Pnyxia scabiei, (HOPKINS, 1895)

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 : 117

PNYXIA SCABIEI (HOPKINS, 1895)

Synonyms: dispar Schmitz, 1927 ; ruffoi (Venturi, 1970) ; subterranea (Schmitz, 1913) .

Literature: Edwards (1925a): 584;? Donisthorpe (1927): 139 [as Allostoomma subterranea ]; Skidmore (1978): 76; Freeman (1983b): 27; Skidmore (1991): 101 and 149; Menzel (1998): 22.

Material examined: Cheshunt , Hertfordshire, 3 females, 31.v.1922; 1 female, 1.viii.1922 (all reared), all Speyer leg. ( HRI) . Enfield Wash, Greater London , 2 males, 5 larvae, 12.i.1922, Speyer leg. ( HRI) . Lifton Park , Devon, 5 males, 30.x.1935 (reared), Bradshaw leg. ( BMNH) . Natural History Museum, South Kensington, Greater London , 1 male, 4.viii.1931, Edwards leg. ( BMNH) . No locality details,? England, 2 males, 3.vii.1887 (reared), Verrall leg. ( BMNH) ; England, 2 males, 2 females, 2 larvae, no date, Speyer leg. ( HRI) .

Ecological notes: found in museum; pot plants. Reared from narcissus bulbs; cucumber; potato and tomato seedlings; manure. i, v, vii–viii, x.