Details for Nephrotoma submaculosa
Name:Nephrotoma submaculosa Edwards, 1928
Publication:Encycl. Ent. (B II) Dipt. 4: 188 (as Nephrotoma)
Status:Recognized taxon.
Classification:Family Tipulidae
Subfamily Tipulinae
Descriptive note:Phylogeny: de Jong, 1993.
Keys:Peeters en Oosterbroek, 2013d (craneflies Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg) (in Dutch); Stubbs and Kramer, 2016c; Stubbs, 2021 (British craneflies)
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Distribution:Andorra, Austria, Belgium, Czech Rep., Denmark, Estonia, Finland (Oa: Ilmajoki, Oba: Oulu), France (incl. Corsica), Germany, Great Britain, Hungary, Ireland, Italy (incl. Sardinia, Sicily), Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden (south), Switzerland (southwest); Morocco.
Region(s):Westpalaearctic
General note:Changed: Finland (central) in Finland (Ilmajoki, Oulu, see citations below). For Norway check Hofsvang et al., 2019, and citations below. For Spain check Eiroa and Carles-Tolra, 2019, and citations below. For Portugal check Oosterbroek et al., 2020, and citations below. For Great Britain and Ireland check Stubbs, 2021, and citations below. For Morocco check Kettani et al., 2022b, and citations below.
Map:de Jong, 1998 (general); Ashe et al., 2007a (Ireland)
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references:
Hypopygium: Kramer and Morris, 2021b

Immature stages
Larva: Podeniene, 2003a; Podeniene et al., 2014 (first instar larva)
Citationson biology (mainly from 2000 onward):
Denmark
Habitat. Nielsen et al., 2016: 18, 25-26 (dominant species in sand dunes, primarily trapped in the so-called grey dunes of the Thy National Park).
Finland
Habitat. Nystrom in litt., 2016: (collected in a dry, sandy boreal forest with pine trees, lichens, lingonberries etc. (practically no deciduous trees), and there is a large sandy area right next to the collecting site).
France
Habitat. Dufour, 2003a: 73 (collected in deciduous forests at 1000 m up to 2000 m at tree line, intermediate habitats include Corylus as well as Larix forests).
Habitat. Dufour, 2003b: 85 (loc(s) with information on habitat(s)) (in French).
Habitat. Quindroit, 2020a: 17, 42, 45-48 (annotated list with information on abundancy and habitat of the Tipuloidea of Pays de la Loire: Mayenne (53), Sarthe (72), Loire-Atlantique (44), Maine-et-Loire (49) and Vendee (85)) (in French).
Habitat. Quindroit, 2020b: 125 (loc(s) Nord (59) and Pas-de-Calais (62) with notes on habitats and distr) (in French).
Habitat. Herbrecht et al., 2021: 57 (loc(s) Loire-Atlantique (44) based on malaise-trapping with notes on habitats) (in French).
Germany
Habitat. Heiss and Merkel-Wallner, 2013: 21-25 (review Bayern, table with Malaise trap habitats and species; see paper for details).
Habitat. Heiss, 2017a: 562, 566-567, 570 (loc(s) Dinkelberg, Baden-Wurttemberg and table with details on presence in the various biotop-groups, mainly or exclusively found in dry biotops).
Great Britain
Habitat. Godfrey, 1999: 66, 78 (species of grass-covered shingle, exposed sandy riverine sediments and coastal dunes).
Habitat. Stubbs, 2003: 32, 35 (the main ubiquitous tiger cranefly of coastal sand dunes, often abundant on mobile and fixed dunes; it needs ungrazed or lightly grazed conditions; it also occurs locally inland on riverine exposed sandy sediment).
Habitat. Hewitt et al., 2005: 37, 46, 52 (indicator species of exposed riverine sediment habitats: often abundant in coastal dunes but also occurs occasionally inland on sparsely vegetated sand and shingle beside rivers).
Habitat. Boardman, 2007: 11 (found mostly at coastal sand dune sites, inland populations are known from sandy river banks and shingle bars).
Habitat. Kramer, 2008a: 7 (at river with plenty sandy and not so sandy shingle).
Habitat. Kramer, 2008d: 2 (sandy river margins).
Habitat. Howe, 2010a: 272 (found in the yellow dunes (landward of the foredunes) and to be swept from Marram [Ammophila]).
Habitat. Brighton, 2017b: 30, 42 (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).
Italy
Habitat. Oosterbroek, 2011b: 646 (found in a variety of habitats, ranging from moist forests to gardens, exposed riverine sediments and dunes; the larvae live in the soil and feed on decomposing plant material).
Lithuania
Habitat. Podeniene, 2003a: 1-295 (larva, descr, figs, habitat) (in Lithuanian).
Habitat. Podeniene, 2003b: 11, 22, 24, 29 (larval habitat: uppermost layer of soil (of flood land meadows, of agrocenozes, under mosses)).
