Details for Limonia nigropunctata nigropunctata

Name: Limonia nigropunctata nigropunctata (Schummel, 1829) Publication: Beitr. Ent., Breslau 1: 112 (as Limnobia) Status: Recognized taxon, Synonym(s): ?sexpunctata (Fabricius, 1781); masoni (Edwards, 1921); nigrescens (Lackschewtiz, 1928). Classification: Family Limoniidae Subfamily Limoniinae Descriptive note: Synonymy and variation in body colouration discussed in Stary, 2007 (see also Whiteley, 2002; Stubbs, 2003). Limonia masoni is taken out of synonymy in Stubbs and Kramer, 2016h (key craneflies Great Britain: Limoniinae). Keys: Peeters en Oosterbroek, 2014c (craneflies Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg) (in Dutch); Boardman, 2016 (craneflies Shropshire); Stubbs and Kramer, 2016h (British craneflies, also as masoni); Stubbs, 2021 (British craneflies) habitus male habitus male habitus female habitus female habitus female plus 16 more images of habitus, habitus, habitus, habitus, habitus, habitus, habitus, habitus, habitus, hypopygium, hypopygium, hypopygium, ovipositor, wing, habitat and habitat. Distribution: Albania, Andorra, Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Rep., Denmark, France, Germany, Great Britain, Hungary, Italy, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Montenegro, Netherlands, North Macedonia, Poland, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Ukraine; Russia: RUW, RUC; Turkey (Asiatic part: Eskisehir). 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 Great Britain check Stubbs, 2021, and citations below. Map: Podenas et al., 2006 (Switzerland); Boardman, 2007 (Shropshire, as nigropunctata and as masoni) Biology: Alexander, 1919e (habitat). Figure references: Habitus: Quindroit, 2020a (male); Jaume-Schinkel and Fahldieck, 2022 (copula) Wing: Podenas et al., 2006 Hypopygium: Podenas et al., 2006 Other figures: Dallai et al., 2008 (sperm tail) Citations on biology (mainly from 2000 onward): Austria Habitat. Aistleitner et al., 2024: 32 (loc(s) Vorarlberg, see habitat photo above). Bulgaria Habitat. Hubenov, 2025b: suppl: 7 (annotated list Diptera high Bulgarian mts, local distr, habitats and zoogeography). Czech Rep. Habitat. Stary et al., 2013b: 377 (on Limonidae from Vraz near Pisek, with general habitat description). Habitat. Stary and Vonicka, 2018: 66 (on Limoniidae and Pediciidae of two localities in northern Bohemia, with list of localities, altitudes and habitats). France Habitat. Kramer and Withers, 2007: 160 (marshland species with larvae in the more or less saturated organic mud of lake margins and marshes). Habitat. Kramer and Langlois, 2019a: 79 (on larval soil habitats in the Ravin de Valbois; see paper for details). Biology. Quindroit, 2020a: 37, 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: 138 (loc(s) Nord (59) and Pas-de-Calais (62) with notes on habitats and distr) (in French). Habitat. Quindroit and Lemoine, 2021a: 23 (loc(s), resultats de deux campagnes de piegeage dans le Pas-de-Calais (62); see paper for details on habitat). Habitat. Quindroit et al., 2021: 256-258 (collected during an entomological inventory in the canopy of Oak [Quercus] stands; sous-bois, saprophages). 