Details for Erioptera (Erioptera) lutea
Name:Erioptera (Erioptera) lutea Meigen, 1804
Publication:Klass. Beschr. 1: 52 (as Erioptera)
Status:Recognized taxon, Synonym(s): taenionota Meigen, 1818; analis Zetterstedt, 1838.
Classification:Family Limoniidae
Subfamily Chioneinae
Descriptive note:For species status, see citation below by Stary in litt., 2020.
Keys:Stary and Freidberg, 2007 (Limoniidae Israel); Boardman, 2016 (craneflies Shropshire); Stubbs and Kramer, 2016j; Stubbs, 2021 (British craneflies)
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Distribution:Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Rep., Denmark (incl. Faroe Is), Finland, France (incl. Corsica), Germany, Great Britain, Greece (Olympos Mts), Hungary, Ireland, Italy (incl. Sicily), Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey (European part: Istanbul, Kirklareli), Ukraine (southwest); Russia: RUN, RUW, RUC, RUE, North Caucasus; Morocco; Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Turkey (Asiatic part), Israel;; Russia: WS (Altay, Tuva); Kazakhstan (east), Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan.
Note: see the manual for abbreviations: present-day Russia.
Region(s):Westpalaearctic;; Eastpalaearctic
General note:Added: RUN (Yakovlev and Polevoi, 1997 and citations below). For Italy check Stary and Oosterbroek, 1996, and citations below. For Finland check Salmela, 2012b, 2012c, and citations below. For Norway check Olsen et al., 2018, and citations below. For Portugal check Oosterbroek et al., 2020, and citations below. For Great Britain and Ireland check Stubbs, 2021, and citations below. For Morocco check Kettani and Oosterbroek, 2022a, and citations below. To be confirmed for Mongolia, in Podenas et al., 2013 (Oliveira and Eck, 2025) and Iran.
Map:Podenas et al., 2006 (Switzerland); Ashe et al., 2007b (Ireland); Boardman, 2007 (Shropshire); Kolcsar et al., 2017a (collecting sites Balcan region)
Figure
references:
Wing: Alexander, 1927o; Stary, 1974f; Slipka and Stary, 1977b
Hypopygium: Stary and Rozkosny, 1970a; Stary, 1974f; Podenas et al., 2006; Kramer and Morris, 2022a
Other figures: Frantsevich, 2004 (mid coxa)

Immature stages
Larva: Podeniene, 2002; Podeniene, 2003a; Krivosheina and Krivosheina, 2011c
Citationson biology (mainly from 2000 onward):
Azerbaijan
Habitat. Stary and Obona, 2020: 132 (loc(s); with list of localities, habitats and altitudes).
Bulgaria
Habitat. Hubenov, 2025a: suppl: 3 (annotated list Diptera Stara Planina Mts, local distr, habitats and zoogeography).
Habitat. Hubenov, 2025b: suppl: 4 (annotated list Diptera high Bulgarian mts, local distr, habitats and zoogeography).
Country not relevant
Habitat. Krivosheina and Krivosheina, 2011c: 1-294 (larva: loc(s), descr, figs, biology, key) (in Russian, key also in English).
Czech Rep.
Habitat. Stary et al., 2013b: 377 (on Limonidae from Vraz near Pisek, with general habitat description).
Habitat. Stary and Vonicka, 2018: 54-55 (on Limoniidae and Pediciidae of two localities in northern Bohemia, with list of localities, altitudes and habitats).
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, 2001a: 143-146, 150 (a common species around springs in southern Finland (species with a wide range of habitats, both terrestrial and aquatic, can attain relatively high densities in spring habitats, citing various sources); phenology: obviously two generations per year).
Habitat. Salmela, 2004: 4, 9 (eurytopic, ubiquitous species inhabiting a wide spectrum of habitats).
Habitat. Kahanpaa and Salmela, 2007: 43-45, 48 (found at a small stream with a width of three to five meters, a riverbed of soft muddy sediments, and surrounded by fully grown but not particularly old Spruce [Picea abies] forest, small stands of old Birch [Betula] and Aspen [Populus tremula] are present but there is little dead wood available in the forest) (this is a summary of the available habitat information in Finnish).
Biology. Salmela, 2008: 10, 26, 50 (49) (ecology or habitat: eurytopic, wet; phenology).
Habitat. Autio and Salmela, 2010: 48 (habitats Aland Is).
Habitat. Rasimus, 2018: 17 (on saproxylic craneflies in the Tampere region) (in Finnish).