Biology. Podeniene et al., 2014: 153, 164-167 (descr first instar larva, rearing, figs).
Morocco
Habitat. Adghir et al., 2018: 530, 536 (loc(s) North Morocco with emphasis on the Rif region, with list of habitats incl. altitudes, checklist Tipulidae Morocco, distr).
on characters and taxonomy (mainly from 2000 onward):
Country not relevant
Figures. Oosterbroek and Sluys, 2021: 9-10 (on probably the oldest color illustrations of craneflies, by Anselmus de Boodt, from around 1600 AD, picturing among others this species).
Lithuania
Immatures. Podeniene, 2003a: 1-295 (larva, descr, figs, habitat) (in Lithuanian).
Immatures. Podeniene et al., 2014: 153, 164-167 (descr first instar larva, rearing, figs).
Portugal
Characters. Ferreira et al., 2021: 4, 12-13 (barcoding based on material mentioned in Oosterbroek et al. 2020, clusteres in two BINs, one of which harbours sequences of N. flavescens).
on distribution (mainly from 2000 onward):
Andorra
First record. Oosterbroek and Eiroa, 2004: 200 (loc(s)).
Austria
Distribution. Vogtenhuber, 2011: 45 (checklist Austria, list of provinces).
Channel Is
Distribution. Stubbs, 2022b: 4 (on a collection of craneflies present in the Societe Jersiaise collection, Jersey, identifier unknown).
Czech Rep.
Distribution. Stary et al., 2005d: 36 (loc(s)).
Distribution. Stary, 2009k: webpage (checklist).
Denmark
Distribution. Petersen et al., 2001b: 162 (checklist).
Distribution. Nielsen et al., 2016: 18, 26, 34 (loc(s) Thy National Park).
Finland
Distribution. Salmela, 2012b: 240 (annotated list of Finnish crane flies).
Distribution. Salmela and Petrasiunas, 2014: 33 (checklist Finnish Tipulomorpha).
Distribution. Nystrom in litt., 2016: (female collected by Harry Nystrom on 27 july 2015 with UV light trap at Oulu, identification confirmed by P. Oosterbroek on the basis of photos; this is the second record for the species in Finland, the first is a male collected on 6 july 1986 at Ilmajoki by V.M. Mukkala, preserved in the Naturalis museum in Leiden).
France
Distribution. Dufour, 2003a: 73 (loc(s)).
Distribution. Dufour, 2003b: 85 (loc(s) with information on habitat(s)) (in French).
Distribution. Tillier and Oosterbroek, 2019: 228 (distr Mercantour, citing Dufour 2003b).
Distribution. Tillier, 2019: 256 (loc(s) Var (81)).
Distribution. Quindroit, 2020a: 17, 42, 45-48 (annotated list with information on abundancy and habitat of the Tipuloidea of Pays de la Loire: Mayenne (53), Sarthe (72), Loire-Atlantique (44), Maine-et-Loire (49) and Vendee (85)) (in French).
Distribution. Quindroit, 2020b: 125 (loc(s) Nord (59) and Pas-de-Calais (62) with notes on habitats and distr) (in French).
Distribution. Herbrecht et al., 2021: 57 (loc(s) Loire-Atlantique (44) based on malaise-trapping with notes on habitats) (in French).
Distribution. Labat, 2021: 93 (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).
Distribution. Quindroit, 2022a: 25-28 (additions to the annotated list of the Tipuloidea of Pays de la Loire as given in Quindroit, 2020a).
Germany
Distribution. Schacht et al., 2001: 425 (loc(s) Bayern).
Distribution. Heiss and Bellstedt, 2003: 224 (loc(s)).
Distribution. Heiss, 2003: 13 (checklist Thuringen).
Distribution. Schacht, 2005: 3 (checklist Bayern).
Distribution. Schacht, 2010: 38 (checklist Diptera Bayern).
Distribution. Heiss and Merkel-Wallner, 2013: 21-25 (review Bayern, table with Malaise trap habitats and species; see paper for details).
Distribution. Heiss, 2017a: 562, 566-567, 570 (loc(s) Dinkelberg, Baden-Wurttemberg and table with details on presence in the various biotop-groups, mainly or exclusively found in dry biotops).
Distribution. Heiss, 2017b: 22 (checklist Tipulidae Thuringen).
Distribution. Heiss et al., 2019: 249 (loc(s); annotated checklist of the Tipulidae of Niedersachsen and Bremen, including the presence in the surrounding Bundeslandern and the Netherlands) (in German).
Distribution. Heiss, 2019: 35, 44 (loc(s) and checklist Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, see paper for further details).
Great Britain
Distribution. Godfrey, 1999: 66, 78 (loc(s)).
Distribution. Hewitt et al., 2005: 37, 46, 52 (loc(s) Cumbria).
Distribution. Kramer, 2008a: 6-7 (loc(s) Scotland).
Distribution. Kramer, 2008d: 2 (loc(s) Scotland).
