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 : 98

LEPTOSCIARELLA ( HIRTIPENNIA ) HIRTIPENNIS

(ZETTERSTEDT, 1838)

Synonyms: absurda ( Winnertz, 1867) ; hirtipennis var. minor (Frey, 1948) ; jugicola (Strobl, 1898) ; parcepilosa var. opacicollis (Strobl, 1902) .

Literature: Edwards (1925a): 533 [as Trichosia absurda ]; Edwards (1926b): 142 [as Trichosia ]; Freeman (1983b): 20 [as Trichosia (Leptosciarella) absurda ]; King (1991): 43 [as Trichosia ]; Mohrig & Menzel (1997): 46; Menzel (1998): 21.

Material examined: Craigellachie, Aviemore , Highland Region, 1 male, 30.v.2002, Chandler leg. ( PPCM) . Glen Glass , Highland Region, 1 male, 15.vi.1984, Vane-Wright leg. ( PPCM) . Hungerford, Berkshire , 1 female, 14.v.1927, Hurst leg. ( BMNH) . Llanmynach Hills , Shropshire, 1 male, 23.v.1994, J.H. Cole leg. ( PJCB) . New Forest , Hampshire, 1 female, 23.viii.1902; 1 female, 23.v.1907, all Adams leg. ( BMNH) .

Ecological notes: found in birch and other broadleaved woodland; grassland and scrub in old limestone quarry. v–vi, viii.