Zygoneura, MEIGEN, 1830

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 : 143-144

ZYGONEURA ( ZYGONEURA ) SCIARINA MEIGEN, 1830

Literature: Walker (1848): 103; Walker (1856): 57; Haliday (1857): 31–33; Edwards (1925a): 533; Chandler (1978): 209; Freeman (1983b): 22; Freeman (1987): 197; Laurence (1994): 118; Menzel (1998): 23; Coldwell (1999): 25.

Material examined: Aldermoors, Berkshire , 1 male, 11.vi.1994, Chandler leg. ( PPCM) . Alvecote Pools , Staffordshire, 1 female, 13.x.2001, Chandler leg. ( HRI) . Ashtead , Surrey, 1 female, 8.v.1932, Coe leg. ( BMNH) . Aversley Wood , Cambridgeshire, 1 male, 2.iv.1988, J.H. Cole leg. ( PJCB) . Bagley Wood , Oxfordshire, 1 male, 20.v.−21.v.1937, Edwards leg. ( BMNH) . Baldock , Hertfordshire, 1 male, ix.-x.1917; 1 male, 1 female, v.1918, all Edwards leg. ( BMNH) . Ballyvourney , Cork, 1 male, 13.v.1989; 1 male, 10.vii.1990, all Withers leg. ( PPWM) . Ban-y-Gor Wood , Gloucestershire, 1 male, 12.ix.2002, Gibbs leg. ( PDGB) . Brampton , Cambridgeshire, 6 males, 8 females, 25.iv.1997 (reared), J.H. Cole leg. ( PJCB) . Brancaster , Norfolk, 1 male, 28.x.1988, Foster & Procter leg. ( PBLN) . Bucklebury Common, Berkshire , 1 male, 20.vi.1993; 1 male, 30.viii.1993, all Chandler leg. ( PPCM) . Burton Wood , Cumbria, 1 male, 9.x.1972, Stubbs leg. ( PPCM) . Caerkief Wood , Cornwall, 1 male, 3.vii.1983, Chandler leg. ( NMS) . Carbins Wood, Berkshire , 2 males, 26.vi.1994, Chandler leg. ( PPCM) . Castlerosse, Killarney , Kerry, 1 male, 2.v.1981, Chandler leg. ( PPCM) . Charlbury , Oxfordshire, 1 male, 4.vii.1936, Edwards leg. ( BMNH) . Charleville Wood , Offaly, 2 males, 15.vi.1985, Chandler leg. ( PPWM) . Charterhouse Alder Holt , Surrey, 1 male, 1 female, 16.vii.1989, Chandler leg. ( NMS, PPCM) . Chedworth , Gloucestershire, 1 male, 5.vi.1936, Edwards leg. ( BMNH) . Chee Dale , Derbyshire, 1 male, 1 female, 30.x.1991, Chandler leg. ( NMS) . Chippenham Fen , Cambridgeshire, 1 male, 2.vii.1980, Chandler leg. ( NMS) . Clovelly , Devon, 3 males, 8.v.1936, Edwards leg. ( BMNH) . Coombe Abbey Country Park , Coventry, Warwickshire, 2 males, 28.viii.2003, J.E. Smith leg. ( HRI) . Dean Wood , Devon, 1 male, 11.x.1980, Chandler leg. ( NMS) . Devil’s Punchbowl , Surrey, 1 male, 16.v.1992, Chandler leg. ( PPCM) . Dinton Pastures Country Park, Berkshire , 1 male, 8.v.1993; 2 males, 15.v.1993; 1 male, 14.vii.1993; 1 male, 18.vi.1994; 2 females, 7.xi.1994; 1 male, 28.v.1998; 1 male, 13.viii.1998; 1 male, 7.x.1998; 1 male, 8.xi.1999, all Chandler leg. ( NMS, PPCM) . Ditchley , Oxfordshire, 1 male, v.1937, Edwards leg. ( BMNH) . Drominahassig , Kerry, 1 male, 15.v.1973, Chandler leg. ( PPCM) . Dromore Forest , Kerry, 1 male, 15.x.1973, Chandler leg. ( NMS) . Dunamarc Falls , Cork, 1 male, 14.x.1973, Chandler leg. ( NMS) . Duncombe Park , North Yorkshire, 1 male, 16.vii.1996, Chandler leg. ( PPCM) . Easington Beck , North Yorkshire, 1 male, 1 female, 11.x.1990, Chandler leg. ( NMS) . Epping Forest , Essex, 1 male, 1 female, 12.iv.1999; 1 male, 1 female, 19.iv.1999, all Dagley leg. ( NMS, PPCM) . Farnborough Park , Warwickshire, 1 male, 1 female, 10.x.2001, Chandler leg. ( HRI) . Ferndown , Dorset, 1 male, 24.x.1965, Parmenter leg. ( BMNH) . Forge Valley , North Yorkshire, 1 male, 13.ix.1999, Crossley leg. ( PPCM) . Glen of Knocknarea , Sligo, 1 male, 1.x.1977, Chandler leg. ( NMS) . Grange-over-Sands , Cumbria, 1 female, xii.1939, Collin leg. ( UMO) . Grindon Wood , Staffordshire, 1 male, 13.x.1997, Chandler leg. ( PPCM) . Gweek Wood , Cornwall, 2 males, 4.vii.1983, Chandler leg. ( NMS, PPCM) . High Dam , Cumbria, 1 male, 15.vi.1999, Chandler leg. ( NMS) . Ilfracombe , Devon, 1 female, 6.vii.1980, Chandler leg. ( NMS) . Killarney , Kerry, 1 male, 25.v.