Details for Metalimnobia (Metalimnobia) tenua

Name: Metalimnobia (Metalimnobia) tenua Savchenko, 1976 Publication: In: Savchenko and Krivolutskaya, 1976, Limoniidae south Kuril Is and south Sakhalin: 151 (as Metalimnobia) Status: Recognized taxon. Classification: Family Limoniidae Subfamily Limoniinae Descriptive note: Species status after Stary, 2006a; treated before as a subspecies of quadrinotata. Type-material: Stary, 2006a. Keys: Podenas and Gelhaus, 2007 (Limoniinae Mongolia and nearby); Mao and Yang, 2010a (Metalimnobia China); Jiang and Zhang, 2020 (Metalimnobia China) habitus male hypopygium hypopygium hypopygium hypopygium plus 13 more images of hypopygium, hypopygium, hypopygium, hypopygium, hypopygium, hypopygium, hypopygium, hypopygium, wing, wing, wing, habitat and habitat. Distribution: Austria, Czech Rep., Italy (Lombardia), Finland, France, Norway, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Sweden; Russia: RUN, RUC;; Russia: ES (Buryatia), FE (Kamchatka, Khabarovskiy kray, Primorskiy kray, Sakhalin (incl. Kuril Is)); Kazakhstan (east); Mongolia, Japan (Hokkaido), China (Ningxia, Sichuan). Note: see the manual for abbreviations: present-day Russia. Region(s): Westpalaearctic;; Eastpalaearctic General note: For Finland check Salmela, 2012b, 2012c, and citations below. For Norway check Olsen et al., 2018, and citations below. Figure references: Habitus: Wiedenska and Syratt, 2021 (male) Wing: Mao and Yang, 2010a Hypopygium: Savchenko, 1983h; Mao and Yang, 2010a; Podenas and Gelhaus, 2007; Jiang and Zhang, 2020; Wiedenska and Syratt, 2021 Miscellaneous Wiedenska and Syratt, 2021 (habitat) Citations on biology (mainly from 2000 onward): Austria Habitat. Stary, 2006a: 181 (pasture). Country not relevant Habitat. Salmela, 2011b: 116 (typically found in mesic, mature mixed forests). Biology. Olsen et al., 2018: 149 (a species with an apparent preference for mixed forests, where it is found at springs and streams (Salmela 2011, Stary 2006, details in Kahanpaa & Salmela 2007); the larvae are strictly fungivorous; the period of flight is june-september; see table 1 for habitat information of the Norwegian locality(ties)). Czech Rep. Habitat. Stary, 2006a: 181 (springs and streams). Finland Habitat. Kahanpaa and Salmela, 2007: 43-45, 48 (found at a small stream with a width of three to five meters, a riverbed of soft muddy sediments, and surrounded by fully grown but not particularly old Spruce [Picea abies] forest, small stands of old Birch [Betula] and Aspen [Populus tremula] are present but there is little dead wood available in the forest) (this is a summary of the available habitat information in Finnish). Habitat. Salmela, 2012c: 4 (strictly fungivorous). Habitat. Rasimus, 2018: 17 (on saproxylic craneflies in the Tampere region) (in Finnish). Norway Habitat. Olsen and Andersen, 2021: 216 (loc(s) Innlandet, in former Hedmark, with habitats specified separately, for habitats see also Jonassen and Andersen, 2020). Poland Habitat. Wiedenska and Syratt, 2021: 430-431 (short descr, comparison, figs, loc(s), distr, habitat) (in Polish). Sweden Habitat. Lindstrom and Fritz, 2015: 44, 47 (distributin and ecology in five fens in Hallands County) (in Schwedish). on characters and taxonomy (mainly from 2000 onward): China Revision. Mao and Yang, 2010a: 2-3, 13-15 (descr, key Chinese Metalimnobia, figs). Characters. Jiang and Zhang, 2020: 98, 103-104 (diagnosis, key, comparison, figs). Country not relevant Characters. Olsen et al., 2018: 149 (very similar to the widespread species M. quadrinotata and M. zetterstedti; differentiating characters are in the male genitalia only: parameres without apical bristles (present in M. zetterstedti) and with rounded apex (apex truncate in M. quadrinotata); fig). Mongolia Key. Podenas and Gelhaus, 2007: 77 (key, figs). Poland Characters. Wiedenska and Syratt, 2021: 430-431 (short descr, comparison, figs, loc(s), distr, habitat) (in Polish). Russia Taxonomy. Stary, 2006a: 181-182 (type-mat, species status). on distribution (mainly from 2000 onward): Austria First record. Stary, 2006a: 181-182 (loc(s)). Distribution. Vogtenhuber and Kofler, 2017: 140 (loc(s) Osttirol and Karnten). China First record. Mao and Yang, 2010a: 15 (loc(s) Ningxia). Distribution. Jiang and Zhang, 2020: 103 (loc(s) Sichuan, distr). Czech Rep. First record. Stary, 2006a: 181-182 (loc(s)). Distribution. Stary, 2009i: webpage (checklist). Finland First record. Kahanpaa and Salmela, 2007: 48 (loc(s)). Distribution. Salmela et al., 2007b: 37, 40, 46 (abundance, the sympatric occurrence with quadrinotata, as found in Central Europe (Stary, 2006a) is also found in Finland, loc(s), distr). 