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 ) HEPTACANTHA

TUOMIKOSKI, 1957

Literature: Menzel (1998): 23; Withers (2002): 115.

Material examined: Becky Woods, Manaton , Devon, 1 male, 23.vi.2002, J.E. Smith leg. ( HRI) . Brandon Marsh, Ryton-on-Dunsmore, West Midlands , 1 male, 22.viii.2002, Menzel leg. ( DEI) . Corriegills, Arran , North Ayrshire, 1 male, 2.vi.−4.vi.1919, Edwards leg. ( BMNH) . Hengistbury Head , Hampshire, 1 male, 13.vi.1938, Edwards leg. ( BMNH) . Lea Meadows, Newtown Linford , Leicestershire, 1 male, 24.viii.2003, Menzel leg. ( DEI) . Malham Tarn , North Yorkshire, 1 male, 29.vi.−2.vii.1981, Disney leg. ( PPWM) . Murrough , Wicklow, 3 males, 8.v.1989, Withers leg. ( PPWM) . Narborough Bog, Whetstone , Leicestershire, 1 male, 24.viii.2003, Menzel leg. ( DEI) . Nethy Bridge , Highland Region, 1 male, 16.vi.1936, Coe leg. ( BMNH) . Searles Farm, Reading, Berkshire , 1 male, 26.vi.2003, Chandler leg. ( PPCM) . Spey Bay , Moray, 1 male, 2.vii.1936, Coe leg. ( BMNH) . Theale, Berkshire , 1 male, 9.vii.2003, Chandler leg. ( PPCM) . Wheatfen Broad , Norfolk, 1 male, 25.vii.1989, Withers leg. ( PPWM) . Woodwalton Fen , Cambridgeshire, 1 male, 24.v.1940, Edwards leg. ( BMNH) . Wytham Woods, Wytham , Oxfordshire, 2 males, 21.viii.2002, Menzel leg. ( DEI) .

Ecological notes: found in broad-leaved and mixed woodland especially carr; wetlands including fen, bogs, wet meadow with reed bed on peat, lakeshore; former gravel workings; sea cliff. v–viii.