Trichosia flavicoxa, TUOMIKOSKI, 1960

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 : 138

TRICHOSIA FLAVICOXA TUOMIKOSKI, 1960

New to British and Irish list.

Material examined: Burnham Beeches , Buckinghamshire, 3 males, 23.v.−7.vi.1995; 1 male, 27.x.− 7.xi.1995; 4 males, 28.v.−1.vii.1996; 2 males, 17.v.− 25.v.1999; 4 males, 1 female, 1.vi.−8.vi.1999, all Ismay leg. ( HRI, PPCM) . Frithsden Beeches , Hertfordshire, 1 male, 6.vi.1997, Chandler leg. ( PPCM) . Glasdrum, Argyll & Bute , 1 male, 12.vi.1976, Stubbs leg. ( PPCM) . Glen Coiltie , Highland Region, 1 male, 28.v.2002, Chandler leg. ( PPCM) . Loch Meiklie , Highland Region, 1 male, 13.vi.1984, Chandler leg. ( NMS) . Moccas Park , Herefordshire, 1 male, 11.vi.2002, Godfrey leg. ( PPCM) . River Flesk, Killarney , Kerry, 1 male, 8.vii.1989, Ashe leg. ( NMID) . Rotherfield Park , Hampshire, 1 male, 3.vii.2002, Chandler leg. ( PPCM) . Selborne Common , Hampshire, 1 male, 28.v.1988, Chandler leg. ( PPCM) . The Lythes, Selborne , Hampshire, 1 male, 28.v.1988, Chandler leg. ( PPCM) . Windsor Forest, Berkshire , 1 male, 15.v.1991, Chandler leg. ( PPCM) .

Ecological notes: found in alder and other broadleaved woodland; ancient oak and beech forest; parkland. v–vii, x–xi.