Details for Orimarga (Orimarga) attenuata
Name:Orimarga (Orimarga) attenuata (Walker, 1848)
Publication:List Dipt. Colln Brit. Mus. 1: 56 (as Limnobia)
Status:Recognized taxon, Synonym(s): alpina (Zetterstedt, 1851); hygropetrica Vaillant, 1951.
Classification:Family Limoniidae
Subfamily Limoniinae
Descriptive note:Descriptive note in Alexander, 1970d (as hygropetrica Vaillant).
Keys:Stubbs and Kramer, 2016h; Stubbs, 2021 (British craneflies)
Orimarga (Orimarga) attenuata : habitus - femaleOrimarga (Orimarga) attenuata : body part(s) - head and antennaOrimarga (Orimarga) attenuata : hypopygiumOrimarga (Orimarga) attenuata : hypopygiumOrimarga (Orimarga) attenuata : hypopygium
habitus
female
body part(s)
head and antenna
hypopygiumhypopygiumhypopygium
plus 19 more images of hypopygium, hypopygium, ovipositor, ovipositor, ovipositor, ovipositor, ovipositor, wing, wing, wing, habitat, habitat, habitat, habitat, habitat, habitat, habitat, habitat and habitat.
Distribution:Andorra, Austria, Bulgaria, Czech Rep., Estonia, Finland, France, Germany (Bayern), Ireland, Italy, Lithuania, Norway, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Ukraine (Carpathians); Russia: RUN;; Kazakhstan (northeast).
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 Ireland check Stubbs, 2021, and citations below; records from Great Britain from before 1969 refer to juvenilis (see Hutson and Vane-Wright, 1969). To be confirmed for Algeria (in Palaearctic Catalogue (Savchenko et al., 1992) and Russia: RUE (Middle Volga region) (in Chuzhekova, 2015, 2016).
Map:Podenas et al., 2006 (Switzerland)
Figure
references:
Wing: Slipka and Stary, 1977b; Podenas et al., 2006
Hypopygium: Podenas et al., 2006

