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 : 101-102

LEPTOSCIARELLA ( LEPTOSCIARELLA ) REJECTA

( WINNERTZ, 1867)

Synonyms: echinata (Lengersdorf, 1926) ; elongata ( Winnertz, 1867) [preocc.]; hispida (Winnertz, 1871) .

Literature: Edwards (1925a): 536 [as Sciara pilosa , misidentification]; Perry & Stubbs (1978): 71 [as Trichosia pilosa , misidentification]; Freeman (1983b): 21 [as Trichosia (Leptosciarella) pilosa , misidentification]; Skidmore (1991): 149; Chandler et al. (1996): 258 [all as Trichosia pilosa , misidentification]; Mohrig & Menzel (1997): 63; Menzel (1998): 21; Chandler (2001): 201; Chandler et al. (2002): 123.

Material examined: Abbot’s Wood, Hampshire , 1 male, 25.v.1992, Chandler leg. ( NMS) . Annahala bog, Gearagh, Cork , 4 males, 1.vi.1990, de Courcy Williams leg. ( DEI, NMID) . Ashridge Estate, Hertfordshire , 1 male, 20.v.1999; 1 male, 8.vii.1999; 1 male, 8.x.1999, all Chandler leg. ( NMS) . Aviemore , Highland Region, 1 male, 24.vi.−29.vi.1933, Coe leg. ( BMNH) . Badger Wood, Cambridgeshire , 1 male, 1.v.−31.v.1998, C.W. Plant leg. ( NMS) . Bedford Purlieus, Cambridgeshire , 1 male, 14.v.1988, J.H. Cole leg. ( PJCB) . Bix Bottom, Oxfordshire , 1 male, 9.v.1998, Chandler leg. ( NMS) ; 1 male, 23.ix.2000, Raper leg. ( PDGB) . Blair Atholl, Perth & Kinross, 1 male, 28.v.1973, Chandler leg. ( PPCM) . Brampton Wood, Cambridgeshire , 1 male, 9.v.1987, J.H. Cole leg. ( PJCB) . Brandyquoi, Kirkwall , Orkney, 4 males, 1 female, v.-vi.2001, Laurence leg. ( PBLN) . Bromley, Greater London , 1 male, 15.v.1971, Chandler leg. ( PPCM) . Burnham Beeches , Buckinghamshire, 1 male, 15.v.1972, Chandler leg. ( PPCM) . Caerhays Castle , Cornwall, 1 male, 7.vii.1983, Chandler leg. ( PPCM) . California Country Park, Berkshire , 1 male, 15.vi.1996, Chandler leg. ( PPCM) . Castlerosse, Kerry , 1 male, 2.v.1981, Chandler leg. ( PPCM) . Catacol, Arran , North Ayrshire, 1 male, 29.v.−30.v.1919, Edwards leg. ( ZFMK) ; 1 male, ix.1929, J. Waterston leg. ( BMNH) . Charleville Wood, Offaly , 1 male, 15.vi.1985, Chandler leg. ( PPWM) . Chippenham Fen , Cambridgeshire, 1 male, 2.vii.1988, Chandler leg. ( NMS) . Clifton , Cumbria, 1 male, 2.vi.1973, Chandler leg. ( PPCM) . Cogley Wood , Somerset, 1 male, 19.x.1986, Stubbs leg. ( NMS) . Coldborough Park , Herefordshire, 1 male, 31.v.1972, Chandler leg. ( PPCM) . Coom Wood, Cork , 1 male, 10.vii.1990, Withers leg. ( PPWM) . Cop Mere , Staffordshire, 1 male, 23.v.1994, Chandler leg. ( PPCM) . Coppets Wood, Greater London , 1 male, 21.vi.1991, K.G.V. Smith leg. ( PBLN) . Corfheath Firs , Isle of Wight, 1 male, 2.vii.1980, Chandler leg. ( PPCM) . Cothill , Oxfordshire, 1 male, 3.vi.1990, Chandler leg. ( NMS) . Crawfordsburn Country Park , Down, 1 male, 3.vii.1987, Chandler leg. ( NMS) . Crickhowell , Powys, 1 male, v.1937, Edwards leg. ( BMNH) . Dinton Pastures Country Park, Berkshire , 1 male, 28.v.1995; 1 male, 6.v.1997, all Chandler leg. ( PPCM) . Ditchley , Oxfordshire, 2 males, v.1937, Edwards leg. ( BMNH) . Eyeworth Wood, New Forest , Hampshire, 1 male, 2.vi.1985, Chandler leg. ( NMS) . Epping Forest , Essex, 1 male, 19.iv.1999; 3 males, 3.v.