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, 2021c: 424, 426 (loc(s) Mercantour National Park, Alpes-Maritimes (06), very common species: mostly in forests, according to Geiger (1985), ubiquitous up to subalpine level). Habitat. Labat, 2022: 52-67 (preliminary study on Diptera of riparian corridors at several localities in France; supplements: loc(s) Puy-de-Dome (63)) (in French). Habitat. Quindroit and Lemoine, 2022a: 23 (loc(s) Aisne (02), Oise (60) and Somme (80) with notes on habitats and distr) (in French). Germany Habitat. Reiff et al., 2015: 234 (loc(s) Baden-Wurttemberg with list of habitats). Habitat. Dunk, 2018: 79, 96 (loc(s) Bayern with list of habtats). Great Britain Habitat. Godfrey, 2001a: 14, 24 (as masoni). Habitat. Godfrey, 2001c: 154 (swept from shaded stream, Habberley Valley, Pontesbury, Salop) (as masoni). Habitat. Whiteley, 2002: 82 (shady woodland) (as masoni). Habitat. Whiteley, 2002: 82 (shady woodland). Habitat. Stubbs, 2003: 49-50 (on masoni: scrub on calcareous grassland is by far the main habitat, though there are some instances of occurrence in woodland; the paper includes further details on subhabitat preferences and examples of good/bad practice). Habitat. Stubbs, 2003: 49, 50 (scrub edge, though to a lesser extent also in calcareous woodland). Habitat. Boardman, 2007: 83 (associated with limestone influenced habitats at woodland edge or seepages and small streams, though other less base-rich habitats are suggested). Habitat. Boardman, 2007: 83 (in areas of carbonifeous limestone and calcareous clay). Habitat. Kramer, 2007b: 35 (a woodland species) (as masoni). 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). Italy Habitat. Stary, 2003a: 125. Habitat. Stary, 2007: 30 (along stream in deciduous forest; at open deciduous forest and meadows; at marsh and shrubs along stream). Luxembourg Habitat. Vogtenhuber, 2007: 355 (Larven wurden unter der Laubstreu eines Waldes gefunden). Romania Habitat. Ujvarosi, 2005a: 246 (terrestrial, citing various sources). Habitat. Ujvarosi et al., 2011b: 109 (loc(s) Dupa Lanca marshy area near Voslobeni) (in Hungarian, species list with habitat information in English). Habitat. Kolcsar et al., 2013: 72 (loc(s) Cluj-Napoca and surroundings; list of habitats with altitudes). Russia Habitat. Krivosheina, N.P., 2009a: 125-133 (review Russian xylophilous Limoniidae, mainly inhabiting bark and wood of decomposing trees, citing Tjeder, 1958 [found in litter and the upper layer of soil]) (in Russian). Turkey Habitat. Bilgin et al., 2015: 7, 8 (habitat) (in Turkish). on characters and taxonomy (mainly from 2000 onward): Country not relevant Synonymy. Stary, 2007: 29-30 (variation in body colouration, synonymy). Phylogeny. Dallai et al., 2008: 83-91 (spermstructure in relation to phylogeny of the Nematocera and Diptera, figs). Great Britain Taxonomy. Whiteley, 2002: 82 (perhaps masoni is just a colour var. of nigropunctata, record of a copula between masoni and nigropunctata). Characters. Stubbs, 2003: 49 (on masoni: the taxonomic status is uncertain and still under review; it may be a localised dark form of the more widespread Limonia nigropunctata; both species can occur together and there are variants of masoni and intermediates/hybrids; that pure nigropunctata is characteristic of most of the range of that species suggests that masoni is a special genotype of particular areas, though interpretation of significance will remain fraught until genetic profiling becomes possible). Taxonomy. Boardman, 2007: 83 (on masoni: different colour forms cause confusion with L. nigropunctata). Taxonomy. Boardman, 