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 : 110-111

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https://doi.org/ 10.1111/j.1096-3642.2006.00190.x

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scientific name

Lycoriella
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LYCORIELLA View in CoL View at ENA ( LYCORIELLA ) CELLARIS

(LENGERSDORF, 1934)

Synonyms: rufula Tuomikoski, 1959 ; stramentorum (Frey, 1948) .

Literature: Basden (1933): 44 [as Sciara agraria , misidentification]; O’Toole (1978): 163 [as Plastosciara vanderwieli , misidentification]; Freeman (1983b): 31 [in part as Lycoriella agraria , misidentification]; Dunne & O’Connor (1989): 65 [as Lycoriella solani , misidentification]; Laurence (1994): 118 [in part as Lycoriella mali ]; Menzel (1998): 22; Chandler (2001): 201 [as Lycoriella ingenua , misidentification].

New to Irish list.

Material examined: Balmoral Forest , Aberdeenshire, 1 male, 19.vii.−30.vii.1938, Coe leg. ( BMNH) . Beaconsfield , Buckinghamshire, 1 male, 15.iii.1933, Basden leg. ( BMNH) . Berwick-upon-Tweed , Northumberland, 2 males , vii.1999; 1 male, ix.1999; 1 male, x.1999; 1 male, 4.xi.1999, all Laurence leg. ( PBLN) . Boat of Garten , Highland Region, 1 male, v.1934, Edwards leg. ( BMNH) . Buckingham Palace Garden, Greater London , 1 male, 21.x.−28.xi.1996, D.J. Carter & C.W. Plant leg. ( PPCM) . Burnham , Buckinghamshire, 6 males , 7.viii.−29.xii.1934 (reared); 1 male, 25.viii.1934, all Basden leg. ( BMNH, NMS) . Burnham Beeches , Buckinghamshire, 1 male, 27.viii.1934 (reared), Basden leg. ( NMS) ; 1 male, 9.x.−26.x.1996, Ismay leg. ( PPCM) . Chigwell Row Wood, Chigwell Row , Essex, 1 male , 23.v.−27.v.2002; 1 male, 11.vi.2002; 1 male, 18.vi.2002; 1 male, 15.ix.2002, all Ismay & Schulten leg. ( DEI, UMO) . Chingford, Greater London , 6 males, v.1916, Nicholson leg. ( BMNH) . Cobham , Kent, 1 male, 1 female, 27.ii.1967 (reared), Hutson leg. ( BMNH) . Collinpark Wood , Gloucestershire, 1 male, 2.ix.2002, Gibbs leg. ( PPCM) . East Burnham , Buckinghamshire, 9 males , 14.iii.− 23.v.1933 (reared); 10 males, 15.x.−23.xi.1933; 1 male, 17.iii.1934; 1 male, 24.iii.1934; 1 male, 23.v.1934, all Basden leg. ( NMS) . Epping Forest , Essex, 5 males, 22.iii.-viii.1999, Dagley leg. ( PPCM) . Farnham Common , Buckinghamshire, 2 males , 24.vi.1933; 11 males, 1.x.−28.x.1933; 3 males, 14.x.1933; 1 male, 24.iv.1934 (all reared), all Basden leg. ( BMNH, NMS) . Farnham Royal , Buckinghamshire, 21 males , 3.iv.− 26.vi.1934; 1 male, 18.v.1934; 10 males, 25.vi.− 27.vi.1934 (all reared), all Basden leg. ( BMNH, NMS) . Glasshouse Crops Research Station, Littlehampton , West Sussex, 1 male , 10.ix.1956; 1 male, 26.xi.1956; 1 male, 17.xii.1956; 1 male, 30.vii.1957, all Hussey leg. ( HRI) . Grange-over-Sands , Cumbria, 1 male, 20.iii.1996, Birkett leg. ( PPCM) . Hook Farm, Bromley, Greater London , 1 male, 9.i.1965 (reared), Chandler leg. ( PPCM) . Kinsealy Research Centre, Dublin, 3 males, vii.-viii.1986 (reared), Dunne leg. ( NMID) . Lackham Park , Wiltshire, 1 male, 24.x.2002, Chandler leg. ( PPCM) . Loch Rannoch, Perth & Kinross , 1 male, 21.x.2000, Chandler leg. ( PPCM) . London, Greater London , 2 males, 1921, no collector detail ( BMNH) . Medmenham , Buckinghamshire, 1 male, 16.i.1932 (reared), Basden leg. ( NMS) . Oxford University Museum, Oxford , Oxfordshire, 1 male, 1 female, 19.x.1920, Hamm leg. ( BMNH) . Pett’s Wood, Greater London , 1 male , 22.i.1982; 1 male, no date, all Freeman leg. ( BMNH) . Pinkney’s Green, Berkshire , 1 male, 21.iv.1934 (reared), Basden leg. ( BMNH) . Plymouth, Devon, 1 male, 8.ii.1985, J.H. Cole leg. ( PJCB) . Radwell , Hertfordshire, 1 male, 21.x.1917, Edwards leg. ( BMNH) . Seer Green , Buckinghamshire, 13 males, 4.i.−22.ii.1933; (reared), all Basden leg. ( BMNH, NMS) . Skomer Island , Pembrokeshire, 1 male, x.1995, A.R. Plant leg. ( PPRS) . Stonor , Oxfordshire, 1 male, 12.iii.1933 (reared), Basden leg. ( NMS) . Temple, Berkshire , 8 males , 1.vi.−18.vi.1931; 1 male, 30.i.1932; 3 males, 3.ii.− 15.ii.1932; 1 male, 25.iii.1932; 13 males, 7.vi.− 29.vi.1933; 2 males, 4.ix.1933; 2 males, 4.x.1933; 1 male, 24.iii.1934; 1 male, 30.iv.1934 (all reared), all Basden leg. ( BMNH, NMS) . The Loke, Norwich , 2 males , 20.iv.1987; 1 male, 26.iv.1987; 1 male, 18.vi.1987; 1 male, 24.x.−25.x.1987; 1 male, 19.vii.1988; 1 male, 15.viii.−16.viii.1988; 1 male, 21.viii.−24.viii.1989; 4 males, 28.iv.−4.v.1990; 1 male, 2.v.−6.v.1992; 1 male, 26.vi.−30.vi.1992; 1 male, 29.ix.−3.x.1992, all Laurence leg. ( DEI, PBLN) . Wellesbourne , Warwickshire, 1 male, 24.v.−27.vi.2001, J.E. Smith leg. ( HRI) . Wisley , Surrey, 1 male, no date, Buxton leg. ( BMNH) . Wye , Kent, 3 males, vii.1932, Austin leg. ( BMNH) .

Ecological notes: common in broad-leaved woodland; ancient woodland with oak, hazel and bramble; conifer plantations; heathland (heather) with oak and holly; grounds of horticultural research station; gardens; island with seabird colonies. Reared from the fungi Hypholoma fasciculare , Sparassis crispa ; soil taken from rabbit burrow; nests of blackbird, sand martin, song thrush, house sparrow, linnet, rook, moorhen, magpie, little owl, grey squirrel, brown rat and hedgehog; wasp nest; tit nestbox; decoy nest; from mushrooms and poinsettia compost. i–xii.

NMS

National Museum of Scotland - Natural Sciences

DEI

Senckenberg Deutsches Entomologisches Institut

UMO

University of Maine

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Diptera

Family

Sciaridae

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