Camptochaeta consimilis, (HOLMGREN, 1869)

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 : 68

CAMPTOCHAETA CONSIMILIS (HOLMGREN, 1869)

New to British list.

Material examined: Cwm Dewi , Pembrokeshire, 1 male, 12.x.1987, Holmes, Boyce & Reed leg. ( PPWM) . Dowrog Common , Pembrokeshire, 1 male, 29.ix.1987, Holmes, Boyce & Reed leg. ( DEI) . Llyn Fawnog , Denbighshire, 1 male, 27.x.1988, Holmes, Boyce & Reed leg. ( PPWM) . The Ritec , Pembrokeshire, 1 male, 24.vi.1987; 1 male, 8.vii.1987; 2 males, 22.vii.1987; 2 males, 30.ix.1987, all Holmes, Boyce & Reed leg. ( DEI, PPWM) . Trefeiddan Moor , Pembrokeshire, 1 male, 21.vii.1987, Holmes, Boyce & Reed leg. ( PPWM) .

Ecological notes: found on wetlands including fens with Carex and Phragmites beds. vi–vii, ix–x.