France
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) and Pas-de-Calais (62) with notes on habitats and distr) (in French).
Habitat. Quindroit and Lemoine, 2021a: 25 (loc(s), resultats de deux campagnes de piegeage dans le Pas-de-Calais (62); see paper for details on habitat).
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) Aisne (02) and Oise (60) with notes on habitats and distr) (in French).
Georgia
Habitat. Stary and Obona, 2020: 132 (loc(s); with list of localities, habitats and altitudes).
Germany
Habitat. Ruckert, 2005: 47, 53 (found in a study on the association with the type of source: limnokrene, rheokrene, or helokrene in Schlesig-Holstein; see paper for details, as well as Anhang A2-A10).
Biology. Wittrock, 2005: 84 (summer emergence; helokrene and limnokrene).
Habitat. Reusch, 2006: 134 (Kalkquellmoor [carbonate fen complex]).
Habitat. Lehmann and Reusch, 2009: 122 (from around lowland springs).
Habitat. Reiff et al., 2015: 234 (loc(s) Baden-Wurttemberg with list of habitats).
Great Britain
Habitat. Godfrey, 2000a: 19, 21.
Habitat. Godfrey, 2001a: 21, 23.
Habitat. Rotheray, 2001: 15 (reared from Alder [Alnus]).
Habitat. Hancock, 2002: 14 (recorded in this study emerging from water-logged wood).
Habitat. Cranston and Drake, 2010: 175 (Erioptera larvae can be found in marginal situations along standing waters [no species mentioned]).
Habitat. Drake, 2011a: 24 (among the Diptera from a wet Alder [Alnus] wood in Devon).
Habitat. Kramer, 2011j: 25 (a marshland species).
Habitat. Leftwich, 2011: 4 (ubiquitous wet soil species).
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).
Habitat. Hancock, 2018a: 9 (found near Loch Lomond along Endrick Water, notes on association with riverine sediments (ERS) habitats and early date of collecting (april 22)).
Biology. Wolton, 2022: 6-8 (on observations on the phenology and sex ratios of craneflies (Limoniidae) found in emergencetraps in a wet woodland at Locks Park Farm, Devon; see paper for details on this species).
Lithuania
Habitat. Podeniene, 2002: 306 (larvae were found in in the riparian zone of a small rivulet).
Habitat. Podeniene, 2003a: 1-295 (larva, descr, figs, habitat) (in Lithuanian).
Habitat. Podeniene, 2003b: 10, 21, 22, 28 (larval habitat: sand and silt in riparian zone of small rivulets, mud (in springy slopes of lakes and rivers, in bogs of low lying woody swamps, in marshy meadows), clay in land-improvement channels).
Habitat. Podeniene, 2009: 137 (can be found in very different wet habitats).
Morocco
Habitat. Driauach and Belqat, 2016: 135 (loc(s) Rif Mts with list of habitats).
Norway
Habitat. Olsen and Andersen, 2021: 208 (loc(s) Innlandet, in former Hedmark, with habitats specified separately, for habitats see also Jonassen and Andersen, 2020).
Poland
Habitat. Chaniecka and Wiedenska, 2006: 148 (occurrence in spring-, springbrook-, and/or bogspring plant communities) (in Polish).
Habitat. Wiedenska, 2014: 13 (on the occurence of Limoniidae in six selected plant communities in the Kamienica Valley, Gorce National Park, Western Carpathians) (in Polish, habitat tables also in English).
Biology. Wiedenska, 2015a: 45, 52 (on the flight activity of Limoniidae in the Kamienica Valley, Gorce National Park, Western Carpathians, with flight diagrams; observed emergence of adults in may, june and august) (in Polish, tables also in English).
Habitat. Wiedenska, 2017a: 15 (faunistic and habitat data of species from the Gorce NP) (in Polish).
Romania
Habitat. Parvu, 2003: 233.
Habitat. Ujvarosi, 2005a: 241, 245 (very common in almost all investigated mountainous stream habitats, missing only from springs).
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).
Biology. Kolcsar et al., 2017a: 24 (a very common and abundant species in various wetland habitats, but primary it prefers the riparian zone of ditches, small brooks and rivers, and is almost absent from mountainous cold springs in Romania and the Balkans; the species often swarms above the vegetation during windless afternoons and swarms have been observed up to 70 flies; beautiful demoiselle (Calopteryx virgo) was observed preying upon E. lutea lutea and E. flavata around small brooks in the Dupa Lunca marsh near Voslabeni).
