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 : 125-126

SCATOPSCIARA ( SCATOPSCIARA ) TRICUSPIDATA

( WINNERTZ, 1867)

Synonyms: degenerans (Frey, 1948) ; invalida ( Winnertz, 1867) ; leucoptera Frey (1948) ; tenax ( Winnertz, 1867) .

Literature: Edwards (1925a): 541 [as Sciara ]; Chandler (1978): 209; Freeman (1983b): 39; Menzel (1998): 22.

Material examined: Bell Heath , Worcestershire, 2 males, 13.ix.1922, Edwards leg. ( BMNH) . Brampton Wood, Huntingdonshire , 1 male, 11.iv.1977, J.H. Cole leg. ( PJCB) . Burnham Beeches , Buckinghamshire, 1 male, 15.ix.−4.x.1995; 2 males, 8.vii.−27.vii.1996, all Ismay leg. ( PPCM) . Knole Park , Kent, 1 male, 10.x.1971; 1 male, 28.xii.1971 (all reared), all Chandler leg. ( PPCM) . Turville Heath , Buckinghamshire, 1 male, 20.vii.2002, Chandler leg. ( PPCM) .

Ecological notes: found in ancient beech and other broad-leaved woodland; parkland; fallen trunk covered with fungus; on large dead oak. Reared from under bark of dead beech log. iv, vii, ix–x, xii.