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 : 108-110

LYCORIELLA ( LYCORIELLA ) CASTANESCENS

(LENGERSDORF, 1940)

Synonyms: agarici Loudon, 1978 ; difficilis (Frey, 1948) [preocc.]; fucorum (Frey, 1948) ; paucisetulosa (Frey, 1948) ; rufotincta Tuomikoski, 1959 .

Literature: Symes (1921): 142, 188 and 234 [as Sciara praecox , misidentification]; Edwards (1925a): 540 [in part as Sciara praecox , misidentification]; Basden (1933): 44; Madwar (1937): 43 [all as Sciara auripila , misidentification]; Binns (1973): 119; Binns (1975): 1; Chandler (1978): 209; Skidmore (1978): 76; Binns (1980): 143; Binns (1981): 417; Freeman (1983b): 31; White (1986): 11; Freeman (1987): 201; White & Jarrett (1990): 373; Pethybridge (1991): 453; Laurence (1994): 118; Laurence (1997a): 85; Laurence (1996): 85; Laurence (1997b): 228; Laurence & James (1997): 166; White (1997): 29 [all as Lycoriella auripila , misidentification]; Menzel (1998): 22; White et al. (2000): 208; White & Smith (2000): 165; Chandler (2001): 201.

New to Irish list.

Material examined: Alconbury , Cambridgeshire, 1 male, 3.v.1976, J.H. Cole leg. ( PJCB) . Austwick , North Yorkshire, 1 male, v.1933, Edwards leg. ( BMNH) . Avon Valley Wood, Devon, 1 male, 3.i.1978 (reared), Hurrell leg. ( BMNH) . Badger Wood , Cambridgeshire, 1 male, vi.1998, C.W. Plant leg. ( PPCM) . Beaconsfield , Buckinghamshire, 5 males, 24.iii.−2.vi.1934 (reared), Basden leg. ( NMS) . Berwick-upon-Tweed , Northumberland, 3 males , vi.1999; 1 male, vii.1999; 1 male, viii.1999, all Laurence leg. ( PBLN) . Black Park , Buckinghamshire, 2 males , 20.vi.−26.vi.1934; 1 male, 26.vi.1934 (all reared), all Basden leg. ( BMNH, NMS) . Bockmer End , Buckinghamshire, 1 male, 10.iii.1932 (reared), Basden leg. ( BMNH) . Boveney , Buckinghamshire, 1 male, 23.iii.1933 (reared), Basden leg. ( NMS) . Braemar , Aberdeenshire, 1 male, 19.vii.−30.vii.1938, Coe leg. ( BMNH) . Bradfield Wood , Suffolk, 1 male , 6.vii.−11.vii.1990; 1 male, 23.v.−30.v.1991; 1 male, v.1991; 1 male, 16.viii.−22.viii.1991, all Laurence leg. ( PBLN) . Brampton Wood , Cambridgeshire, 1 male , 20.xi.1995; 2 males, 23.xi.1995 (all reared), all J.H. Cole leg. ( PJCB) . Brancaster , Norfolk, 1 male, 2.ix.1988, Foster & Procter leg. ( PBLN) . Buckingham Palace Garden, Greater London , 1 male, 27.iii.− 24.iv.1997, D.J. Carter & C.W. Plant leg. ( PPCM) . Bucklebury Common, Berkshire , 9 males, v.1997 (reared), Storey leg. ( PPCM) . Burnham , Buckinghamshire, 1 male , 14.vii.1934; 1 male, 7.viii.1934; 1 male, 12.ix.1934 (all reared), all Basden leg. ( NMS) . Byfleet , Surrey, 1 male, iv.1939, Edwards leg. ( BMNH) . Catfield , Norfolk, 1 male, 26.viii.1988, Foster & Procter leg. ( PBLN) . Cheltenham , Gloucestershire, 23 males, 12.v.1995, White leg. ( DEI) . Cheshunt , Hertfordshire, 1 male, 26.xii.1928, Speyer leg. ( BMNH) . Chesswood Nurseries, Pulborough , West Sussex, 33 males, 1 female, 24.v.1995, White leg. ( DEI) . Coed Dolgarrog , Conwy, 1 male, 28.vi.1988, Holmes, Boyce & Reed leg. ( PPWM) . Coed Tycanol , Pembrokeshire, 1 male, 29.vi.