Xylosciara, TUOMIKOSKI, 1957

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 : 142

XYLOSCIARA ( XYLOSCIARA ) LIGNICOLA

( WINNERTZ, 1867)

Synonyms: belingi (Winnertz, 1869) ; hortulana (Beling, 1873) ; nitidissima (Strobl, 1880) .

Literature: Edwards (1938): 201 [as Sciara (Plastosciara) ]; Perry & Stubbs (1978): 71; Freeman (1983b): 26; Menzel (1998): 23.

Material examined: Delamere, Cheshire , 2 males, 17.iv.−26.iv.1928 (reared), Britten leg. ( BMNH) . Monument Field, Epping Forest , Essex, 1 male, iv.1999, Dagley leg. ( PPCM) . Harpenden , Hertfordshire, 2 males, 30.vii.1934, C.B. Williams leg. ( BMNH) . Letchworth , Hertfordshire, 1 male, 9.ix.1924; 1 male, 30.iv.1925, all Edwards leg. ( BMNH) . Longdendale, Cheshire , 5 males, 11.v.−14.v.1932 (reared), Britten leg. ( BMNH) . Windsor Forest, Berkshire , 4 males, 1.v.1933 (reared), Donisthorpe leg. ( BMNH) .

Ecological notes: found in ancient oak and beech forest and other broad-leaved woodland; conifer plantations. Reared from bark of pine, spruce, birch and oak. iv–v, vii, ix.