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 : 98-99

LEPTOSCIARELLA ( LEPTOSCIARELLA ) FUSCIPALPA

(MOHRIG & MAMAEV, 1979)

New to British and Irish list.

Material examined: Badger Wood , Cambridgeshire, 1 male, vi.1998, C.W. Plant leg. ( PPCM) . Bagley Wood , Oxfordshire, 1 male, 20.v.−21.v.1933, Edwards leg. ( BMNH) . Blair Atholl, Perth & Kinross , 1 male, 28.v.1973, Chandler leg. ( NMS) . Blean Wood , Kent, 1 male, 30.iv.1965, Parmenter leg. ( BMNH) ; 2 males, 19.v.1973, no collector detail ( BMNH) . Bromley, Greater London , 1 male, 15.v.1971, Chandler leg. ( PPCM) . Buckingham Thick Copse , Northamptonshire, 1 male, 9.vi.1992, Warne leg. ( PPCM) . Burnham Beeches. Buckinghamshire, 2 males, 6.v.1914, Edwards leg. ( BMNH) ; 3 males, 21.iv.1998, Chandler leg. ( PPCM) . Cambridge , Cambridgeshire, 1 male, 12.v.1913, Edwards leg. ( BMNH) . Chigwell Row Wood, Chigwell Row , Essex, 1 female, 11.vi.2002; 1 female, 18.vi.2002; 1 female, 28.vi.2002; 1 male, 26.ix.2002, all Ismay & Schulten leg. ( DEI) . Clothall , Hertfordshire, 1 male, 4.v.1918, Edwards leg. ( BMNH) . Clovelly , Devon, 7 males, 8.v.1936, Edwards leg. ( BMNH) . Coombe , Cornwall, 1 male, 7.vii.1986, Chandler leg. ( NMS) . Corrimony , Highland Region, 1 male, 28.v.2002, Chandler leg. ( PPCM) . Craigellachie, Aviemore , Highland Region, 1 male, 30.v.2002, Chandler leg. ( PPCM) . Crickhowell , Powys, 1 male, v.1937, Edwards leg. ( BMNH) . Cuckoo Wood, Downe, Greater London , 1 male, 23.vi.1979, Chandler leg. ( NMS) . Dinton Pastures Country Park, Berkshire , 1 male, 25.iv.1993; 1 male, 20.ix.1998, all Chandler leg. ( PPCM) . Ditchley , Oxfordshire, 2 males, v.1937, Edwards leg. ( BMNH) . Ebbor Gorge , Somerset, 1 male, 3.vii.1985, Chandler leg. ( PPCM) . Epping Forest , Essex, 7 males, 1 female, 19.iv.−25.iv.1999, Dagley leg. ( HRI, PPCM) ; 1 male, 24.v.1999, Chandler leg. ( PPCM) . Eyeworth Wood, New Forest , Hampshire, 1 male, 6.vi.1987, Chandler leg. ( PPCM) . Falls of Tarnash , Moray, 1 male, 1.vii.1936, Coe leg. ( BMNH) . Gearagh , Cork, 1 male, 22.iv.1990, de Courcy Williams leg. ( NMID) . Glen Coiltie , Highland Region, 1 male, 28.v.2002, Chandler leg. ( PPCM) . Glen Lochay , Stirling, 3 males, 3.vi.−8.vi.1932, Edwards leg. ( BMNH) . Gunnerside , North Yorkshire, 1 male, 27.vi.1981, Chandler leg. ( PPCM) . Harrow, Greater London , 1 male, 24.v.1914, Edwards leg. ( BMNH) . Hartslock , Oxfordshire, 1 male, 6.v.2000; 2 males, 14.v.2000, all Raper leg. ( PDGB) . Hickling , Norfolk, 1 male, 8.vi.−22.vi.1989, Foster & Procter leg. ( PPCM) . Hod Hill , Dorset, 1 male, 22.v.1968, Parmenter leg. ( BMNH) . Holker Moss , Cumbria, 1 male, 11.vii.− 13.vii.1923, Edwards leg. ( BMNH) . Ingleton , North Yorkshire, 1 male, 20.vi.1924, Edwards leg. ( BMNH) . Letchworth , Hertfordshire, 3 males, vi.1917; 1 male, iv.1918, all Edwards leg. ( BMNH) . Linn of Dee , Aberdeenshire, 1 male, 31.v.1998, Chandler leg. ( PPCM) . Loch Chon , Stirling, 1 male, 22.vi.1999, Chandler leg. ( NMS) . Loch Meiklie , Highland Region, 1 male, 13.vi.1984, Chandler leg. ( PPCM) . Lodge Wood, Berkshire , 1 male, 2.v.1994, Chandler leg. ( PPCM) . Monkfield Wood , Cambridgeshire, 1 male, 1.v.− 31.v.1998, C.W. Plant leg. ( NMS) . Oakland Wood , Cambridgeshire, 2 males, 1.vi.−30.vi.1998, C.W. Plant leg. ( PPCM) . Oakley Inclosure, New Forest , Hampshire, 1 male, 17.iv.1953, Colyer leg. ( BMNH) . Reelig Glen, Moniack , Highland Region, 1 male, 20.v.1994, Chandler leg. ( PPCM) . Rosemarkie , Highland Region, 1 male, 29.v.2002, Merrifield leg. ( PPCM) . Sannox, Arran , North Ayrshire, 1 male, 26.v.−28.v.1919, Edwards leg. ( BMNH) . Savernake Forest , Wiltshire, 4 males, 3.v.1993, Chandler leg. ( PPCM) . Selsdon, Greater London , 1 male, 16.v.1932, Coe leg. ( BMNH) . Sheep Leas, West Horsley , Surrey, 1 male, 18.v.1991, Chandler leg. ( PPCM) . Shortwood , Gloucestershire, 1 male, 12.vi.2002, Gibbs leg. ( PDGB) . Sidmouth , Devon, 1 male, 10.v.1936; 1 male, 1.vi.1938, all Edwards leg. ( BMNH) . Skinner’s Pastures , Cumbria, 2 males, 17.vi.1999, Chandler leg. ( PPCM) . Spreacombe Chapel Wood , Devon, 1 male, 6.vii.1986, Chandler leg. ( PPCM) . Staffhurst Wood , Surrey, 2 males, 18.v.− 19.v.1991, Chandler leg. ( PPCM) . Stonybrow Wood, Rotherfield Park , Hampshire, 1 male, 3.vii.2002, Chandler leg. ( PPCM) . Tarradale House , Highland Region, 1 male, v.2002, Sumner leg. ( PPCM) . Tynron, Dumfries & Galloway , 1 male, 26.v.1945, Duncan leg. ( NMS) . Verwood , Dorset, 1 male, 15.iv.1953, Colyer leg. ( BMNH) . Windsor Forest, Berkshire , 1 male, 8.vi.1979; 1 male, 21.v.1988; 1 male, 15.vi.1991, all Chandler leg. ( NMS, PPCM) . Wytham Woods, Wytham , Oxfordshire, 1 male, 1 female, 21.viii.2002, Menzel leg. ( DEI) .

Ecological notes: very common in broad-leaved, mixed and carr woodland; ancient woodland with oak, hazel and bramble; pine woodland; heathland (heather) with oak and holly; sedge bed; lakeshore marsh; wooded river bank; water meadows and gravel pits, old hedges; calcareous grassland; garden. iv–ix.