Lycoriella, FREY, 1942

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 : 111-113

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https://doi.org/ 10.1111/j.1096-3642.2006.00190.x

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scientific name

Lycoriella
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LYCORIELLA View in CoL View at ENA ( LYCORIELLA ) INGENUA (DUFOUR, 1839)

Synonyms:? agraria (Felt, 1897) ; bigoti (Laboulbène, 1863) ; brevipila Tuomikoski, 1960 ; celer ( Winnertz, 1867) ; debilis ( Winnertz, 1867) ; decliva ( Winnertz, 1867) ; flammulinae (Sasakawa, 1983) ; flaviventris ( Winnertz, 1867) ; humilis ( Winnertz, 1867) ; mali (Fitch, 1856) ; mycorum (Frey, 1948) ; pauciseta (Felt, 1897) ; ramicola (Kieffer, 1919) ; segnis (Winnertz, 1871) ; solani (Winnertz, 1871) ; velox ( Winnertz, 1867) ; venusta ( Winnertz, 1867) .

Literature: Edwards (1925a): 540 [as Sciara agraria and Sciara ? nitidicollis , misidentification]; Edwards (1934b): 34 [as Sciara (?) fenestralis , misidentification]; Madwar (1937): 49 [as Sciara fenestralis , misidentification]; Chandler (1978): 209 [as Lycoriella agraria and Lycoriella solani ]; Binns (1981): 417 [as Lycoriella solani and Lycoriella mali ]; Freeman (1983b): 31 [as Lycoriella agraria and Lycoriella solani ]; Freeman (1987): 201 [as Lycoriella mali ]; Laurence (1994): 118 [in part as Lycoriella mali ]; Menzel (1998): 22; White et al. (2000): 208; Leigh & Ware (2003): 124.

