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 : 128

SCATOPSCIARA (XENOPYGINA) SIMILLIMA

( TUOMIKOSKI, 1960)

Synonym: pectinata (Mohrig & Menzel, 1990) .

Literature: Laurence (1994): 113 [as Bradysia pectinata ]; Menzel (1998): 22.

Material examined: Comin Esgair Maen , Ceredigion, 1 male, 17.ix.1986, Holmes, Boyce & Reed leg. ( PPWM) . Cors Barfog , Gwynedd, 1 male, 2.x.1988, Holmes, Boyce & Reed leg. ( PPWM) . Cors Caron , Ceredigion, 1 male, 15.vi.1987; 1 male, 27.vii.1987, all Holmes, Boyce & Reed leg. ( PPWM) . Cors Farlais, Carmarthen , 1 male, 13.vii.1989, Holmes, Boyce & Reed leg. ( PPWM) . Cors Fochno , Ceredigion, 1 male, 24.vii.1989, Holmes, Boyce & Reed leg. ( PPWM) . Cors Gyfelog , Gwynedd, 1 male, 5.x.1988, Holmes, Boyce & Reed leg. ( PPWM) . Llanbrynmair Moor , Powys, 1 male, 1.viii.1988, Holmes, Boyce & Reed leg. ( PPWM) . Rhôs Cilcennin , Ceredigion, 4 males, 1.x.1986, Holmes, Boyce & Reed leg. ( PPWM) . Rhôsgyll Fawr , Gwynedd, 1 male, 7.x.1988, Holmes, Boyce & Reed leg. ( PPWM) . Strumpshaw , Norfolk, 3 males, 13.vi.− 11.vii.1988, Foster & Procter leg. ( PBLN) . Thompson Common, Thompson , Norfolk, 6 males, 13.ix.− 27.ix.1988, Foster & Procter leg. ( DEI, PBLN) . Walberswick , Suffolk, 3 males, 1.vi.−15.vi.1988, Foster & Procter leg. ( PBLN) .

Ecological notes: found in one site comprising broadleaved woodland and grassland with pingo pools; oth- erwise wetlands including valley and floodplain fens; reed beds, ungrazed basin mire, blanket bog and raised bogs, saltmarsh and damp meadow. vi–x.