Immature stages
Larva: Podeniene, 2003a

Miscellaneous
Quindroit, 2023 (habitat)
Citationson biology (mainly from 2000 onward):
Bulgaria
Habitat. Hubenov, 2025a: suppl: 4 (annotated list Diptera Stara Planina Mts, local distr, habitats and zoogeography).
Habitat. Hubenov, 2025b: suppl: 6 (annotated list Diptera high Bulgarian mts, local distr, habitats and zoogeography).
Finland
Habitat. Salmela, 2004: 9 (alpine wetlands, lake shores, brooks and small rivers, mires).
Biology. Salmela, 2008: 11, 26, 34, 52 (49) (ecology or habitat: rich fen; phenology).
Habitat. Salmela, 2012c: 12 (classified as a mire-dwelling species).
France
Habitat. Quindroit, 2023: 62 (loc(s) Hautes-Alpes (05)) [locality and habitat are not given in the text but with the habitat figure].
Germany
Habitat. Reusch and Schrankel, 2006: 181 (Quellbereichen; Larven semiaquatisch, in hygropetrischen Zonen; Larven phytosaprophag).
Lithuania
Habitat. Podeniene, 2003a: 1-295 (larva, descr, figs, habitat) (in Lithuanian).
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).
Romania
Habitat. Ujvarosi, 2005a: 247 (hygropetric zone, citing various sources).
Habitat. Ujvarosi and Poti, 2006: 256 (habitat in Dupa Lunca marshland: shrubs along rivers and streams).
Slovenia
Habitat. Kolcsar et al., 2021b: 186 (small woodland next to river).
on characters and taxonomy (mainly from 2000 onward):
Country not relevant
Characters. Ozgul and Koc, 2014: 625 (comparison).
Lithuania
Immatures. Podeniene, 2003a: 1-295 (larva, descr, figs, habitat) (in Lithuanian).
on distribution (mainly from 2000 onward):
Andorra
First record. Eiroa and Baez, 2002a: 55-56 (checklist, loc(s)).
Austria
Distribution. Reusch and Heiss, 2012: 333-342 (loc(s) Nat. Park Gesause, see PDF for months and altitudes).
Distribution. Vogtenhuber and Kofler, 2017: 140 (loc(s) Osttirol).
Distribution. Wagner et al., 2018: 118 (report on the fourth insect camp of the Entomological Society of Austria (ESA) from the Biosphere Reserve Nockberge, Carinthia (in German).
Bulgaria
Distribution. Hubenov, 2015: 221 (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, 2018b: 124 (review loc(s) Vrachanska Planina Mts).
Distribution. Hubenov, 2021a: 36 (checklist with summary of distr in Bulgaria, references).
Distribution. Hubenov, 2025a: suppl: 4 (annotated list Diptera Stara Planina Mts, local distr, habitats and zoogeography).
Distribution. Hubenov, 2025b: suppl: 6 (annotated list Diptera high Bulgarian mts, local distr, habitats and zoogeography).
Czech Rep.
Distribution. Stary, 2009i: webpage (checklist).
Denmark
Distribution. Petersen and Jong, 2001b: 150 (because of neighbouring distribution likely to occur in Denmark).
Estonia
Distribution. Stary, 2004f: (Fauna Europaea: added Estonia).
Finland
Distribution. Salmela, 2004: 9 (loc(s), distr).
Distribution. Salmela, 2008: 11, 28, 34, 52 (49) (loc(s), known from all Finnish ecoregions).
Distribution. Salmela, 2012b: 238 (annotated list of Finnish crane flies).
Distribution. Salmela and Petrasiunas, 2014: 31 (checklist Finnish Tipulomorpha).
Distribution. Salmela et al., 2015: 105 (list of localities in extensive report on malaise-trapping of insects in conservation areas in Lapland in 2012–2014) (in Finnish).
France
Distribution. Quindroit, 2023: 62 (loc(s) Hautes-Alpes (05)) [locality and habitat are not given in the text but with the habitat figure].
Germany
Distribution. Schacht, 1999: 135 (checklist Bayern).
Distribution. Reusch and Oosterbroek, 2000: 163 (checklist German Bundeslander).
Distribution. Schacht, 2005: 6 (checklist Bayern).
Distribution. Reusch and Schrankel, 2006: 181 (loc(s) Bayern, Nationalpark Berchtesgaden, distr).
Distribution. Schacht, 2010: 17 (checklist Diptera Bayern).
Great Britain
Distribution. Godfrey, 2003b: 43 (loc(s) Yorkshire) (pertains to O. juvenilis as confirmed by Godfrey in litt, 7 december 2016).
Ireland
Distribution. Chandler et al., 2008: 14 (checklist).
Lithuania
Distribution. Pakalniskis et al., 2006: 23 (checklist).
Norway
Distribution. Olsen et al., 2018: 164 (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).
Romania
Distribution. Ujvarosi and Poti, 2006: 256 (loc(s) eastern Carpathians).
Distribution. Ujvarosi, 2007: 228-231 (checklist Limoniidae).
Russia
Distribution not confirmed. Chuzhekova, 2015: 212, 241 (on macrozoobenthos communities in spring brooks of Middle Volga) (PhD thesis, in Russian, 242 pages; for English summary see Chuzhekova, 2016, 37 pages), record needs confirmation).
Slovakia
Distribution. Stary, 2009i: webpage (checklist).
Slovenia
First record. Kolcsar et al., 2021b: 186 (loc(s)).
Spain
First record. Eiroa and Baez, 2002a: 55-56 (checklist, loc(s) Huesca).
Switzerland
Distribution. Podenas et al., 2006: 177, 308 (map, vertical distr per thermic level).
on flight period (mainly from 2000 onward):
Andorra
Eiroa and Baez, 2002a: month(s): 7.
Austria
Vogtenhuber and Kofler, 2017: month(s): 7.
Wagner et al., 2018: month(s): 7.
Bulgaria
Hubenov, 2015: month(s): 6.
Finland
Salmela, 2008: month(s): 6-8.
France
Quindroit, 2023: month(s): 6.
Germany
Reusch and Schrankel, 2006: month(s): 6-7.
Norway
Olsen and Andersen, 2021: month(s): 5-6(7).
Slovenia
Kolcsar et al., 2021b: month(s): 8.
Spain
Eiroa and Baez, 2002a: month(s): 7.
Switzerland
Podenas et al., 2006: month(s): 5-10.
on altitude (mainly from 2000 onward):
Andorra
Eiroa and Baez, 2002a: altitude: 1500 m.
Austria
Vogtenhuber and Kofler, 2017: altitude: 1840 m.
Bulgaria
Hubenov, 2015: altitude: 2000-2200 m.
Hubenov, 2017: altitude: 2000-2200 m.
Hubenov, 2018b: altitude: 380 m.
Hubenov, 2021a: altitude: 0-2200 m.
Hubenov, 2025a: altitude: 0-2200 m.
Hubenov, 2025b: altitude: 0-2200 m.
France
Quindroit, 2023: altitude: 1900 m.
Germany
Reusch and Schrankel, 2006: altitude: 1100-1170 m.
Norway
Olsen and Andersen, 2021: altitude: 515-807 m.
Romania
Ujvarosi and Poti, 2006: altitude: 670 m.
Slovenia
Kolcsar et al., 2021b: altitude: 745 m.
Spain
Eiroa and Baez, 2002a: altitude: 1035 m.

New search

Site developed by Naturalis Biodiversity Center