Biology. Kolcsar et al., 2017a: 24 (often swarms above the vegetation during windless afternoons, often very close (40-50 cm) to swarms of E. flavata).
Russia
Habitat. Przhiboro, 2004: 103, 111 (in Russian).
Habitat. Lantsov, 2009a: 73 (ecology) (in Russian).
Habitat. Gavryushin in litt., 2011f: (collected in a boggy area with Salix bushes, in a herbaceous vegetation with Urtica, Chamerion, umbellifers and grasses near a ditch and in a mixed forest).
Habitat. Lantsov in litt., 2014: (in fir [Abies] forest with wood sorrel).
Habitat. Lantsov, 2014b: 153 (loc(s) North Caucasus: Karachay-Cherkess Rep.; found in same habitats as Prionocera turcica).
Habitat. Lantsov, 2017b: 107 (on dominant species of the crane flies (Diptera, Tipuloidea) of the North Caucasus as biological indicators of habitats) (in Russian).
Slovakia
Biology. Obona et al., 2025a: 30 (collected in a mosquito trap at the Kosice Zoo, perhaps because of being attracted to CO2).
Sweden
Habitat. Lindstrom and Fritz, 2015: 44, 47 (distributin and ecology in five fens in Hallands County) (in Schwedish).
on characters and taxonomy (mainly from 2000 onward):
Country not relevant
Characters. Frantsevich, 2004: 133-134 (structure of coxa, figs).
Phylogeny. Ahonen, 2007: 1-28 (included in phylogenetic analysis of Tipuloidea subfamilies relationships based on molecular data).
Immatures. Krivosheina and Krivosheina, 2011c: 1-294 (larva: loc(s), descr, figs, biology, key) (in Russian, key also in English).
Taxonomy. Stary in litt., 2020: (in a mail to K.M. Olsen: I have got specimens from Primorskiy kray identified by Savchenko as Erioptera fuscohalterata, and these are exactly as your Erioptera [from Finnmark, Norrway]; thus, your record is the best evidence that lutea and fuscohalterata are valid species).
Great Britain
Characters. Boardman, 2007: 44 (characters).
Characters. Kramer and Morris, 2022a: 7 (diagnosis, figs).
Israel
Key. Stary and Freidberg, 2007: 302-305, 317-318 (key).
Lithuania
Immatures. Podeniene, 2003a: 1-295 (larva, descr, figs, habitat) (in Lithuanian).
Russia
Characters. Belyaev and Farisenkov, 2019: 8 (used in a study on allometry of wing shape and venation in Diptera, material was collected in RUC: Moskovskaya oblast).
Spain
Characters. Hancock et al., 2015a: 241 (loc(s) Lugo, dark form, sometimes given varietal name taenionota Meigen, 1818).
on distribution (mainly from 2000 onward):
Armenia
Distribution. Obona et al., 2016: 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
Distribution. Reusch and Heiss, 2012: 314-322 (loc(s) Nat. Park Gesause, see PDF for months and altitudes).
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).
Belarus
First record. Kolcsar et al., 2021b: 104 (loc(s) Minsk region).
Belgium
Distribution. Martens et al., 2014: 114, 124 (loc(s) Oost-Vlaanderen).
Distribution. Dek and Peeters, 2023a: 137 (loc(s) Botanic Garden Jean Massart, Brussels-Capital Region, common in Belgium).
Bosnia-Herzegowina
Distribution. Oosterbroek and Simova-Tosic, 2004: 443 (review literature).
Distribution. Kolcsar et al., 2017a: 36 (loc(s) Boracko Lake).
Bulgaria
Distribution. Hubenov, 2015: 220 (annotated list Diptera Pirin Mt, loc(s), faunistics and zoogeography).
Distribution. Hubenov, 2016: 48 (annotated checklist Diptera of the Rila Mountains based on data from the literature).
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. Kolcsar et al., 2017a: 36-37 (16 loc(s)).
Distribution. Hubenov, 2018a: 16 (on the Diptera of the Vitosha Mt; see paper for details on vegetation belts and local distr).
Distribution. Hubenov, 2021a: 31 (checklist with summary of distr in Bulgaria, references).
Distribution. Hubenov, 2025a: suppl: 3 (annotated list Diptera Stara Planina Mts, local distr, habitats and zoogeography).
Distribution. Hubenov, 2025b: suppl: 4 (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).
