Leptosciarella, TUOMIKOSKI, 1960

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 : 99-100

LEPTOSCIARELLA ( LEPTOSCIARELLA ) MELANOMA

(MOHRIG & MENZEL, 1990)

Literature: Mohrig & Menzel (1997): 66; Menzel (1998): 21; Chandler et al. (2002): 123.

Material examined: Bagley Wood , Oxfordshire, 1 male, 18.v.1936, Edwards leg. ( BMNH) . Ballyvourney , Cork, 1 male, 10.vii.1990, Withers leg. ( PPWM) . Burnham Beeches , Buckinghamshire, 4 males, 18.v.−29.v.1999 ; 8 males, 25.v.−1.vi.1999, all Ismay leg. ( HRI, PPCM) ; 1 male, 1.vi.−8.vi.1999, Chandler leg. ( HRI) . Culbin Sands , Highland Region, 1 male, 5.viii.−7.viii.1936, Coe leg. ( BMNH) . Epping Forest , Essex, 1 male, vi.2000, Dagley leg. ( PPCM) . Falls of Tarnash , Moray, 1 male, 1.vii.1936, Coe leg. ( BMNH) . Glen of Drumloch , Moray, 1 male, 10.vii.1936, Coe leg. ( BMNH) . Glen of Knocknarea , Sligo, 1 male, 1.x.1977, Chandler leg. ( PPCM) . Lea Meadows, Newtown Linford , Leicestershire, 1 male, 24.viii.2003, Menzel leg. ( DEI) . Loch Park , Moray, 2 males, 3.vii.1936, Coe leg. ( BMNH) . Raindale , North Yorkshire, 1 male, 19.vii.1996, Godfrey leg. ( PPCM) . Scadbury Park, Greater London , 1 male, 18.vi.1983, Chandler leg. ( PPCM) . The Ritec , Pembrokeshire, 1 male, 22.vii.1987, Holmes, Boyce & Reed leg. ( PPWM) . Wheatfen Broad , Norfolk, 1 male, 19.v.1990, Withers leg. ( PPWM) . Woodwalton Fen , Cambridgeshire, 1 male, 24.v.1940, Edwards leg. ( BMNH) .

Ecological notes: common in broad-leaved woodland; mixed woodland; dunes and conifer plantations; wooded gorge; fen and alder carr; Phragmites ; wet meadow. v–viii, x.