Phytosciara, 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 : 116-117

PHYTOSCIARA ( PHYTOSCIARA ) HALTERATA

(LENGERSDORF, 1926)

Literature: Freeman (1983b): 31; Menzel (1998): 22. Material examined: Headington Hill , Oxfordshire, 1 male, 31.viii.1916, Hamm leg. ( BMNH) . Spartum Fen , Oxfordshire, 1 male, 13.v.−2.vi.1988, Porter leg. ( PPCM) . Warburton, Greater Manchester, 1 female, 10.vi.1937 (reared); 1 male, 15.vi.1937 (reared), all Cohen leg. ( BMNH) .

Ecological notes: found in carr woodland. Reared from larvae feeding exposed on leaves of buttercup. v–vi, viii.