−7.vii.1999, Levey & Pavett leg. ( PPCM) . Cors Erddreiniog , Isle of Anglesey, 1 male, 27.vii.1988, Holmes, Boyce & Reed leg. ( PPWM) . Cotswold Mushroom Farm, Cheltenham , Gloucestershire, 2 males, 12.v.1995, White leg. ( HRI) . Dickleburgh , Norfolk, 2 males , 23.iii.1986; 1 male, 27.xii.1988 – 2.i.1989, all Withers leg. ( PPWM) . Dinton Pastures Country Park, Berkshire , 1 male, 7.xi.1994, Chandler leg. ( PPCM) . Dorchester , Dorset, 5 males, xi.1921, Bottomley leg. ( BMNH) . Epping Forest , Essex, 1 male, v.1999, Dagley leg. ( PPCM) . Felixstowe , Suffolk, 19 males, 15.vi.1995, White leg. ( DEI) . Gatewen Marsh , Denbighshire, 3 males , 3.viii.1988; 1 male, 21.vi.1988, all Holmes, Boyce & Reed leg. ( PPWM) . Glasshouse Crops Research Station, Littlehampton , West Sussex, 1 male , 13.viii.1956; 4 males, 20.viii.1956; 1 male, 27.viii.1956; 2 males, 5.ix.1956; 1 male, 10.ix.1956; 2 males, 17.ix.1956; 5 males, 1 female, 18.ix.1956; 1 male, 24.ix.1956; 3 males, 3.x.1956; 1 male, 8.x.1956; 1 male, 15.x.1956; 1 male, 22.x.1956; 17 males, 23.x.1956; 1 male, 9.xi.1956; 1 male, 12.xi.1956; 1 male, 19.xi.1956; 2 males, 23.xi.1956; 1 male, 26.xi.1956; 1 male, 17.xii.1956; 5 males, 15.x.1958; 1 male, 1 female, no date, all Hussey leg. ( HRI) ; 1 male, 7.iv.1961; 1 male, 26.iii.1962; 1 male, 27.i.1965; 1 male, 26.iv.1965; 5 males, 4.v.1965, all Gurney leg. ( HRI) ; 2 males, vii.1963, Warner leg. ( HRI) ; 4 males, ii.1975; 6 males, 26.viii.1975; 10 males, viii.1975; 19 males, 11.ix.1975; 1 male, 24.ix.1975; 7 males, 2 females, 1975; 6 males, 4 females, 1977; 4 males, 2 females, no date, all Binns leg. ( HRI) . Grangeover-Sands , Cumbria, 1 male, 20.iii.1996, Birkett leg. ( PPCM) . Great Missenden , Buckinghamshire, 2 males, 1996, J.E. Smith leg. ( HRI) . Greywell Fen , Hampshire, 1 male, 29.viii.2002, Chandler leg. ( PPCM) . Hailsham , Kent, 8 males, 25.v.1995, White leg. ( DEI) ; 2 males, 1996, J.E. Smith leg. ( HRI) . Hickling , Norfolk, 1 male , v.1988; 1 male, vii.1988; 12 males, x.1988, all Foster & Procter leg. ( PBLN) . Hill End , Oxfordshire, 1 male, 13.x.1999, Chandler leg. ( PPCM) . Inglecroft Nursery, Littlehampton , West Sussex, 1 male, 9.ii.1958, Gurney leg. ( HRI) . Ipswich , Suffolk, 3 males, 1996, J.E. Smith leg. ( HRI) . Kelham Bridge, Ravenstone , Leicestershire, 2 males, 24.viii.2003, Menzel leg. ( DEI) . Kingsbury Water Park , Warwickshire, 1 female, 13.x.2001, J.E. Smith leg. ( HRI) . Land’s End , Cornwall, 2 males, 22.i.1998, Roper leg. ( PPRS) . Letchworth , Hertfordshire, 4 males , xi.1917; 1 male, ii.1918; 1 male, 27.ix.1923, all Edwards leg. ( BMNH) . Littlehampton , West Sussex, 4 males, 1986, White leg. ( HRI) . Liverpool, Merseyside , 1 male, 15.xi.1901, Newstead leg. ( BMNH) . Llyn Creiniog , Denbighshire, 1 male, 13.x.1988, Holmes, Boyce & Reed leg. ( PPWM) . London, Greater London , 2 males, 1921, no collector detail ( BMNH) . Lye Hill , Oxfordshire, 1 male, 7.iii.1912, Hamm leg. ( BMNH) . Magor Marsh , Monmouthshire, 1 male , 28.ix.1987; 1 male, 7.vii.1988; 1 male, 28.ix.1988, all Holmes, Boyce & Reed leg. ( PPWM) . Maidenhead, Berkshire , 11 males, 25.v.1995, White leg. ( DEI) ; 3 males, 1996, J.E. Smith leg. ( HRI) . Market Weston Fen , Suffolk, 1 male, 6.ix.1988 (reared), Withers leg. ( PPWM) . Marston , Oxfordshire, 3 males, 21.iii.−27.iii.1933 (reared), Basden leg. ( NMS) . Medmenham , Buckinghamshire, 1 male, 17.iii.1934, Basden leg. ( BMNH) . Milham Ford School, Oxford , Oxfordshire, 1 male, 6.vi.−11.vi.2002, Webb leg. ( PPCM) . Monkfield Wood , Cambridgeshire, 1 male, x.1998, C.W. Plant leg. ( PPCM) . Nazeing , Essex, 5 males , 31.vii.1975; 8 males, 3.viii.1975, all Stephens leg. ( HRI) . Newbury, Berkshire , 2 males, 31.v.1935 (reared), Brown leg. ( BMNH) . North Ronaldsay , Orkney, 9 males, 9.ix.