Details for Erioptera (Erioptera) fusculenta

Name: Erioptera (Erioptera) fusculenta Edwards, 1938 Publication: Trans. Soc. Brit. Ent. 5: 124 (as Erioptera) Status: Recognized taxon. Classification: Family Limoniidae Subfamily Chioneinae Keys: Stary and Freidberg, 2007 (Limoniidae Israel); Boardman, 2016 (craneflies Shropshire); Stubbs and Kramer, 2016j; Stubbs, 2021 (British craneflies) hypopygium hypopygium hypopygium hypopygium wing plus 6 more images of habitat, habitat, habitat, habitat, habitat and habitat. Distribution: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Czech Rep., Denmark, Estonia, France, Germany, Great Britain, Hungary, Italy (incl. Sicily), Lithuania, Moldova, Montenegro, Netherlands, North Macedonia, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey (European part: widespread), Ukraine; Russia: RUC, RUE, North Caucasus; Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Turkey (Asiatic part: see citations for provinces), Israel;; Turkmenistan. Note: see the manual for abbreviations: present-day Russia. Region(s): Westpalaearctic;; Eastpalaearctic General note: For Italy check Stary and Oosterbroek, 1996, and citations below. For Portugal check Oosterbroek et al., 2020, and citations below. For Great Britain check Stubbs, 2021, and citations below. Map: Ozgul et al., 2006 (SW Turkey); Podenas et al., 2006 (Switzerland); Boardman, 2007 (Shropshire); Kolcsar et al., 2017a (collecting sites Balcan region) Figure references: Hypopygium: Stary and Rozkosny, 1970a; Stary, 1974f; Podenas et al., 2006; Kramer, 2011d; Kramer and Morris, 2022a Miscellaneous Stary and Delmastro, 2001 (habitat) Citations on biology (mainly from 2000 onward): Austria Habitat. Kolcsar et al., 2017a: 24 (collected at the sides of canals and backwaters with a thick mud layer). Azerbaijan Habitat. Stary and Obona, 2020: 132 (loc(s); with list of localities, habitats and altitudes). Bulgaria Habitat. Hubenov, 2025b: suppl: 3 (annotated list Diptera high Bulgarian mts, local distr, habitats and zoogeography). Czech Rep. Habitat. Stary and Vonicka, 2018: 54 (on Limoniidae and Pediciidae of two localities in northern Bohemia, with list of localities, altitudes and habitats). France Habitat. Kramer and Withers, 2007: 159 (marshland species with larvae in the more or less saturated organic mud of lake margins and marshes). Habitat. Quindroit, 2020b: 136 (loc(s) Nord (59) with notes on habitats and distr) (in French). Habitat. Herbrecht et al., 2021: 57 (loc(s) Loire-Atlantique (44) based on malaise-trapping with notes on habitats) (in French). Habitat. Quindroit and Lemoine, 2021a: 23, 25 (loc(s), resultats de deux campagnes de piegeage dans le Pas-de-Calais (62); see paper for details on habitat). Habitat. Quindroit and Lemoine, 2022a: 26 (loc(s) Oise (60) with notes on habitats and distr) (in French). Habitat. Quindroit, 2022a: 13-14 (in relation to E. fuscipennis), 15, 26 (annotated list with information on abundancy and habitat of the Tipuloidea of the Pays de la Loire regoin, distr) (in French). Georgia Habitat. Stary and Obona, 2020: 132 (loc(s); with list of localities, habitats and altitudes). Great Britain Habitat. Boardman, 2007: 43 (more localized than E. fuscipennis, with a strong preference for organic soils and the farmed environment suggest the most likely habitat). Habitat. Cranston and Drake, 2010: 175 (Erioptera larvae can be found in marginal situations along standing waters [no species mentioned]). Habitat. Kramer, 2011j: 14, 25 (a local species of marshland). Biology. Boardman, 2021b: 6-7 (on two