Details for Erioptera (Erioptera) griseipennis
Name:Erioptera (Erioptera) griseipennis Meigen, 1838
Publication:Syst. Beschr. 7: 23 (as Erioptera)
Status:Recognized taxon, Synonym(s): gracilipes Loew, 1870.
Classification:Family Limoniidae
Subfamily Chioneinae
Keys:Boardman, 2016 (craneflies Shropshire); Stubbs and Kramer, 2016j; Stubbs, 2021 (British craneflies)
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plus 3 more images of hypopygium, hypopygium and ovipositor.
Distribution:Austria, Belgium, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Czech Rep., Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Great Britain, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Sweden, Switzerland, Ukraine; Russia: RUW, RUC.
Note: see the manual for abbreviations: present-day Russia.
Region(s):Westpalaearctic
General note:For Italy check Stary and Oosterbroek, 1996, and citations below. For Finland check Salmela, 2012b, 2012c, and citations below. For Great Britain and Ireland check Stubbs, 2021, and citations below.
Map:Podenas et al., 2006 (Switzerland); Ashe et al., 2007b (Ireland); Boardman, 2007 (Shropshire); Kolcsar et al., 2017a (collecting sites Balcan region)
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references:
Hypopygium: Stary and Rozkosny, 1970a; Stary, 1974f; Podenas et al., 2006; Kramer and Morris, 2022a
Ovipositor: Stary, 1974f
Citationson biology (mainly from 2000 onward):
Bosnia-Herzegowina
Habitat. Kolcsar et al., 2017a: 24 (collected in a boggy area around a small mountain stream).
Bulgaria
Habitat. Hubenov, 2025b: suppl: 4 (annotated list Diptera high Bulgarian mts, local distr, habitats and zoogeography).
Denmark
Habitat. Byriel and Rojas, 2017: 118 (among the 101 species in a study on cranefly hotspots in unmanaged and managed forests) (in Danish).
Finland
Habitat. Salmela et al., 2019: 522 (red list status, habitat types, threat factors).
France
Habitat. Kramer and Withers, 2007: 159 (marshland species with larvae in the more or less saturated organic mud of lake margins and marshes).
Biology. Quindroit, 2020a: 27, 45-48 (annotated list with information on abundancy and habitat of the Tipuloidea of the Pays de la Loire regoin, distr) (in French).
Habitat. Quindroit, 2020b: 136 (loc(s) Nord (59) with notes on habitats and distr) (in French).
Habitat. Quindroit, 2021a: 36 (loc(s), resultats d une campagne de piegeage dans le Pas-de-Calais (62); see paper for details on habitat).
Habitat. Quindroit and Lemoine, 2022a: 26 (loc(s) Somme (80) with notes on habitats and distr) (in French).
Great Britain
Habitat. Godfrey, 2001a: 23.
Habitat. Boardman, 2007: 43 (a lowland cranfly of clay soils, generally found adjacent to streams or gullies).
Habitat. Cranston and Drake, 2010: 175 (Erioptera larvae can be found in marginal situations along standing waters [no species mentioned]).
Biology. Drake, 2011a: 16, 24 (among the Diptera from a wet Alder [Alnus] wood in Devon, showing a single generation).
Habitat. Brighton, 2017c: 25, 33 (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).
Ireland
Biology. Ashe and O'Connor, 2005: 271-272 (habitat: immatures are associated with wet margins and banks of streams and rivers; phenology).
Russia
Habitat. Paramonov and Korobkov, 2019: 92 (loc(s) RUC: Tverskaya oblast, distr, habitat, citing various authors) (in Russian).
Sweden
Habitat. Hamback et al., 2022: 64 (loc(s) Halland, distr) (in Swedish).
on characters and taxonomy (mainly from 2000 onward):
Country not relevant
Characters. Gavryushin, 2011: 109 (comparison).