Country not relevant
Distribution. Krivosheina and Krivosheina, 2011c: 1-294 (larva: loc(s), descr, figs, biology, key) (in Russian, key also in English).
Croatia
Distribution. Oosterbroek and Simova-Tosic, 2004: 443 (review literature).
Czech Rep.
Distribution. Stary et al., 2005a: 27 (loc(s)).
Distribution. Stary, 2009i: webpage (checklist).
Distribution. Stary et al., 2013b: 377 (on Limonidae from Vraz near Pisek, with general habitat description).
Distribution. Stary and Vonicka, 2018: 54-55 (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).
Finland
Distribution. Polevoi, 2001: 191 (loc(s)).
Distribution. Salmela, 2001a: 143-146, 150 (loc(s)).
Distribution. Salmela, 2002: 30-32 (loc(s) lake Iidesjarvi) (in Finnish).
Distribution. Salmela, 2004: 4, 9 (loc(s)).
Distribution. Kahanpaa and Salmela, 2007: 48 (loc(s)).
Distribution. Salmela and Autio, 2007b: 54 (loc(s)).
Distribution. Salmela et al., 2007b: 37, 45 (abundance, loc(s)).
Distribution. Salmela, 2008: 10, 50 (49) (loc(s), known from all Finnish ecoregions).
Distribution. Autio and Salmela, 2010: 48 (loc(s) Aland Is).
Distribution. Salmela, 2010a: 12 (survey fauna Tahmela spring in city of Tampere) (in Finnish).
Distribution. Kramer, 2012f: 3 (loc(s) Obb: Syote National Park).
Distribution. Salmela, 2012b: 237 (annotated list of Finnish crane flies).
Distribution. Salmela and Petrasiunas, 2014: 25 (checklist Finnish Tipulomorpha).
Distribution. Salmela et al., 2015: 101 (list of localities in extensive report on malaise-trapping of insects in conservation areas in Lapland in 2012–2014) (in Finnish).
Distribution. Rasimus, 2018: 17 (on saproxylic craneflies in the Tampere region) (in Finnish).
France
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) and Pas-de-Calais (62) with notes on habitats and distr) (in French).
Distribution. Labat, 2021: 93 (on Diptera taxa recorded along the over-all length of the Dordogne River and some of its tributaries; see paper for the locality details) (in French).
Distribution. Quindroit and Lemoine, 2021a: 25 (loc(s), resultats de deux campagnes de piegeage dans le Pas-de-Calais (62); see paper for details on habitat).
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) Aisne (02) and 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: 25-28 (additions to the annotated list of the Tipuloidea of Pays de la Loire as given in Quindroit, 2020a).
Distribution. Lemoine and Quindroit, 2023: 9 (loc(s) Vosges (88)).
Distribution. Quindroit and Racine, 2025: 358 (table specifying the presence in the five departments of the Pays de la Loire region).
Georgia
Distribution. Kolcsar et al., 2017a: 37 (loc(s) Caucasus Mts).
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 Oosterbroek, 2000: 157 (checklist German Bundeslander).
Distribution. Reusch and Bellstedt, 2001b: 73 (checklist Thuringen).
Distribution. Ruckert, 2005: 47, 53 (found in a study on the association with the type of source: limnokrene, rheokrene, or helokrene in Schlesig-Holstein; see paper for details, as well as Anhang A2-A10).
Distribution. Schacht, 2005: 5 (checklist Bayern).
Distribution. Wittrock, 2005: 84 (loc(s) Schleswig-Holstein).
Distribution. Reusch, 2006: 134 (loc(s) Bayern).
Distribution. Ruckert et al., 2007: 56 (loc(s) Schleswig-Holstein).
Distribution. Lehmann and Reusch, 2009: 122 (loc(s) Niedersachsen).
Distribution. Hable et al., 2010b: 91 (loc(s) Bayern).
Distribution. Schacht, 2010: 16 (checklist Diptera Bayern).
Distribution. Dunk and Kraus, 2014: 169 (loc(s) Bayern).
Distribution. Reiff et al., 2015: 234 (loc(s) Baden-Wurttemberg with list of habitats).
Distribution. Kolcsar et al., 2017a: 37 (loc(s) Hunsruck).
Distribution. Stuke, 2019: 142 (checklist Niedersachsen and Bremen with reference to original sources).
Distribution. Kehlmaier et al., 2023: 209 (loc(s) Saarland).
Distribution. Stuke et al., 2024: 161 (loc(s) Niedersachsen).