Material examined: Addington, Greater London , 1 male, 3 females, v.-vi.1943 (reared), Coe leg. ( BMNH) . Afon Bran , Powys, 1 male, 1 female, 11.vi.1979 (reared), Chandler leg. ( PPCM) . Ashford , Kent, 15 males, 25.v.1995, White leg. ( DEI) . Badger Wood , Cambridgeshire, 1 male, x.1998, C.W. Plant leg. ( PPCM) . Baldock , Hertfordshire, 1 male, ix.-x.1917, Edwards leg. ( BMNH) . Beaconsfield , Buckinghamshire, 1 male, 19.iii.1933 (reared), Basden leg. ( BMNH) . Belstead House , Suffolk, 1 male, 1984 (reared), Evans leg. ( PPWM) . Berwick-upon-Tweed , Northumberland, 1 male, ix.1999, Laurence leg. ( PBLN) . Boston Common , Norfolk, 1 male, 5.vii.1982, Evans leg. ( PPWM) . Brampton , Cambridgeshire, 4 males, 6 females, 3.v.−4.v.1997 (reared), J.H. Cole leg. ( PJCB) . Bristol, Avon , 3 males, 1998, J.E. Smith leg. ( HRI) . Bromham, Bedfordshire , 1 male, vi.1983 (reared), Rands leg. ( BMNH) . Bromley, Greater London , 5 males, 2 females, i.1966; 1 male, 1 female, 2.ix.1966; 6 males, 4 females, xii.1971 (reared), all Chandler leg. ( NMS, PPCM) . Brown’s Folly, Avon , 1 male, 24.viii.2000, Gibbs leg. ( PDGB) . Burnham Beeches , Buckinghamshire, 1 male, 28.v.−14.vi.1996; 1 male, 9.x.−26.xi.1996, all Ismay leg. ( PPCM) . Burton , Staffordshire, 9 males, 3 females, 15.viii.1995, White leg. ( DEI) . Castletown , Highland Region, 1 male, 3.viii.1972, Chandler leg. ( PPCM) . Chattenden Wood , Kent, 1 male, 4 females, 26.xi.1966 (reared), Chandler leg. ( PPCM) . Chigwell Row Wood, Chigwell Row , Essex, 2 males, 23.v.−27.v.2002; 1 female, 11.vi.2002; 3 females, 23.ix.2002; 1 female, 16.x.2002, all Ismay & Schulten leg. ( DEI, UMO) . Costessey , Norfolk, 1 male, 31.vi.1984 (reared), Evans leg. ( PPWM) . Cothill , Oxfordshire, 1 male, 14.x.1999, Chandler leg. ( NMS) . Crofton Heath, Greater London , 1 male, 1 female, 16.x.1966, Chandler leg. ( NMS) . Cuckoo Wood, Downe, Greater London , 5 males, 5 females, 31.i.1967 (reared), Chandler leg. ( PPCM) . Cupar , Fife, 12 males, 27.vii.1995, White leg. ( DEI) . Ditchley , Oxfordshire, 1 male, v.1937, Edwards leg. ( BMNH) . Epping Forest , Essex, 3 males, 2 females, 18.ix.−20.ix.1998 (reared), Chandler leg. ( NMS, PPCM) ; 1 male, 1.iii.1999, Dagley leg. ( PPCM) . Evesham , Worcestershire, 8 males, 6 females, 8.viii.1995, White leg. ( DEI) ; 2 males, 1996, J.E. Smith leg. ( HRI) . Fairfield Experimental Horticulture Station, Kirkham , Lancashire, 1 male, 1 female, no date, Hussey leg. ( HRI) . Farnborough Park , Warwickshire, 1 male, 10.x.2001, Chandler leg. ( HRI) . Farnham Common , Buckinghamshire, 3 males, 28.v.− 31.v.1934 (reared), Basden leg. ( NMS) . Felthorpe Wood , Norfolk, 1 male, 1.xi.1983; 1 male, 1984; 1 male, 15.v.1987 (all reared), all Evans leg. ( PPWM) . Foxley Wood , Norfolk, 1 male, ii.1972 (reared), Evans leg. ( PPWM) . Gerrard’s Cross , Buckinghamshire, 3 males, xi.1951 (reared), Buxton leg. ( BMNH) . Milton of Campsie, Glasgow, City of Glasgow, 6 males, 26.vii.1995, White leg. ( DEI) . Glasshouse Crops Research Station, Littlehampton , West Sussex, 2 males, 17.ix.1956; 1 male, 24.ix.1956; 2 males, 3.x.1956; 2 males, 23.x.1956; 1 male, 12.xi.1956; 1 male, 30.vii.1957; 25 males, 13.viii.1957; 5 males, 15.x.1958; 2 males, no date, all Hussey leg. ( HRI) ; 2 males, 6.i.1964; 1 male, 1 female, 8.i.1964; 1 female, 10.i.1964; 2 males, 26.iv.1965; 3 males, 4.v.1965; 1 female, 28.v.1965; 1 male, 1 female, 3.vii.1965; 2 males, 1 female, 9.vii.1965; 1 male, 2.iii.1966, all Gurney leg. ( HRI) ; 1 male, 24.ix.1975; 5 males, 2 females, 1975; 3 males, 1 female, 1977, all Binns leg. ( HRI) . Great Missenden , Buckinghamshire, 11 males, 24.v.1995, White leg. ( DEI) . Greenlands , Buckinghamshire, 18 males, 4.ix.−25.xi.1933; 2 males, 28.x.1933; 1 male, 10.xi.1933 (all reared), all Basden leg. ( BMNH, NMS) . Hartslock , Oxfordshire, 1 male, 6.v.2000, Raper leg. ( PDGB) . Hickling Broad , Norfolk, 1 male, 16.iv.1989 (reared), Evans leg. ( PPWM) . Holt Country Park , Norfolk, 1 male, 18.vi.1988 (reared), Evans leg. ( PPWM) . Honingham Fen , Norfolk, 1 male, 9.vii.1978 (reared), Evans leg. ( PPWM) . Hosey Common, Westerham , Kent, 1 male, viii.1967; 4 males, 3 females, xii.1968 (all reared), all Chandler leg. ( PPCM) . Iver Heath , Buckinghamshire, 2 males, 1 female, 13.xi.1914 (reared), Edwards leg. ( BMNH) . Kendal , Cumbria, 19 males, 1 female, 27.vii.1995, White leg. ( DEI) . Kilgetty , Pembrokeshire, 18 males, 8.vi.1995, White leg. ( DEI) . Lackham Park , Wiltshire, 1 male, 24.v.2002, Chandler leg. ( PPCM) . Langton Hall , North Yorkshire, 1 male, 28.vii.1985, Withers leg. ( PPWM) . Leckford Estate , Hampshire, 2 males, 1 female, 15.iv.