2008: 8 (hybrid of nigropunctata and masoni). Characters. Kramer and Morris, 2022b: 23 (diagnosis). Russia Figures. Pilipenko et al., 2020: 360 (figs female, hypopygium, ovipositor). on distribution (mainly from 2000 onward): Andorra First record. Mederos et al., 2019b: 212-213 (loc(s), distr). Austria Distribution. Reusch and Heiss, 2012: 323-332 (loc(s) Nat. Park Gesause, see PDF for months and altitudes). Distribution. Vogtenhuber and Kofler, 2017: 139 (loc(s) Osttirol). Distribution. Aistleitner et al., 2024: 32 (loc(s) Vorarlberg, see habitat photo above). Belarus First record. Kolcsar et al., 2021b: 142 (loc(s) Gomel region). Bosnia-Herzegowina Distribution. Oosterbroek and Simova-Tosic, 2004: 448 (review literature). Distribution. Oosterbroek and Simova-Tosic, 2004: 448 (review literature). Bulgaria Distribution. Hubenov, 2015: 222 (annotated list Diptera Pirin Mt, loc(s), faunistics and zoogeography). Distribution. Hubenov, 2017: 70 (on vertical distribution in the Pirin and Rila Mts; see paper for details on forests and subalpine-alpine zones, distr). Distribution. Hubenov, 2018a: 16 (on the Diptera of the Vitosha Mt; see paper for details on vegetation belts and local distr). Distribution. Hubenov, 2021a: 37 (checklist with summary of distr in Bulgaria, references). Distribution. Hubenov, 2025b: suppl: 7 (annotated list Diptera high Bulgarian mts, local distr, habitats and zoogeography). Croatia First record. Oosterbroek and Simova-Tosic, 2004: 448 (loc(s)). Czech Rep. Distribution. Stary et al., 2005a: 27, 30 (loc(s), the most frequent limoniid species in the studied area). Distribution. Stary, 2009i: webpage (checklist). Distribution. Stary et al., 2013b: 377 (on Limonidae from Vraz near Pisek, with general habitat description). Distribution. Mocek, 2014: 156 (loc(s) NE Bohemia). Distribution. Stary and Vonicka, 2018: 66 (on Limoniidae and Pediciidae of two localities in northern Bohemia, with list of localities, altitudes and habitats). Denmark Distribution. Petersen and Jong, 2001b: 150 (checklist). France Distribution. Kramer and Withers, 2007: 160, 163 (loc(s) Ain (01)). Distribution. Kramer, 2007a: 33 (loc(s) Ain (01)). Distribution. Withers, 2008: 137 (loc(s) Ain (01)). Distribution. Kramer and Langlois, 2019a: 76 (record(s) Ravin de Valbois, Doubs (25)). Distribution. Quindroit, 2020a: 37, 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: 138 (loc(s) Nord (59) and Pas-de-Calais (62) with notes on habitats and distr) (in French). Distribution. Quindroit and Lemoine, 2021a: 23 (loc(s), resultats de deux campagnes de piegeage dans le Pas-de-Calais (62); see paper for details on habitat). Distribution. Quindroit et al., 2021: 257 (recorded for l Allier (03) and Loiret (45)). 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. Quindroit, 2021c: 424, 426 (loc(s) Mercantour National Park, Alpes-Maritimes (06), very common species: mostly in forests, according to Geiger (1985), ubiquitous up to subalpine level). Distribution. Tissot et al., 2021: 209 (the Diptera of the Reserves Naturelles Nationales du Doubs (25), results of Malaise trapping since 2009) (in French). Distribution. Labat, 2022: 52-67 (preliminary study on Diptera of riparian corridors at several localities in France; supplements: loc(s) Puy-de-Dome (63)) (in French). Distribution. Quindroit and Lemoine, 2022a: 23 (loc(s) Aisne (02), Oise (60) and Somme (80) with notes