| Name: | Limonia trivittata (Schummel, 1829) | | Publication: | Beitr. Ent., Breslau 1: 114 (as Limnobia) | | Status: | Recognized taxon, Synonym(s): ?nigrirostris (Gimmerthal, 1847). | | Classification: | Family Limoniidae Subfamily Limoniinae
| | Descriptive note: | Synonymy: Lackschewitz, 1927a. | | Keys: | Peeters en Oosterbroek, 2014c, 2016c (craneflies Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg) (in Dutch); Boardman, 2016 (craneflies Shropshire); Stubbs and Kramer, 2016h; Stubbs, 2021 (British craneflies) |  |  |  |  |  |
habitus male | habitus male | habitus female | habitus female | habitus female |
plus 33 more images of habitus, habitus, body part(s), body part(s), body part(s), body part(s), body part(s), body part(s), body part(s), body part(s), body part(s), hypopygium, hypopygium, hypopygium, ovipositor, ovipositor, wing, wing, wing, wing, wing, habitat, habitat, habitat, habitat, habitat, habitat, habitat, habitat, habitat, habitat, habitat and habitat. | | | | Distribution: | Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Czech Rep., Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Great Britain, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Netherlands, North Macedonia, Norway, Poland, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Sweden, Switzerland, Ukraine; Russia: RUN, RUW, RUC, RUE, North Caucasus; Georgia, Turkey (Asiatic part: Kars);; Russia: WS (Altay, Tuva); Kazakhstan (east), Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan. 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. For Great Britain and Ireland check Stubbs, 2021, and citations below. To be confirmed for Russia: FE (Kamchatka) (in Palaearctic Catalogue (Savchenko et al., 1992), see Alexander, 1927x). | | Map: | Podenas et al., 2006 (Switzerland); Boardman, 2007 (Shropshire) | Figure references: | Hypopygium: Podenas et al., 2006
Immature stages Larva: Hancock, 2022a Pupa: Hancock, 2022a
| | | | Citations | | | Austria Habitat. Schultz et al., 2006: 351 (Hochmoor). | | Belgium Habitat. Tack et al., 2021: 194 (loc(s) Antwerpen, alle taxa biodiversiteit inventarisatie Bos t Ename, nat bos, vochtig bos en stromend water (in Dutch), see paper for description). | | Bulgaria Habitat. Hubenov, 2025b: suppl: 7 (annotated list Diptera high Bulgarian mts, local distr, habitats and zoogeography). | | 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). | | 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 Biology. Salmela, 2008: 11, 27, 52 (49) (ecology or habitat: eurytopic, terrestrial; phenology). Habitat. Autio and Salmela, 2010: 48 (habitats Aland Is). Habitat. Rasimus, 2018: 17 (on saproxylic craneflies in the Tampere region) (in Finnish). | | France Habitat. Kramer, 2007a: 33 (adults were collected at a carr). 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). 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, 2022a: 24 (loc(s) Aisne (02) with notes on habitats and distr) (in French). | | Georgia Habitat. Stary and Obona, 2020: 137 (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; restricted to limnokrene sources; see paper for details, as well as Anhang A2-A10). Habitat. Wittrock, 2005: 84 (summer emergence; limnokrene). Habitat. Dunk, 2018: 80, 96 (loc(s) Bayern with list of habtats). | | Great Britain Habitat. Kramer, 1999a: 30 (sites fed by a spring or flush). Habitat. Godfrey, 