Great Britain
Distribution. Godfrey, 2000a: 19, 21 (see paper for details of sites surveyed in Shropshire and into Wales).
Distribution. Godfrey, 2001a: 21, 23 (recorded from sites in Shropshire and just over the country border in Montgmeryshire; see paper for details).
Distribution. Rotheray, 2001: 1, 14 (loc(s) Scotland).
Distribution. Boardman, 2007: 44 (loc(s), map).
Distribution. Anonymous, 2008b: 11 (loc(s) Shropshire: Preston Montford).
Distribution. Skidmore, 2008b: 68 (loc(s) Kerrera, Western Isles, Scotland).
Distribution. Skidmore, 2009: 126 (review of occurrence on the Western Isles of Scotland, distr).
Distribution. Drake, 2011a: 24 (loc(s) Devon).
Distribution. Kramer, 2011g: 2 (loc(s) Devon).
Distribution. Kramer, 2011j: 14 (loc(s) Leicestershire and Rutland (VC55)).
Distribution. Leftwich, 2011: 4 (loc(s) Dorset).
Distribution. Kramer, 2013i: 8 (checklist of species from Leigh Woods NNR, Bristol district).
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. Wolton et al., 2014: 26 (among Diptera associated with a hedge in Devon, caught in emergence trap).
Distribution. Chandler, 2015: 89 (loc(s) Bushy Park, Middlesex).
Distribution. Drake, 2016: 20 (study on the relative importance to Diptera of pasture and ditch margins on Catcott Reserve, Somerset).
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. Hancock, 2018a: 9 (found near Loch Lomond along Endrick Water, notes on association with riverine sediments (ERS) habitats and early date of collecting (april 22)).
Distribution. Kramer and Morris, 2022a: 7 (info on the species, on the distr and map of loc(s) Leicestershire and Rutland (VC55)).
Distribution. Wolton, 2022: 6-8 (on observations on the phenology and sex ratios of craneflies (Limoniidae) found in emergencetraps in a wet woodland at Locks Park Farm, Devon; see paper for details on this species).
Greece
First record. Kolcsar et al., 2017a: 24, 37 (loc(s) Olympos Mts).
Hungary
Distribution. Kolcsar et al., 2017a: 37 (loc(s) Bukk Mts).
Ireland
Distribution. Ashe et al., 2007b: 362, 370-372, 402 (review Irish records, map).
Distribution. Ashe et al., 2008: 8 (refers to record in Speight, 1990).
Distribution. Chandler et al., 2008: 9 (checklist).
Israel
Distribution. Stary and Freidberg, 2007: 302-305, 317-318 (only known from older literature, confirmation required, distr).
Kazakhstan
Distribution. Devyatkov, 2019b: 245 (loc(s) Pavlodarskaya oblast, distr) (in Russian).
Distribution. Devyatkov, 2020b: 219 (loc(s) East Kazakhstan, distr) (in Russian).
Latvia
Distribution. Stary, 2004f: (Fauna Europaea: added Latvia).
Lithuania
Distribution. Podeniene, 2002: 306 (loc(s)).
Distribution. Pakalniskis et al., 2006: 20 (checklist).
Mongolia
Distribution not confirmed. Podenas et al., 2013: 117 (showing darker body colouration at higher altitudes) (most likely refers to fuscohalterata, see Oliveira and Eck, 2025).
Morocco
First record. Driauach and Belqat, 2016: 135 (loc(s) Rif Mts with list of habitats).
Distribution. Kettani and Oosterbroek, 2022a: 21 (annotated checklist, with review loc(s) and/or references).
Netherlands
Distribution. Jong and Oosterbroek, 2002b: 28 (checklist).
Distribution. Oosterbroek and Dek, 2020: 16 (Limoniidae and Tipulidae Nationaal Park Hollandse Duinen in 2018, Zuid-Holland).
Distribution. Stary, 2020a: 45 (Limoniidae Kaaistoep, Noord-Brabant).
Norway
Distribution. Olsen et al., 2018: 154-155 (annotated checklist Nordic countries and for Norway according to the Strand regions).
Distribution. Olsen and Andersen, 2021: 208 (loc(s) Innlandet, in former Hedmark, with habitats specified separately, for habitats see also Jonassen and Andersen, 2020).
Poland
Distribution. Palaczyk, 2001: 269 (loc(s)).
Distribution. Chaniecka and Wiedenska, 2006: 148 (loc(s)).
Distribution. Wiedenska, 2007a: 75 (checklist).