−10.ix.1989, Laurence leg. ( PBLN) . Oxford , Oxfordshire, 2 males, 5.ii.1917, Hamm leg. ( BMNH) . Penarth , Vale of Glamorgan, 1 male, v.1934 (reared), Hallett leg. ( BMNH) . Pulborough , West Sussex, 1 male, 1996, J.E. Smith leg. ( HRI) . Reedham , Norfolk, 4 males , 27.vi.−11.vii.1988; 14 males, 11.vii.−12.viii.1988; 4 males, 13.viii.− 27.viii.1988, all Foster & Procter leg. ( PBLN) . Rye Harbour , East Sussex, 1 male, 27.iii.2002 (reared), Roper leg. ( PPRS) . Ryton Wood, Bubbenhall, Coventry, West Midlands , 1 male, 12.x.2001, J.E. Smith leg. ( HRI) . St. David’s Airfield , Pembrokeshire, 1 male, 29.ix.1987, Holmes, Boyce & Reed leg. ( PPWM) . St. Ives , Cornwall, 12 males, 18.v.1995, White leg. ( DEI) ; 2 males, 1996, J.E. Smith leg. ( HRI) . Salisbury Plain Training Area, Warminster , Wiltshire, 1 male, 4.vii.2003, Ismay & Schulten leg. ( UMO) . Snetterton , Norfolk, 1 male, 11.x.1987, Withers leg. ( PPWM) . Stallode Wash , Suffolk, 1 male, 24.vi.−8.vii.1988, Foster & Procter leg. ( PBLN) . Stanford , Norfolk, 2 males, 27.iii.−10.iv.1988, Collier leg. ( PPWM) . Stronsay , Orkney, 4 males, 21.v.1988, Laurence leg. ( PBLN) . Strumpshaw , Norfolk, 2 males, 13.vi.−11.vii.1988, Foster & Procter leg. ( PBLN) . Temple, Berkshire , 1 male , 27.iii.1923; 4 males, 13.iii.−24.iii.1932; 2 males, 20.iii.1932; 1 male, 29.iv.1933; 2 males, 11.v.− 12.v.1933; 1 male, 10.iii.1934 (all reared), all Basden leg. ( BMNH, NMS) . The Loke, Norwich , Norfolk, 5 males , 23.iv.1987; 2 males, 26.iv.1987; 1 male, 9.v.1987; 3 males, 4.vii.1987; 1 male, 5.vii.1987; 1 male, 10.viii.1987; 1 male, 15.viii.1987; 1 male, 8.ix.1987; 2 males, 15.viii.−16.viii.1988; 1 male, 2.v.− 6.v.1992; 5 males, v.1992; 1 male, 26.vi.−30.vi.1998, all Laurence leg. ( PBLN) . The Oaks , Cambridgeshire, 2 males, ix.1998, C.W. Plant leg. ( PPCM) . Thompson Common, Thompson , Norfolk, 1 male, 10.vi.− 24.vi.1988, Foster & Procter leg. ( PBLN) . Tomintoul , Moray, 1 male, 8.viii.−11.viii.1937, Coe leg. ( BMNH) . Trefeiddan Moor , Pembrokeshire, 1 male , 21.vii.1987; 3 males, 29.ix.1987,all Holmes, Boyce & Reed leg. ( PPWM) . Vicarage Bog , Wrexham, 1 male, 12.x.1988, Holmes, Boyce & Reed leg. ( PPWM) . Wellesbourne , Warwickshire, 2 males , 24.ii.−2.iii.2000; 2 males, 17.viii.−31.viii.2000; 3 males, 24.v.−27.vi.2001; 1 male, 27.vi.−5.vii.2001, all J.E. Smith leg. ( HRI) . Wicken Fen , Cambridgeshire, 1 male, 12.v.1990, Withers leg. ( PPWM) . Willes Meadow, Leamington Spa , Warwickshire, 1 male, 27.viii.2002, Menzel leg. ( DEI) . Wottonunder-Edge , Gloucestershire, 1 male, 20.iv.1965, Gurney leg. ( HRI) ; 1 male, no date, Hussey leg. ( HRI) . Yeovil , Somerset, 10 males, 17.v.1995, White leg. ( DEI) . No locality details, England, 1 male, 1 female, 1 pupa, 2 larvae, no date, Speyer leg. ( HRI) .

Ecological notes: common in broad-leaved and carr woodland; also found in mixed woodland; wet and humid heathland; wetlands including fen; reed and sedge beds, Sphagnum kettlehole, raised mire and water meadows; gravel pits; old hedges; grassland with pingo pools; unimproved calcareous grassland; parkland; gardens; grounds of horticultural research station; school grounds with old poplars; decaying vegetation by race track ; vegetable detritus on cliff top with salty spray; shingle beach; greenhouses; mushroom farms. Reared from nests of dormouse, mole, moorhen, coot, linnet and blackbird; rotten fungus-covered wood; daffodil bulbs; haystack; old wasp nest; rotting onions; stable manure; mushroom compost; the fungi Laetiporus sulphureus and Lepiota cristata ; soil from rabbit burrow; crowns of sea kale. i–xii.