−9.v.1999, all Dagley leg. ( HRI, PPCM) ; 2 males, 25.v.−26.v.1999, Chandler leg. ( NMS) . Falls of Tarnash , Moray, 3 males, 1.vii.1936, Coe leg. ( BMNH) . Farnborough Park , Warwickshire, 1 female, 10.x.2001, Chandler leg. ( HRI) . Felbrigg Wood , Norfolk, 1 male, 10.vi.1993, Chandler leg. ( PPCM) . Ffrwd Fen, Carmarthen , 1 male, 13.x.1995, Chandler leg. ( PPCM) . Foxhole , Highland Region, 1 male, 28.v.2002, Chandler leg. ( PPCM) . Frilford Heath , Oxfordshire, 1 male, 25.v.−15.vi.1991, Porter leg. ( NMS) . Gearagh, Cork , 2 males, 7.vi.1990, de Courcy Williams leg. ( DEI, NMID) . Glen Lochay , Stirling, 1 male, 3.vi.−18.vi.1922, Edwards leg. ( BMNH) . Glendalough, Wicklow , 1 male, 8.vii.1969, Chandler leg. ( PPCM) . Goring-on-Thames , Oxfordshire, 1 male, 7.vi.1962, J.H. Cole leg. ( PJCB) . Grantown-on-Spey , Highland Region, 1 male, 15.vi.1984, Chandler leg. ( PPWM) . Great Ellerside , Cumbria, 1 male, 15.vi.1999, Chandler leg. ( NMS) . Greywell Fen , Hampshire, 1 male, 3.vii.1992, Chandler leg. ( NMS) . Hartslock , Oxfordshire, 1 male, 14.v.2000, Raper leg. ( PDGB) . High Dam , Cumbria, 1 male, 15.vi.1999, Chandler leg. ( PPCM) . Hobb’s Quarry , Gloucestershire, 1 male, 15.v.2003, Gibbs leg. ( PDGB) . Holme Fen , Cambridgeshire, 2 males, 27.iv.1987, J.H. Cole leg. ( PJCB) . Ilfracombe , Devon, 1 male, 6.vii.1986, Chandler leg. ( NMS) . Killarney, Kerry , 2 males, 25.v.− 27.v.1929, Edwards leg. ( BMNH) . Knebworth , Hertfordshire, 1 male, vi.1922, Edwards leg. ( BMNH) . Leckford Estate , Hampshire, 1 male, 9.v.1975; 1 male, 14.vi.1987, all Chandler leg. ( NMS, PPCM) . Letchworth , Hertfordshire, 1 male, v.1917; 1 male, vi.1917; 1 male, v.1918, all Edwards leg. ( BMNH) . Littlehempston , Devon, 1 male, 3.vi.1974, Chandler leg. ( NMS) . Maen Porth , Cornwall, 1 male, 5.x.1983, Chandler leg. ( NMS) . Malham Tarn , North Yorkshire, 1 male, 3.vi.− 5.vi.1982; 1 male, 27.vi.−29.vi.1982, all Disney leg. ( PPWM) . Monk Wood, Avon , 1 male, 24.v.2000, Gibbs leg. ( PDGB) . Monkfield Wood , Cambridgeshire, 1 male, 1.v.−31.v.1998, C.W. Plant leg. ( PPCM) . Monk’s Wood, Muckross, Kerry , 3 males, 4.v.−7.v.1981, Chandler leg. ( PPCM) . Morrone Birkwood , Aberdeenshire, 1 male, 31.v.1998, Chandler leg. ( PPCM) . Murrough, Wicklow , 1 male, vi.1989, Blackith leg. ( PPWM) . New Forest , Hampshire, 4 males, 17.x.1937, Edwards leg. ( BMNH) . New Malden, Greater London , 1 male, 15.vi.1932, Coe leg. ( BMNH) . Newmarket , Cambridgeshire, 1 male, 5.ix.1894, Verrall leg. ( UMO) ; 1 male, 18.v.1908, Collin leg. ( UMO) . Oakland Wood , Cambridgeshire, 2 males, 1.v.