different species of craneflies swarming at the same time by an isolated Oak [Quercus] tree at Clayhanger SSSI, Black Country, West Midlands; see paper for details, definition of swarming, citations and photo of swarming positions (photo reproduced above)). Italy Habitat. Stary and Delmastro, 2001: 450, 452 (habitat with photo: thin riparian Salix forests with Alnus in plain along river Po). Montenegro Habitat. Kolcsar et al., 2017a: 24 (collected at the sides of canals and backwaters with a thick mud layer). North Macedonia Habitat. Bilalli et al., 2021: 145 (found in a riverbed vegetation dominated by Willows (Salix)).). Romania Habitat. Ujvarosi, 2005a: 245 (swamps, moist soil, citing various sources). Habitat. Ujvarosi et al., 2011b: 106 (loc(s) Dupa Lanca marshy area near Voslobeni) (in Hungarian, species list with habitat information in English). Habitat. Kolcsar et al., 2013: 71 (loc(s) Cluj-Napoca and surroundings; list of habitats with altitudes). Serbia Habitat. Kolcsar et al., 2017a: 24 (collected at the sides of canals and backwaters with a thick mud layer). Sweden Habitat. Hamback et al., 2022: 55, 64 (loc(s) Uppland and Halland with information on habitat and distr) (in Swedish). Turkey Habitat. Ozgul et al., 2006: 210 (collected in shady, damp areas in a mixed forest). on characters and taxonomy (mainly from 2000 onward): Country not relevant Characters. Kramer, 2011d: 6-7 (figs, discriminating characters and comparison wth E. fuscipennis). Great Britain Characters. Kramer and Morris, 2022a: 7 (diagnosis, figs). Israel Key. Stary and Freidberg, 2007: 304, 317 (key). on distribution (mainly from 2000 onward): Armenia Distribution. Obona et al., 2016: 130-131, 139 (loc(s), checklist). Distribution. Hakobyan and Jenderedjian, 2023: 1507 (annotated checklist of the craneflies of Armenia with refs, distr and flight period in Caucasus Ecoregion with refs). Austria First record. Kolcsar et al., 2017a: 24, 26, 33 (loc(s) Vienna, map). Azerbaijan Distribution. Stary and Obona, 2020: 132 (loc(s); with list of localities, habitats and altitudes). Distribution. Snegovaya, 2021: 1141 (checklist with details on distr in Azerbaijan). Belgium First record. Martens et al., 2014: 114, 124 (loc(s) Oost-Vlaanderen). Bulgaria Distribution. Kolcsar et al., 2017a: 26, 33 (loc(s) Pirin Ms, map). Distribution. Hubenov, 2021a: 31 (checklist with summary of distr in Bulgaria, references). Distribution. Hubenov, 2025b: suppl: 3 (annotated list Diptera high Bulgarian mts, local distr, habitats and zoogeography). Channel Is Distribution. Stubbs, 2022b: 5 (on a collection of craneflies from Jersey, collected between 1985 and 2002 by Tony Warne). Czech Rep. Distribution. Stary et al., 2005a: 27 (loc(s)). Distribution. Stary, 2009i: webpage (checklist). Distribution. Stary and Vonicka, 2018: 54 (on Limoniidae and Pediciidae of two localities in northern Bohemia, with list of localities, altitudes and habitats). Denmark Distribution. Petersen and Jong, 2001b: 149 (checklist). Estonia First record. Salmela in litt., 2003: (new for Estonia). France Distribution. Kramer and Withers, 2007: 159, 162 (loc(s) Ain (01)). Distribution. Withers, 2008: 137 (loc(s) Ain (01)). Distribution. Quindroit, 2020b: 136 (loc(s) Nord (59) with notes on habitats and distr) (in French). Distribution. Herbrecht et al., 2021: 57 (loc(s) Loire-Atlantique (44) based on malaise-trapping with notes on habitats) (in French). Distribution. Quindroit and Lemoine, 2021a: 23, 25 (loc(s), resultats de deux campagnes de piegeage dans le Pas-de-Calais (62); see paper for details