Distribution. Wiedenska, 2008: 45 (loc(s) Parowy Janinowski nature reserve near Lodz) (in Polish).
Distribution. Wiedenska, 2010: 132 (loc(s) Parku Krajobrazowego Wzniesien Lodzkich, Lodz).
Distribution. Wiedenska, 2014: 13 (on the occurence of Limoniidae in six selected plant communities in the Kamienica Valley, Gorce National Park, Western Carpathians) (in Polish, habitat tables also in English).
Distribution. Wiedenska, 2015b: 56 (loc(s) near Lodz).
Distribution. Wiedenska, 2017a: 15 (faunistic and habitat data of species from the Gorce NP) (in Polish).
Distribution. Wiedenska and Syratt, 2023: 134 (loc(s) Bieszczady Mountains, distr and remarks).
Portugal
First record. Oosterbroek et al., 2020: 321-322 (loc(s) Braganca, distr).
Romania
Distribution. Parvu, 2003: 233 (loc(s)).
Distribution. Parvu, 2004: 185 (loc(s)).
Distribution. Parvu, 2007: 234 (loc(s) Maramures Depression).
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. Keresztes, 2012: 30 (loc(s) Rimetea area [Alba County]).
Distribution. Kolcsar et al., 2013: 71 (loc(s) Cluj-Napoca and surroundings; list of habitats with altitudes).
Distribution. Kolcsar et al., 2017a: 37-44 (107 loc(s)).
Russia
Distribution. Lantsov, 2003e: 78 (loc(s) Caucasus region, distr).
Distribution. Przhiboro, 2004: 103, 111 (loc(s) RUW: Leningradskaya oblast) (in Russian).
Distribution. Polevoi and Humala, 2005: 181 (RUN: list of Diptera of Vepsskaya Volost, Kareliya) (in Russian).
Distribution. Humala and Polevoi, 2009: 66 (loc(s) RUN: Kareliya) (in Russian).
Distribution. Lantsov, 2009a: 73 (loc(s) Central Caucasus, distr).
Distribution. Gavryushin in litt., 2011e: (loc(s) RUN: Murmanskaya oblast).
Distribution. Gavryushin in litt., 2011f: (loc(s) RUN: Arkhangelskaya oblast).
Distribution. Jakovlev et al., 2014: 309 (loc(s) RUN: Kareliya).
Distribution. Lantsov in litt., 2014: (North Caucasus, no further locality details presented).
Distribution. Lantsov, 2014b: 153 (loc(s) North Caucasus: Karachay-Cherkess Rep.; found in same habitats as Prionocera turcica).
Distribution. Lantsov, 2015a: 367 (North Caucasus: loc(s) Karachay-Cherkess Rep.).
Distribution. Lantsov, 2016: 165-170 (on craneflies from Arkhyz, Karachay-Cherkessia Rep., North Caucasus) (in Russian).
Distribution. Paramonov and Pilipenko, 2016: 97 (loc(s) RUC: Tverskaya oblast) (in Russian).
Distribution. Paramonov, 2016: 130 (loc(s) RUC: Chuvash Rep.) (in Russian).
Distribution. Lantsov, 2017b: 107 (on dominant species of the crane flies (Diptera, Tipuloidea) of the North Caucasus as biological indicators of habitats) (in Russian).
Distribution. Belyaev and Farisenkov, 2019: 8 (used in a study on allometry of wing shape and venation in Diptera, material was collected in RUC: Moskovskaya oblast).
Distribution. Paramonov and Korobkov, 2019: 92 (loc(s) RUC: Tverskaya oblast, distr, citing various authors) (in Russian).
Distribution. Pilipenko et al., 2020: 357 (loc(s) RUC: Mordoviya Rep., distr).
Distribution. Kolcsar et al., 2021b: 104-106 (loc(s) RUE: Bashkortostan Rep.).
Distribution. Humala and Polevoi, 2022: 33 (loc(s) RUN: Arkhangelskaya oblast).
Serbia
Distribution. Oosterbroek and Simova-Tosic, 2004: 443 (review literature).
Distribution. Gavryushin in litt., 2015b: (loc(s) Serbia).
Slovakia
Distribution. Stary, 2009d: 28 (loc(s) Polana area).
Distribution. Stary, 2009i: webpage (checklist).
Distribution. Kolcsar et al., 2017a: 44 (loc(s) Tatra Mts).
