Scatopsciara (Xenopygina),

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 : 127-128

SCATOPSCIARA (XENOPYGINA) FRITZI MOHRIG &

MENZEL, 1992

Synonym: semantica ( Laurence, 1994) .

Literature: Laurence (1994): 114 [as Bradysia semantica ]; Menzel (1998): 22; Menzel & Mohrig (2000): 505.

Material examined: Brancaster , Norfolk, 4 males, 17.vi.−1.vii.1988; 2 males, 1.vii.−15.vii.1988; 2 males, 2.ix.1988; 7 males, 2.ix.−16.ix.1988, all Foster & Procter leg. [holotype and paratypes of Bradysia semantica ] ( DEI, PBLN) ; 1 male, 28.x.1988, Foster & Procter leg. ( PBLN) . Brandon Marsh , Ryton-on- Dunsmore, West Midlands, 1 male, 22.viii.2002, Menzel leg. ( DEI) . Burnham Beeches , Buckinghamshire, 1 male, 1.vi.−8.vi.1999, Ismay leg. ( PPCM) . Castlemartin Corse, Pembrokeshire, 1 male, 22.vii.1987; 1 male, 14.x.1987, all Holmes, Boyce & Reed leg. ( PPWM) . Catfield , Norfolk, 1 male, 7.vi.−21.vi.1988, Foster & Procter leg. [paratype of Bradysia semantica ] ( PBLN) . Cefn Bryn , Swansea / Abertawe, 1 male, 4.x.1989, Holmes, Boyce & Reed leg. ( PPWM) . Chardeon , Gwynedd, 1 male, 11.vi.1988, Holmes, Boyce & Reed leg. ( PPWM) . Cors-y-Llyn , Powys, 1 male, 17.vii.1989, Holmes, Boyce & Reed leg. ( PPWM) . Foulden , Norfolk, 1 male, 10.vi.−8.vii.1988, Foster & Procter leg. [paratype of Bradysia semantica ] ( PBLN) . Hemingford , Cambridgeshire, 1 male, ix.1938, Edwards leg. ( BMNH) . Hickling , Norfolk, 1 male, 23.vi.−7.vii.1988; 11 males, 8.viii.−13.viii.1988; 2 males, 22.viii.1988, all Foster & Procter leg. [including paratypes of Bradysia semantica ] ( DEI, PBLN) . Lackham Park , Wiltshire, 1 male, 13.ix.2002, Chandler leg. ( PPCM) . Middle Harling , Norfolk, 1 male, 28.vi.−12.vii.1988; 5 males, 1.ix.−15.ix.1988, all Foster & Procter leg. [paratypes of Bradysia semantica ] ( PBLN) . Scarning , Norfolk, 10 males, 8.vi.−22.vi.1988, Foster & Procter leg. [paratypes of Bradysia semantica ] ( PBLN) . Searles Farm , Reading, Berkshire, 1 male, 9.vii.2003; 1 male, 22.vii.2003, all Chandler leg. ( PPCM) . Sutton , Norfolk, 3 males, 9.vi.−23.vi.1988; 6 males, 4.viii.−18.viii.1988, all Foster & Procter leg. [paratypes of Bradysia semantica ] ( PBLN) . Theale , Berkshire, 1 male, 26.vi.2003, Chandler leg. ( PPCM) . Tocil Wood , Warwick University Campus , Coventry, Warwickshire, 1 male, 28.viii.2003, J.E. Smith leg. ( HRI) . Walberswick , Suffolk, 1 male, 1.vi.−15.vi.1988, Foster & Procter leg. [paratype of Bradysia semantica ] ( PBLN) . Wheatfen Broad , Norfolk, 1 male, 8.vi.1986; 1 male, no date, all Withers leg. ( PPWM) . Whitnash brook, Sydenham , Leamington Spa, Warwickshire, 1 male, 4.ix.2003, J.E. Smith leg. ( HRI) .

Ecological notes: found in broad-leaved and carr woodland; humid heathland; wetlands including fen, reed and sedge beds, acidic mire, wet meadows and saltmarsh; former gravel workings. vi–x.

Taxonomic note: As well as the listed types for Bradysia semantica from Laurence (1994: 114), 2 further examples from the location ‘Hickling, Norfolk’ with the dates 23.vi.−7.vii.1988 [1] and 22.viii.1988 [1] were found in Laurence’s collection in another box. These do not belong to the type series for Bradysia semantica .