Details for Rhipidia (Rhipidia) punctiplena

Name: Rhipidia (Rhipidia) punctiplena Mik, 1887 Publication: Verh. Kais.-Kon. Zool.-Bot. Ges. Wien 37: 173 (as Rhipidia) Status: Recognized taxon. Classification: Family Limoniidae Subfamily Limoniinae Keys: Podenas and Gelhaus, 2007 (Limoniinae Mongolia and nearby) body part(s) antenna body part(s) antenna hypopygium wing habitat plus one additional image of habitat. Distribution: Austria, France (incl. Corsica), Germany, Italy, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Switzerland, Ukraine (Carpathians); Russia: RUN, RUC, RUE, North Caucasus; Azerbaijan;; Russia: ES (Irkutskaya oblast), FE (Khabarovskiy kray, Primorskiy kray); Kazakhstan (east); Mongolia. Note: see the manual for abbreviations: present-day Russia. Region(s): Westpalaearctic;; Eastpalaearctic General note: Added: Serbia (Simova-Tosic and Vukovic, 1996), Germany (Stary et al., 1998). Map: Podenas et al., 2006 (Switzerland) Figure references: Head: Podenas et al., 2006 (antenna); Podenas and Gelhaus, 2007 (antenna) Wing: Podenas et al., 2006; Podenas and Gelhaus, 2007 Hypopygium: Podenas et al., 2006; Podenas and Gelhaus, 2007 Citations on biology (mainly from 2000 onward): Azerbaijan Habitat. Stary and Obona, 2020: 138 (loc(s); with list of localities, habitats and altitudes). France Habitat. Quindroit et al., 2023: 504 (on Corsica collected at sea level, in a riparian undergrowth of Alnus). Russia Habitat. Krivosheina, N.P., 2009a: 125-133 (review Russian xylophilous Limoniidae, mainly inhabiting bark and wood of decomposing trees, with new original data on larval biology [found in wood of deciduous trees and sap concentrations and slimy masses of myxomycetes]) (in Russian). Habitat. Gavryushin in litt., 2011f: (collected in a herbaceous vegetation with Urtica, Chamerion, umbellifers and grasses near a ditch). Habitat. Paramonov and Korobkov, 2019: 96 (loc(s) RUC: Tverskaya oblast, distr, habitat, citing various authors) (in Russian). on characters and taxonomy (mainly from 2000 onward): Country not relevant Immatures. Krivosheina and Krivosheina, 2011c: 165 (note on larva). Characters. Devyatkov, 2023b: 92 (comparison) (in Russian). Mongolia Key. Podenas and Gelhaus, 2007: 81 (key, figs). Russia Immatures. Krivosheina, N.P., 2011a: 105-112 (larvae occurred in dust, red decay from a hollow of a dead standing Populus maximowiczii, under the Chosenia bark infected with fungi where they developed in wet excrescence in depressions near a knot, and in splits and under the bark of usually bleeding Birch [Betula] stubs). on distribution (mainly from 2000 onward): Azerbaijan First record. Stary and Obona, 2020: 138 (loc(s); with list of localities, habitats and altitudes). Distribution. Snegovaya, 2021: 1140 (checklist with details on distr in Azerbaijan). France First record. Labat, 2021: 91-92 (on Diptera taxa recorded along the over-all length of the Dordogne River and some of its tributaries; loc Amont Bourboule [Puy-de-Dome (63)]) (in French). Distribution. Quindroit et al., 2023: 503-504 (loc(s), first record for Corsica, distr). Germany Distribution. Reusch and Oosterbroek, 2000: 163 (checklist German Bundeslander). Italy First record. Kolcsar et al., 2021b: 229 (loc(s) Piemonte). Kazakhstan First record. Devyatkov, 2020a: 54 (loc(s) East Kazakhstan, distr) (in Russian). Mongolia First record. Podenas and Gelhaus, 2007: 81 (new for Mongolia, without further details). Romania Distribution. Ujvarosi, 2005a: 247 (no details). Distribution. Ujvarosi, 2007: 228-231 (checklist Limoniidae). Russia Distribution. Pilipenko and Sidorenko, 2006b: 150 (checklist Kedrovaya Pad, distr) (in Russian). Distribution. Pilipenko, 2009c: 335 (loc(s) Lazovsky Nature Reserve, Primorskiy kray). Distribution. Gavryushin in litt., 2011f: (loc(s) RUN: Arkhangelskaya oblast). Distribution. Krivosheina, N.P., 2011a: 105-112 (loc(s) Tuva and Primorskiy kray). Distribution. Paramonov, 2014: 39-43 (revision coll. Eversmann), loc(s) RUE: Tatarstan Rep.) (in Russian. Distribution. Paramonov and Korobkov, 2019: 96 (loc(s) RUC: Tverskaya oblast, distr, habitat, citing various authors) (in Russian). Distribution. Solodkii and Sergeev, 2023: 172 (loc(s) Primorskiy kray) (in Russian). Distribution. Devyatkov and Dubatolov, 2025: 36 (loc(s) Khabarovskiy kray, Bolshekhekhtsirsky Nature Reserve, distr) (in Russian). Serbia Distribution. Oosterbroek and Simova-Tosic, 2004: 448 (review literature). Slovakia Distribution. Stary, 2009i: webpage (checklist). Switzerland Distribution. Podenas et al., 2006: 179, 335 (map, vertical distr per thermic level). on flight period (mainly from 2000 onward): Azerbaijan Stary and Obona, 2020: month(s): 5. France Quindroit et al., 2023: month(s): 9. Italy Kolcsar et al., 2021b: month(s): 5. Kazakhstan Devyatkov, 2020a: month(s): 6, 9. Russia Pilipenko, 2009c: month(s): 8. Gavryushin in litt., 2011f: month(s): 8. Paramonov, 2014: month(s): 9. Paramonov and Korobkov, 2019: month(s): 7-8. Solodkii and Sergeev, 2023: month(s): 7. Devyatkov and Dubatolov, 2025: month(s): 6, 8-9. Switzerland Podenas et al., 2006: month(s): 8-10. on altitude (mainly from 2000 onward): Azerbaijan Stary and Obona, 2020: altitude: 845 m. France Labat, 2021: altitude: 899 m. Quindroit et al., 2023: altitude: 8 m. Italy Kolcsar et al., 2021b: altitude: 250 m. Kazakhstan Devyatkov, 2020a: altitude: 465-862 m. Russia Gavryushin in litt., 2011f: altitude: 25-36 m. Devyatkov and Dubatolov, 2025: altitude: 80-100 m.