− 21.iv.1972 (reared); 1 male, 16.iii.1974, all Chandler leg. ( PPCM) . Letchworth , Hertfordshire, 1 male, ix.1917, Edwards leg. ( BMNH) . London, Greater London , 1 male, no date, Wycherley leg. ( PBLN) . Lopham Fen , Norfolk, 1 male, vii.1978 (reared), Evans leg. ( PPWM) . Manchester, Greater Manchester, 6 males, 10.xi.1931 (reared), Britten leg. ( BMNH) . Maynooth, Kildare , 2 males, 2 females, 1988, Al-Amidi leg. ( BMNH) . Milham Ford School, Oxford , Oxfordshire, 7 males, 3 females, v.2001, Webb leg. ( HRI) . Narford Hall , Norfolk, 1 male, 2 females, x.1984 (reared), Evans leg. ( PPCM) . Natural History Museum, South Kensington, Greater London , 1 male, 17.xi.1891 (reared), Austen leg. ( BMNH) ; 3 males, xi.1933 (reared), Edwards leg. ( BMNH) ; 7 males, 1 female, xi.1938 (reared), Edelsten leg. ( BMNH) . New Forest , Hampshire, 3 males, 17.x.1937, Edwards leg. ( BMNH) . North Berwick , East Lothian, 10 males, 27.vii.1995, White leg. ( DEI) . Norwich , Norfolk, 1 male, 25.ix.1980; 2 males, 5.iv.1988 (all reared), all Evans leg. ( PPWM) ; 17 males, 3 females, 15.vi.1995, White leg. ( DEI) . Old Warden, Bedfordshire , 2 males, viii.1922 (reared), Edwards leg. ( BMNH) . Oxford , Oxfordshire, 1 male, 1 female, 21.ii.1923 (reared), Hamm leg. ( BMNH) . Oxford University Museum, Oxford , Oxfordshire, 1 male, 3.xii.1930, Hamm leg. ( UMO) . Parham , West Sussex, 2 males, no date, Hussey leg. ( HRI) . Pett’s Wood, Greater London , 1 male, 21.xi.−22.xi.1974 (reared), Chandler leg. ( PPCM) ; 1 male, 22.i.1982, Freeman leg. ( BMNH) . Port Appin, Argyll & Bute , 1 male, iii.1951 (reared), Pelham-Clinton leg. ( NMS) . Preston , Lancashire, 20 males, 2 females, 8.vi.1995, White leg. ( DEI) . Quidenham , Norfolk, 1 male, 31.vii.1987 (reared), Evans leg. ( PPWM) . Ripley , Surrey, 1 male, 3 females, 1922 (reared), Fox- Wilson leg. ( BMNH) . Rothamsted, Harpenden , Hertfordshire, 4 males, i.1933 (reared), M.A. Watson leg. ( BMNH) ; 4 males, 25.iii.1950; 14 males, 27.iii.− 28.iii.1950; 2 males, 29.iii.1950; 25 males, 14.iv.− 22.iv.1950; 24 males, 1950; 4 males, no date, all Laurence leg. ( PBLN) . Savernake Forest , Wiltshire, 4 males, 1 female, x.1971; 1 male, x.1972 (all reared), all Chandler leg. ( NMS, PPCM) . Selby , North Yorkshire, 6 males, 2 females, 8.vi.1995, White leg. ( DEI) . Selsdon, Greater London , 2 males, iv.1936; 1 male, 1.v.1936 (all reared), all Coe leg. ( BMNH) . Send , Surrey, 2 males, 2 females, no date, Harris leg. ( BMNH) . Sevenoaks , Kent, 2 males, i.1933 (reared), Clout leg. ( BMNH) . Slough, Berkshire , 1 male, 17.x.1942, Richards leg. ( BMNH) . Snape Maltings , Suffolk, 1 male, 11.vi.1988 (reared), Evans leg. ( PPWM) . St. David’s Airfield , Pembrokeshire, 1 male, 29.ix.1987, Holmes, Boyce & Reed leg. ( PPWM) . Taplow , Buckinghamshire, 2 males, xi.1913 (reared), no collector detail ( BMNH) . The Loke, Norwich , Norfolk, 2 males, 5.vii.1987; 1 male, 15.ix.1987; 1 male, 5.v.1988; 1 male, 19.vii.1988; 2 males, 15.viii.−16.viii.1988; 1 male, 18.ix.− 20.ix.1988; 1 male, 5.vi.−13.vi.1989; 3 males, 29.ix.− 3.x.1992, all Laurence leg. ( PBLN) . Thursby , Cumbria, 13 males, 1 female, 25.vii.1995, White leg. ( DEI) . Thompson Common , Norfolk, 1 male, 1 female, xi.1983 (reared), Evans leg. ( PPCM) . Torc Falls, Killarney, Kerry , 1 male, 11.vii.1990, Withers leg. ( PPWM) . Wakefield, West Yorkshire, 13 males, 8.vi.1995, White leg. ( DEI) . Warboys Wood , Cambridgeshire, 1 male, 20.vi.1913 (reared), Fryer leg. ( BMNH) . Warren Wood , Norfolk, 1 male, 1980 (reared), Evans leg. ( PPWM) . Wellesbourne , Warwickshire, 3 males, xi.1997; 27 males, 12 females, 15.i.1998; 9 males, 21.i.1998; 3 males, 1 female, 6.i.1999; 3 males, 1 female, 20.i.1999; 3 males, 11.viii.1999; 1 male, 17.ii.−24.ii.2000; 1 male, 5.vii.−17.viii.2000; 1 female, 17.viii.−31.viii.2000, all J.E. Smith leg. ( DEI, HRI) . Weston-on-the-Green, Oxfordshire, 1 male, 9.iii.1923 (reared), Hamm leg. ( BMNH) . Weybourne Dunes , Norfolk, 1 male, 13.vi.1988 (reared), Evans leg. ( PPWM) . White Downs , Surrey, 3 males, 1 female, xii.1968 (reared), Chandler leg. ( PPCM) . Windsor Forest, Berkshire , 3 males, 4.viii.−5.viii.1999 (reared), Chandler leg. ( NMS, PPCM) . Windsor Great Park, Berkshire , 1 male, 31.viii.1980, Chandler leg. ( PPCM) . Withington, Greater Manchester, 1 male, 19.x.1920 (reared), J.H. Watson leg. ( BMNH) . Yetminster , Dorset, 40 males, 31 females, 5.xi.1996, White leg. ( DEI) . No locality details, England, 1 female, no date, Speyer leg. ( HRI) ; 1 male, no date, Hussey leg. ( HRI) .

