Scatopsciara, EDWARDS, 1927

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 : 123

SCATOPSCIARA ( SCATOPSCIARA ) NACTA

(JOHANNSEN, 1912)

Literature: Freeman (1983b): 39 [as Scatopsciara tenax , misidentification]; Menzel (1998): 22.

Material examined: Barkham, Berkshire , 2 males, 1 female, ix.1922 (reared), Donisthorpe leg. ( BMNH) . Letchworth , Hertfordshire, 1 male, vi.-vii.1936, Edwards leg. ( BMNH) . New Forest , Hampshire, 3 males xi.1915 (reared), Sharp leg. ( BMNH) . Radwell , Hertfordshire, 1 male, 21.x.1917, Edwards leg. ( BMNH) .

Ecological notes: found in broad-leaved woodland; on ivy. Reared from fungus and under pine bark. vi–vii, ix–xi.