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 : 119-121

SCATOPSCIARA ( SCATOPSCIARA ) ATOMARIA

(ZETTERSTEDT, 1851)

Synonyms: falsaria ( Winnertz, 1867) ; hybrida ( Winnertz, 1867) ; mundula ( Winnertz, 1867) ; pagana ( Winnertz, 1867) ; pratinicola ( Winnertz, 1867) ; silvestris (Frey, 1936) ; soluta ( Winnertz, 1867) ; vivida ( Winnertz, 1867) .

Literature: Edwards (1925a): 541 [as Sciara tilicola , misidentification]; Basden (1933): 44; Edwards (1934b): 34 [all as Sciara vivida ]; Edwards (1938): 201 [as Sciara (Scatopsciara) vivida ]; Buxton (1954): 167 [as Scaptosciara vivida (recte Scatopsciara )]; Chandler (1978): 209; O’Toole (1978): 163; Skidmore (1978): 76; Freeman (1983b): 39; Skidmore (1991): 149; Laurence (1994): 118; Laurence (1996): 86; Laurence (1997a): 85; Laurence (1997b): 228 [all as Scatopsciara vivida ]; Menzel (1998): 22; Chandler (2001): 201; Chandler et al. (2002): 124.

Material examined: Ach na Bourin , Highland Region. 1 male, 1.vii.1972, Chandler leg. ( PPCM) . Acton, Greater London , 3 males, no date [19th century] (reared), Waterhouse leg. ( BMNH) . Alconbury , Cambridgeshire, 1 male, 29.iv.1976; 2 males, 9.v.1978, all J.H. Cole leg. ( PJCB) . Annahala bog, Gearagh, Cork , 4 males, 1.vi.1990, de Courcy Williams leg. ( DEI, NMID) . Aviemore, River Spey , Highland Region, 1 male, 9.vi.1984, Chandler leg. ( PPWM) . Babraham , Cambridgeshire, 1 male, 25.i.1918, Edwards leg. ( BMNH) . Badger Wood , Cambridgeshire, 1 male, x.1998, C.W. Plant leg. ( PPCM) . Beaconsfield , Buckinghamshire, 11 males, 18 females, 14.iii.−17.vii.1934 (reared), Basden leg. ( NMS) . Becky Woods, Manaton , Devon, 3 females, 23.vi.2002, J.E. Smith leg. ( HRI) . Berwick-upon-Tweed , Northumberland, 1 male, iv.1999; 2 males, viii.1999; 1 male, 4.xi.1999, all Laurence leg. ( PBLN) . Black Park , Buckinghamshire, 1 male, 3 females, 19.vi.−23.vi.1934 (reared), Basden leg. ( NMS) . Bockmer End , Buckinghamshire, 1 male, 4.iii.1932 (reared), Basden leg. ( NMS) . Boveney , Buckinghamshire, 2 males, 16.iv.1981, Chandler leg. ( PPCM) . Bradfield Wood , Suffolk, 1 male, 6.vii.− 11.vii.1990; 4 males, 16.viii.−22.viii.1991; 3 males, viii.1991, all Laurence leg. ( PBLN) . Braedownie , Angus, 1 male, 24.vii.1937, Coe leg. ( BMNH) . Brampton , Cambridgeshire, 1 male, 19.ii.1966, J.H. Cole leg. ( PJCB) . Brendon , Devon, 1 male, viii.1935, Edwards leg. ( BMNH) . Buckingham Palace Garden, Greater London , 1 male, 14.i.−14.ii.1997; 1 male, 28.vi.− 7.vii.1997, all D.J. Carter & C.W. Plant leg. ( PPCM) . Bucklebury Common, Berkshire , 1 male, 28.iv.1997 (reared), Storey leg. ( PPCM) . Burnham , Buckinghamshire, 3 males, 7.iv.−22.iv.1932; 2 males, 9 females, 21.iv.−11.vi.1934 (all reared), all Basden leg. ( NMS) . Burnham Beeches , Buckinghamshire, 1 male, 3 females, 3.v.−21.vi.1931; 1 male, 8.vi.1931, all Basden leg. ( BMNH, NMS) ; 1 male, 28.v.−19.vi.1996; 1 male, 5.viii.−31.viii.1996; 2 males, 9.x.−26.xi.1996, all Ismay leg. ( PPCM) . Canonteign Falls , Devon, 2 females, 22.vi.2002, J.E. Smith leg. ( HRI) . Catfield , Norfolk, 1 male, 12.x.1988; 1 male, 13.x.