2000a: 13, 20, 23 (woodland seepages, wet woodland and carr). Habitat. Hancock, 2000: 51 (streamside vegetation). Habitat. Hewitt et al., 2005: 37, 48 (found in wet woodlands on calcareous soils especially near rivers, there seems to be an association with butterbur, Petasites hybrida, in some cases and it is possible that the larvaa develops in petioles or rootstock). Habitat. Boardman, 2007: 84 (wet shaded places close to water). Habitat. Kramer, 2009g: 2 (collected in damp wooded valleys). Habitat. Kramer, 2011j: 23, 25 (a local species of woodland). Biology. Hancock, 2022a: 61-67 (on the larvae and pupae with notes on feeding within decaying Apiaceae plant roots; preserved material of specimens recently reared from common hogweed (Heracleum sphondylium) and wild angelica (Angelica sylvestris) is figured and compared with related species). Habitat. Kramer and Morris, 2022b: 24 (info on the species, on the distr and map of loc(s) Leicestershire and Rutland (VC55); species of damp woodland). Habitat. Stubbs, 2024c: 34 (loc(s) Lancashire, see paper for various habitats). | | Lithuania Biology. Gorban and Podeniene, 2022: 5 (loc(s); reared from Ash [Fraxinus excelsior]; see paper for details). | | 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. Chaniecka and Wiedenska, 2006: 149 (occurrence in spring-, springbrook-, and/or bogspring plant communities) (in Polish). Biology. Wiedenska, 2014: 14 (on the occurence of Limoniidae in six selected plant communities in the Kamienica Valley, Gorce National Park, Western Carpathians; observed emergence of adults in july) (in Polish, habitat tables also in English). Phenology. Wiedenska, 2015a: 49, 54 (on the flight activity of Limoniidae in the Kamienica Valley, Gorce National Park, Western Carpathians, with flight diagrams) (in Polish, tables also in English). Habitat. Wiedenska, 2017a: 23-24 (faunistic and habitat data of species from the Gorce NP) (in Polish). | | Russia Habitat. Gavryushin in litt., 2011f: (collected in a herbaceous vegetation with Urtica, Chamerion, umbellifers and grasses near a ditch and in a mixed forest). Habitat. Lantsov, 2011c: 86 (found in Petasites marshland) (in Russian). | | Sweden Habitat. Lindstrom and Fritz, 2015: 44, 47 (distributin and ecology in five fens in Hallands County) (in Schwedish). | | | | Country not relevant Phylogeny. Lv et al., 2023b: 238-239 (phylogeny Oriental and Palaearctic Limonia based on mitochondrial genome sequencing). | | Great Britain Characters. Boardman, 2007: 84 (characters). Immatures. Hancock, 2022a: 61-67 (on the larvae and pupae with notes on feeding within decaying Apiaceae plant roots; preserved material of specimens recently reared from common hogweed (Heracleum sphondylium) and wild angelica (Angelica sylvestris) is figured and compared with related species). | | | | Austria Distribution. Schultz et al., 2006: 351 (loc(s)). Distribution. Reusch and Heiss, 2012: 323-332 (loc(s) Nat. Park Gesause, see PDF for months and altitudes). Distribution. Vogtenhuber and Kofler, 2017: 140 (loc(s) Osttirol). | | Belarus First record. Kolcsar et al., 2021b: 146 (loc(s) Minsk region). | | Belgium Distribution. Peeters in litt., 2016: (among Malaisetrap material from Jardin Massart, Brussels). Distribution. Tack et al., 2021: 194 (loc(s) Antwerpen, alle taxa biodiversiteit inventarisatie Bos t Ename, nat