Details for Lipsothrix nobilis

Name: Lipsothrix nobilis Loew, 1873 Publication: Beschr. europ. Dipt. 3: 67 (as Lipsothrix) Status: Recognized taxon, Synonym(s): nigristigma Edwards, 1938; iranica Alexander, 1975. Classification: Family Limoniidae Subfamily Limoniinae Revision: Petersen, 2015. Descriptive note: Synonymy: Godfrey, 2001a; Stary, 2007; Petersen, 2015; Stary and Obona, 2020. Keys: Godfrey, 2001a (Lipsothrix Great Britain, pupa); 2002a (Lipsothrix Great Britain, larva, pupa) (as nigristigma Edwards); Hancock et al., 2009 (Lipsothrix Great Britain, pupa based on thoracic spiracular gill [pupal horn]); Hancock et al., 2015a (adults Westpalaearctic Lipsothrix); Boardman, 2016 (craneflies Shropshire); Peeters en Oosterbroek, 2016c (craneflies Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg) (in Dutch); Stubbs and Kramer, 2016i; Stubbs, 2021 (British craneflies) habitus male body part(s) head and thorax body part(s) head and thorax body part(s) abdomen body part(s) abdomen plus 9 more images of hypopygium, hypopygium, hypopygium, wing, wing, wing, wing, wing and habitat. Distribution: Austria, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Rep., France, Germany, Great Britain, Hungary, Lithuania, North Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Turkey (European part: Kirklareli), Ukraine (Crimea); Russia: North Caucasus; Georgia, Azerbaijan, Turkey (Asiatic part: Rize, Marmara region), Iran. Note: see the manual for abbreviations: present-day Russia. Region(s): Westpalaearctic General note: Added: Bulgaria (Stary and Krzeminski, 1993b). For Great Britain check Stubbs, 2021, and citations below. Map: Hewitt and Parker, 2006 (Great Britain: Cumbria); Boardman, 2007 (Shropshire) Figure references: Wing: Alexander, 1975d (as nobilis and iranica); Petersen, 2015 (also as nobilis and iranica) Hypopygium: Stary, 1971e; Godfrey, 2001a (also as nigristigma); Petersen, 2015 (also as iranica) Ovipositor: Godfrey, 2001a (as nigristigma) Immature stages Larva: Krivosheina and Krivosheina, 2011b; Krivosheina and Krivosheina, 2011c Pupa: Godfrey, 2001a (as nigristigma Edwards); Hancock et al., 2009 (thoracic spiracular gill [pupal horn]); Krivosheina and Krivosheina, 2011b Citations on biology (mainly from 2000 onward): Azerbaijan Habitat. Stary and Obona, 2020: 137 (loc(s); with list of localities, habitats and altitudes). Bulgaria Habitat. Hubenov, 2025b: suppl: 6 (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). Croatia Habitat. Kolcsar et al., 2015a: 34 (associated with woodland streams and springs). Georgia Habitat. Stary and Obona, 2020: 137 (loc(s); with list of localities, habitats and altitudes). Germany Biology. Warmke and Hering, 2000: 67-78 (investigation on the macroinvertebrate community inhabiting woody debris in low-order mountain streams in Hessen; L. remota was among the specimens studied but observations and conclusions are presented as Lipsothrix spec). Great Britain Habitat. Godfrey, 2000a: 7-16, 30 (associated with semi-submerged wood in streams) (as nobilis and as nigristigma). Biology. Godfrey, 2001a: 5-47 (habitat: associated with damp to sodden well-rotted wood in or immediately above watercourses, coarse woody debris in the form of debris damps was a conspicuous feature and is intimately linked with the presence of the species; biology) (as nobilis and as nigristigma). Biology. Alexander, 2002: 90 (ovipisition observed in barkless Fraxinus branches in a log jam in a stream). Habitat. Boyce, 2002: 13, 28 (review of seepage invertebrates in England, found at woodland seepages; see paper for details) (as nigristigma). Habitat. Godfrey, 2003a: 9, 13, 23, 31, 32, 43 (larvae develop in semi-submerged decorticated wood in stream; review literature) (as nigristigma). Habitat. Stubbs, 2003: 101-105 (confined to fallen timber in woodland streams; larvae are xylophagous, living in saturated rotten wood in shaded streams; the paper includes further details on habitat management, monitoring techniques and examples of good/bad practice) (as nigristigma). Habitat. Hewitt and Parker, 2006: 151-157 (immature stages generally in wet wood of Alnus, firmly lodged in backwaters or small side streams). Habitat. Boardman, 2007: 85 (species of woodland dingle; larvae use wet woody debris in dingle streams; see