−13.xii.1988, all Foster & Procter leg. ( PBLN) . Chigwell Row Wood, Chigwell Row , Essex, 1 female, 20.vi.2002; 1 male, 3 females, 28.vi.2002; 1 female, 15.ix.2002; 1 female, 23.ix.2002; 1 female, 26.ix.2002; 1 female, 8.x.2002; 1 male, 5 females, 16.x.2002; 2 females, 22.x.2002, all Ismay & Schulten leg. ( DEI, UMO) . Clondalkin, Dublin , 1 male, 14.iii.−16.iii.1982, J.P. & M.A. O’Connor leg. ( NMID) . Coombe Abbey Country Park , Coventry, Warwickshire, 1 female, 28.viii.2003, J.E. Smith leg. ( HRI) . Corker Pass, Clare , 1 male, 23.v.1985, J.P. O’Connor leg. ( NMID) . Corrimony , Highland Region, 1 male, 28.v.2002, Chandler leg. ( PPCM) . Cors Caron , Ceredigion, 1 male, 5.x.1987, Holmes, Boyce & Reed leg. ( PPWM) . Crickhowell , Powys, 1 male, 1.x.1936, Edwards leg. ( BMNH) . Culbin Sands , Highland Region, 1 male, 5.vii.−7.vii.1936, Coe leg. ( BMNH) ; 1 male, 27.v.2002, Chandler leg. ( PPCM) . Ditchley , Oxfordshire, 1 male, v.1937, Edwards leg. ( BMNH) . Dropmore , Buckinghamshire, 1 male, 8.iv.1937 (reared), Basden leg. ( BMNH) . Eday , Orkney, 1 male, 1.vi.−6.vi.1988, Laurence leg. ( PBLN) . Epping Forest , Essex, 3 males, 1.iii.−22.iii.1999, Dagley leg. ( PPCM) . Fair Isle , Shetland, 1 male, 20.xi.2000, Laurence leg. ( PBLN) . Fairfield Experimental Horticulture Station, Kirkham , Lancashire, 1 male, no date, Hussey leg. ( HRI) . Falls of Tarnash , Moray, 1 male, 1.vii.1936, Coe leg. ( BMNH) . Farnham Royal , Buckinghamshire, 1 male, 3 females, 31.ii.−11.v.1931; 1 male, 9.v.1931; 1 male, 1 female, 21.v.−24.v.1931; 1 male, 4.ix.1933 (all reared), all Basden leg. ( BMNH, NMS) . Fisher’s Wood, Bromley, Greater London , 1 male, 2.viii.1966, Chandler leg. ( PPCM) . Flitwick Moor, Bedfordshire , 1 male, 13.vii.1978, J.H. Cole leg. ( PJCB) . Folly Farm, Avon , 1 male, 28.ix.2001, Gibbs leg. ( PDGB) . Forres , Moray, 1 male, 4.vii.1936, Coe leg. ( BMNH) . Gamlingay Wood , Cambridgeshire, 1 male, 22.v.1992, J.H. Cole leg. ( PJCB) . Gearagh, Cork , 1 male, 20.iv.1990; 1 male, 19.v.1990; 1 male, 9.vi.1990; 1 male, 12.vi.1990, all de Courcy Williams leg. ( DEI, NMID) . Glasshouse Crops Research Station, Littlehampton , West Sussex, 1 male, 13.viii.1956; 2 males, 10.ix.1956; 1 male, 17.ix.1956; 2 males, 13.i.1958; 1 male, 25.iii.1958; 1 male, 29.ii.1960; 1 male, 7.iii.1960, all Hussey leg. ( HRI) . Grassholm , Pembrokeshire, 1 male, 25.viii.1934, Edwards leg. ( BMNH) . Gutcher Yell , Shetland, 2 males, 13.x.−16.x.1992, Laurence leg. ( PBLN) . Gwaun Ystrad Caron , Ceredigion, 1 male, 24.vii.1987, Holmes, Boyce & Reed leg. ( PPWM) . Harpenden , Hertfordshire, 2 males, 7.x.1934, C.B. Williams leg. ( BMNH) . Hartslock , Oxfordshire, 1 male, 6.v.2000, Raper leg. ( PDGB) . Haytor , Devon, 1 female, 23.vi.2002, J.E. Smith leg. ( HRI) . Hickling , Norfolk, 1 male, v.1988; 1 male, vi.1988; 28 males, x.1988, all Foster & Procter leg. ( PBLN) . Highgate Wood, Greater London , 1 male, 1998–99, Hackett leg. ( PPCM) . Hogley Bog , Oxfordshire, 