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 : 103-104

LEPTOSCIARELLA ( LEPTOSCIARELLA ) SUBPILOSA

(EDWARDS, 1925)

Synonym: subelegans (Mohrig & Mamaev, 1985) .

Literature: Edwards (1925a): 536; Edwards (1926b): 142 [all as Sciara ]; Freeman (1983b): 21 [as Trichosia (Leptosciarella) ]; Laurence 1994: 118; Laurence (1996): 87; Laurence (1997a): 85 [all as Trichosia pilosa , misidentification]; Mohrig & Menzel (1997): 61; Menzel (1998): 22; Menzel & Mohrig (2000): 366.

Material examined: Ale Water, Ancrum , Scottish Borders, 1 male, 11.vii.1988, J.H. Cole leg. ( PJCB) . Archers Wood , Cambridgeshire, 1 male, 27.v.1990, J.H. Cole leg. ( PJCB) . Aunt Mary’s Bottom , Dorset, 2 males, 28.vi.1998, Chandler leg. ( PPCM) . Aviemore, bank of Spey , Highland Region, 1 male, 9.vi.1984, Chandler leg. ( PPCM) . Beltra Lough , Sligo, 1 male, 17.vi.1985, Chandler leg. ( PPCM) . Bradfield Wood , Suffolk, 1 male, 6.vii.−11.vii.1990, Laurence leg. ( PBLN) . Brigsteer Park , Cumbria, 1 male, 14.vi.1999, Chandler leg. ( PPCM) . Buckingham Thick Copse , Northamptonshire, 1 male, 16.v.1992, Warne leg. ( PPCM) . Burnham Beeches , Buckinghamshire, 1 male, 27.vi.1993, Chandler leg. ( PPCM) ; 1 male, 5.viii.−31.viii.1996, Ismay leg. ( PPCM) . Chigwell Row Wood, Chigwell Row , Essex, 4 males, 2 females, 23.v.− 27.v.2002; 1 male, 11.vi.2002, all Ismay & Schulten leg. ( DEI, UMO) . Culbin Forest , Highland Region, 2 males, 27.v.2002, Chandler leg. ( PPCM) . Dingwall , Highland Region, 1 male, 10.viii.1909, King leg. ( BMNH) . Dinton Pastures Country Park, Berkshire , 1 male, 6.viii.1994, Chandler leg. ( PPCM) . Ffrith , Flintshire, 1 male, 7.vi.−9.vi.1919, Edwards leg. [paratype of Sciara subpilosa ] ( BMNH) . Gearagh , Cork, 1 male, 12.vi.1990, de Courcy Williams leg. ( NMID) . Grange , Lancashire, 1 male, vii.1923, Edwards leg. [holotype of Sciara subpilosa ] ( BMNH) . Greywell Fen , Hampshire, 1 male, 2.viii.1998, Chandler leg. ( PPCM) . Hartslock , Oxfordshire, 1 male, 14.v.2000, Raper leg. ( PDGB) . Holker Moss , Cumbria, 1 male, 11.vii.−13.vii.1923, Edwards leg. [paratype of Sciara subpilosa ] ( BMNH) . Ickenthwaite , Cumbria, 1 male, 18.vi.1999, Chandler leg. ( PPCM) . Lackham Park , Wiltshire, 1 male, 7.vii.2002, Chandler leg. ( PPCM) . Loch Chon , Stirling, 1 male, 29.vi.1999, Chandler leg. ( PPCM) . Lockhaugh Bank, Derwent Valley, Tyne & Wear , 1 male, 7.vi.− 23.vi.1990; 1 male, 24.vii.−13.viii.1990, all Jessop leg. ( PBLN) . Long Wood, Nettleton , Lincolnshire, 1 male, v.1997, Godfrey leg. ( PPCM) . Mark Ash Wood, New Forest , Hampshire, 1 male, 4.vi.1989, Chandler leg. ( PPCM) . Monk’s Wood , Cambridgeshire, 1 male, 12.vi.1972; 1 male, 10.vii.1972, all J.H. Cole leg. ( PJCB) . Nairn , Highland Region, 1 male, 26.v.1905, Yerbury leg. ( BMNH) . Pine Wood, Berkshire , 1 male, 1 female, 22.vi.2001, Gibbs leg. ( PDGB) . Purn Hill, Avon , 1 male, 21.viii.2001, Gibbs leg. ( PDGB) . Ryton Wood, Bubbenhall, Coventry, West Midlands , 1 male, 25.viii.2002, J.E. Smith leg. ( HRI) . Spreacombe Chapel Wood , Devon, 1 male, 6.vii.1986, Chandler leg. ( PPCM) . Stoke Gabriel , Devon, 1 male, 7.vi.1920, Edwards leg. [paratype of Sciara subpilosa ] ( BMNH) . Tempsford, Bedfordshire , 1 male, 20.ix.1922, Edwards leg. ( BMNH) . Thompson Common , Norfolk, 1 male, 1.vi.1985; 1 male, 9.vi.1990, all Chandler leg. ( PPCM) . Valency Valley , Cornwall, 1 male, 29.v.2000, J.H. Cole leg. ( PJCB) . West End Common, Esher , Surrey, 1 male, 16.vii.2002, Chandler leg. ( PPCM) . Wicken Fen , Cambridgeshire, 1 male, 12.v.1990, Withers leg. ( PPWM) .

Ecological notes: common in all types of woodland; ancient woodland with oak, hazel and bramble; heathland; wetlands including fen, sedge beds, water meadows, river banks and lake shores; gravel pits; old hedges; grassland with pingo pools; calcareous grassland. v–viii.