Details for Limonia sylvicola

Name: Limonia sylvicola (Schummel, 1829) Publication: Beitr. Ent., Breslau 1: 116 (as Limnobia) Status: Recognized taxon, Synonym(s): affinis (Zetterstedt, 1838); tripunctata (Zetterstedt, 1838). Classification: Family Limoniidae Subfamily Limoniinae Descriptive note: RUC (Moskovskaya oblast), RUW, RUE (Bashkortostan Rep.), Keys: Podenas and Gelhaus, 2007 (Limoniinae Mongolia and nearby); Peeters en Oosterbroek, 2014c (craneflies Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg) (in Dutch); Ren and Yang, 2020 (Limonia NW China); Lv et al., 2023b (Limonia China) habitus male habitus male habitus male habitus female habitus female plus 22 more images of body part(s), body part(s), body part(s), body part(s), body part(s), hypopygium, hypopygium, hypopygium, hypopygium, ovipositor, ovipositor, wing, wing, wing, wing, habitat, habitat, habitat, habitat, habitat, habitat and habitat. Distribution: Austria, Belgium, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Czech Rep., Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Lithuania, Montenegro, Norway, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Sweden, Switzerland, Ukraine (Carpathians); Russia: RUN, RUW, RUC, RUE;; Russia: WS (Altay, Tuva); Kazakhstan (east); Mongolia; China (Xinjiang). 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 Finland check Salmela, 2012b, 2012c, and citations below. For Norway check Olsen et al., 2018, and citations below. To be confirmed for Russia: ES (Irkutskaya oblast) (in Palaearctic Catalogue (Savchenko et al., 1992)). Map: Podenas et al., 2006 (Switzerland) Figure references: Habitus: Ren and Yang, 2020 (male) Wing: Ren and Yang, 2020 Hypopygium: Podenas et al., 2006; Podenas and Gelhaus, 2007; Ren and Yang, 2020 Ovipositor: Ren and Yang, 2020 Other figures: Ren and Yang, 2020 (thorax) Miscellaneous Ren and Yang, 2020 (habitat) Citations on biology (mainly from 2000 onward): Bulgaria Habitat. Hubenov, 2025b: suppl: 7 (annotated list Diptera high Bulgarian mts, local distr, habitats and zoogeography). China Habitat. Ren and Yang, 2020: 51-53 (often collected with phragmitidis and stigma, and it is a dominant species in Hemu (China: Xinjiang, Burqin); these species often aggregate in shaded understory plants in white Birch [Betula] forests during the day (see habitat photo(s) above) [from the same locality also macrostigma and taurica were collected]). Czech Rep. Habitat. Stary and Vonicka, 2018: 67 (on Limoniidae and Pediciidae of two localities in northern Bohemia, with list of localities, altitudes and habitats). Finland Biology. Salmela, 2008: 11, 24, 27, 33, 52 (49) (ecology or habitat: eurytopic, terrestrial; phenology). Habitat. Salmela, 2011a: 1-28 (study on three wetland habitats: aapa mires, springs and headwater streams; found in headwater streams only). Habitat. Rasimus, 2018: 17 (on saproxylic craneflies in the Tampere region) (in Finnish). France Biology. Quindroit, 2020a: 39, 45-48 (annotated list with information on abundancy and habitat of the Tipuloidea of the Pays de la Loire regoin, distr) (in French). Germany Habitat. Dunk, 2018: 96 (loc(s) Bayern with list of habtats). Mongolia Habitat. Oliveira and Eck, 2025: Specieslist (collected in a riverforest with Salix, see habitat photo). Norway Habitat. Olsen and Andersen, 2021: 215 (loc(s) Innlandet, in former Hedmark, with habitats specified separately, for habitats see