Details for Thaumastoptera (Thaumastoptera) calceata

Name: Thaumastoptera (Thaumastoptera) calceata Mik, 1866 Publication: Verh. Kais.-Kon. Zool.-Bot. Ges. Wien 16: 303 (as Thaumastoptera) Status: Recognized taxon. Classification: Family Limoniidae Subfamily Limoniinae Revision: Stary and Obona, 2018. Keys: Boardman, 2016 (craneflies Shropshire); Stubbs and Kramer, 2016h, 2016j; Stubbs, 2021 (British craneflies); Stary and Obona, 2018 (Palaearctic Thaumastoptera) habitus male habitus male habitus male habitus male habitus male plus 17 more images of hypopygium, hypopygium, hypopygium, hypopygium, hypopygium, hypopygium, hypopygium, ovipositor, wing, wing, wing, wing, habitat, habitat, habitat, habitat and habitat. Distribution: Belgium, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Rep., Denmark, France, Germany, Great Britain, Ireland, Italy, Netherlands, Poland (Lodz), Romania, Slovakia, Switzerland; Saudi Arabia. Region(s): Westpalaearctic General note: For Italy check Stary and Oosterbroek, 1996, and citations below. For Saudi Arabia check Hancock, 1997. For Great Britain and Ireland check Stubbs, 2021, and citations below. Not known from Austria (error in Palaearctic Catalogue (Savchenko et al., 1992), see Oosterbroek and Simova-Tosic, 2004). Map: Podenas et al., 2006 (Switzerland); Boardman, 2007 (Shropshire) Figure references: Wing: Alexander, 1927o; Podenas et al., 2006; Stary and Obona, 2018 Hypopygium: Podenas et al., 2006; Stary and Obona, 2018; Kramer and Morris, 2022b Immature stages Egg: Lenz, 1920a Larva: Lenz, 1920a Pupa: Lenz, 1920a Citations on biology (mainly from 2000 onward): Bosnia-Herzegowina Habitat. Graf et al., 2023: 34, 37 (inventory of the upper Neretva, an unimpacted riverine system embedded in dense natural and near-natural forest; see paper for details). 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). Czech Rep. Habitat. Stary and Vonicka, 2018: 68 (on Limoniidae and Pediciidae of two localities in northern Bohemia, with list of localities, altitudes and habitats). Denmark Habitat. Byriel et al., 2016: 42, 44 (In this study 12 specimens were collected in Suserup forest, in close proximity (<50m) to the big lake Tystrup in wet woodland. In both of the grid points a spring overflow was present leaving most of the areas wet. Areas had a total vegetation cover of 90% and 35% and were dominated by Carex sp., Carex elata, various grasses, common nettle (Urtica dioica) and young trees of beech and ash. Both grid points had large amounts of deadwood in all stages of decay). Habitat. Byriel and Rojas, 2017: 118 (among the 101 species in a study on cranefly hotspots in unmanaged and managed forests) (in Danish). France Habitat. Quindroit and Lemoine, 2021a: 24, 25, 28 (loc(s), resultats de deux campagnes de piegeage dans le Pas-de-Calais (62); see paper for details on habitat). Habitat. Quindroit, 2022a: 22, 28 (annotated list with information on abundancy and habitat of the Tipuloidea of the Pays de la Loire regoin, distr) (in French). Germany Habitat. Reusch, 2006: 134 (Kalkquellmoor [carbonate fen complex]). Great Britain Habitat. Godfrey, 2000a: 13, 23 (tufaceous springs and seepages). Habitat. Boyce, 2002: 13 (review of seepage invertebrates in England, found at woodland seepages; see paper for details). Habitat. Godfrey, 2003a: 25, 44 (review of association with woody debris, a non-xylophagous species whose larvae were probably attached to woody debris taken for rearing; review literature). Habitat. Stubbs, 2003: 90, 94, 101, 112 (most records are in wet woodland, at shaded seepages in Alnus carr and other wet woodland, usually on peaty or very humic substrate; calcareous conditions are preferred but some sites only weakly so; rare examples of occurrence in reed suggest that this may be an under-recognised subsidiary habitat; calcareous conditions are preferred but some sites only weakly so; larvae are assumed to be saprophagous; the paper includes further details on habitat management, monitoring techniques and examples of good/bad practice). Habitat. Stubbs, 2003: 94, 112 (larvae live in caddis-like cases formed of leaf