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 First record. Tillier, 2023a: 227-228 (loc(s) Doubs (25), distr). Italy First record. Stary and Oosterbroek, 2008: 17 (loc(s) Lombardia, distr). Kazakhstan First record. Devyatkov, 2020a: 54 (loc(s) East Kazakhstan, distr) (in Russian). Mongolia First record. Podenas and Gelhaus, 2007: 77 (new for Mongolia, without further details). Norway First record. Olsen et al., 2018: 149, 153 (loc(s) BV and TEI; distr; annotated checklist Nordic countries and for Norway according to the Strand regions). Distribution. Olsen and Andersen, 2021: 216 (loc(s) Innlandet, in former Hedmark, with habitats specified separately, for habitats see also Jonassen and Andersen, 2020). Poland First record. Wiedenska and Syratt, 2021: 430-431 (short descr, comparison, figs, loc(s), distr, habitat) (in Polish). Distribution. Wiedenska and Syratt, 2023: 149 (loc(s) Bieszczady Mountains, distr and remarks). Romania First record. Kolcsar et al., 2021b: 154-155 (loc(s) Harghita). Russia Distribution. Pilipenko and Sidorenko, 2006b: 150 (loc(s) Kedrovaya Pad, distr) (in Russian). Distribution. Stary, 2006a: 181-182 (type-loc(s) Kamchatka, distr). Distribution. Pilipenko, 2009c: 335 (loc(s) Lazovsky Nature Reserve, Primorskiy kray). Distribution. Paramonov, 2016: 131 (loc(s) RUC: Chuvash Rep. [first record for European Russia]) (in Russian). Distribution. Paramonov, 2017a: 172 (loc(s) RUC: Chuvash Rep.) (in Russian). Distribution. Paramonov, 2018a: 184 (loc(s) RUC: Chuvash Rep., distr) (in Russian). Distribution. Kolcsar et al., 2021b: 155-156 (loc(s) RUN: Arkhangelskaya oblast and Kareliya). Distribution. Humala and Polevoi, 2022: 33 (loc(s) RUN: Arkhangelskaya oblast). Distribution. Devyatkov and Dubatolov, 2025: 36 (loc(s) Khabarovskiy kray, Bolshekhekhtsirsky Nature Reserve, distr) (in Russian). Slovakia First record. Stary, 2006a: 181-182 (loc(s)). Distribution. Stary, 2009d: 38 (loc(s) Polana area). Distribution. Stary, 2009i: webpage (checklist). Sweden First record. Salmela, 2011b: 116 (loc(s) Smaland, distr). Distribution. Lindstrom and Fritz, 2015: 44, 47 (distributin and ecology in five fens in Hallands County) (in Schwedish). on flight period (mainly from 2000 onward): Austria Stary, 2006a: month(s): 7. Vogtenhuber and Kofler, 2017: month(s): 6, 9. China Mao and Yang, 2010a: month(s): 7. Jiang and Zhang, 2020: month(s): 7. Czech Rep. Stary, 2006a: month(s): 6. France Tillier, 2023a: month(s): 6-10. Italy Stary and Oosterbroek, 2008: month(s): 6. Kazakhstan Devyatkov, 2020a: month(s): 6-8. Norway Olsen et al., 2018: month(s): 6-7. Olsen and Andersen, 2021: month(s): (6)7. Poland Wiedenska and Syratt, 2021: month(s): 8. Wiedenska and Syratt, 2023: month(s): 7. Romania Kolcsar et al., 2021b: month(s): 8-9. Russia Pilipenko and Sidorenko, 2006b: month(s): 7. Stary, 2006a: month(s): 8. Pilipenko, 2009c: month(s): 7-9. Paramonov, 2016: month(s): 8-9. Paramonov, 2017a: month(s): 7. Paramonov, 2018a: month(s): 9. Kolcsar et al., 2021b: month(s): 7-8. Devyatkov and Dubatolov, 2025: month(s): 6. Slovakia Stary, 2006a: month(s): 6-7, 9. Stary, 2009d: month(s): 6-7, 9. Sweden Salmela, 2011b: month(s): 7. on altitude (mainly from 2000 onward): Austria Vogtenhuber and Kofler, 2017: altitude: 610-1050 m. China Mao and Yang, 2010a: altitude: 1880-2111 m. Jiang and Zhang, 2020: altitude: 2447 m. France Tillier, 2023a: altitude: 958-979 m. Italy Stary and Oosterbroek, 2008: altitude: 600 m. Kazakhstan Devyatkov, 2020a: altitude: 300-1170 m. Norway Olsen and Andersen, 2021: altitude: 239-400 m. Poland Wiedenska and Syratt, 2023: altitude: 500 m. Romania Kolcsar et al., 2021b: altitude: 860-1105 m. Russia Kolcsar et al., 2021b: altitude: 20-170 m. Devyatkov and Dubatolov, 2025: altitude: 80 m. Slovakia Stary, 2006a: altitude: 650-900 m.