Leptosciarella, 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 : 105-106

LEPTOSCIARELLA ( LEPTOSCIARELLA ) VIATICA

( WINNERTZ, 1867)

Synonym: proxima ( Winnertz, 1867) . Literature: Freeman (1983b): 20; O’Connor & Ashe (1991): 29 [all as Trichosia (Leptosciarella) ]; Mohrig & Menzel (1997): 75; Menzel (1998): 22.

Material examined: Aversley Wood , Cambridgeshire, 2 males, 2.iv.1988, J.H. Cole leg. ( PJCB) . Blean Wood , Kent, 1 male, 9.iv.1965, Parmenter leg. ( BMNH) . Bramfield , Hertfordshire, 1 male, 18.iv.1964, Colyer leg. ( BMNH) . Brampton Wood , Cambridgeshire, 1 male, 6.iii.1966, J.H. Cole leg. ( PJCB) . Brasenose , Oxfordshire, 1 male, 2 females, 17.iii.1925 (reared), Richards leg. ( BMNH) . Burnham Beeches , Buckinghamshire, 1 male, 15.iv.1915, Edwards leg. ( BMNH) ; 1 male, 20.iv.1998, Chandler leg. ( PPCM) . Caerlaverock, Dumfries & Galloway , 1 male, 16.vii.1980, Duncan leg. ( NMS) . Cefn-y-Bedd , Flintshire, 1 male, 15.iii.1953, Colyer leg. ( BMNH) . Chigwell Row Wood, Chigwell Row , Essex, 1 male, 18.vi.2002, Ismay & Schulten leg. ( DEI) . Crowborough , East Sussex, 2 males, 2 females, 8.iv.−16.iv.1904; 1 male, 31.iii.−14.iv.1906; 1 male, 12.iv.−27.iv.1916, all Jenkinson leg. ( BMNH) . Dickleburgh , Norfolk, 1 male, 19.iii.−14.iv.1989, Withers leg. ( PPWM) . Dinton Pastures Country Park, Berkshire , 1 male, 27.iii.1994, Chandler leg. ( PPCM) . Dunstall Wood, Shoreham , Kent, 1 male, 18.ix.1964, Chandler leg. ( PPCM) . Epping Forest , Essex, 6 males, 4 females, 1.iii.−29.iii.1999; 2 males, 1 female, iii.2000, all Dagley leg. ( NMS, PPCM) . Eynsford , Kent, 1 male, 7.iv.1964, Chandler leg. ( PPCM) . Falls of Tarnash , Moray, 1 male, 9.vii.1936, Coe leg. ( BMNH) . Felden , Hertfordshire, 1 male, 21.iii.1897; 1 female, 25.iii.1897, all A. Piffard leg. ( BMNH) . Godmanchester , Cambridgeshire, 1 male, 16.iii.1999, J.H. Cole leg. ( PJCB) . Grwyne Fechan , Powys, 1 male, 18.iv.1927, Richards leg. ( BMNH) . Hartslock Wood , Oxfordshire, 2 males, 15.iv.1963, J.H. Cole leg. ( PJCB) . Hickling Broad , Norfolk, 1 male, 16.iv.1989, Withers leg. ( PPWM) . Ivinghoe , Buckinghamshire, 2 males, 7.iv.1938, Edwards leg. ( BMNH) . Killoughrim , Wexford, 1 male, 4.iv.1988, J.P. O’Connor leg. ( NMID) . Lopham Fen , Norfolk, 1 male, 22.xi.1990, Withers leg. ( PPWM) . New Forest , Hampshire, 1 female, 31.iv.1897; 1 male, 20.iv.1909; 1 male, 22.iv.1909, all Adams leg. ( BMNH) ; 6 males, 1 female, 27.iii.1948, Colyer leg. ( BMNH) . Offley Holes , Hertfordshire, 1 female, iv.1936, Edwards leg. ( BMNH) . Oxford , Oxfordshire, 1 male, 24.iii.1953, Grensted leg. ( UMO) . Rhinefields Inclosure, New Forest , Hampshire, 1 male, 20.iv.1973, Cranston leg. ( BMNH) . Savernake Forest , Wiltshire, 1 male, 3.v.1993, Chandler leg. ( PPCM) . Sidmouth , Devon, 1 female, 19.iv.1925, Edwards leg. ( BMNH) . Stoke Court Park , Buckinghamshire, 1 female, 31.iii.1968, Chandler leg. ( PPCM) . The Loke, Norwich , Norfolk, 1 male, 20.iv.1987; 1 male, 8.v.1987; 1 male, 5.vi.−13.vi.1989, all Laurence leg. ( PBLN) . Tintern , Wexford, 1 male, 3.iv.1988, J.P. O’Connor leg. ( NMID) . Tunbridge Wells , Kent, 1 male, iv.1935, Nurse leg. ( BMNH) . Welches Dam , Cambridgeshire, 1 male, 13.iii.1999, J.H. Cole leg. ( PJCB) . Windsor Forest, Berkshire , 6 males, 19.xi.1989, Owen leg. ( NMS) . Withyham , East Sussex, 1 male, 21.iii.1946, Grensted leg. ( UMO) .

Ecological notes: very common in broad-leaved and carr woodland; heathland; water meadows and gravel pits; old hedges; within Ouse Washes bird hide; wooded river bank; calcareous grassland; parkland; gardens. Reared from rotten wood. iii–vii, ix, xi.