Pseudolycoriella semialata, (EDWARDS, 1913)

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 : 118

PSEUDOLYCORIELLA SEMIALATA (EDWARDS, 1913)

Literature: Edwards (1913a): 210; Edwards (1925a): 538; Madwar (1937): 47; Skidmore (1978): 76 [all as Sciara ]; Freeman (1983a): 169; Freeman (1983b): 23; Freeman (1987): 197 [all as Heterosciara ]; Menzel (1998): 22; Menzel & Mohrig (2000): 478.

Material examined: Brampton , Cambridgeshire, 8 males, 9 females, 25.iv.−27.iv.1997 (reared), J.H. Cole leg. ( PJCB, PPCM) . Clapham , West Sussex, 4 males, 8 females, 26.iii.1913 (reared), Collins leg. ( BMNH) . Knott Wood, Rothamsted , Hertfordshire, 4 males, 22.v.−23.v.1950; 3 males, 23.v.1950 (reared), all Laurence leg. ( BMNH, PBLN) . Norwood, Greater London , 12 males, 9 females, 22.iv.1913, Distant leg. [including lectotype and paralectotypes of Sciara semialata ] ( BMNH, ZFMK) .

Ecological notes: found in grounds of horticultural research station and garden. Reared from cow dung and soil on dead plant roots. iii–v.