−30.vi.1998, C.W. Plant leg. ( PPCM) . Old Slade Wood , Buckinghamshire, 1 male, 12.v.1972 (reared), Chandler leg. ( PPCM) . Pass of Killiecrankie, Perth & Kinross, 1 male, 31.viii.1984, Chandler leg. ( PPCM) . Pearman’s Copse, Berkshire , 2 males, 8.v.1995, Chandler leg. ( PPCM) . Penzance , Cornwall, 1 male, 14.v.1940, Collin leg. ( UMO) . Rhôs Pwllygawnen, Carmarthen , 1 male, 11.vii.1989, Holmes, Boyce & Reed leg. ( PPWM) . Riverstick, Cork , 1 male, 11.vii.−15.vii.1994, Withers leg. ( PPWM) . Rotherfield Park , Hampshire, 4 males, 2.x.2002, Chandler leg. ( PPCM) . Rydal Water , Cumbria, 1 male, 1.vi.1968, Hutson leg. ( BMNH) . Sannox, Arran , North Ayrshire, 1 male, 26.v.−28.v.1919, Edwards leg. ( BMNH) . Savernake Forest , Wiltshire, 1 male, 31.v.1990, Porter leg. ( PPCM) . Scarning Fen , Norfolk, 1 male, 8.vi.−22.vi.1988, Foster & Procter leg. ( PPWM) . Sheep Leas, West Horsley , Surrey, 1 male, 18.v.1991, Chandler leg. ( NMS) . Shortwood , Gloucestershire, 2 males, 12.vi.2002, Gibbs leg. ( PDGB) . Spreacombe Chapel Wood , Devon, 1 male, 6.vii.1986, Chandler leg. ( PPCM) . Staffhurst Wood , Surrey, 1 male, 18.v.1991, Chandler leg. ( NMS) . Strathrory , Highland Region, 1 male, 15.vi.1976, Chandler leg. ( PPCM) . Stroat , Gloucestershire, 1 male, 13.x.1979, Stubbs leg. ( PPCM) . The Clappers, Sharpenhoe, Bedfordshire , 1 male, 16.vi.1997, Chandler leg. ( PPCM) . The Loke, Norwich , Norfolk, 3 males, 26.iv.1987; 1 male, 5.v.1988; 2 males, 5.vi.−13.vi.1989; 1 male, 28.iv.−4.v.1990; 2 males, 15.v.−18.v.1992, all Laurence leg. ( PBLN) . The Mound , Highland Region, 1 male, 27.vii.1936, Collin leg. ( UMO) . Thornham Magna , Suffolk, 1 male, 25.iv.1991, Withers leg. ( PPWM) . Thurgarton , Norfolk, 1 male, 29.v.1991, Carr leg. ( BMNH) . Vidlin , Shetland, 2 males, 16.vi.−21.vi.1993, Laurence leg. ( PBLN) . Wellesbourne , Warwickshire, 1 male, 24.ii.−2.iii.2000, J.E. Smith leg. ( HRI) . Westbury Wood , Hertfordshire, 1 male, 14.viii.1918, Edwards leg. ( BMNH) . Weston Common , Hampshire, 1 male, 10.v.1984, Chandler leg. ( NMS) . Weston Green Fen , Oxfordshire, 1 male, 1.vi.1991, Chandler leg. ( PPCM) . Wheatfen Broad , Norfolk, 1 male, 19.v.1990, Withers leg. ( PPWM) . Wicken Fen , Cambridgeshire, 2 males, 12.v.1990, Withers leg. ( PPWM) . Windsor Forest, Berkshire , 1 male, 8.vi.1979; 1 male, 30.v.1987; 1 male, 13.vi.1987; 2 males, 15.vii.1991; 1 male, 15.v.1994; 1 male, 21.v.1998; 1 male, 15.vii.1999, all Chandler leg. ( NMS, PPCM) . Witherslack , Cumbria, 1 male, 15.vi.1999, Chandler leg. ( NMS) . Woodwalton Fen , Cambridgeshire, 3 males, 24.v.1940, Edwards leg. ( BMNH) . Wychwood , Oxfordshire, 3 males, v.1937, Edwards leg. ( BMNH) .

Ecological notes: very common in all types of woodland; wetlands including fen, sedge beds, reed beds, bogs and water meadows; gravel pits; old hedges; neutral and calcareous grassland; gardens; on window. ii– x.