Distribution. Obona et al., 2025a: 30 (collected in a mosquito trap at the Kosice Zoo, perhaps because of being attracted to CO2).
Slovenia
Distribution. Oosterbroek and Simova-Tosic, 2004: 443 (review literature).
Distribution. d’Oliveira in litt., 2019: (on Limoniidae collected in the Julian Alps in the summer of 2019).
Distribution. Kolcsar et al., 2023b: 20 (loc(s)).
Spain
Distribution. Eiroa and Baez, 2002a: 54 (checklist).
Distribution. Hancock et al., 2015a: 241 (loc(s) Lugo, dark form, sometimes given varietal name taenionota Meigen, 1818).
Distribution. Mederos and Eiroa, 2015: 266 (loc(s) Lerida).
Distribution. Eiroa et al., 2020: 247 (loc(s) Teruel and distr Spanish provinces).
Distribution. Hancock, 2020: 97 (loc(s) Jaen, Cazorla National Park).
Distribution. Keresztes et al., 2022: 192 (loc(s) Asturias and review distribution in Spain) (in Spanish).
Sweden
Distribution. Fritz and Lindstrom, 2013: 62 (loc(s) Hallands County) (in Schwedish).
Distribution. Lindstrom and Fritz, 2015: 44, 47 (distributin and ecology in five fens in Hallands County) (in Schwedish).
Switzerland
Distribution. Podenas et al., 2006: 94, 248 (map, vertical distr per thermic level).
Distribution. Dufour and Merz, 2012: 353 (annotated checklist canton Geneva).
Tajikistan
Distribution. Devyatkov, 2020c: 77 (loc(s), distr) (in Russian).
Turkey
Distribution. Koc et al., 2005b: 616 (checklist).
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 [other provinces to be worked out]).
on flight period (mainly from 2000 onward):
Armenia
Obona et al., 2016: month(s): 8-9.
Azerbaijan
Stary and Obona, 2020: month(s): 5, 9-10.
Belarus
Kolcsar et al., 2021b: month(s): 7.
Belgium
Martens et al., 2014: month(s): 9.
Dek and Peeters, 2023a: month(s): 5, 8-10.
Bosnia-Herzegowina
Kolcsar et al., 2017a: month(s): 5.
Bulgaria
Hubenov, 2015: month(s): 6, 8.
Hubenov, 2016: month(s): 6-7.
Kolcsar et al., 2017a: month(s): 5-8.
Channel Is
Stubbs, 2022b: month(s): 6.
Czech Rep.
Stary et al., 2005a: month(s): 4-11.
Stary et al., 2013b: month(s): 6.
Stary and Vonicka, 2018: month(s): (4)5-10.
Finland
Salmela, 2001a: month(s): 5-8.
Salmela, 2008: month(s): 5, 7-8.
Kramer, 2012f: month(s): 6.
France
Quindroit, 2020a: month(s): 4-5, 10.
Quindroit, 2020b: month(s): 4-5, 7, 9-10.
Quindroit and Lemoine, 2022a: month(s): 9.
Lemoine and Quindroit, 2023: month(s): 6.
Georgia
Kolcsar et al., 2017a: month(s): 7.
Stary and Obona, 2020: month(s): 7.
Germany
Reiff et al., 2015: month(s): 5-6.
Kolcsar et al., 2017a: month(s): 5-6.
Kehlmaier et al., 2023: month(s): 6.
Stuke et al., 2024: month(s): 6.
Great Britain
Godfrey, 2000a: month(s): 6.
Godfrey, 2001a: month(s): 5.
Skidmore, 2008b: month(s): 6.
Kramer, 2011j: month(s): 5-6, 9.
Kramer, 2014c: month(s): 6.
Chandler, 2015: month(s): 9-11.
Hancock, 2018a: month(s): 4.
Wolton, 2022: month(s): 4.
Greece
Kolcsar et al., 2017a: month(s): 7.
Hungary
Kolcsar et al., 2017a: month(s): 8.
Ireland
Ashe et al., 2007b: month(s): 4-10.
Kazakhstan
Devyatkov, 2019b: month(s): 6.
Devyatkov, 2020b: month(s): 5-9.
Morocco
Driauach and Belqat, 2016: month(s): 5.
Netherlands
Oosterbroek and Dek, 2020: month(s): 4.
Norway
Olsen and Andersen, 2021: month(s): 6-7, (9-10).
Poland
Wiedenska, 2008: month(s): 5-6, 10.
Wiedenska, 2014: month(s): 5-10.