also Jonassen and Andersen, 2020). Poland Habitat. Wiedenska, 2014: 14 (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). Phenology. Wiedenska, 2015a: 54 (on the flight activity of Limoniidae in the Kamienica Valley, Gorce National Park, Western Carpathians) (in Polish, tables also in English). Habitat. Wiedenska, 2017a: 23 (faunistic and habitat data of species from the Gorce NP) (in Polish). Romania Habitat. Ujvarosi, 2005a: 246 (terrestrial, citing various sources). Habitat. Kolcsar et al., 2013: 72 (loc(s) Cluj-Napoca and surroundings; list of habitats with altitudes). Russia Habitat. Hancock, 2019: 50 (loc(s) RUN: Murmanskaya oblast, collected from along banks of rivers). on characters and taxonomy (mainly from 2000 onward): China Description. Ren and Yang, 2020: 33, 43-52 (descr, key, comparison, figs). Country not relevant Characters. Stary, 2017: 715, 717 (comparison). Phylogeny. Lv et al., 2023b: 238-239, 242-243 (phylogeny Oriental and Palaearctic Limonia based on mitochondrial genome sequencing, comparison). Mongolia Key. Podenas and Gelhaus, 2007: 71-72 (key, figs). on distribution (mainly from 2000 onward): Bosnia-Herzegowina 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, 2016: 49 (annotated checklist Diptera of the Rila Mountains based on data from the literature). 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, 2021a: 38 (checklist with summary of distr in Bulgaria, references). Distribution. Hubenov, 2025b: suppl: 7 (annotated list Diptera high Bulgarian mts, local distr, habitats and zoogeography). China First record. Ren and Yang, 2020: 53 (loc(s) Xinjiang). Czech Rep. Distribution. Stary et al., 2005a: 28 (loc(s)). Distribution. Stary, 2009i: webpage (checklist). Distribution. Stary and Vonicka, 2018: 67 (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). Finland Distribution. Stary and Salmela, 2004: 47 (loc(s)). Distribution. Salmela et al., 2007b: 46 (loc(s)). Distribution. Salmela, 2008: 11, 52 (49) (loc(s), known from all Finnish ecoregions). Distribution. Salmela, 2011a: 24 (loc(s) subalpine northern boreal Finland). Distribution. Salmela, 2012b: 238 (annotated list of Finnish crane flies). Distribution. Salmela and Petrasiunas, 2014: 30 (checklist Finnish Tipulomorpha). Distribution. Salmela et al., 2015: 102 (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 Misinterpretation. Labat, 2013: 74 (on a sampling campaign on the Dordogne river sources, five Upper-Dordogne tributaries and a travertine, Auvergne; see paper for details) (in French) (probably a misidentification (Labat in litt., 7 march 2022)). Distribution. Quindroit, 2020a: 39, 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 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. Schacht, 2005: 5 (checklist Bayern). Distribution. Hable et al., 2010b: 91 (loc(s) Bayern). Distribution. Schacht, 2010: 17 (checklist Diptera Bayern). Distribution. Dunk, 2018: 96 (loc(s) Bayern with list of habtats). Italy Distribution. Podenas and Podeniene, 2008: 348, 351-352 (loc(s), annotated checklist South Tyrol [Prov. Bolzano]). Kazakhstan First record. Devyatkov, 2020a: 53 (loc(s) East Kazakhstan, distr) (in Russian). Lithuania Distribution. Pakalniskis et al., 2006: 21 (checklist). Mongolia First record. Podenas and Gelhaus, 2007: 71 (new for Mongolia, without further details). Distribution. Oliveira and Eck, 2025: Specieslist (loc(s) Bayanhongor and Khentii