fragments). Habitat. Boardman, 2007: 87 (associated with mud around limestone seepages). Habitat. Kramer, 2007b: 35 (member of the marshland community). Habitat. Webb, 2007: 24 (loc(s) Norfolk Pingo north-east sector with Alder [Alnus] carr). Habitat. Drake, 2011a: 11-16, 25 (among the Diptera from a wet Alder [Alnus] wood in Devon, showing a single generation). Habitat. Kramer, 2011j: 25 (a local species found in marshland). Habitat. Brighton, 2017c: 29, 40 (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). Habitat. Wolton et al., 2017: 90 (likely to be restricted to wet woodland within the Culm, conservation status). Habitat. Cunningham et al., 2020: 5 (loc(s) Devon; good numbers were taken along a boardwalk cutting through a large reed bed and from wet willow carr, also at Slapton Ley, habitat photo; also recorded at Tidcombe Fen in wet Alder [Alnus] and Willow [Salix] carr flanked by rushy meadow; see also Cunningham, 2020). Habitat. Wolton and Field, 2021: 212 (study on the impact of cattle on the insect fauna of woodlands; Diptera were sampled from trampled and untrampled areas of wet woodland using emergence traps; see paper for details). Habitat. Kramer and Morris, 2022b: 27 (info on the species, on the distr and map of loc(s) Leicestershire and Rutland (VC55); found in marshy situations). Netherlands Habitat. Hop and Moonen, 2021: 38 (on the occurrence (rarity) in Dutch inland waters) (in Dutch). on characters and taxonomy (mainly from 2000 onward): Country not relevant Characters. Kramer, 2006a: 2 (critical species; comparisson with Cheilotrichia imbuta). Description. Stary and Obona, 2018: 228-230, 234 (descr, key, comparison, figs). Denmark Figures. Byriel et al., 2016: 42 (recognition, figs). Great Britain Characters. Boardman, 2007: 87-88 (characters). Characters. Kramer and Morris, 2022b: 27 (diagnosis, of very similar appearance as Cheilotrichia imbuta so always check the pale indistinct venation very carefully and note the single forked style, figs). on distribution (mainly from 2000 onward): Belgium Distribution. Peeters in litt., 2016: (among Malaisetrap material from Jardin Massart, Brussels). Distribution. Dek and Peeters, 2023a: 140 (loc(s) Botanic Garden Jean Massart, Brussels-Capital Region, very rare in Belgium, this being the only two recent records). Bosnia-Herzegowina Distribution. Graf et al., 2023: 34, 37 (inventory of the upper Neretva, an unimpacted riverine system embedded in dense natural and near-natural forest; see paper for details). First record. Kolcsar et al., 2023b: 30 (loc(s)). Bulgaria Distribution. Hubenov, 2018b: 124 (review loc(s) Vrachanska Planina Mts). Distribution. Stary and Obona, 2018: 228, 230 (loc(s) Blagoevgrad prov., distr). 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). Croatia First record. Kolcsar et al., 2023b: 30 (loc(s)). Czech Rep. Distribution. Stary et al., 2005a: 30 (loc(s)). Distribution. Stary, 2006c: 136 (loc(s), distr). Distribution. Stary, 2009i: webpage (checklist). Distribution. Stary and Obona, 2018: 228, 230 (loc(s), distr). Distribution. Stary and Vonicka, 2018: 68 (on Limoniidae and Pediciidae of two localities in northern Bohemia, with list of localities, altitudes and habitats). Denmark Distribution. Petersen and Jong, 2001b: 151 (because of neighbouring distribution likely to occur in Denmark). First record. Byriel et al., 2016: 42 (loc(s) Denmark, distr). Egypt First record. Hancock, 1997: 351 (loc(s)). France Distribution. Quindroit and Lemoine, 2021a: 24, 25, 28 (loc(s), resultats de deux campagnes de piegeage dans le Pas-de-Calais (62); see paper for details on habitat). Distribution. Quindroit and Lemoine, 2022a: 37 (table specifying the presence in the five departments of the Hauts-de-France region). Distribution. Quindroit, 2022a: 22, 28 (annotated list with information on abundancy and habitat of the Tipuloidea of the Pays de la Loire regoin, distr) (in French). Distribution. Quindroit and Racine, 2025: 360 (table specifying the presence in the five departments of the Pays de la Loire region). Germany Distribution. Schacht, 1999: 133, 135 (loc(s), checklist