Xylosciara, TUOMIKOSKI, 1957

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 : 142

XYLOSCIARA ( XYLOSCIARA ) BETULAE

TUOMIKOSKI, 1960

New to British list.

Material examined: Beinn Eighe , Highland Region, 1 male, 11.iv.1952, Richards leg. ( BMNH) . Parham , West Sussex, 1 male, 13.xi.1957, Hussey leg. ( HRI) . Sparrow Wood, Greater London , 1 male, 15.iv.1972, Chandler leg. ( PPCM) .

Ecological notes: found in broad-leaved and mixed woodland; bark of old birch and on the fungus Piptoporus betulinus on birch. iv, xi.