1999, all Chandler leg. ( PPCM) ; 1 male, vi.1999; 3 males, 1 female, 5.vii.− 11.vii.1999, all Dagley leg. ( HRI) . Farley Downs , Hampshire, 2 males, 20.v.1936, Edwards leg. ( BMNH) . Felbrigg Great Wood , Norfolk, 1 female, 10.vii.1993, Chandler leg. ( PPCM) . Ffrith , Flintshire, 1 male, 7.vi.−9.vi.1919, Edwards leg. ( BMNH) . Fingle Bridge , Devon, 1 female, 8.vii.1992, Chandler leg. ( NMS) . Glasdrum, Argyll & Bute , 2 males, 7.vii.1974, Chandler leg. ( NMS) . Glen Doll , Angus, 2 females, 26.iv.1998 (reared), Bland leg. ( NMS) . Glen Lochay , Stirling, 1 male, 3.vi.−18.vi.1932, Edwards leg. ( BMNH) . Glencoe , Highland Region, 1 male, 13.vi.1976, Chandler leg. ( NMS) . Glendalough , Wicklow, 1 male, 8.vii.1969 ; 1 male, 1 female, 10.vii.1971, all Chandler leg. ( PPCM) . Grange , Cumbria, 1 male, 3.vii.−7.viii.1923, Edwards leg. ( BMNH) . Holker Moss , Cumbria, 1 male, 1 female, 11.vii.−13.vii.1923, Edwards leg. ( BMNH) . Holly Bank , Shropshire, 1 male, 17.vi.1992, Gibbs leg. ( PDGB) . Humphrey Head , Cumbria, 1 female, 1.vii.−8.vii.1923, Edwards leg. ( BMNH) . Inholm’s Copse , West Sussex, 1 male, 26.vii.1974, Chandler leg. ( PPCM) . Invermoriston , Highland Region, 1 female, 20.viii.1977, Dear leg. ( BMNH) . Knebworth , Hertfordshire, 1 male, 10.vi.1927, Edwards leg. ( BMNH) . Lisdoonvarna , Clare, 1 female, 8.vii.1981, J.P. O’Connor leg. ( NMID) . Loch Davan , Aberdeenshire, 1 female, 10.vii.1977, Chandler leg. ( NMS) . Loch na Ba Ruaidhe , Highland Region, 1 female, 13.vi.1984, Chandler leg. ( PPCM) . Loch Tummel , Perth & Kinross, 2 males, 20.vi.1937 ; 2 males, 30.vi.1937, all Collin leg. ( BMNH) . Logie , Moray, 1 male, viii.1923, Jenkinson leg. ( BMNH) . Lough Ballynafid , Westmeath, 1 male, 16.vi.1985, Chandler leg. ( PPWM) . Mark Ash Wood, New Forest , Hampshire, 1 female, viii.1936, Edwards leg. ( BMNH) ; 1 male, 4.vi.1939, Collin leg. ( UMO) ; 1 female, 7.vi.1989; 1 female, 17.vi.1990, all Chandler leg. ( NMS, PPCM) . Matley Bog, New Forest , Hampshire, 1 male, 19.viii.1952, d’Assis-Fonseca leg. ( NMS) . Maulden Wood, Bedfordshire , 1 male, 5.vi.1980, J.H. Cole leg. ( PJCB) . Miller’s Dale , Derbyshire, 1 female, 20.vi.1888, Verrall leg. ( UMO) . Monk’s Wood , Cambridgeshire, 1 male, 28.vi.1971, Service leg. ( PJCB) . Nesbitt Dene, Durham , 1 female, 5.vii.1995, Chandler leg. ( PPCM) . Nethy Bridge , Highland Region, 1 female, 17.vii.1913, King leg. ( BMNH) . New Forest , Hampshire, 1 male, vii.1905, Sharp leg. ( BMNH) ; 1 male, 10.vii.1907, King leg. ( BMNH) ; 1 male, 28.v.1948, Colyer leg. ( BMNH) ; 1 male, 23.vi.1965; 1 male, 10.vi.1968, all Parmenter leg. ( BMNH) . Nichol’s Moss , Cumbria, 1 female, 19.vi.1999, Perry leg. ( PPCM) . Peppercombe , Devon, 1 male, 14.vi.1989, J.H. Cole leg. ( PJCB) . Pitmaduthy Moss , Highland Region, 1 male, 16.vi.1976, Chandler leg. ( NMS) . Pond Wood, Chislehurst, Greater London , 1 female, 24.vi.1964, Chandler leg. ( PPCM) . Ringstead , Dorset, 1 male, viii.1939, Edwards leg. ( BMNH) . River East Lyn, Rockford , Devon, 1 male, 16.vi.1989, J.H. Cole leg. ( PJCB) . Slapston Holm Wood , North Yorkshire, 1 male, 27.vi.1981, Chandler leg. ( PPCM) . Stoke Wood , Herefordshire, 1 male, 1 female, 11.vii.1909, Verrall or Collin leg. ( UMO) . Stokenchurch , Oxfordshire, 1 female, 13.vii.1907, Verrall leg. ( UMO) . Stronord, Dumfries & Galloway , 1 male, 18.vii.1979, J.H. Cole leg. ( PJCB) . The Spittles , Dorset, 1 male, 2.vii.1998, Chandler leg. ( NMS) . Thompson Common , Norfolk, 1 male, 17.vi.1991, Withers leg. ( PPWM) . Vicars Bridge, Perth & Kinross , 1 male, 14.vi.1992, J.H. Cole leg. ( PJCB) . Walter’s Copse , Isle of Wight, 1 female, 2.vii.1980, Chandler leg. ( NMS) . Welwyn , Hertfordshire, 1 female, viii.1927, Edwards leg. ( BMNH) . Witherslack , Cumbria, 2 females, 12.vii.1923, Edwards leg. ( BMNH) . Woodwalton Fen , Cambridgeshire, 2 males, 24.v.1940, Edwards leg. ( BMNH) . Wormsley , Oxfordshire, 1 male, 7.vii.1909, Verrall or Collin leg. ( UMO) .

Ecological notes: common in all types of woodland especially where there is plenty of dead wood; old hedges; grassland with pingo pools; calcareous grassland; marginal vegetation by upland lake; fen; bog; water meadows and gravel pits. Reared from pupae in moss, from yellow larvae in rotten alder wood. v–ix.