Bayern). Distribution. Reusch and Oosterbroek, 2000: 163 (checklist German Bundeslander). Distribution. Schacht, 2005: 6 (checklist Bayern). Distribution. Reusch, 2006: 134 (loc(s) Bayern). Distribution. Hable et al., 2010b: 92 (loc(s) Bayern). Distribution. Schacht, 2010: 18 (checklist Diptera Bayern). Distribution. Stuke, 2019: 147 (checklist Niedersachsen and Bremen with reference to original sources). Great Britain Distribution. Kramer, 1999a: 31 (loc(s) Leicestershire). Distribution. Godfrey, 2000a: 13, 23 (see paper for details of sites surveyed in Shropshire and into Wales). Distribution. Godfrey, 2003a: 25, 44 (loc(s), distr, review literature). Distribution. Stubbs, 2003: 94, 112 (distr in GB). Distribution. Boardman, 2007: 87-88 (loc(s), map). Distribution. Kramer, 2007b: 35 (loc(s) Leicestershire). Distribution. Webb, 2007: 24 (loc(s) Norfolk Pingo north-east sector with Alder [Alnus] carr). Distribution. Drake, 2011a: 25 (loc(s) Devon). Distribution. Kramer, 2011a: 3 (loc(s) Pembrokeshire). Distribution. Kramer, 2011j: 23 (loc(s) Leicestershire and Rutland (VC55)). Distribution. Hewitt, 2014: (provisional checklist Cumbrian Diptera). Distribution. Brighton, 2017c: 29, 40 (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. Wolton et al., 2017: 90 (loc(s) Devon). Distribution. Cunningham et al., 2020: 5 (loc(s) Devon; good numbers were taken along a boardwalk cutting through a large reed bed and from wet willow carr, also at Slapton Ley, habitat photo; also recorded at Tidcombe Fen in wet Alder [Alnus] and Willow [Salix] carr flanked by rushy meadow; see also Cunningham, 2020). Distribution. Cunningham, 2022: 28 (loc(s) Woodah Farm, Devon). Distribution. Kramer and Morris, 2022b: 27 (info on the species, on the distr and map of loc(s) Leicestershire and Rutland (VC55); found in marshy situations). Ireland Distribution. Chandler et al., 2008: 14 (checklist). Italy Distribution. Oosterbroek and Simova-Tosic, 2004: 448, 450 (records from Yugoslavia refer to Gorizia in Italy). Netherlands First record. Kolcsar et al., 2021b: 238 (loc(s) Limburg [van Maanen in litt., 2012: reared from larvae found in the south of the province Limburg]). Poland First record. Wiedenska, 2010: 136 (loc(s) Parku Krajobrazowego Wzniesien Lodzkich, Lodz). Romania Distribution. Ujvarosi, 2007: 228-231 (checklist Limoniidae). Slovakia Distribution. Stary, 2009i: webpage (checklist). Distribution. Stary and Obona, 2018: 228, 230 (loc(s), distr). Switzerland Distribution. Podenas et al., 2006: 180, 345 (map, vertical distr per thermic level). Distribution. Dufour and Merz, 2012: 355 (annotated checklist canton Geneva). Yugoslavia Misinterpretation. Geiger, 1986c: XXX (Yugoslavia, repeated in Savchenko et al., 1992 [= Pal Cat], refers to Gorizia in Italy; see Oosterbroek and Simova-Tosic, 2004). on flight period (mainly from 2000 onward): Belgium Dek and Peeters, 2023a: month(s): 6-7. Bosnia-Herzegowina Kolcsar et al., 2023b: month(s): 6. Bulgaria Stary and Obona, 2018: month(s): 6. Croatia Kolcsar et al., 2023b: month(s): 6. Czech Rep. Stary et al., 2005a: month(s): 6. Stary, 2006c: month(s): 6. Stary and Obona, 2018: month(s): 6-7. Stary and Vonicka, 2018: month(s): 6. Denmark Byriel et al., 2016: month(s): 6. Egypt Hancock, 1997: month(s): 9. France Quindroit, 2022a: month(s): 6. Germany Schacht, 1999: month(s): 6-7. Great Britain Kramer, 1999a: month(s): 6. Godfrey, 2000a: month(s): 6. Stubbs, 2003: month(s): 5-6. Webb, 2007: month(s): 5. Kramer, 2011j: month(s): 5. Cunningham et al., 2020: month(s): 5. Cunningham, 2022: month(s): 6. Kramer and Morris, 2022b: month(s): 6-7. Poland Wiedenska, 2010: month(s): 6. Slovakia Stary and Obona, 2018: month(s): 6. Switzerland Podenas et al., 2006: month(s): 5-8. on altitude (mainly from 2000 onward): Bosnia-Herzegowina Kolcsar et al., 2023b: altitude: 640 m. Bulgaria Hubenov, 2018b: altitude: 380 m. Hubenov, 2021a: altitude: 50-700 m. Hubenov, 2025a: altitude: 50-700 m. Hubenov, 2025b: altitude: 50-700 m. Croatia Kolcsar et al., 2023b: altitude: 545 m. Czech Rep. Stary and Vonicka, 2018: altitude: 220 m. Egypt Hancock, 1997: altitude: 1490 m.