Scatopsciara, EDWARDS, 1927

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 : 122-123

SCATOPSCIARA ( SCATOPSCIARA ) MULTISPINA

(BUKOWSKI & LENGERSDORF, 1936)

Synonym: barbula Mohrig & Mamaev, 1985 .

Literature: Freeman (1983b): 39; Menzel (1998): 22; Chandler (2001): 201; Chandler et al. (2002): 124.

Material examined: Annahala bog, Gearagh, Cork , 1 male, 10.viii.1990, de Courcy Williams leg. ( DEI) . Baldock , Hertfordshire, 1 male, v.1918, Edwards leg. ( BMNH) . Bayfordbury Estate, Hertford , Hertfordshire, 1 male, 17.vi.1975, J.H. Cole leg. ( PJCB) . Berwick-upon-Tweed , Northumberland , 6 males, iv.1999; 1 male, vii.1999; 1 male, 1.x.1999; 2 males, 4.xi.1999, all Laurence leg. ( PBLN) . Blaen y Wergloedd , Conwy, 1 male, 4.viii.1988, Holmes, Boyce & Reed leg. ( PPWM) . Boundless Copse , Surrey, 1 male, 26.vii.2002, Chandler leg. ( PPCM) . Braedownie , Angus, 1 male, 24.vii.1937, Coe leg. ( BMNH) . Buckingham Palace Garden, Greater London , 1 male, 26.vi.1998, Chandler leg. ( PPCM) . California Country Park, Berkshire , 3 males, 6.viii.1999, Chandler leg. ( NMS, PPCM) . Cambridge , Cambridgeshire, 2 males, 3.xi.1903, Jenkinson leg. ( BMNH) . Cleddon Bog , Monmouthshire, 1 male, 10.vi.1988, Holmes, Boyce & Reed leg. ( PPWM) . Craufurdland Water , East Ayrshire, 1 male, 3.vii.1995, Chandler leg. ( PPCM) . Cuckoo Wood, Downe, Greater London , 1 male, 20.vii.1985, Chandler leg. ( NMS) . Dinton Pastures Country Park, Berkshire , 1 male, 7.xi.1974, Chandler leg. ( PPCM) . Epping Forest , Essex , 1 male, 21.vi.1998; 1 male, x.1999, all Dagley leg. ( PPCM) . Fritham, New Forest , Hampshire, 1 male, 17.vi.1953, Colyer leg. ( BMNH) . Gearagh, Cork , 1 male, 7.iv.1990, de Courcy Williams leg. ( NMID) . Glasshouse Crops Research Station , Littlehampton, West Sussex , 2 males, 10.viii.1956; 3 males, 13.viii.1956; 1 male, 20.viii.1956; 1 male, 22.viii.1956; 1 male, 2.xi.1956, all Hussey leg. ( HRI) . Grafham Water, Savages Creek , Cambridgeshire, 1 male, 19.vi.1988, J.H. Cole leg. ( PJCB) . Harpford Common , Devon, 1 male, 30.vi.−26.vii.2000, C.W. Plant leg. ( PPCM) . Hatchett’s Pond, New Forest , Hampshire, 1 male, 12.vii.1990, J.H. Cole leg. ( PJCB) . Hatherton , Staffordshire, 2 males, 22.viii.1983, Wyatt leg. ( BMNH) . Leckford Estate , Hampshire , 2 males, 4.vi.1972; 1 male, 1.ix.1999, all Chandler leg. ( NMS, PPCM) . Lockhart Mill , South Lanarkshire, 1 male, 4.viii.1995, Chandler leg. ( PPCM) . Lockhaugh Bank Wood, Derwent Valley, Tyne & Wear, 1 male, 26.vii.− 13.viii.1990, Jessop leg. ( PBLN) . Monkfield Wood , Cambridgeshire, 1 male, x.1998, C.W. Plant leg. ( HRI) . Newbold Comyn Park, Leamington Spa , Warwickshire, 2 males, 15.vii.2001, J.E. Smith leg. ( HRI) . Newbridge Fen, Kildare , 1 male, 8.viii.−19.viii.1998, Withers leg. ( PPWM) . Oakley Inclosure, New Forest , Hampshire, 1 male, 17.vi.1953, Colyer leg. ( BMNH) . Oxford University Museum, Oxford , Oxfordshire, 1 male, 27.x.1922, Hamm leg. ( BMNH) . Pontarffinant Wood, Carmarthen , 1 male, 12.x.1995, McLean leg. ( PPCM) . Potter’s Bar , Hertfordshire, 1 male, 4.v.1963, Vane-Wright et al. leg. ( BMNH) . Powerscourt, Wicklow , 1 male, 10.vii.1971, Chandler leg. ( PPCM) . Radwell , Hertfordshire, 2 males, 1 female, 21.x.1917, Edwards leg. ( BMNH) . Rake Beck , North Yorkshire, 1 male, 9.vi.1976, J.H. Cole leg. ( PJCB) . Reedham , Norfolk, 2 males, 26.viii.−27.x.1988, Foster & Procter leg. ( PBLN) . Rothamsted , Hertfordshire, 24 males, 1950, Laurence leg. ( PBLN) . Rotherfield Park , Hampshire, 1 male, 3.vii.2002, Chandler leg. ( PPCM) . Sedlescombe , East Sussex, 1 male, 5.iv.1997, Roper leg. ( PPRS) . Stepaside, Wicklow , 1 male, 8.v.1989, Withers leg. ( PPWM) . The Loke , Norwich, Norfolk , 2 males, 20.iv.1987; 1 male, 23.iv.1987; 5 males, 26.iv.1987; 1 male, 27.iv.1987; 1 male, 9.v.1987; 14 males, 5.vii.1987; 2 males, 10.viii.1987; 2 males, 15.ix.1987; 1 male, 24.x.−25.x.1987; 6 males, 21.iv.1988; 1 male, 15.viii.−16.viii.1988; 1 male, 13.vii.−19.vii.1989; 2 males, 20.v.−23.v.1993, all Laurence leg. ( PBLN) . Wallington , Hertfordshire, 1 male, 13.v.1934, Edwards leg. ( BMNH) . Wellesbourne , Warwickshire , 1 male, 1 female, 28.iii.−26.iv.2001; 1 male, 27.iv.−5.vii.2001, all J.E. Smith leg. ( HRI) . Welwyn , Hertfordshire, 1 male, 21.vii.−24.vii.1934, Edwards leg. ( BMNH) . Willes Meadow, Leamington Spa , Warwickshire, 1 male, 27.viii.2002, Menzel leg. ( DEI) . No locality details,? England, 1 male, no date, Laurence leg. ( PBLN) .

Ecological notes: common in broad-leaved, mixed and carr woodland; gravel pits; meadow hedge; common in damp meadows; sedge bed; Molinia bog; parkland with old trees; grounds of horticultural research station; in sparse marginal vegetation around pond; gardens; on ivy. iii–xi.