bos, vochtig bos en stromend water (in Dutch), see paper for description). Distribution. Dek and Peeters, 2023a: 138 (loc(s) Botanic Garden Jean Massart, Brussels-Capital Region, local in Belgium). | | Bosnia-Herzegowina Distribution. Oosterbroek and Simova-Tosic, 2004: 448 (review literature). | | Bulgaria 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). | | 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. Salmela et al., 2007b: 46 (loc(s)). Distribution. Salmela, 2008: 11, 52 (49) (loc(s), known from all Finnish ecoregions). Distribution. Autio and Salmela, 2010: 48 (loc(s) Aland Is). Distribution. Salmela, 2012b: 238 (annotated list of Finnish crane flies). Distribution. Salmela and Petrasiunas, 2014: 31 (checklist Finnish Tipulomorpha). Distribution. Rasimus, 2018: 17 (on saproxylic craneflies in the Tampere region) (in Finnish). | | France Distribution. Kramer, 2007a: 33 (loc(s) Ain (01)). Distribution. Garrin and Herbrecht, 2016: Annexe 11 (loc(s) Notre-Dame-des-Landes, Loire-Atlantique (44)). Distribution. Kramer and Langlois, 2019b: 228 (list of craneflies captured 25-27 june 2019 in Ravin de Valbois, Doubs (25)). 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, 2020b: 138 (loc(s) Nord (59) and Pas-de-Calais (62) with notes on habitats and distr) (in French). 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. Quindroit and Lemoine, 2022a: 24 (loc(s) Aisne (02) 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. Quindroit and Racine, 2025: 360 (table specifying the presence in the five departments of the Pays de la Loire region). | | Georgia Distribution. Stary and Obona, 2020: 137 (loc(s); with list of localities, habitats and altitudes). | | 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. Ruckert, 2005: 47, 53 (found in a study on the association with the type of source: limnokrene, rheokrene, or helokrene in Schlesig-Holstein; restricted to limnokrene sources; 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. Ruckert et al., 2007: 56 (loc(s) Schleswig-Holstein). 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. Dunk, 2018: 80, 96 (loc(s) Bayern with list of habtats). Distribution. Stuke, 2019: 144 (checklist Niedersachsen and Bremen with reference to original sources). Distribution. Kehlmaier et al., 2023: 209 (loc(s) Saarland). | | Great Britain Distribution. Kramer, 1999a: 30 (loc(s) Leicestershire). Distribution. Godfrey, 2000a: 13, 20, 23 (see paper for details of sites surveyed in Shropshire and into Wales). Distribution. Hancock, 2000: 51 (loc(s) Scotland). Distribution. Gibbs, 2002a: 1 (loc(s) Bristol Region). Distribution. Hewitt et al., 2005: 37, 48 (loc(s) Cumbria). Distribution. Boardman, 2007: 84 (loc(s), map). Distribution. Kramer, 2009g: 2 (loc(s) Swansea). Distribution. Skidmore, 2009: 129 (review of occurrence on the Western Isles of Scotland, distr). Distribution. Hancock, 2011a: 2 (loc(s) Coll, Southern Inner Hebrides). Distribution. Kramer, 2011a: 3 (loc(s) Pembrokeshire). Distribution. Kramer, 2011j: 23 (loc(s) Leicestershire and Rutland (VC55)). Distribution. Kramer, 2013g: 2 (loc(s) Lancaster). Distribution. Kramer, 2013i: 8 (checklist of species from Leigh Woods NNR, Bristol district). Distribution. Hewitt, 2014: (provisional checklist Cumbrian Diptera). Distribution. Brighton, 2017c: 29 (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. Lovegrove