Sciara humeralis, ZETTERSTEDT, 1851

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 : 134

SCIARA HUMERALIS ZETTERSTEDT, 1851

Synonyms: analis var. bezzii Del Guercio, 1905 ; armata Winnertz, 1867 ; hamatilis Yang, Zhang & Yang, 1993 .

Literature: Freeman (1983b): 19; Laurence (1994): 118; Menzel (1998): 22; Withers (2002): 115.

Material examined: Aberithon Turbary , Powys, 1 male, 3.vii.1989, Holmes, Boyce & Reed leg. ( PPWM) . Blackheath, Albury , Surrey, 1 male, 2.vii.1968, Chandler leg. ( PPCM) . Chilbolton Common , Hampshire, 4 males, 6.vii.1991, Chandler leg. ( NMS, PPCM) . Cors Gyfelog , Gwynedd, 1 male, 26.vii.1988, Holmes, Boyce & Reed leg. ( PPWM) . Gors Llwyn, Neath / Port Talbot , 1 male, 12.vii.1989; 1 male, 4.x.1989, all Holmes, Boyce & Reed leg. ( PPWM) . Greywell Fen , Hampshire, 1 male, 11.viii.1999; 1 male, 20.vi.2002; 2 males, 1 female, 29.viii.2002, all Chandler leg. ( HRI, PPCM) . Horning Ferry , Norfolk, 1 male, 1 female, 21.viii.1932, Collin leg. ( UMO) . Leckford Estate , Hampshire, 1 male, 29.vi.1974; 1 male, 14.viii.1983, all Chandler leg. ( NMS, PPCM) . Llyn Ystumllyn , Gwynedd, 1 male, 5.x.1988, Holmes, Boyce & Reed leg. ( PPWM) . Lough Derragh , Longford, 2 males, 15.vii.1990, Withers leg. ( PPWM) . New Forest , Hampshire, 1 male, 16.vii.1907, King leg. ( BMNH) . Redmoor , Cornwall, 1 male, 8.x.2001, J.H. Cole leg. ( PJCB) . Rempstone Heath , Dorset, 2 males, 9.ix.1906, Verrall leg. ( UMO) . Rhôs Cruglas, Carmarthen , 1 male, 29.vi.1989; 1 male, 13.vii.1989, all Holmes, Boyce & Reed leg. ( PPWM) . Rhôs Rhydd , Ceredigion, 1 male, 8.x.1987, Holmes, Boyce & Reed leg. ( PPWM) . Scragh Bog , Westmeath, 1 male, 15.vii.1990, Withers leg. ( PPWM) . Thompson Common , Norfolk, 3 males, 16.vii.1989, Chandler leg. ( NMS, PPCM) . Upton , Norfolk, 2 males, 5.vii.1934, Collin leg. ( UMO) . Walberswick , Suffolk, 4 males, 15.vi.−29.vi.1988, Foster & Procter leg. ( PBLM, PPCM, PPWM) . Winnall Moor , Hampshire, 1 male, 25.vi.1989, Chandler leg. ( NMS) . Woodbastwick , Norfolk, 22 males, 2 females, viii.1932, Edwards leg. ( BMNH) . Woolcombe Meadow , Dorset, 2 males, 3.vii.1998, Chandler leg. ( NMS, PPCM) .

Ecological notes: found in broad-leaved woodland especially carr; wetlands especially fens, reed and sedge beds, ombrotrophic and basin mires, Molinia and quaking bogs, saltmarsh and water meadows; heath grassland and scrub; grassland with pingo pools; rough pasture with ditches. vi–x.