Sciara hemerobioides, (SCOPOLI, 1763)

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 : 132-134

SCIARA HEMEROBIOIDES (SCOPOLI, 1763)

Synonyms: lateralis Meigen, 1818 ; thomae (Linnaeus, 1767) ; valida Winnertz, 1867 .

Literature: Haliday (1833): 148; Walker (1848): 104; Walker (1856): 52; Edwards (1925a): 535; Grensted (1944): 202; Parmenter (1950): 110; Perry & Stubbs (1978): 71; Freeman (1983b): 18; Skidmore et al. (1987): 119; Laurence (1994): 118 [all as Sciara thomae ]; Menzel (1998): 22.

Material examined: Aberffraw , Isle of Anglesey, 1 female, 9.vii.1987, Chandler leg. ( PPCM) . Aberfoyle , Stirling, 1 female, 21.v.1896; 1 female, 11.ix.1905; 1 female, 18.ix.1905, all A.E.J. Carter leg. ( UMO) . Archers Wood , Cambridgeshire, 1 male, 1.viii.1986, J.H. Cole leg. ( PJCB) . Baldock , Hertfordshire, 1 female, 8.vii.1937, Edwards leg. ( BMNH) . Ban-y-Gor Wood , Gloucestershire, 1 male, 12.ix.2001, Gibbs leg. ( PDGB) . Barton Broad , Norfolk, 2 females, 5.viii.1906, Rothschild leg. ( BMNH) . Barton Mills , Suffolk, 4 females, 9.viii.1901; 1 female, 10.viii.1901, all Hamm leg. ( UMO) . Bayswater , Oxfordshire, 2 females, 14.vii.1917, Hamm leg. ( UMO) . Beaulieu, New Forest , Hampshire, 1 female, 13.vii.1895, no collector detail ( BMNH) . Bishop Wood , North Yorkshire, 1 female, 20.vii.1997, Chandler leg. ( PPCM) . Bix Bottom , Oxfordshire, 1 female, 6.vii.2002, Chandler leg. ( PPCM) . Blackford Hill , City of Edinburgh, 6 males, 6 females, 2.vii.2002 (reared), Bland leg. ( NMS) . Bodmin , Cornwall, 1 female, 18.viii.1936; 1 female, 20.viii.1936, all Parmenter leg. ( BMNH) . Bonhill , West Dunbartonshire, 1 male, 3 females, 22.vii.1905; 1 male, 6.viii.1905, all Malloch leg. ( NMS) . Bookham Common , Surrey, 1 female, 26.viii.1934, Parmenter leg. ( BMNH) . Boughton Fen , Norfolk, 2 males, 10.vi.- ix.1980, Foster & Procter leg. ( PBLN) . Braco, Glen Eagles, Perth & Kinross , 2 females, 13.viii.1948, Jackson leg. ( NMS) . Budshead Wood , Devon, 1 female, 1.vii.1889, Yerbury leg. ( BMNH) . Burghfield Common, Berkshire , 1 female, 11.vii.1970, Chandler leg. ( NMS) . Burnham Beeches , Buckinghamshire, 2 females, 5.vii.−20.vii.1995, Ismay leg. ( HRI) . Bushey Heath , Hertfordshire, 4 females, 22.vii.1912, Edwards leg. ( BMNH) . Burrows , no county, 2 females, vi.1912, no collector detail ( BMNH) . Carrigower , Wicklow, 1 female, 8.viii.1979, Speight leg. ( PPCM) . Castlebar Lough , Mayo, 1 female, 31.vii.1911, Grimshaw leg. ( NMS) . Catfield , Norfolk, 1 male, 1 female, 9.viii.1980, Shaw leg. ( NMS) . Chippenham Fen , Cambridgeshire, 1 male, 2.viii.1988, Chandler leg. ( PPCM) . Church Stretton , Shropshire, 1 female, 24.vii.1920, Edwards leg. ( BMNH) . Cors Erddreiniog , Isle of Anglesey, 1 male, 27.vii.1988, Holmes, Boyce & Reed leg. ( PPWM) . Cors Goch , Isle of Anglesey, 1 male, 18.vii.1989, Holmes, Boyce & Reed leg. ( PPWM) . Cosford Mill , Surrey, 1 female, 28.vi.1970, Chandler leg. ( NMS) . Cothill , Oxfordshire, 1 male, 1 female, 13.vii.1985, Chandler leg. ( NMS) . Croft Pascoe Pool , Cornwall, 1 female, 2.x.1983, Chandler leg. ( NMS) . Crowborough , East Sussex, 1 male, 2 females, 22.viii.1911, Jackson leg. ( NMS) . Crownhill Park , Plymouth, Devon, 1 female, 15.vii.1889, Yerbury leg. ( BMNH) . Dinas Head , Pembrokeshire, 1 female, 11.ix.1943, Grensted leg. ( UMO) . Dinton Pastures Country Park, Berkshire , 1 male, 1 female, 26.vi.1993; 1 female, 25.vi.1994, all Chandler leg. ( PPCM) . Dover , Kent, 1 female, viii.1900, no collector detail ( BMNH) . East Bergholt , Suffolk, 1 female, 22.vii.