Great Britain
Characters. Kramer and Morris, 2022a: 7 (diagnosis, figs).
on distribution (mainly from 2000 onward):
Bosnia-Herzegowina
First record. Kolcsar et al., 2017a: 24, 26, 35 (loc(s) Boracko Lake, map).
Bulgaria
Distribution. Hubenov, 2015: 220 (annotated list Diptera Pirin Mt, loc(s), faunistics and zoogeography).
Distribution. Hubenov, 2017: 68 (on vertical distribution in the Pirin and Rila Mts; see paper for details on forests and subalpine-alpine zones, distr).
Distribution. Hubenov, 2021a: 31 (checklist with summary of distr in Bulgaria, references).
Distribution. Hubenov, 2025b: suppl: 4 (annotated list Diptera high Bulgarian mts, local distr, habitats and zoogeography).
Czech Rep.
Distribution. Stary et al., 2005a: 27 (loc(s)).
Distribution. Stary, 2009i: webpage (checklist).
Denmark
Distribution. Petersen and Jong, 2001b: 149 (checklist).
Estonia
Distribution. Stary, 2004f: (Fauna Europaea: added Estonia).
Finland
Distribution. Salmela, 2012b: 237 (annotated list of Finnish crane flies).
Distribution. Salmela and Petrasiunas, 2014: 25 (checklist Finnish Tipulomorpha).
Distribution. Salmela et al., 2019: 522 (red list status, habitat types, threat factors).
France
Distribution. Kramer and Withers, 2007: 159, 162 (loc(s) Ain (01)).
Distribution. Withers, 2008: 137 (loc(s) Ain (01)).
Distribution. Quindroit, 2020a: 27, 45-48 (annotated list with information on abundancy and habitat of the Tipuloidea of the Pays de la Loire regoin, distr) (in French).
Distribution. Quindroit, 2020b: 136 (loc(s) Nord (59) with notes on habitats and distr) (in French).
Distribution. Quindroit, 2021a: 36 (loc(s), resultats d une campagne de piegeage dans le Pas-de-Calais (62); see paper for details on habitat).
Distribution. Tissot et al., 2021: 208 (the Diptera of the Reserves Naturelles Nationales du Doubs (25), results of Malaise trapping since 2009) (in French).
Distribution. Quindroit and Lemoine, 2022a: 26 (loc(s) Somme (80) 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 and Racine, 2025: 358 (table specifying the presence in the five departments of the Pays de la Loire region).
Germany
Distribution. Schacht, 1999: 134 (checklist Bayern).
Distribution. Reusch and Oosterbroek, 2000: 157 (checklist German Bundeslander).
Distribution. Reusch and Bellstedt, 2001b: 73 (checklist Thuringen).
Distribution. Reusch et al., 2004: 113 (loc(s) Brandenburg).
Distribution. Schacht, 2005: 5 (checklist Bayern).
Distribution. Hable et al., 2010b: 91 (loc(s) Bayern).
Distribution. Schacht, 2010: 16 (checklist Diptera Bayern).
Distribution. Stuke, 2019: 142 (checklist Niedersachsen and Bremen with reference to original sources).
Great Britain
Distribution. Godfrey, 2001a: 23 (recorded from sites in Shropshire and just over the country border in Montgmeryshire; see paper for details).
Distribution. Boardman, 2007: 43-44 (loc(s), map).
Distribution. Kramer, 2009f: 1 (loc(s) Yorkshire).
Distribution. Skidmore, 2009: 126 (review of occurrence on the Western Isles of Scotland, distr).
Distribution. Drake, 2011a: 24 (loc(s) Devon).
Distribution. Kramer, 2011j: 14 (loc(s) Leicestershire and Rutland (VC55)).
Distribution. Kramer, 2013f: 1 (loc(s) Northamptonshire).
Distribution. Hewitt, 2014: (provisional checklist Cumbrian Diptera).
Distribution. Wolton et al., 2014: 26 (among Diptera associated with a hedge in Devon, caught in emergence trap).