−27.v.1929, Edwards leg. ( BMNH) . Killaun Bog , Offaly, 1 male, ix.2000, Withers leg. ( PPWM) . Knap Mill , Devon, 1 male, 2.vi.1978, J.H. Cole leg. ( PJCB) . Lackham Wood , Wiltshire, 1 male, 18.x.2002, Chandler leg. ( HRI) . Lancaut Nature Reserve , Gloucestershire, 1 female, 5.ix.2002, Gibbs leg. ( PDGB) . Lathkill Dale , Derbyshire, 1 female, 10.x.1991, Chandler leg. ( PPCM) . Leckford Estate , Hampshire, 1 female, 12.iii.−15.iii.1976 (reared); 4 males, 2 females, 1977 (reared); 1 male, 1.ix.1998; 1 male, 11.xi.1999, all Chandler leg. ( NMS, PPCM) . Letchworth , Hertfordshire, 1 male, 11.xi.1916, Edwards leg. ( BMNH) . Llanmynach Hills , Shropshire, 1 male, 23.v.1994, J.H. Cole leg. ( PJCB) . Maulden Wood, Bedfordshire , 1 male, 23.vii.1980, J.H. Cole leg. ( PJCB) . Monk’s Wood , Cambridgeshire, 1 female, 3.vi.1972, J.H. Cole leg. ( PJCB) . Mulgrave Wood , North Yorkshire, 1 male, 23.viii.−3.ix.1937, Edwards leg. ( BMNH) . Murrough , Wicklow, 1 male, 8.v.1989, Withers leg. ( PPWM) . Natural History Museum, South Kensington, Greater London , 1 male, 8.vi.1948, Ward leg. ( BMNH) . Nesbitt Dene, Durham , 1 male, 29.vii.1992; 1 male, 5.viii.1995, all Chandler leg. ( NMS, PPCM) . Neuadd Fawr , Ceredigion, 1 male, 28.ix.1974, Chandler leg. ( PPCM) . North Grimston , North Yorkshire, 1 male, 16.vii.1996, Chandler leg. ( PPCM) . Oxford , Oxfordshire, 1 male, 2.x.1950 (reared), Laurence leg. ( PBLN) . Oxford University Museum, Oxford , Oxfordshire, 1 male, 9.xi.1920; 1 male, 5.xii.1928, all Hamm leg. ( UMO) . Perrott’s Brook , Gloucestershire, 1 male, 12.x.1979, Stubbs leg. ( PPCM) . Radcliffe on Trent , Nottinghamshire, 1 female, 10.vii.1912, Robinson leg. ( BMNH) . Ranmore Common , Surrey, 2 males, 12 females, 10.ii.− 17.iii.1936 (reared), Richards leg. ( BMNH) . Reedham , Norfolk, 1 male, 26.viii.−27.x.1988, Foster & Procter leg. ( PBLN) . Reelig Glen, Moniack , Highland Region, 1 male, 21.x.1999, Chandler leg. ( NMS) . Reydon Wood , Suffolk, 1 male, 11.v.1986, Withers leg. ( PPWM) . Salcombe , Devon, 1 male, 25.vii.1908, Verrall leg. ( UMO) . Scadbury Park, Greater London , 1 male, 18.vi.1983; 1 male, 22.x.1983, all Chandler leg. ( PPCM, PPWM) . Scotland Fen , Suffolk, 1 female, 19.x.1996, Chandler leg. ( PPCM) . Selborne Common , Hampshire, 1 male, 28.v.1988, Chandler leg. ( NMS) . Sharpenhoe, Bedfordshire , 2 females, 16.vi.1997, Chandler leg. ( NMS, PPCM) . Shepreth , Cambridgeshire, 1 male, 3 females, iii.1918 (reared), Edwards leg. ( BMNH) . Sherrard’s Wood, Welwyn , Hertfordshire, 1 male, 22.x.1930, Edwards leg. ( BMNH) . Sidmouth , Devon, 2 males, 10.v.1936, Edwards leg. ( BMNH) . The Dingle , Isle of Anglesey, 1 male, 5.vii.1987, Chandler leg. ( PPCM) . Theale, Berkshire , 2 males, 1 female, 7.vii.2003, Chandler leg. ( HRI) . Tintern , Wexford, 1 male, 28.iii.1989, J.P. O’Connor leg. ( NMID) . Torc Cascade , Kerry, 1 male, 9.v.1981, Chandler leg. ( PPCM) . Upper Lake, Killarney , Kerry, 1 male, 5.v.1981, Chandler leg. ( PPCM) . Westhide Wood , Herefordshire, 1 male, 9.x.1998, Chandler leg. ( NMS) . Weston Big Wood, Avon , 1 male, 12.vii.2001, Gibbs leg. ( PDGB) . Wicken Fen , Cambridgeshire, 1 male, 25.iv.1993, Perry leg. ( PJCB) . Woodbastwick , Norfolk, 1 male, viii.1932, Edwards leg. ( BMNH) . Woodwalton Fen , Cambridgeshire, 2 males, 1 female, 24.v.1940, Edwards leg. ( BMNH) . Wychwood , Oxfordshire, 2 females, v.1937, Edwards leg. ( BMNH) . Wytham Woods, Wytham , Oxfordshire, 4 males, 21.viii.2002, J.E. Smith leg. ( HRI) .

Ecological notes: very common in broad-leaved and mixed woodland; common in carr woodland; also found on heathland; wetlands including fen, raised bog, sedge beds, water meadows and gravel pits; mossy rocks by waterfall; old hedges; grassland and scrub in old limestone quarry; gardens. Reared from poplar log, borings of the beetle Hylesinus fraxini and fungus Auricularia mesenterica . iii–xi.