Details for Limonia dilutior

Name: Limonia dilutior (Edwards, 1921) Publication: Trans. R. Ent. Soc. Lond. 1921: 203 (as Limnobia) Status: Recognized taxon. Classification: Family Limoniidae Subfamily Limoniinae Keys: Peeters en Oosterbroek, 2014c (craneflies Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg) (in Dutch); Boardman, 2016 (craneflies Shropshire); Stubbs and Kramer, 2016h; Stubbs, 2021 (British craneflies) habitus male habitus male habitus male habitus male body part(s) head and thorax plus 4 more images of body part(s), body part(s), hypopygium and wing. Distribution: Austria, Czech Rep., Denmark, France, Germany, Great Britain, Netherlands, Norway, Romania, Spain. Region(s): Westpalaearctic General note: For Spain check Eiroa and Carles-Tolra, 2019, and citations below. For Great Britain check Stubbs, 2021, and citations below. Map: Boardman, 2007 (Shropshire) Citations on biology (mainly from 2000 onward): France Habitat. Quindroit, 2020b: 137 (loc(s) Nord (59)) (in French). Habitat. Quindroit and Racine, 2025: 344 (annotated list with information on abundancy and habitat of the Tipuloidea of the Pays de la Loire region, distr) (in French). Germany Habitat. Reiff et al., 2015: 234 (loc(s) Baden-Wurttemberg with list of habitats). Great Britain Habitat. Stubbs, 2003: 12, 17, 52, 67 (occurs locally on lowland heath and normally not a bog species, however, in northern England it occurs on blanket peat at a high level, citing Coulson and Butterfield, 1985). Habitat. Boyce, 2004: 31, 61, 74, 78, 103 (shows a strong affinity to blanket bogs, also found in valley mires on lowland heaths; larvae are thought to develop in damp peat). Habitat. Boardman, 2007: 81 (occurs on heathland and moorland). Habitat. Stubbs and Falk, 2010: 202 (has been found in a few occasions associated with Broom Cytisus scoparius or gorse, Ulex species, including U. minor, although it is an upland species in the north and Scotland). Habitat. Leftwich, 2011: 4 (rarity of lowland heath). Habitat. Boardman, 2013a: 2 (swept over heather). Habitat. Alexander, 2015: 3 (result of a study on sampling techniques in Cornwall, showing productive pitfall-trapping for moorland crane flies). Habitat. Boardman, 2017: 3 (heathland, Shropshire). Habitat. Brighton, 2017c: 28, 39 (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)). Habitat. Boardman, 2020a: 1 (loc(s) Staffordshire, at heathland). Biology. Kramer, 2022b: 12 (drawing attention to the work of Mathew Carroll [2012] from York Uni working on peat uplands; Mathew found that raising the water table by blocking drainage ditches significantly increased cranefly numbers; species identified during his study on moorland in Wales, the Pennines and the North York Moors were Tipula subnodicornis, Tricyphona immaculata, Molophilus ater, Ormosia pseudosimilis, Idioptera pulchella and Limonia dilutior). Romania Habitat. Ujvarosi, 2005a: 237, 246 (terrestrial, citing various sources). Habitat. Ujvarosi, 2005b: 68 (larvae are associated with decaying organic matter in Fagus forests). Spain Habitat. Stary and Oosterbroek, 2008: 14 (wet deciduous forests and meadows). on distribution (mainly from 2000 onward): Austria Distribution. Reusch and Heiss, 2012: 323-332 (loc(s) Nat. Park Gesause, see PDF for months and altitudes). Distribution. Aistleitner, 2015: 101 (loc(s) Vorarlberg). Channel Is Distribution. Stubbs, 2022b: 5 (on a collection of craneflies present in the Societe Jersiaise collection, Jersey, identifier unknown). Czech Rep. First record. Stary, 2009c: 96 (loc(s)). Distribution. Stary, 2009i: webpage (checklist). Denmark Distribution. Petersen and Jong, 2001b: 150 (checklist). France Distribution. Kramer and Langlois, 2019a: 76 (record(s) Ravin de Valbois, Doubs (25)). Distribution. Kramer and Langlois, 2019b: 228 (list of craneflies captured 25-27 june 2019 in Ravin de Valbois, Doubs (25)). Distribution. Quindroit, 2020b: 137 (loc(s) Nord (59)) (in French). 