on habitat). Distribution. Quindroit and Lemoine, 2022a: 26 (loc(s) Oise (60) with notes on habitats and distr) (in French). Distribution. Quindroit and Lemoine, 2022a: 36 (table specifying the presence in the five departments of the Hauts-de-France region). Distribution. Quindroit, 2022a: 13-14 (in relation to E. fuscipennis), 15, 26 (annotated list with information on abundancy and habitat of the Tipuloidea of the Pays de la Loire regoin, distr) (in French). Distribution. Quindroit and Racine, 2025: 358 (table specifying the presence in the five departments of the Pays de la Loire region). Georgia Distribution. Stary and Obona, 2020: 132 (loc(s); with list of localities, habitats and altitudes). Germany Distribution. Schacht, 1999: 134 (checklist Bayern). Distribution. Reusch and Bellstedt, 2000: 262 (loc(s) Thuringen). Distribution. Reusch and Oosterbroek, 2000: 157 (checklist German Bundeslander). Distribution. Reusch and Bellstedt, 2001b: 73 (checklist Thuringen). Distribution. Schacht, 2005: 5 (checklist Bayern). Distribution. Schacht, 2010: 16 (checklist Diptera Bayern). Distribution. Stuke, 2019: 142 (checklist Niedersachsen and Bremen with reference to original sources). Great Britain Distribution. Boardman, 2007: 43 (loc(s), map). Distribution. Skidmore, 2008a: 59 (loc(s) Tiree, Western Isles, Scotland). Distribution. Skidmore, 2009: 126 (review of occurrence on the Western Isles of Scotland, distr). Distribution. Kramer, 2011j: 14 (loc(s) Leicestershire and Rutland (VC55)). Distribution. Hewitt, 2014: (provisional checklist Cumbrian Diptera). Distribution. Kramer, 2014c: 4 (in table of cranefly species recorded at Shapwick Heath NNR, as given in H. Audcent, 1949 and/or collected by J. Kramer in 2013). Distribution. Brighton, 2017c: 25 (overall regional checklist Lancashire and Cheshire (VC58, 59 and 60) with notes on habitats and/or regional occurrence and/or status; see paper for details). Distribution. Boardman, 2021b: 6-7 (on two different species of craneflies swarming at the same time by an isolated Oak [Quercus] tree at Clayhanger SSSI, Black Country, West Midlands; see paper for details, definition of swarming, citations and photo of swarming positions (photo reproduced above)). Distribution. Kramer and Morris, 2022a: 7 (info on the species, on the distr and map of loc(s) Leicestershire and Rutland (VC55)). Israel First record. Stary and Freidberg, 2007: 304, 317 (loc(s), distr). Italy Distribution. Stary and Delmastro, 2001: 450, 452 (loc(s), distr). Lithuania First record. Pakalniskis et al., 2000: 4 (checklist) (details in Podenas and Pakalniskis, 2000). Distribution. Podenas and Pakalniskis, 2000: 22 (loc(s)). Distribution. Pakalniskis et al., 2006: 19 (checklist). Montenegro First record. Kolcsar et al., 2017a: 24 (loc(s) Buljarica). Netherlands First record. Doorman, 1962: 190 (XXX). Distribution. Jong and Oosterbroek, 2002b: 28 (checklist). North Macedonia First record. Bilalli et al., 2021: 144 (loc(s), distr). Poland Distribution. Wiedenska, 2007a: 75 (checklist). Portugal First record. Oosterbroek et al., 2020: 321 (loc(s) Viana do Castelo, distr). Romania Distribution. Parvu, 2006: 260 (loc(s)). Distribution. Ujvarosi, 2007: 228-231 (checklist Limoniidae). Distribution. Ujvarosi et al., 2011b: 106 (loc(s) Dupa Lanca marshy area near Voslobeni) (in Hungarian, species list with habitat information in English). Distribution. Kolcsar et al., 2013: 71 (loc(s) Cluj-Napoca and surroundings; list of habitats with altitudes). Distribution. Kolcsar et al., 2017a: 26, 33-35 (26 loc(s), map). Russia