Boardman, 2005d for habitat information and red data status in Shropshire). Habitat. Ismay, 2007: 11-12 (woodland streams where the larvae live in wet rotten fallen trees and branches lying in the stream, especially in log jams) (as nigristigma). Habitat. Hancock et al., 2009: 80 (occurs usually in larger pieces of wood, actually in streams or rivers and in backwater channels). Habitat. Cranston and Drake, 2010: 175 (Lipsothrix larvae can be found in marginal situations along flowing and standing waters [no species mentioned]). Habitat. Brighton, 2017c: 29, 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). Russia Habitat. Krivosheina and Krivosheina, 2011b: 1085 (habitat) (in Russian). on characters and taxonomy (mainly from 2000 onward): Azerbaijan Taxonomy. Savchenko, 1982g: XX (records from Transcaucasia, as nigristigma iranica, refer to nobilis; see Stary, 2007). Country not relevant Synonymy. Godfrey, 2001a: 5-47 (synonymy, figs) (as nobilis and as nigristigma). Synonymy. Godfrey, 2003a: 9, 13, 23, 31, 32, 43 (synonymy, review literature) (as nigristigma). Taxonomy. Stary, 2007: 30-31 (monotypy, synonymy). Immatures. Krivosheina and Krivosheina, 2011c: 1-294 (larva: loc(s), descr, figs, biology, key) (in Russian, key also in English). Key. Hancock et al., 2015a: 236 (adults Westpalaearctic species). Czech Rep. Revision. Petersen, 2015: 268-273 (redescription, comparison, phylogeny, figs). Great Britain Characters. Godfrey, 2000a: 7-16, 30 (synonymy, characters) (as nobilis and as nigristigma). Synonymy. Chandler, 2003b: 58 (corrections and changes to checklist). Immatures. Hancock et al., 2009: 79-87 (thoracic spiracular gill [pupal horn]: morphology, function, scanning electron figs, key). Iran Taxonomy. Stary, 2007: 31 (species status of iranica). Revision. Petersen, 2015: 273-274 (Lipsothrix iranica: revision, type-mat, status, comparison, phylogeny, figs). Russia Immatures. Krivosheina and Krivosheina, 2011b: 1085-1091 (descr larva, pupa, comparison, figs) (in Russian). on distribution (mainly from 2000 onward): Azerbaijan First record. Savchenko, 1982g: XX (loc(s)) (as nigristigma iranica; see Stary, 2007). Distribution. Stary and Obona, 2020: 137 (loc(s); with list of localities, habitats and altitudes). Distribution. Snegovaya, 2021: 1139 (checklist with details on distr in Azerbaijan) (also as nigristigma iranica). Bulgaria Distribution. Stary, 2007: 31 (loc(s)). 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: 35 (checklist with summary of distr in Bulgaria, references). Distribution. Hubenov, 2025b: suppl: 6 (annotated list Diptera high Bulgarian mts, local distr, habitats and zoogeography). Country not relevant Distribution. Krivosheina and Krivosheina, 2011c: 1-294 (larva: loc(s), descr, figs, biology, key) (in Russian, key also in English). Croatia First record. Kolcsar et al., 2015a: 34 (loc(s), distr). Distribution. Kolcsar et al., 2023b: 24-25 (loc(s)). Czech Rep. Distribution. Stary et al., 2005a: 28 (loc(s)). Distribution. Stary, 2009i: webpage (checklist). Distribution. Petersen, 2015: 268-273 (loc(s)). Denmark Distribution not confirmed. Petersen and Jong, 2001b: 150 (by expert opinion likely to occur in Denmark) (as nigristigma). France Distribution. Labat, 2021: 92 (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) (first confirmation for France since apparently recorded for the first time for France in Palaearctic Catalogue (Savchenko et al., 1992)). Georgia Distribution. Stary and Obona, 2020: 137 (loc(s); with list of localities, habitats and altitudes). Germany Distribution. Schacht, 1999: 133, 135 (loc(s), checklist Bayern). Distribution. Reusch and Oosterbroek, 2000: 162 (checklist German Bundeslander). Distribution. Warmke and Hering, 2000: 67-78 (investigation on the macroinvertebrate community inhabiting woody debris in low-order mountain streams in Hessen; L. remota was among the specimens studied but observations and conclusions are presented as Lipsothrix spec). Distribution. Schacht, 2005: 5 (checklist Bayern). Distribution. Schacht, 2010: 17 (checklist Diptera Bayern). Distribution. Petersen, 2015: 268 (loc(s) Bayern, Nordrhein-Westfalen). Great Britain Distribution. Godfrey, 2000a: 7-16, 30 (type-loc(s), loc(s), distr) (as nobilis and as nigristigma). Distribution. Godfrey, 