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 : 123-124

SCATOPSCIARA ( SCATOPSCIARA ) NANA

(WINNERTZ, 1871)

Literature: Freeman (1983b): 40; Laurence (1996): 87; Laurence (1997b): 228; Laurence & James (1997): 166 [as Scatopsciara nana and Scatopsciara vitripennis , misidentification]; Menzel (1998): 22; Withers (2002): 115.

Material examined: Alconbury , Cambridgeshire, 1 male, 9.v.1978, J.H. Cole leg. ( PJCB) . Blaen y Wergloedd , Conwy, 2 males, 13.x.1988, Holmes, Boyce & Reed leg. ( PPWM) . Bradfield Wood , Suffolk, 1 male, 11.ix.−16.ix.1990, Laurence leg. ( PBLN) . Cadair Idris , Gwynedd, 3 males, 4.ix.1993, Laurence leg. ( PBLN) . Cefn Grwhyd, Neath / Port Talbot , 1 male, 12.vii.1989, Holmes, Boyce & Reed leg. ( PPWM) . Cors Caranod , Ceredigion, 1 male, 23.vii.1987, Holmes, Boyce & Reed leg. ( PPWM) . Gatewen Marsh , Denbighshire, 1 male, 3.viii.1988, Holmes, Boyce & Reed leg. ( PPWM) . Gors Llwyn, Neath / Port Talbot , 1 male, 14.vii.1989, Holmes, Boyce & Reed leg. ( PPWM) . Gwaun Ystrad Caron , Ceredigion, 2 males, 14.x.1986, Holmes, Boyce & Reed leg. ( PPWM) . Hafod Garregog , Gwynedd, 1 male, 13.x.1988, Holmes, Boyce & Reed leg. ( PPWM) . Harpenden , Hertfordshire, 1 male, 13.v.1934; 1 male, 7.x.1934, all C.B. Williams leg. ( BMNH) . Haytor , Devon, 1 female, 23.vi.2002, J.E. Smith leg. ( HRI) . Hengistbury Head , Hampshire, 1 male, 3.vi.1938, Edwards leg. ( BMNH) . Hickling Broad , Norfolk, 2 males, viii.1932, Edwards leg. ( BMNH) . Kergord , Shetland, 1 male, 26.vii.−28.vii.1996, Laurence leg. ( PBLN) . Killaun Bog, Offaly , 2 males, ix.2000, Withers leg. ( PPWM) . Lackham Park , Wiltshire, 1 male, 2.vii.2002, Chandler leg. ( PPCM) . Leckford Estate , Hampshire, 1 male, 18.iii.1971, Stubbs leg. ( PPCM) . Letchworth , Hertfordshire, 2 males, 2 females, ii.1918, Edwards leg. ( BMNH) . Loch Callater , Aberdeenshire, 1 male, 28.vii.−29.vii.1937, Coe leg. ( BMNH) . Magor Marsh , Monmouthshire, 1 male, 21.vii.1988, Holmes, Boyce & Reed leg. ( PPWM) . Malham Tarn , North Yorkshire, 2 males, 11.ix.−14.ix.1981, Disney leg. ( PPWM) . Newbold Comyn Park, Leamington Spa , Warwickshire, 1 male, 29.vii.2001, J.E. Smith leg. ( HRI) . Newbridge Fen, Kildare , 2 males, 8.viii.− 19.viii.1998, Good leg. ( PPWM) . Newmarket , Cambridgeshire, 2 males, 25.vii.1893, Verrall leg. ( BMNH) . North Ronaldsay , Orkney, 1 male, 3.ix.1989; 1 male, 9.x.1989, all Laurence leg. ( PBLN) . Orphir , Orkney, 1 male, 26.viii.1988, Laurence leg. ( PBLN) . Oxford University Museum, Oxford , Oxfordshire, 1 male, 20.iv.1921, Hamm leg. ( BMNH) . Redgrave Lake , Suffolk, 1 male, 24.v.1987, Withers leg. ( PPWM) . Salisbury Plain Training Area, Warminster , Wiltshire, 5 males, 29.v.2003; 2 males, 4.vii.2003, all Ismay & Schulten leg. ( DEI, UMO) . The Loke, Norwich , Norfolk, 2 males, 23.iv.1987; 3 males, 9.v.1987; 1 male, 5.vii.1987; 1 male, 1.iv.1988; 1 male, 5.vi.−13.vi.1989; 1 male, 4.vi.−6.xi.1992, all Laurence leg. ( PBLN) . Trefeiddan Moor , Pembrokeshire, 1 male, 21.vii.1987, Holmes, Boyce & Reed leg. ( PPWM) . Wellesbourne , Warwickshire, 1 male, 24.v.−27.vi.2001, J.E. Smith leg. ( HRI) .

Ecological notes: found in broad-leaved, mixed and carr woodland; wet heathland; moorland on granite; wetlands including fens, reed and sedge beds, Cladium beds with tufa, mires, bog, lakeshore and water meadows; unimproved calcareous grassland; open montane habitats; near shore; garden. Reared from coot nest. ii–x.