et al., 2018: 6-7 (among the cranefly species found in a survey of the historical site for Idiocera sexguttat at Stony Moors in the New Forest). Distribution. Hancock, 2022a: 61 (loc(s) Scotland). Distribution. Kramer and Morris, 2022b: 24 (info on the species, on the distr and map of loc(s) Leicestershire and Rutland (VC55); species of damp woodland). Distribution. Stubbs, 2024c: 34 (loc(s) Lancashire, see paper for various habitats). | | Hungary First record. Kolcsar and Soltesz, 2018: 169 (loc(s) Pest county). | | Iceland Distribution. Olsen in litt., 2018: (collected in Iceland in july 2018). | | Ireland Distribution. Chandler et al., 2008: 14 (checklist). | | Italy Distribution. Podenas and Podeniene, 2008: 348, 351-352 (loc(s), annotated checklist South Tyrol [Prov. Bolzano]). | | Kazakhstan Distribution. Devyatkov, 2020a: 53 (loc(s) East Kazakhstan, distr) (in Russian). | | Latvia Distribution. Stary, 2004f: (Fauna Europaea: added Latvia). | | Lithuania Distribution. Pakalniskis et al., 2006: 21 (checklist). Distribution. Gorban and Podeniene, 2022: 5 (loc(s); reared from Ash [Fraxinus excelsior]; see paper for details). | | Netherlands Distribution. Jong and Oosterbroek, 2002b: 34 (checklist). Distribution. Oosterbroek and Dek, 2020: 16 (Limoniidae and Tipulidae Nationaal Park Hollandse Duinen in 2018, Zuid-Holland). | | North Macedonia Distribution. Oosterbroek and Simova-Tosic, 2004: 448 (review literature). | | 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. Chaniecka and Wiedenska, 2006: 149 (loc(s)). Distribution. Wiedenska, 2007a: 75 (checklist). Distribution. Wiedenska, 2008: 46 (loc(s) Parowy Janinowski nature reserve near Lodz) (in Polish). Distribution. Wiedenska, 2010: 133 (loc(s) Parku Krajobrazowego Wzniesien Lodzkich, Lodz). Distribution. Wiedenska, 2014: 14 (on the occurence of Limoniidae in six selected plant communities in the Kamienica Valley, Gorce National Park, Western Carpathians; data based on Chaniecka and Wiedenska, 2006) (in Polish, habitat tables also in English). Distribution. Wiedenska, 2017a: 23-24 (faunistic and habitat data of species from the Gorce NP) (in Polish). Distribution. Palaczyk and Klasa, 2021: 173 (list of Diptera in Catalogue of the fauna of the Ojcow National Park). Distribution. Wiedenska and Syratt, 2023: 149 (loc(s) Bieszczady Mountains, distr and remarks). | | Romania Distribution. Parvu, 2004: 186 (loc(s)). Distribution. Ujvarosi, 2007: 228-231 (checklist Limoniidae). | | Russia Distribution. Lantsov, 2003c: 104 (loc(s) Caucasus region, distr). Distribution. Polevoi and Humala, 2005: 181 (RUN: list of Diptera of Vepsskaya Volost, Kareliya) (in Russian). Distribution. Gavryushin in litt., 2011f: (loc(s) RUN: Arkhangelskaya oblast). Distribution. Lantsov, 2011c: 86 (loc(s) RUN: Arkhangelskaya oblast, Nenetskiy AO, distr) (in Russian). Distribution. Jakovlev et al., 2014: 310 (loc(s) RUN: Kareliya). Distribution. Ruchin and Pilipenko, 2015: 58 (loc(s), checklist RUC: Mordoviya Rep.). Distribution. Paramonov and Pilipenko, 2016: 100 (loc(s) RUC: Tverskaya oblast) (in Russian). Distribution. Pilipenko, 2018: 17 (loc(s) Black Sea coast of the Caucasus, Krasnodarskiy kray) (in Russian). Distribution. Kolcsar et al., 2021b: 146-147 (loc(s) RUE: Bashkortostan Rep. and Tatarstan Rep.). | | Serbia Distribution. Oosterbroek and Simova-Tosic, 2004: 448 (review