Lycoriella, FREY, 1942

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 : 107

LYCORIELLA ( HEMINEURINA ) CONSPICUA

( WINNERTZ, 1867)

Literature:? Walker (1848): 105;? Walker (1856): 53; Edwards (1925a): 539 [all as Sciara hyalipennis , misidentification]; Edwards (1938): 201 [as Sciara (Neosciara) hyalipennis , misidentification]; Freeman (1983b): 30; Laurence (1994): 118; Menzel (1998): 22; Chandler et al. (2002): 124.

Material examined: Austwick , North Yorkshire, 1 male, vi.1930, Cheetham leg. ( BMNH) ; 1 male, 26.v.− 27.v.1934, Edwards leg. ( BMNH) . Aviemore , Highland Region, 1 male, v.1934, Edwards leg. ( BMNH) . Braedownie , Angus, 1 male, 24.vii.1937, Coe leg. ( BMNH) . Cairngorm , Highland Region, 2 males, 15.vi.1984, Chandler leg. ( PPWM) . Cardington, Bedfordshire , 2 females, 6.viii.1914, Edwards leg. ( BMNH) . Fallowfield, Greater Manchester, 1 male, 1 female, 26.ix.1920, Britten leg. ( BMNH) . Falls of Tarnash , Moray, 1 female, 9.vii.1936, Coe leg. ( BMNH) . Gearagh , Cork, 1 male, 30.vi.1990; 1 male, 10.x.1990, de Courcy Williams leg. ( DEI, NMID) . Grafham Water, Savage’s Creek , Cambridgeshire, 1 male, 21.viii.1976, J.H. Cole leg. ( PJCB) . Gwenfro , Isle of Anglesey, 1 male, 14.vi.1988, Holmes, Boyce & Reed leg. ( PPWM) . Harpenden , Hertfordshire, 3 females, 1934, C.B. Williams leg. ( BMNH) . Hickling , Norfolk, 6 males, x.1988, Foster & Procter leg. ( PBLN) . Kennack Cove , Cornwall, 1 male, 4.ix.1983, Chandler leg. ( PPCM) . Loch Park , Moray, 1 male, 12.viii.− 14.viii.1937, Coe leg. ( BMNH) . Nuremore Lake, Carrickmacross , Monaghan, 1 male, 19.vi.1979, J.H. Cole leg. ( PJCB) . Rye Water , Kildare, 1 male, 9.viii.1981, J.P. & M.A. O’Connor leg. ( NMID) . Searles Farm, Reading, Berkshire , 1 male, 22.vii.2003, Chandler leg. ( PPCM) . Shefford, Bedfordshire , 1 male, 1.vii.1915, Edwards leg. ( BMNH) . Stallode Wash , Suffolk, 14 males, 30.viii.−13.ix.1988, Foster & Procter leg. ( PBLN) . Straffan , Kildare, 1 male, 14.xi.1981, J.P. O’Connor leg. ( NMID) . Thompson Common , Norfolk, 1 male, 13.x.2002, Chandler leg. ( PPCM) . Wellesbourne , Warwickshire, 1 male, 17.viii.−31.viii.2000, J.E. Smith leg. ( HRI) . Weston , Hertfordshire, 1 male, 4.x.1931, Edwards leg. ( BMNH) . Wheatfen Broad , Norfolk, 1 male, 19.v.1990, Withers leg. ( PPWM) . Whitacre Heath , Warwickshire, 3 males, 13.x.2001, J.E. Smith leg. ( HRI) . Woodwalton Fen , Cambridgeshire, 1 male, 7.vi.1940, Edwards leg. ( BMNH) .

Ecological notes: found in broad-leaved and carr woodland; ancient pine woodland; wetlands including fen, sedge and reed beds, raised mire, lake and river margins and wet meadows; old sand and gravel workings; grassland with pingo pools. v–xi.