−29.vii.1970, Lane leg. ( BMNH) . Ebbor Rocks , Somerset, 1 male, 31.viii.1948, Cowley leg. ( BMNH) . Exeter , Devon, 1 female, 17.vii.1891, Verrall leg. ( UMO) . Felden , Hertfordshire, 1 female, 16.viii. 1893, A. Piffard leg. ( BMNH) . Fferam Paradwys , Isle of Anglesey, 1 male, 5.vii.1987, Chandler leg. ( NMS) . Folkestone , Kent, 1 male, 1 female, 1866, A. Piffard leg. ( BMNH) . Forest of Dean , Gloucestershire, 1 male, 21.vii.1897, Verrall leg. ( UMO) . Freshfield, Merseyside , 1 male, 1 female, 19.ix.1970, Hutson leg. ( BMNH) . Glensanda, Morvern , Highland Region, 4 females, 10.ix.1961, Pelham- Clinton leg. ( NMS) . Goring Heath , Oxfordshire, 1 female, 14.vii.1965, Burtt leg. ( BMNH) . Goring-on- Thames , Oxfordshire, 1 male, 2 females, 11.vii.1957, J.H. Cole leg. ( PJCB) . Gurnard’s Head , Cornwall, 4 females, 1.viii.−8.viii.1936, Hale-Carpenter leg. ( UMO) . Hackhurst Wood , Surrey, 1 female, 27.viii.1966, Chandler leg. ( PPCM) . Hartcliff Combe , Dorset, 3 females, 30.vi.1998, Chandler leg. ( NMS, PPCM) . Hatfield Forest , Hertfordshire, 1 female, 24.vii.1960, Vardy leg. ( BMNH) . Hobb’s Quarry , Gloucestershire, 1 male, 4.ix.2002, Gibbs leg. ( PDGB) . Hogley , Oxfordshire, 2 males, 1 female, 4.vii.1914, Hamm leg. ( UMO) . Humbie , East Lothian, 1 female, 13.vii.1988, J.H. Cole leg. ( PJCB) . Killarney , Kerry, 2 females, 23.viii.1902, King leg. ( NMS) . Leap , Cork, 1 female, 15.vii.1976, Chainey leg. ( BMNH) . Leckford Estate , Hampshire, 1 female, 25.vii.1998, Chandler leg. ( NMS) . Lelant , Cornwall, 2 males, 3.viii.1941; 1 male, 28.viii.1947, all Parmenter leg. ( BMNH) . Llandeilo, Carmarthen , 3 males, 1 female, 26.viii.− 2.ix.1967, Elstow leg. ( PPCM) . Llyn Hafodol , Anglesey, 1 female, 11.vii.1987, Chandler leg. ( NMS) . Long Crichel , Dorset, 1 female, 2.viii.1959, Colyer leg. ( BMNH) . Lough Derragh , Longford, 1 male, 15.vii.1990, Withers leg. ( PPWM) . Lundy Island , Devon, 1 female, 20–22.vii.1972, Hutson leg. ( BMNH) . Lyndhurst Road, New Forest , Hampshire, 1 female, 29.vii.1894, Yerbury leg. ( BMNH) . Matley Bog, New Forest , Hampshire, 3 females, 12.viii.−13.viii.1903, Hamm leg. ( UMO) . Meathop , Cumbria, 1 female, 17.vii.1945, no collector detail ( UMO) . Merton, Greater London , 3 females, 27.vii.1899, Walsingham leg. ( BMNH) . Mevagissey , Cornwall, 1 female, 13.ix.1941, Grensted leg. ( UMO) . Minsmere , Suffolk, 1 male, 5.viii.−27.ix.2001, Edwards leg. ( PDGB) . Myross Wood, Leap , Cork, 1 male, 11.vii.1977, Chainey leg. ( BMNH) . Newton Abbot , Devon, 1 female, 9.viii.1901; 2 females, 8.viii.1902, Hamm leg. ( UMO) . Oughton Head , Hertfordshire, 1 female, 2.vii.1966, Colyer leg. ( BMNH) . Ovington , Hampshire, 1 male, 2 females, 14.vii.1990, Chandler leg. ( NMS, PPCM) . Penzance , Cornwall, 1 male, 5 females, 11.vii.1871, Verrall leg. ( BMNH, UMO) . Piddletrenthide , Dorset, 1 female, 6.viii.1941, Richards leg. ( BMNH) . Pitlochry, Perth & Kinross , 1 female, 2.ix.1892, Beaumont leg. ( BMNH) . Plymstock , Plymouth, Devon, 3 females, 30.viii.1901, Brunetti leg. ( BMNH) . Ports Down, Hampshire, 3 females, 29.vii.1957, Clark leg. ( BMNH) . Puttenham , Surrey, 1 male, 31.vii.1950, Parmenter