literature). | | Slovakia Distribution. Stary, 2009d: 37 (loc(s) Polana area). Distribution. Stary, 2009i: webpage (checklist). | | Slovenia Distribution. Oosterbroek and Simova-Tosic, 2004: 448 (review literature). | | 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: 174, 282 (map, vertical distr per thermic level). | | Tajikistan First record. Devyatkov, 2020c: 77 (loc(s), distr) (in Russian). | | Turkey First record. Stary and Oosterbroek, 2008: 17 (loc(s), distr). | | | | Austria Vogtenhuber and Kofler, 2017: month(s): 7. | | Belarus Kolcsar et al., 2021b: month(s): 7. | | Belgium Dek and Peeters, 2023a: month(s): 6-7. | | Bulgaria Hubenov, 2016: month(s): 7-9. | | Czech Rep. Stary et al., 2005a: month(s): 6-8. Stary and Vonicka, 2018: month(s): 5, 7-8. | | Finland Salmela, 2008: month(s): 8. | | France Kramer, 2007a: month(s): 6. Kramer and Langlois, 2019b: month(s): 6. Quindroit, 2020a: month(s): 6-7. Quindroit, 2020b: month(s): 5-7. Quindroit and Lemoine, 2022a: month(s): 6-7. | | Georgia Stary and Obona, 2020: month(s): 7. | | Germany Dunk, 2018: month(s): 6. Kehlmaier et al., 2023: month(s): 6. | | Great Britain Kramer, 1999a: month(s): 6-7. Godfrey, 2000a: month(s): 6. Hancock, 2000: month(s): 6-7. Gibbs, 2002a: month(s): 7. Hewitt et al., 2005: month(s): 6-8. Kramer, 2009g: month(s): 7. Hancock, 2011a: month(s): 6. Kramer, 2011j: month(s): 6-7. Kramer, 2013g: month(s): 7. Hancock, 2022a: month(s): 5, 7-8. Kramer and Morris, 2022b: month(s): 6-7. Stubbs, 2024c: month(s): 6. | | Hungary Kolcsar and Soltesz, 2018: month(s): 5. | | Italy Podenas and Podeniene, 2008: month(s): 7. | | Kazakhstan Devyatkov, 2020a: month(s): 7-8. | | Netherlands Oosterbroek and Dek, 2020: month(s): 5. | | Norway Olsen and Andersen, 2021: month(s): 6-8. | | Poland Wiedenska, 2008: month(s): 6. Wiedenska, 2014: month(s): 7-9. Wiedenska, 2015a: month(s): 6-8. Wiedenska, 2017a: month(s): 7-8. Wiedenska and Syratt, 2023: month(s): 6-8. | | Romania Parvu, 2004: month(s): 7. | | Russia Lantsov, 2003c: month(s): 8. Gavryushin in litt., 2011f: month(s): 8. Lantsov, 2011c: month(s): 7. Ruchin and Pilipenko, 2015: month(s): 6. Paramonov and Pilipenko, 2016: month(s): 8. Kolcsar et al., 2021b: month(s): 6-8. | | Slovakia Stary, 2009d: month(s): 6-7, 9. | | Switzerland Podenas et al., 2006: month(s): 5-9. | | Tajikistan Devyatkov, 2020c: month(s): 7. | | Turkey Stary and Oosterbroek, 2008: month(s): 7. | | | | Austria Vogtenhuber and Kofler, 2017: altitude: 1920 m. | | Belarus Kolcsar et al., 2021b: altitude: 156 m. | | Bulgaria Hubenov, 2016: altitude: 1230-1390 m. Hubenov, 2017: altitude: 1230-1390 m. Hubenov, 2021a: altitude: 600-1390 m. Hubenov, 2025b: altitude: 600-1390 m. | | Georgia Stary and Obona, 2020: altitude: 1560 m. | | Hungary Kolcsar and Soltesz, 2018: altitude: 338 m. | | Italy Podenas and Podeniene, 2008: altitude: 2310 m. | | Kazakhstan Devyatkov, 2020a: altitude: 284-1654 m. | | Poland Wiedenska, 2017a: altitude: 450-1210 m. Wiedenska and Syratt, 2023: altitude: 470-1200 m. | | Russia Lantsov, 2003c: altitude: 1320 m. Gavryushin in litt., 2011f: altitude: 14-36 m. Kolcsar et al., 2021b: altitude: 87-607 m. | | Slovakia Stary, 2009d: altitude: 560-780 m. | | Tajikistan Devyatkov, 2020c: altitude: 2440 m. | | Turkey Stary and Oosterbroek, 2008: altitude: 2000 m. |
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