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

SCATOPSCIARA ( SCATOPSCIARA ) FLUVIATILIS

(LENGERSDORF, 1940)

Synonyms: coei Freeman, 1983 ; pulchra (Lengersdorf, 1940) ; robusticornis (Frey, 1948) .

Literature: Freeman (1983a): 167; Freeman (1983b): 40; O’Connor & Ashe (1991): 29 [all as Scatopsciara coei ]; Menzel (1998): 22; Menzel & Mohrig (2000): 490.

Material examined: Aylesbeare Common , Devon, 1 male, 25.x.2000, C.W. Plant leg. ( PPCM) . Balmoral Forest , Aberdeenshire, 1 male, 1.viii.−4.viii.1937, Coe leg. ( BMNH) . Ben Lawers, Perth & Kinross , 1 male, 1.vi.1932, Edwards leg. [paratype of Scatopsciara coei ] ( BMNH) . Boat of Garten , Highland Region, 1 male, v.1934, Edwards leg. [paratype of Scatopsciara coei ] ( BMNH) . Brampton Wood , Cambridgeshire, 2 males, 27.v.1987, J.H. Cole leg. ( PJCB) . Epping Forest , Essex, 1 male, 25.x.2001, Chandler leg. ( PPCM) . Glendalough , Wicklow, 1 male, 24.iv.1989, J.P. & M.A. O’Connor leg. ( NMID) . Glyn Ceiriog, Clwyd , 2 males, 26.vi.− 7.vii.1995, Brock leg. ( HRI) . Goyt Valley , Derbyshire, 2 males, 18.vii.−20.vii.1939, Edwards leg. ( BMNH) . Holme Fen , Cambridgeshire, 2 males, 27.v.1987, J.H. Cole leg. ( PJCB) . King’s Somborne , Hampshire, 1 male, viii.1936, Edwards leg. [paratype of Scatopsciara coei ] ( BMNH) . Loch Pityoulish , Highland Region, 1 male, 3.vii.1933, Coe leg. [holotype of Scatopsciara coei ] ( BMNH) . Lochan an Daimh, Perth & Kinross , 1 male, 29.v.1998, Chandler leg. ( PPCM) . New Forest , Hampshire, 1 male, 18.x.1937, Edwards leg. [paratype of Scatopsciara coei ] ( BMNH) . Norwich , Norfolk, 1 male, 3.vii.1983, Irwin leg. ( PPWM) . Sutton Park, Birmingham, West Midlands , 1 male, 7.iv.2003, J.E. Smith leg. ( HRI) .

Ecological notes: found in broad-leaved and mixed woodland; conifer plantations; stream with alder; heath and parkland; wetlands; open marsh by pool; scrub and Sphagnum bog; open montane habitats; garden. iv–viii, x.