Ecological notes: very common in broad-leaved and carr woodland; also found in mixed woodland; parkland with ancient oaks; ancient woodland with oak, hazel and bramble; wooded lake margin; wet and dry heathland; wetlands including fen, sedge bed and water meadows; grassland with pingo pools; grounds of horticultural research station; school grounds with old poplars; gardens; in houses; pest on mushroom farms, in rubbish. Reared from the fungi Agaricus campestris , Agrocybe praecox , Amanita rubescens , Bjerkandera adusta , Calocybe gambosa , Collybia dryophila , Grifola gigantea , decayed Ganoderma applanatum , decayed Polyporus on pine trunk, Hebeloma species , Hirneola auricula-judae , Hypoxylon rubiginosum , Inonotus cuticularis , I. hispidus , I. nodulosus , I. radiatus , Kuehneromyces mutabilis , Lactarius species , Lepiota cristata , Peziza vesiculosa , Pleurotus cornucopiae , old P. ostreatus , Polyporus squamosus and other Polyporus species , Russula atropurpurea , R. pectinata , R. vesca , Trametes versicolor , rotten onions, oak root gall; nests of rabbit, grey squirrel and brown rat; potatoes badly attacked by scab; propolis and wax in beehive; slug Testacella ; flower heads of hoary ragwort; dead poplar bark; decaying bulbs; rotten oak stump; narcissus bulbs; rhubarb roots; rotten potatoes. i–xi.

DEI

Senckenberg Deutsches Entomologisches Institut

NMS

National Museum of Scotland - Natural Sciences

UMO

University of Maine

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Diptera

Family

Sciaridae

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