leg. ( BMNH) . Red Wharf , Isle of Anglesey, 1 female, 15.viii.1948, Grensted leg. ( UMO) . Redlake Cottage Meadow , Cornwall, 1 female, 12.vii.2000, Chandler leg. ( PPCM) . Rowridge Valley , Isle of Wight, 1 female, 2.vii.1980, Chandler leg. ( PPCM) . Savernake Forest , Wiltshire, 1 female, 24.vii.1973, Chandler leg. ( NMS) . Send , Surrey, 1 male, 1 female, 27.vi.1948, Parmenter leg. ( BMNH) . Shapwick Heath , Somerset, 1 female, 28.viii.1942, Cowley leg. ( BMNH) . Silchester Common , Hampshire, 1 female, 22.viii.1963, Burtt leg. ( BMNH) . Slapton Ley Nature Reserve , Devon, 2 females, 18.vii.−19.vii.1964, Chandler leg. ( PPCM) . Southrepps Common , Norfolk, 1 female, 8.vii.1993, J.H. Cole leg. ( PJCB) ; 1 female, 10.vii.1993, Chandler leg. ( PPCM) . St. Erth , Cornwall, 1 female, 8.viii.1935, Parmenter leg. ( BMNH) . Sutton Fen , Cambridgeshire, 1 female, 12.vii.1983, Chambers leg. ( BMNH) . Swaythling , Hampshire, 1 female, 25.vi.1989, Chandler leg. ( NMS) . Tamerton Folliatt , Devon, 1 female, 8.viii. 1889, Yerbury leg. ( BMNH) . Thatcham, Berkshire , 1 female, 19.vii.1964, J.H. Cole leg. ( PJCB) . The Keld, Driffield , North Yorkshire, 1 female, 15.vii.1996, Chandler leg. ( PPCM) . Theale, Berkshire , 2 males, 10 females, 26.vi.2003, Chandler leg. ( HRI) . Thompson Common , Norfolk, 1 male, 4.vii.1993, J.H. Cole leg. ( PJCB) . Thursley Common , Surrey, 1 female, 13.vii.1968, Chandler leg. ( PPCM) . Tintagel , Cornwall, 2 females, 2.viii.−15.viii.1947, Benson leg. ( BMNH) . Torc Falls, Killarney , Kerry, 1 male, 11.vii.1990, Withers leg. ( PPWM) . Torrs, Dumfries & Galloway , 1 female, 4.viii.1981, Duncan leg. ( NMS) . Tresco, Scilly Isles , Cornwall, 1 female, 16.vii.1927, Richards leg. ( BMNH) . Tring , Hertfordshire, 1 female, 26.vii.1031, Edwards leg. ( BMNH) . Tubney , Oxfordshire, 1 female, 1.viii.1910; 1 female, vii.1912; 1 female, 2.ix.1916, all Hamm leg. ( UMO) . Twitchen , Devon, 4 females, 28.vii.−29.vii.1909, no collector detail ( UMO) . Upware , Cambridgeshire, 1 female, 15.vii.1875, Verrall leg. ( BMNH) . Uxbridge, Greater London , 1 female, vii.1924, Edwards leg. ( BMNH) . Weston Big Wood, Avon , 1 male, 1.ix.2001, Gibbs leg. ( PDGB) . Wheatfen, Surlingham , Norfolk, 2 females, 27.vi.1950, Biggs leg. ( NMS) . Wheatfen Broad , Norfolk, 1 male, 13.vii.1986, Withers leg. ( PPWM) . Wicken Fen , Cambridgeshire, 1 female, 11.viii.1901, no collector detail ( UMO) . Wisley , Surrey, 1 female, 5.x.1922; 1 female, 19.x.1922, Dudgeon leg. ( BMNH) . Wisley Common , Surrey, 3 females, 7.vii.1968, Chandler leg. ( PPCM) . Woodwalton Fen , Cambridgeshire, 1 female, 6.vii.1970, J.H. Cole leg. ( PJCB) . Woking , Surrey, 2 females, 15.viii.1891, Beaumont leg. ( BMNH) . Woolacombe , Devon, 1 female, 14.viii.1945, Richards leg. ( BMNH) . Wyre Forest , Worcestershire, 2 males, 14.ix.1922, Edwards leg. ( BMNH) . Yelverton , Devon, 1 female, 11.viii.1976, no collector detail ( BMNH) . No locality details [? Holywood, Down], 2 males, 2 females, no date, Haliday leg. ( NMID) .

Ecological notes: very common in broad-leaved, mixed and carr woodland; heathland; wetlands including fens, bogs, reed and Cladium beds; calcareous grassland; grassland with pingo pools; ditches; old hedges; gravel pits; in mixed vegetation by coastal lake; dunes; garden. At flowers of water dropwort, wild parsnip and hogweed. v–x.