2001a: 5-47 (recorded from sites in Shropshire and just over the country border in Montgmeryshire; see paper for details) (as nobilis and as nigristigma). Distribution. Godfrey, 2001c: 155 (swept and reared from several sites in Salop, exhibited from Oak Dingle, Tugford and Whitwell Coppice, Much Wenlock) (as nigristigma). Distribution. Alexander, 2002: 90 (distr). Distribution. Boyce, 2002: 13, 28 (review of seepage invertebrates in England, found at woodland seepages; see paper for details) (as nigristigma). Distribution. Godfrey, 2002c: 170-171 (reared from wet logs in a stream, Mercyfield Wood, Blackburn, Lanes, emerged 15.v and 31.v.01 - Blackburn is the type locality [of nigristigma] and this was the first Lanes record since the original description in 1924) (as nigristigma). Distribution. Godfrey, 2003a: 24 (visit to type-loc of nigristigma). Distribution. Godfrey, 2003a: 9, 13, 23, 31, 32, 43 (loc(s), distr) (as nigristigma). Distribution. Stubbs, 2003: 104 (distr in GB) (as nigristigma). Distribution. Hewitt and Parker, 2006: 151-157 (loc(s), distr, map). Distribution. Boardman, 2007: 85 (loc(s), map). Distribution. Ismay, 2007: 11-12 (distr, see UK BAP webpage) (as nigristigma). Distribution. Stary, 2007: 31 (loc(s) Shropshire). Distribution. Boardman, 2011: 1 (loc(s) Shropshire). Distribution. Boardman, 2012b: 1 (loc(s) Shropshire). Distribution. Kramer, 2012g: 2 (loc(s) New Forest). Distribution. Hewitt, 2014: (provisional checklist Cumbrian Diptera). Distribution. Petersen, 2015: 268-273 (loc(s): Lancashire). Distribution. Boardman, 2017: 3 (loc(s) Shropshire). Distribution. Brighton, 2017c: 29, 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). Hungary First record. Stary, 2001b: 202-203 (loc(s), distr). Iran Distribution. Petersen, 2015: 273 (type-loc(s) iranica). Lithuania Distribution. Pakalniskis et al., 2006: 21 (checklist). North Macedonia Distribution. Oosterbroek and Simova-Tosic, 2004: 448 (review literature). Distribution. Petersen, 2015: 268-273 (loc(s)). Romania Distribution. Ujvarosi, 2007: 228-231 (checklist Limoniidae). Russia Distribution. Krivosheina and Krivosheina, 2011b: 1085 (loc(s) North Caucasus: Krasnodarskiy kray). Serbia First record. Kolcsar et al., 2021b: 150 (loc(s)). Slovakia Distribution. Stary, 2009d: 37 (loc(s) Polana area). Distribution. Stary, 2009i: webpage (checklist). Turkey First record. Stary and Oosterbroek, 2008: 17 (loc(s), distr). First record. Petersen, 2015: 273 (loc(s) Rize) (as iranica). Distribution. Koc et al., 2016: 12 (provinces Marmara region). Ukraine Distribution. Stary, 2007: 31 (loc(s)). on flight period (mainly from 2000 onward): Azerbaijan Stary and Obona, 2020: month(s): 5. Bulgaria Stary, 2007: month(s): 5-6. Croatia Kolcsar et al., 2015a: month(s): 5-6. Kolcsar et al., 2023b: month(s): 5. Czech Rep. Stary et al., 2005a: month(s): 5. Petersen, 2015: month(s): 5-6. Georgia Stary and Obona, 2020: month(s): 4-5, 7. Germany Schacht, 1999: month(s): 5. Petersen, 2015: month(s): 5. Great Britain Godfrey, 2000a: month(s): 5-6. Godfrey, 2001a: month(s): 5. Godfrey, 2001c: month(s): 5. Godfrey, 2002c: month(s): 5. Godfrey, 2003a: month(s): 6. Hewitt and Parker, 2006: month(s): 5. Stary, 2007: month(s): 5. Boardman, 2011: month(s): 5. Kramer, 2012g: month(s): 5. Petersen, 2015: month(s): 5. Boardman, 2017: month(s): 5. Hungary Stary, 2001b: month(s): 5. Iran Petersen, 2015: month(s): 9. North Macedonia Petersen, 2015: month(s): 9. Serbia Kolcsar et al., 2021b: month(s): 7. Slovakia Stary, 2009d: month(s): 5-6. Turkey Stary and Oosterbroek, 2008: month(s): 5. Petersen, 2015: month(s): 7. Ukraine Stary, 2007: month(s): 6. on altitude (mainly from 2000 onward): Azerbaijan Stary and Obona, 2020: altitude: 320-600 m. Bulgaria Hubenov, 2017: altitude: 450-700 m. Hubenov, 2021a: altitude: 500-700 m. Hubenov, 2025b: altitude: 500-700 m. Croatia Kolcsar et al., 2015a: altitude: 630-665 m. Kolcsar et al., 2023b: altitude: 630 m. France Labat, 2021: altitude: 979-1357 m. Georgia Stary and Obona, 2020: altitude: 573-2050 m. Great Britain Hewitt and Parker, 2006: altitude: 35-170 m. Serbia Kolcsar et al., 2021b: altitude: 800 m. Slovakia Stary, 2009d: altitude: 630-780 m. Turkey Stary and Oosterbroek, 2008: altitude: 550-1600 m. Petersen, 2015: altitude: 1400 m.