on habitats and distr) (in French). Distribution. Quindroit and Lemoine, 2022a: 37 (table specifying the presence in the five departments of the Hauts-de-France region). Distribution. Lemoine and Quindroit, 2023: 9 (loc(s) Hautes-Alpes (05), Cote-d'Or (21), Jura (39), Loiret (45), Haute-Marne (52), Nievre (58), Vosges (88)). Distribution. Quindroit and Racine, 2025: 360 (table specifying the presence in the five departments of the Pays de la Loire region). Germany Distribution. Schacht, 1999: 135 (checklist Bayern). Distribution. Reusch and Oosterbroek, 2000: 162 (checklist German Bundeslander). Distribution. Reusch and Bellstedt, 2001b: 75 (checklist Thuringen). Distribution. Schacht, 2005: 5 (checklist Bayern). Distribution. Hable et al., 2010b: 91 (loc(s) Bayern). Distribution. Schacht, 2010: 17 (checklist Diptera Bayern). Distribution. Dunk and Kraus, 2014: 170 (loc(s) Bayern). Distribution. Reiff et al., 2015: 234 (loc(s) Baden-Wurttemberg with list of habitats). Distribution. Dunk, 2018: 79, 96 (loc(s) Bayern with list of habtats). Distribution. Stuke, 2019: 143 (checklist Niedersachsen and Bremen with reference to original sources). Distribution. Stuke et al., 2024: 161 (loc(s) Niedersachsen). Great Britain Distribution. Kramer, 1999a: 31 (loc(s) Leicestershire) (as masoni). Distribution. Godfrey, 2001a: 14, 24 (recorded from sites in Shropshire and just over the country border in Montgmeryshire; see paper for details) (as masoni). Distribution. Godfrey, 2001c: 154 (swept from shaded stream, Habberley Valley, Pontesbury, Salop) (as masoni). Distribution. Merrifield and Merrifield, 2004: 171 (loc(s) Dancersend BBOWT Reserve, Bucks) (as masoni). Distribution. Halstead, 2006: 182 (loc(s) Nower Wood SSSI (TQ 195548), Surrey). Distribution. Boardman, 2007: 83 (loc(s), map, distr). Distribution. Boardman, 2007: 83 (loc(s), map). Distribution. Kramer, 2007b: 35 (loc(s) Leicestershire) (as masoni). Distribution. Stary, 2007: 30 (loc(s), identified as masoni by Stubbs). Distribution. Boardman, 2008: 8 (loc(s) Shropshire). Distribution. Kramer, 2011j: 22 (loc(s) Leicestershire and Rutland (VC55)). Distribution. Kramer, 2013f: 1 (loc(s) Northamptonshire). Distribution. Hewitt, 2014: (provisional checklist Cumbrian Diptera). 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. Kramer and Morris, 2022b: 23 (info on the species, on the distr and map of loc(s) Leicestershire and Rutland (VC55)). Italy Distribution. Stary, 2003a: 125 (loc(s)). Distribution. Stary, 2007: 30 (loc(s)). Distribution. Podenas and Podeniene, 2008: 348, 351 (loc(s), annotated checklist South Tyrol [Prov. Bolzano]). Lithuania Distribution. Pakalniskis et al., 2006: 21 (checklist). Luxembourg First record. Vogtenhuber, 2007: 354 (loc(s)). Montenegro Distribution. Oosterbroek and Simova-Tosic, 2004: 448 (review literature). Netherlands Distribution. Jong and Oosterbroek, 2002b: 34 (checklist). Distribution. Hoven, 2024: 13 (loc(s) Limburg). North Macedonia Distribution. Oosterbroek and Simova-Tosic, 2004: 448 (review literature). Poland Distribution. Wiedenska, 2007a: 75 (checklist). Distribution. Wiedenska, 2010: 133 (loc(s) Parku Krajobrazowego Wzniesien Lodzkich, Lodz). Distribution. Wiedenska and Syratt, 2023: 148 (loc(s) Bieszczady Mountains, distr and remarks). Romania Distribution. Parvu, 2004: 186 (loc(s)). Distribution. Ujvarosi, 2007: 228-231 (checklist