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: 37 (table specifying the presence in the five departments of the Hauts-de-France region). Distribution. Quindroit and Racine, 2025: 344 (annotated list with information on abundancy and habitat of the Tipuloidea of the Pays de la Loire region, distr) (in French). Distribution. Quindroit and Racine, 2025: 360 (table specifying the presence in the five departments of the Pays de la Loire region). Germany Distribution. Reusch and Oosterbroek, 2000: 162 (checklist German Bundeslander). Distribution. Reusch and Bellstedt, 2001b: 75 (checklist Thuringen). Distribution. Reusch et al., 2004: 118 (loc(s) Baden-Wurttemberg). Distribution. Reiff et al., 2015: 234 (loc(s) Baden-Wurttemberg with list of habitats). Distribution. Stuke, 2019: 143 (checklist Niedersachsen and Bremen with reference to original sources). Great Britain Distribution. Boyce, 2004: 31, 61, 74, 78, 103 (distr). Distribution. Boardman, 2007: 81-82 (loc(s), map). Distribution. Kramer, 2009f: 1 (loc(s) Yorkshire). Distribution. Skidmore, 2009: 129 (review of occurrence on the Western Isles of Scotland, distr). Distribution. Leftwich, 2011: 4 (loc(s) Dorset). Distribution. Kramer, 2012h: 3 (loc(s) Summer field meeting Scottish Highlands). Distribution. Boardman, 2013a: 2 (loc(s) Shropshire). Distribution. Drake, 2014: 23 (loc(s) Gwynedd). Distribution. Hewitt, 2014: (provisional checklist Cumbrian Diptera). Distribution. Stubbs, 2014c: 3 (loc(s) NW Wales). Distribution. Alexander, 2015: 3 (result of a study on sampling techniques in Cornwall, showing productive pitfall-trapping for moorland crane flies). Distribution. Boardman, 2017: 3 (heathland, Shropshire). Distribution. Brighton, 2017c: 28, 39 (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. Boardman, 2020a: 1 (loc(s) Staffordshire, at heathland). Distribution. Kramer, 2022b: 12 (drawing attention to the work of Mathew Carroll [2012] from York Uni working on peat uplands; Mathew found that raising the water table by blocking drainage ditches significantly increased cranefly numbers; species identified during his study on moorland in Wales, the Pennines and the North York Moors were Tipula subnodicornis, Tricyphona immaculata, Molophilus ater, Ormosia pseudosimilis, Idioptera pulchella and Limonia dilutior). Netherlands Distribution. Jong and Oosterbroek, 2002b: 34 (checklist). Distribution. Stary, 2020a: 45 (Limoniidae Kaaistoep, Noord-Brabant). Norway First record. Kolcsar et al., 2021b: 137 (loc(s) Rogaland). Romania First record. Ujvarosi, 2005a: 237, 246 (loc(s)). Distribution. Ujvarosi, 2005b: 68 (loc(s), distr). Distribution. Ujvarosi, 2007: 228-231 (checklist Limoniidae). Spain First record. Stary and Oosterbroek, 2008: 14 (loc(s), distr). Distribution. Eiroa and Carles-Tolra, 2019: 132 (loc(s) Gerona, list of Spanish provinces, distr) (in Spanish). on flight period (mainly from 2000 onward): Austria Aistleitner, 2015: month(s): 9. Czech Rep. Stary, 2009c: month(s): 9. France Kramer and Langlois, 2019b: month(s): 6. Quindroit, 2020b: month(s): 9. Quindroit and Racine, 2025: month(s): 6-7. Germany Reusch et al., 2004: month(s): 5. Reiff et al., 2015: month(s): 5. Great Britain Boardman, 2007: month(s): 5-6. Kramer, 2009f: month(s): 5. Kramer, 2012h: month(s): 7. Boardman, 2013a: month(s): 8. Drake, 2014: month(s): 7. Stubbs, 2014c: month(s): 7. Boardman, 2017: month(s): 6. Hancock, 2018a: month(s): 4. Romania Ujvarosi, 2005b: month(s): 4-6, 8. Spain Stary and Oosterbroek, 2008: month(s): 5. Eiroa and Carles-Tolra, 2019: month(s): 5. on altitude (mainly from 2000 onward): Austria Aistleitner, 2015: altitude: 470 m. France Quindroit and Racine, 2025: altitude: 345 m. Germany Reusch et al., 2004: altitude: 595 m. Reiff et al., 2015: altitude: 590 m. Norway Kolcsar et al., 2021b: altitude: 110-145 m. Romania Ujvarosi, 2005b: altitude: 420-800 m. Spain Stary and Oosterbroek, 2008: altitude: 400 m.