Wiedenska, 2015a: month(s): 5-9.
Wiedenska, 2017a: month(s): 6-9.
Wiedenska and Syratt, 2023: month(s): 5-10.
Portugal
Oosterbroek et al., 2020: month(s): 5.
Romania
Parvu, 2003: month(s): 7-8.
Parvu, 2004: month(s): 6, 8.
Parvu, 2007: month(s): 5.
Ujvarosi et al., 2011b: month(s): 6, 10.
Kolcsar et al., 2013: month(s): 4, 7, 9.
Kolcsar et al., 2017a: month(s): 3-11.
Russia
Lantsov, 2003e: month(s): 4-7.
Lantsov, 2009a: month(s): 9.
Gavryushin in litt., 2011e: month(s): 7.
Gavryushin in litt., 2011f: month(s): 8.
Lantsov, 2015a: month(s): 7.
Paramonov and Pilipenko, 2016: month(s): 5-9.
Paramonov, 2016: month(s): 7.
Paramonov and Korobkov, 2019: month(s): 9.
Pilipenko et al., 2020: month(s): 5, (7)8-9.
Kolcsar et al., 2021b: month(s): 7-9.
Serbia
Gavryushin in litt., 2015b: month(s): 7, 9.
Slovakia
Stary, 2009d: month(s): 5-7, 9-10.
Kolcsar et al., 2017a: month(s): 9.
Slovenia
Kolcsar et al., 2023b: month(s): 8.
Spain
Hancock et al., 2015a: month(s): 5.
Eiroa et al., 2020: month(s): 7.
Hancock, 2020: month(s): 5.
Keresztes et al., 2022: month(s): 8.
Switzerland
Podenas et al., 2006: month(s): 4-11.
Tajikistan
Devyatkov, 2020c: month(s): 7.
on altitude (mainly from 2000 onward):
Armenia
Obona et al., 2016: altitude: 1030-2195 m.
Belarus
Kolcsar et al., 2021b: altitude: 156 m.
Bosnia-Herzegowina
Kolcsar et al., 2017a: altitude: 400 m.
Bulgaria
Hubenov, 2015: altitude: 1200-1700 m.
Hubenov, 2016: altitude: 1147-1876 m.
Hubenov, 2017: altitude: 1147-1876 m.
Kolcsar et al., 2017a: altitude: 800-1956 m.
Hubenov, 2018a: altitude: 1400-1420 m.
Hubenov, 2021a: altitude: 650-1900 m.
Hubenov, 2025a: altitude: 650-1900 m.
Hubenov, 2025b: altitude: 650-1900 m.
France
Labat, 2021: altitude: 899 m.
Georgia
Kolcsar et al., 2017a: altitude: 2079 m.
Stary and Obona, 2020: altitude: 2380 m.
Germany
Reiff et al., 2015: altitude: 652-666 m.
Kolcsar et al., 2017a: altitude: 360 m.
Stuke et al., 2024: altitude: 150-170 m.
Greece
Kolcsar et al., 2017a: altitude: 2003 m.
Hungary
Kolcsar et al., 2017a: altitude: 461 m.
Kazakhstan
Devyatkov, 2019b: altitude: 384-348 m.
Devyatkov, 2020b: altitude: 326-1769 m.
Morocco
Driauach and Belqat, 2016: altitude: 1526 m.
Poland
Wiedenska, 2017a: altitude: 680-1260 m.
Wiedenska and Syratt, 2023: altitude: 470-1080 m.
Romania
Parvu, 2003: altitude: 800 m.
Kolcsar et al., 2017a: altitude: 170-1720 m.
Russia
Lantsov, 2003e: altitude: 914-2000 m.
Lantsov, 2009a: altitude: 1571 m.
Gavryushin in litt., 2011f: altitude: 19-25 m.
Lantsov in litt., 2014: altitude: 1490 m.
Lantsov, 2015a: altitude: 1490 m.
Kolcsar et al., 2021b: altitude: 510-777 m.
Serbia
Gavryushin in litt., 2015b: altitude: 800-1550 m.
Slovakia
Stary, 2009d: altitude: 560-870 m.
Slovenia
Kolcsar et al., 2023b: altitude: 745 m.
Spain
Mederos and Eiroa, 2015: altitude: 1300-1450 m.
Eiroa et al., 2020: altitude: 1317 m.
Keresztes et al., 2022: altitude: 574 m.
Tajikistan
Devyatkov, 2020c: altitude: 2440 m.

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