Limoniidae). Distribution. Ujvarosi et al., 2011b: 109 (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: 72 (loc(s) Cluj-Napoca and surroundings; list of habitats with altitudes). Russia Misinterpretation. Lantsov, 2003c: 104 (refers to eos; see Lantsov, 2004). Distribution. Paramonov, 2016: 130 (loc(s) RUC: Chuvash Rep.) (in Russian). Distribution. Paramonov, 2017a: 172 (loc(s) RUC: Chuvash Rep.) (in Russian). Distribution. Pilipenko et al., 2020: 361 (loc(s) RUC: Mordoviya Rep., distr). Serbia Distribution. Oosterbroek and Simova-Tosic, 2004: 448 (review literature). Slovakia Distribution. Stary, 2009d: 36 (loc(s) Polana area). Distribution. Stary, 2009i: webpage (checklist). Slovenia Distribution. Oosterbroek and Simova-Tosic, 2004: 448 (review literature). Spain First record. Mederos and Eiroa, 2018: 27 (loc(s) Lerida, distr). Switzerland Distribution. Podenas et al., 2006: 172, 279 (map, vertical distr per thermic level). Turkey First record. Bilgin et al., 2015: 6 (loc(s) Eskisehir, distr) (in Turkish). on flight period (mainly from 2000 onward): Andorra Mederos et al., 2019b: month(s): 5. Austria Vogtenhuber and Kofler, 2017: month(s): 6. Aistleitner et al., 2024: month(s): 5. Belarus Kolcsar et al., 2021b: month(s): 5. Bulgaria Hubenov, 2015: month(s): 6. Czech Rep. Stary et al., 2005a: month(s): 4-8. Stary et al., 2013b: month(s): 6. Stary and Vonicka, 2018: month(s): 5. France Kramer and Withers, 2007: month(s): 6. Kramer, 2007a: month(s): 6. Quindroit, 2020a: month(s): 4-5. Quindroit, 2020b: month(s): 4-6. Quindroit and Lemoine, 2022a: month(s): 4-6, 8. Lemoine and Quindroit, 2023: month(s): 4-6. Germany Reiff et al., 2015: month(s): 5. Dunk, 2018: month(s): 4-7. Stuke et al., 2024: month(s): 6. Great Britain Kramer, 1999a: month(s): 5. Godfrey, 2001a: month(s): 5. Godfrey, 2001c: month(s): 5. Merrifield and Merrifield, 2004: month(s): 5. Halstead, 2006: month(s): 5. Stary, 2007: month(s): 5. Kramer, 2011j: month(s): 5-6. Kramer, 2013f: month(s): 5. Kramer and Morris, 2022b: month(s): 5-6. Italy Stary, 2007: month(s): 6. Podenas and Podeniene, 2008: month(s): 6. Luxembourg Vogtenhuber, 2007: month(s): 4-6. Netherlands Hoven, 2024: month(s): 5. Poland Wiedenska and Syratt, 2023: month(s): 5,7. Romania Parvu, 2004: month(s): 6. Ujvarosi et al., 2011b: month(s): 5-6. Kolcsar et al., 2013: month(s): 4-6. Russia Paramonov, 2016: month(s): 6. Paramonov, 2017a: month(s): 6. Pilipenko et al., 2020: month(s): 5. Slovakia Stary, 2009d: month(s): 5-7. Spain Mederos and Eiroa, 2018: month(s): 6. Switzerland Podenas et al., 2006: month(s): 5-8. Turkey Bilgin et al., 2015: month(s): 4. on altitude (mainly from 2000 onward): Austria Vogtenhuber and Kofler, 2017: altitude: 720-1100 m. Aistleitner et al., 2024: altitude: 416 m. Bulgaria Hubenov, 2015: altitude: 1300-1800 m. Hubenov, 2017: altitude: 1300-1800 m. Hubenov, 2018a: altitude: 1400-1420 m. Hubenov, 2021a: altitude: 700-1800 m. Hubenov, 2025b: altitude: 700-1800 m. France Quindroit, 2021c: altitude: 1400-2000 m. Germany Reiff et al., 2015: altitude: 590 m. Stuke et al., 2024: altitude: 150-170 m. Italy Stary, 2003a: altitude: 1300-1600 m. Stary, 2007: altitude: 1000-1500 m. Podenas and Podeniene, 2008: altitude: 940 m. Poland Wiedenska and Syratt, 2023: altitude: 500-950 m. Slovakia Stary, 2009d: altitude: 630-870 m. Spain Mederos and Eiroa, 2018: altitude: 960 m. Turkey Bilgin et al., 2015: altitude: 981 m.