2 males, 3.iii.1923 (reared), Hamm leg. ( BMNH) . How Hill , Norfolk, 1 male, 1.x.1989, Withers leg. ( PPWM) . Insh Marshes , Highland Region, 1 male, 30.v.2002, Chandler leg. ( PPCM) . Janet’s Foss Wood , North Yorkshire, 2 males, vii.1980, Disney leg. ( PPWM) . Kelham Bridge, Ravenstone , Leicestershire, 1 female, 24.viii.2003, Menzel leg. ( DEI) . Kinrive Wood , Highland Region, 1 male, 15.vi.1976, Chandler leg. ( PPCM) . Knebworth , Hertfordshire, 1 male, iv.1922; 1 male, 13.v.1923; 1 male, viii.1936, all Edwards leg. ( BMNH) . Knole Park , Kent, 1 male, 4.vi.1977, Chandler leg. ( PPCM) . Lackham Park , Wiltshire, 1 male, 5.viii.2002, Chandler leg. ( PPCM) . Leckford Estate , Hampshire, 1 male, 13.iii.1974, Stubbs leg. ( PPCM) . Letchworth , Hertfordshire, 1 male, v.1917; 1 male, x.1917, all Edwards leg. ( BMNH) . Little Kildrummie , Highland Region, 7 males, 14.vi.1984, Chandler leg. ( PPCM) . Loch Fleet , Highland Region, 1 male, 26.v.2002, Chandler leg. ( PPCM) . Loch Park , Moray, 4 males, 12.viii.− 14.viii.1937, Coe & Edwards leg. ( BMNH) . Loch Rannoch, Perth & Kinross , 1 male, 27.viii.1995, Chandler leg. ( PPCM) . Lockhaugh Bank Wood, Derwent Valley, Tyne & Wear , 1 male, 24.vii.−13.viii.1990, Jessop leg. ( PBLN) . Lopham Fen , Norfolk, 2 males, 11.x.1990, Withers leg. ( PPWM) . Lye Hill , Oxfordshire, 1 male, 20.ii.1915; 2 males, 5.ii.1916, all Hamm leg. ( BMNH) . Mayford , Surrey, 1 male, 21 females, 21.iv.−28.iv.1934 (reared), Basden leg. ( NMS) . Medmenham , Buckinghamshire, 1 male, 7.vi.1931; 1 male, 1 female, 19.x.1931; 4 males, 3 females, 19.x.−1.xi.1931; 1 male, 25.x.1931; 1 female, 25.ii.1932; 1 male, 5.vi.1934; 27 males, 26 females, 16.i.−31.iii.1931 –34 (all reared), all Basden leg. ( BMNH, NMS) . Mills Marsh , Norfolk, 1 male, 11.viii.1988, Foster & Procter leg. ( PBLN) . Monkfield Wood , Cambridgeshire, 1 male, x.1998, C.W. Plant leg. ( HRI) . Murrough, Wicklow , 1 male, v.1989, Blackith leg. ( PPWM) . Nethy Bridge , Highland Region, 3 males, 16.vii.1936, Coe leg. ( BMNH) . New Malden, Greater London , 1 male, 15.vi.1932, Coe leg. ( BMNH) . Newbridge Fen, Kildare , 1 male, 8.viii.− 19.viii.1998, Good leg. ( PPWM) . Nettlebed , Oxfordshire, 1 male, 9.v.1998, Chandler leg. ( PPCM) . Nûg , Conwy, 1 male, 3.viii.1988, Holmes, Boyce & Reed leg. ( PPWM) . Offley Holes , Hertfordshire, 1 male, iv.1936, Edwards leg. ( BMNH) . Oxford University Parks, Oxford , Oxfordshire, 1 male, 1 female, 8.vi.1915, Hamm leg. ( BMNH) . Radwell , Hertfordshire, 2 males, 21.x.1917, all Edwards leg. [in part labelled as ‘sp. no. 5′] ( BMNH, ZFMK) . RAF Barnham , Suffolk, 1 male, 22.vi.1996, Chandler leg. ( PPCM) . Reedham , Norfolk, 1 male, 7.xii.1988 – 17.iii.1989, Foster & Procter leg. ( PBLN) . Rhôs-y-gad, Isle of Anglesey, 1 male, 5.x.1988, Holmes, Boyce & Reed leg. ( PPWM) . Ryton Wood, Bubbenhall, Coventry, West Midlands , 1 female, 12.x.2001, J.E. Smith leg. ( HRI) . Salisbury Plain Training Area, Warminster , Wiltshire, 1 male, 4.vii.2003, Ismay & Schulten leg. ( UMO) . Scadbury