Trichosia, WINNERTZ, 1867

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 : 136

TRICHOSIA ( MOUFFETINA ) PULCHRICORNIS

(EDWARDS, 1925)

Literature: Edwards (1925b): 224 [as Plastosciara ]; Freeman (1983a): 169; Freeman (1983b): 22 [all as Mouffetina ]; Menzel (1998): 23; Menzel & Mohrig (1997a): 30; Menzel & Mohrig (2000): 562.

Material examined: Ashley Hill, Berkshire , 4 males, iv.1999 (reared), Sims leg. ( NMS, PPCM) . Burnham Beeches , Buckinghamshire, 1 male, 7.vi.−21.vi.1995; 1 male, 1 female, 28.v.−14.vi.1996, all Ismay leg. ( HRI, PPCM) . Dupplin Loch, Perth & Kinross , 1 male, 15.vi.1992, Chandler leg. ( PPCM) . Epping Forest , Essex, 1 female, 24.v.1999, Chandler leg. ( PPCM) . Greywell Fen , Hampshire, 1 female, 20.vi.2002, Chandler leg. ( PPCM) . Letchworth , Hertfordshire, 5 females, 12.vi.1925, Edwards leg. [lectotype and paralectotypes of Plastosciara pulchricornis ] ( BMNH, ZFMK) . Mark Ash Wood, New Forest , Hampshire, 1 female, 17.vi.1990, Chandler leg. ( PPCM) . Newburn , Northumberland, 12 males, 3 females, 25.vi.1937; 2 males, 5 females, 8.vii.−10.vii.1937 (reared), all Topham leg. ( BMNH) .

Ecological notes: found in ancient broad-leaved, mixed and carr woodland; in house. Reared from rotten wood. iv–vii.