Scatopsciara (Xenopygina),

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 : 129

SCATOPSCIARA (XENOPYGINA) WEIPERTI MENZEL &

MOHRIG, 1991

Literature: Laurence (1994): 117; Menzel (1998): 22.

New to Irish list.

Material examined: Blaen y Wergloedd , Conwy, 2 males, 4.viii.1988, Holmes, Boyce & Reed leg. ( PPWM) . Brampton Wood , Cambridgeshire, 1 male, 13.v.1989, J.H. Cole leg. ( PJCB) . Brancaster , Norfolk, 9 males, 2.ix.−16.ix.1988; 5 males, 28.x.1988, all Foster & Procter leg. ( PBLN) . Catfield , Norfolk, 2 males, 27.ix.−18.x.1988, Foster & Procter leg. ( PBLN) . Cefn Grwhyd, Neath / Port Talbot , 1 male, 12.vii.1989, Holmes, Boyce & Reed leg. ( PPWM) . Colwyn Brook , Powys, 1 male, 20.vi.1989, Holmes, Boyce & Reed leg. ( PPWM) . Comin Esgair Maen , Ceredigion, 1 male, 23.vii.1987, Holmes, Boyce & Reed leg. ( PPWM) . Cors Caranod , Ceredigion, 1 male, 10.ix.1986, Holmes, Boyce & Reed leg. ( PPWM) . Cors Erddreiniog , Isle of Anglesey, 4 males, 27.vii.1987, Holmes, Boyce & Reed leg. ( PPWM) . Cors Farlais, Carmarthen , 1 male, 13.vii.1989, Holmes, Boyce & Reed leg. ( PPWM) . Cors Geirch , Gwynedd, 3 males, 28.vii.1988; 1 male, 21.x.1988, all Holmes, Boyce & Reed leg. ( PPWM) . Cors Graianog , Gwynedd, 1 male, 30.vi.1988; 1 male, 28.vii.1988, all Holmes, Boyce & Reed leg. ( PPWM) . Cors Gyfelog , Gwynedd, 1 male, 5.x.1988, Holmes, Boyce & Reed leg. ( PPWM) . Cors Llyn Farch a Llyn Fanod , Ceredigion, 1 male, 10.ix.1986, Holmes, Boyce & Reed leg. ( PPWM) . East Harling , Norfolk, 1 male, 14.vi.−28.vi.1988, Foster & Procter leg. ( PBLN) . Fairwood Common , Swansea / Abertawe, 1 male, 4.x.1989, Holmes, Boyce & Reed leg. ( PPWM) . Foulden , Norfolk, 1 male, 10.vi.−8.vii.1988, Foster & Procter leg. ( PBLN) . Hickling Stubb Mill , Norfolk, 1 male, v.1988; 1 male, vii.1988; 1 male, x.1988, all Laurence leg. ( PBLN) ; 1 male, 23.vii.−27.vii.1988; 1 male, 8.viii.− 22.viii.1988, all Foster & Procter leg. ( PBLN) . Illtyd Pools , Powys, 1 male, 19.vii.1989, Holmes, Boyce & Reed leg. ( PPWM) . Lakenheath , Suffolk, 1 male, 30.viii.−13.ix.1988, Foster & Procter leg. ( PBLN) . Langstone , Monmouthshire, 1 male, 12.viii.1988, Holmes, Boyce & Reed leg. ( PPWM) . Llanon , Swansea / Abertawe, 1 male, 29.vi.1989, Holmes, Boyce & Reed leg. ( PPWM) . Llyn Ystumllyn , Gwynedd, 2 males, 5.x.1988, Holmes, Boyce & Reed leg. ( PPWM) . Middle Harling , Norfolk, 1 male, 28.vi.−11.vii.1988, Foster & Procter leg. ( PBLN) . Newbridge Fen , Kildare, 1 male, 8.viii.−19.viii.1998, Withers leg. ( PPWM) . Pentwd Marshes , Ceredigion, 2 males, 29.vii.1987, Holmes, Boyce & Reed leg. ( PPWM) . Rhôs Llawr Cwrt , Ceredigion, 3 males, 15.vii.1987, Holmes, Boyce & Reed leg. ( PPWM) . Rhôs Pwllygawnen, Carmarthen , 2 males, 11.vii.1989, Holmes, Boyce & Reed leg. ( PPWM) . Rhôsgoch , Powys, 1 male, 10.x.1989, Holmes, Boyce & Reed leg. ( PPWM) . Rhôs-y-Gad , Isle of Anglesey, 1 male, 5.x.1988, Holmes, Boyce & Reed leg. ( PPWM) . Roydon Common , Norfolk, 3 males, 8.vi.−22.vi.1988, Foster & Procter leg. ( PBLN) . Strumpshaw , Norfolk, 1 male, 13.vi.−11.vii.1988, Foster & Procter leg. ( PBLN) . Walberswick , Suffolk, 2 males, 1.vi.−15.vi.1988, Foster & Procter leg. ( DEI) . Woodbastwick , Norfolk, 6 males, 6.vi.−20.vi.1988, Foster & Procter leg. ( PBLN) .

Ecological notes: found in broad-leaved and carr woodland; grazed wet heath; wetlands especially fens, also sedge beds, mires, bogs and wet meadows; grazed grassland; saltmarsh and reed beds; glacial pool. v–x.