Park, Greater London , 2 males, 1 female, 3.xi.1984, Chandler leg. ( PPCM) . Sedlescombe , East Sussex, 1 male, xii.1994; 1 male, 24.iii.1996, all Roper leg. ( PPRS) . Selsdon, Greater London , 1 male, 26.i.1937, Coe leg. ( BMNH) . Shefford, Bedfordshire , 1 male, 17.xi.1917, Edwards leg. ( BMNH) . Sidmouth , Devon, 1 male, 10.v.1936, Edwards leg. ( BMNH) . Spey Bay , Moray, 12 males, 2.vii.1936, Coe leg. ( BMNH) . Sutton Park, Birmingham, Birmingham, West Midlands , 1 female, 7.iv.2003, J.E. Smith leg. ( HRI) . Temple, Berkshire , 3 males, 6 females, 12.ii.−28.iii.1932; 1 male, 24.iii.1933; 1 male, 4 females, 24.ii.−19.v.1934; 1 male, 2 females, 31.iii.−7.iv.1934 (all reared), all Basden leg. ( NMS) . The Loke, Norwich , Norfolk, 2 males, 20.iv.1987; 4 males, 26.iv.1987; 2 males, 8.v.1987; 1 male, 24.x.−25.x.1987; 1 male, 28.iv.−4.v.1990; 2 males, 2.v.−6.v.1992; 1 male, 21.viii.1992; 1 male, 29.ix.−3.x.1992; 2 males, 4.xi.−6.xi.1992; 2 males, 20.v.−23.v.1993, all Laurence leg. ( PBLN) . The Oaks , Cambridgeshire, 1 male, x.1998, C.W. Plant leg. ( PPCM) . Thornham Magna , Suffolk, 1 male, 14.iii.1987, Withers leg. ( PPWM) . Tomintoul , Moray, 1 male, 8.viii.−11.viii.1937, Coe leg. ( BMNH) . Trawsfynydd , Gwynedd, 1 male, 5.viii.1988; 1 male, 14.x.1988, all Holmes, Boyce & Reed leg. ( PPWM) . Udale Bay , Highland Region, 1 male, 29.v.2002, Chandler leg. ( PPCM) . Vidlin , Shetland, 1 male, 18.vi.−21.vi.1993, Laurence leg. ( PBLN) . Wellesbourne , Warwickshire, 12 males, 2 females, 17.viii.−31.viii.2000; 1 male, viii.2000; 1 female, 19.i.− 15.ii.2001; 1 female, 28.iii.−26.iv.2001; 1 male, 27.vi.−5.vii.2001; 1 male, 13.ix.−4.x.2001, all J.E. Smith leg. ( HRI) . Welwyn , Hertfordshire, 1 male, 20.ii.1928; 1 male, 21.vii.−24.vii.1934, all Edwards leg. ( BMNH) . Wennington Wood , Cambridgeshire, 1 male, 4.x.1975, J.H. Cole leg. ( PJCB) . West Harling Common , Norfolk, 1 male, 1.iv.1988; 2 males, 30.iii.1991; 1 male, 23.iv.1991, all Withers leg. ( PPWM) . Weston , Hertfordshire, 2 males, 4.x.1931, Edwards leg. ( BMNH) . Whitnash brook, Sydenham, Leamington Spa , Warwickshire, 1 male, 2 females, 4.ix.2003, J.E. Smith leg. ( HRI) . Wicken Fen , Cambridgeshire, 1 male, 26.iv.1916, Edwards leg. ( BMNH) . Windbury , Devon, 1 male, 7.vii.1986, Chandler leg. ( PPCM) . Windsor Forest, Berkshire , 4 males, 2 females, 3.ix.1977, Chandler leg. ( PPCM) . Wolford Wood, Moreton-in-Marsh , Warwickshire, 3 females, 11.x.2001, J.E. Smith leg. ( HRI) . Yell , Shetland, 4 males, 3.ix.−10.ix.1990, Laurence leg. ( PBLN) .

Ecological notes: very common in all types of woodland; heathland; moorland on granite; wetlands including fens, mires, bogs, Cladium beds with tufa, sedge beds, water meadows and riverside marshes; unimproved calcareous grassland; grounds of horticultural research station; on ivy; parkland; gardens; rocky island with seabird colonies. Reared from nests of coot, common shrew, field mouse, hedgehog, mole, moorhen, rabbit, thrush and wasp; the fungus Laetiporus sulphureus and lime galls. i–xii.