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 : 125

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SCATOPSCIARA View in CoL View at ENA ( SCATOPSCIARA ) PUSILLA

(MEIGEN, 1818)

Synonyms: paludicicola (Lengersdorf, 1940) ; pavida ( Winnertz, 1867) ; pusilliformis Mohrig & Mamaev, 1986 ; zygoneuroides Frey, 1948 .

Literature: Laurence (1994): 118; Laurence (1997a): 85 [all in part]; Menzel (1998): 22; Withers (2002): 115.

Material examined: Bradfield Wood , Suffolk, 1 male, 16.viii.−22.viii.1988, Laurence leg. ( PBLN) . Bure Marshes , Norfolk, 1 male, 15.x.1983, Foster & Procter leg. ( PPWM) . Catfield , Norfolk, 1 male, 12.x.1988, Foster & Procter leg. ( PBLN) . Coombe Abbey Country Park , Coventry, Warwickshire, 2 males, 28.viii.2003, Menzel leg. ( DEI) . Cors Graianog , Gwynedd, 1 male, 7.x.1988, Holmes, Boyce & Reed leg. ( PPWM) . Flatford Mill , Suffolk, 1 male, 13.viii.1981, no collector detail ( PPWM) . Gearagh , Cork, 1 male, 7.vi.1990, de Courcy Williams leg. ( NMID) . Hickling Broad , Norfolk, 1 male, 27.v.1991, Withers leg. ( PPWM) . Malham Tarn , North Yorkshire, 1 male, 11.ix.−18.ix.1981, Disney leg. ( PPWM) . Murrough , Wicklow, 1 male, 8.v.1989, Withers leg. ( PPWM) . Searles Farm, Reading, Berkshire , 1 male, 6.viii.2003, Chandler leg. ( PPCM) . Sedlescombe , East Sussex, 1 male, 23.iii.1996, Roper leg. ( PPRS) . Strumpshaw , Norfolk, 1 male, 13.vi.−11.vii.1988, Foster & Procter leg. ( PBLN) . Vicarage Bog , Wrexham, 1 male, 12.x.1988, Holmes, Boyce & Reed leg. ( PPWM) . Wheatfen Broad , Norfolk, 1 male, 19.v.1990, Withers leg. ( PPWM) . Whitnash brook, Sydenham, Leamington Spa , Warwickshire, 1 male, 4.ix.2003, J.E. Smith leg. ( HRI) . Ynys Eidiol , Ceredigion, 1 male, 9.x.1987, Holmes, Boyce & Reed leg. ( PPWM) .

Ecological notes: found in broad-leaved woodland especially carr; grazed wet heathland; wetlands including bogs, basin mire, Sphagnum kettlehole; Phragmites and sedge bed; damp meadow; grassland at woodland fringe. iii, v–x.