First record. Lantsov, 2003b: 60 (loc(s) Caucasus region, distr). Distribution. Lantsov, 2003e: 78 (loc(s) Caucasus region, distr). Distribution. Kolcsar et al., 2021b: 101-102 (loc(s) RUC and RUE). Serbia First record. Kolcsar et al., 2017a: 24, 26, 35 (loc(s) Banatska Palanka, map). Slovakia Distribution. Stary, 2009d: 27 (loc(s) Polana area). Distribution. Stary, 2009i: webpage (checklist). Sweden Distribution. Hamback et al., 2022: 55, 64 (loc(s) Uppland and Halland with information on habitat and distr) (in Swedish). Switzerland Distribution. Podenas et al., 2006: 93, 247 (map, vertical distr per thermic level). Distribution. Dufour and Merz, 2012: 353 (annotated checklist canton Geneva). Turkey First record. Ozgul et al., 2006: 210 (loc(s), map). First record. Stary and Freidberg, 2007: 317 (Abant [= most likely in Bolu prov.]). Distribution. Ozgul et al., 2009: 64 (survey provinces SW Turkey). Distribution. Bilgin et al., 2015: 5 (loc(s) Eskisehir, distr) (in Turkish). Distribution. Koc et al., 2016: 10 (provinces Marmara region). Distribution. Akpinar and Ozgul, 2023: 55 (loc(s) Aksaray). Distribution. Provinces Asiatic part, 2025: (known from Aydin, Bolu, Burdur, Eskisehir, Isparta, Mugla, Marmara region). on flight period (mainly from 2000 onward): Armenia Obona et al., 2016: month(s): 8-9. Austria Kolcsar et al., 2017a: month(s): 6, 8. Azerbaijan Stary and Obona, 2020: month(s): 5, 9. Belgium Martens et al., 2014: month(s): 6-9. Bulgaria Kolcsar et al., 2017a: month(s): 6. Channel Is Stubbs, 2022b: month(s): 6. Czech Rep. Stary et al., 2005a: month(s): 5-6. Stary and Vonicka, 2018: month(s): 6. France Kramer and Withers, 2007: month(s): 6. Quindroit, 2020b: month(s): 9. Quindroit and Lemoine, 2022a: month(s): 4, 6-8. Quindroit, 2022a: month(s): 3-6. Georgia Stary and Obona, 2020: month(s): 5, 7. Germany Reusch and Bellstedt, 2000: month(s): 5, 7-9. Great Britain Skidmore, 2008a: month(s): 6. Kramer, 2011j: month(s): 7. Kramer, 2014c: month(s): 6. Boardman, 2021b: month(s): 8. Israel Stary and Freidberg, 2007: month(s): 5, 8, 12. Italy Stary and Delmastro, 2001: month(s): 8-9. Lithuania Podenas and Pakalniskis, 2000: month(s): 8. Montenegro Kolcsar et al., 2017a: month(s): 6. North Macedonia Bilalli et al., 2021: month(s): 9. Portugal Oosterbroek et al., 2020: month(s): 5. Romania Parvu, 2006: month(s): 6. Ujvarosi et al., 2011b: month(s): 5-6. Kolcsar et al., 2013: month(s): 6. Kolcsar et al., 2017a: month(s): 5-9. Russia Lantsov, 2003b: month(s): 6. Lantsov, 2003e: month(s): 6. Kolcsar et al., 2021b: month(s): 7-8. Serbia Kolcsar et al., 2017a: month(s): 4. Slovakia Stary, 2009d: month(s): 6. Switzerland Podenas et al., 2006: month(s): 4-10. Turkey Ozgul et al., 2006: month(s): 4, 10. Stary and Freidberg, 2007: month(s): 7. on altitude (mainly from 2000 onward): Armenia Obona et al., 2016: altitude: 940-2195 m. Austria Kolcsar et al., 2017a: altitude: 155-156 m. Azerbaijan Stary and Obona, 2020: altitude: 845-1570 m. Bulgaria Kolcsar et al., 2017a: altitude: 1132 m. Hubenov, 2021a: altitude: 200-1000 m. Hubenov, 2025b: altitude: 200-1000 m. Czech Rep. Stary and Vonicka, 2018: altitude: 220 m. Georgia Stary and Obona, 2020: altitude: 605-1610 m. Italy Stary and Delmastro, 2001: altitude: 232-235 m. Montenegro Kolcsar et al., 2017a: altitude: 20 m. Romania Kolcsar et al., 2017a: altitude: 17-1590 m. Russia Lantsov, 2003b: altitude: 650 m. Lantsov, 2003e: altitude: 650 m. Kolcsar et al., 2021b: altitude: 220-553 m. Serbia Kolcsar et al., 2017a: altitude: 67 m. Turkey Ozgul et al., 2006: altitude: 16-300 m.