Distribution. Brighton, 2017c: 25, 33 (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. Kramer and Morris, 2022a: 7 (info on the species, on the distr and map of loc(s) Leicestershire and Rutland (VC55)).
Ireland
First record. Ashe and O'Connor, 2005: 271-272 (loc(s), distr).
Distribution. Ashe et al., 2007b: 361, 370, 402 (review Irish records, map).
Distribution. Chandler et al., 2008: 9 (checklist).
Lithuania
Distribution. Pakalniskis et al., 2006: 19 (checklist).
Netherlands
Distribution. Jong and Oosterbroek, 2002b: 28 (checklist).
Distribution. Stary, 2020a: 45 (Limoniidae Kaaistoep, Noord-Brabant).
Norway
First record. Kolcsar et al., 2021b: 102-103 (loc(s) Akershus and Oslo).
Poland
Distribution. Wiedenska, 2007a: 75 (checklist).
Distribution. Wiedenska, 2010: 132 (loc(s) Parku Krajobrazowego Wzniesien Lodzkich, Lodz).
Distribution. Wiedenska and Syratt, 2023: 134 (loc(s) Bieszczady Mountains, distr and remarks).
Romania
Distribution. Ujvarosi, 2007: 228-231 (checklist Limoniidae).
Distribution. Kolcsar et al., 2017a: 26, 35 (7 loc(s), map).
Russia
Distribution. Paramonov and Korobkov, 2019: 92 (loc(s) RUC: Tverskaya oblast, distr, habitat, citing various authors) (in Russian).
Slovakia
Distribution. Stary, 2009d: 27 (loc(s) Polana area).
Distribution. Stary, 2009i: webpage (checklist).
Slovenia
Distribution. Oosterbroek and Simova-Tosic, 2004: 443 (review literature).
Sweden
Distribution. Hamback et al., 2022: 64 (loc(s) Halland, 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).
on flight period (mainly from 2000 onward):
Bosnia-Herzegowina
Kolcsar et al., 2017a: month(s): 5.
Bulgaria
Hubenov, 2015: month(s): 6.
Czech Rep.
Stary et al., 2005a: month(s): 5-6.
France
Kramer and Withers, 2007: month(s): 4-5.
Quindroit, 2020a: month(s): 4.
Quindroit, 2020b: month(s): 4-5.
Quindroit and Lemoine, 2022a: month(s): 5.
Germany
Reusch et al., 2004: month(s): 6.
Great Britain
Godfrey, 2001a: month(s): 5.
Kramer, 2009f: month(s): 5.
Kramer, 2011j: month(s): 5.
Kramer, 2013f: month(s): 5.
Ireland
Ashe and O'Connor, 2005: month(s): 5.
Ashe et al., 2007b: month(s): 5-6.
Norway
Kolcsar et al., 2021b: month(s): 6.
Poland
Wiedenska and Syratt, 2023: month(s): 6-7.
Romania
Kolcsar et al., 2017a: month(s): 5-7.
Russia
Paramonov and Korobkov, 2019: month(s): 6.
Slovakia
Stary, 2009d: month(s): 5-7.
Switzerland
Podenas et al., 2006: month(s): 5-9.
on altitude (mainly from 2000 onward):
Bosnia-Herzegowina
Kolcsar et al., 2017a: altitude: 400 m.
Bulgaria
Hubenov, 2015: altitude: 1000 m.
Hubenov, 2017: altitude: 1000 m.
Hubenov, 2021a: altitude: 1000 m.
Hubenov, 2025b: altitude: 1000 m.
Germany
Reusch et al., 2004: altitude: 80 m.
Norway
Kolcsar et al., 2021b: altitude: 0.5-347 m.
Poland
Wiedenska and Syratt, 2023: altitude: 500-650 m.
Romania
Kolcsar et al., 2017a: altitude: 860-1590 m.
Slovakia
Stary, 2009d: altitude: 630-870 m.

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