aimags). Montenegro Distribution. Oosterbroek and Simova-Tosic, 2004: 448 (review literature). Netherlands Misinterpretation. Jong and Oosterbroek, 2002b: 35 (checklist, review Dutch records, deleted for the Netherlands). Norway Distribution. Olsen et al., 2018: 162-163 (annotated checklist Nordic countries and for Norway according to the Strand regions). Distribution. Olsen and Andersen, 2021: 215 (loc(s) Innlandet, in former Hedmark, with habitats specified separately, for habitats see also Jonassen and Andersen, 2020). Poland Distribution. Wiedenska, 2007a: 75 (checklist). Distribution. Wiedenska, 2014: 14 (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, 2017a: 23 (faunistic and habitat data of species from the Gorce NP) (in Polish). Distribution. Wiedenska and Syratt, 2023: 148 (loc(s) Bieszczady Mountains, distr and remarks). Romania Distribution. Ujvarosi, 2007: 228-231 (checklist Limoniidae). Distribution. Keresztes, 2012: 31 (loc(s) Rimetea area [Alba County]). Distribution. Kolcsar et al., 2013: 72 (loc(s) Cluj-Napoca and surroundings; list of habitats with altitudes). Russia Distribution. Humala and Polevoi, 2008: 133 (loc(s) RUN: Kareliya). Distribution. Jakovlev et al., 2014: 310 (loc(s) RUN: Kareliya). Distribution. Hancock, 2019: 50 (loc(s) RUN: Murmanskaya oblast, collected from along banks of rivers). Distribution. Kolcsar et al., 2021b: 145-146 (loc(s) RUC and RUE). Distribution. Humala and Polevoi, 2022: 33 (loc(s) RUN: Arkhangelskaya oblast). Slovakia Distribution. Stary, 2009d: 37 (loc(s) Polana area). Distribution. Stary, 2009i: webpage (checklist). Slovenia Distribution. Oosterbroek and Simova-Tosic, 2004: 448 (review literature). Distribution. Kolcsar et al., 2023b: 23 (loc(s)). Switzerland Distribution. Podenas et al., 2006: 173, 281 (map, vertical distr per thermic level). on flight period (mainly from 2000 onward): Bulgaria Hubenov, 2015: month(s): 8-9. Hubenov, 2016: month(s): 8-9. China Ren and Yang, 2020: month(s): 7. Czech Rep. Stary and Vonicka, 2018: month(s): (4)5-7. Finland Salmela, 2008: month(s): 7-8. France Quindroit, 2020a: month(s): 6. Germany Dunk, 2018: month(s): 5-6. Italy Podenas and Podeniene, 2008: month(s): 6-7. Kazakhstan Devyatkov, 2020a: month(s): 6-8. Mongolia Oliveira and Eck, 2025: month(s): 7-8. Norway Olsen and Andersen, 2021: month(s): 7-8. Poland Wiedenska, 2014: month(s): 7-9. Wiedenska, 2015a: month(s): 7-8. Wiedenska, 2017a: month(s): 7-8. Wiedenska and Syratt, 2023: month(s): 7-8. Romania Kolcsar et al., 2013: month(s): 5-6. Russia Hancock, 2019: month(s): 8. Kolcsar et al., 2021b: month(s): 7-8. Slovakia Stary, 2009d: month(s): 7-10. Slovenia Kolcsar et al., 2023b: month(s): 7. Switzerland Podenas et al., 2006: month(s): 4-10. on altitude (mainly from 2000 onward): Bulgaria Hubenov, 2015: altitude: 1600-1700 m. Hubenov, 2016: altitude: 1147-1850 m. Hubenov, 2017: altitude: 1147-1850 m. Hubenov, 2021a: altitude: 1147-1850 m. Hubenov, 2025b: altitude: 1147-1850 m. China Ren and Yang, 2020: altitude: 1020-1730 m. Italy Podenas and Podeniene, 2008: altitude: 2310 m. Kazakhstan Devyatkov, 2020a: altitude: 465-2032 m. Mongolia Oliveira and Eck, 2025: altitude: 1000-2275 m. Norway Olsen and Andersen, 2021: altitude: 700 m. Poland Wiedenska, 2017a: altitude: 450-1260 m. Wiedenska and Syratt, 2023: altitude: 600-1200 m. Russia Kolcsar et al., 2021b: altitude: 220-700 m. Slovenia Kolcsar et al., 2023b: altitude: 600 m.