Distribution. Skidmore, 2008a: 59 (loc(s) Tiree, Western Isles, Scotland).
Distribution. Skidmore, 2009: 124 (review of occurrence on the Western Isles of Scotland, distr).
Distribution. Hancock, 2011a: 1-2 (loc(s) Tiree and Coll, Southern Inner Hebrides).
Distribution. Kramer, 2012h: 2 (loc(s) Summer field meeting Scottish Highlands).
Distribution. Hewitt, 2014: (provisional checklist Cumbrian Diptera).
Distribution. Brighton, 2017b: 30, 42 (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. Boardman, 2018: 3 (loc(s) Norfolk or Suffolk: The Brecks).
Distribution. Kramer and Morris, 2021b: 9 (info on the species, on the distr and map of loc(s) Leicestershire and Rutland (VC55)).
Ireland
Distribution. Ashe et al., 2007a: 301, 312-313, 352 (review Irish records, map).
Distribution. Ashe et al., 2008: 16 (additional Irish record(s), distr).
Distribution. Chandler et al., 2008: 5 (checklist).
Italy
Distribution. Oosterbroek, 2011b: 646 (review records and loc(s) Sardinia, distr).
Distribution. Toma et al., 2018: 73 (checklist city of Roma).
Lithuania
Distribution. Pakalniskis et al., 2006: 26 (checklist).
Morocco
Distribution. Adghir et al., 2018: 530, 536 (loc(s) North Morocco with emphasis on the Rif region, with list of habitats incl. altitudes, checklist Tipulidae Morocco, distr).
Distribution. Kettani et al., 2022b: 30 (annotated checklist, with review loc(s) and/or references).
Netherlands
First record. Theowald, 1952c: 146 (XXX).
Distribution. de Jong and Oosterbroek, 2002d: 40 (checklist).
Distribution. Oosterbroek and Dek, 2020: 17-18 (Limoniidae and Tipulidae Nationaal Park Hollandse Duinen in 2018, Zuid-Holland).
Norway
Distribution. Hofsvang, 2016: 137 (review single Norwegian record).
Distribution. Hofsvang et al., 2019: 139, 142-143 (distributional remark, annotated checklist Nordic countries and for Norway according to the Strand regions).
Poland
Distribution. Skibinska and Chudzicke, 2007b: 77 (checklist).
Portugal
Distribution. Eiroa and Baez, 2002b: 79 (checklist).
Distribution. Hancock et al., 2015b: 152 (loc(s) Faro).
Distribution. Oosterbroek et al., 2020: 340 (recorded from eight provinces, distr).
Romania
Distribution. Parvu, 2004: 187 (loc(s)).
Distribution. Parvu, 2006: 261 (loc(s)).
Distribution. Ujvarosi, 2007: 232-233 (checklist Tipulidae).
Distribution. Torok et al., 2014: 18 (checklist Romania).
Slovakia
Distribution. Stary, 2009k: webpage (checklist).
Spain
Distribution. Eiroa and Baez, 2002b: 79 (checklist).
Distribution. Carles-Tolra, 2010: 57 (loc(s) various provinces).
Distribution. Eiroa and Carles-Tolra, 2019: 133 (loc(s) Barcelona, Granada and Tarragona, list of Spanish provinces, distr) (in Spanish).
Distribution. Mederos et al., 2019b: 213 (Barcelona: checklist Parc Natural Serra de Collserola).
Switzerland
Distribution. Dufour and Merz, 2012: 355 (annotated checklist canton Geneva).
Yugoslavia
Distribution not confirmed. Simova-Tosic and Oosterbroek, 2003: 57 (not confirmed for former Yugoslavia).
on flight period (mainly from 2000 onward):
Andorra
Oosterbroek and Eiroa, 2004: month(s): 6-7.
Czech Rep.
Stary et al., 2005d: month(s): 5-6.
Denmark
Nielsen et al., 2016: month(s): 5-7.
Finland
Nystrom in litt., 2016: month(s): 7.
France
Dufour, 2003a: month(s): 8.
Dufour, 2003b: month(s): 6-7.
Tillier, 2019: month(s): 4-6.
Quindroit, 2020a: month(s): 4-6.
Quindroit, 2020b: month(s): 4-7.
Germany
Heiss and Bellstedt, 2003: month(s): 5-8.
Heiss and Merkel-Wallner, 2013: month(s): 7.
Heiss, 2017a: month(s): 4-5, 7.
Heiss et al., 2019: month(s): 5.
Heiss, 2019: month(s): 5.
Great Britain
Kramer, 2008a: month(s): 6.
Skidmore, 2008a: month(s): 6.
Hancock, 2011a: month(s): 6.
Kramer, 2012h: month(s): 7.
Ireland
Ashe et al., 2007a: month(s): 6-8.
Ashe et al., 2008: month(s): 6.
Italy
Oosterbroek, 2011b: month(s): 5.
Morocco
Adghir et al., 2018: month(s): 4-6.
Netherlands
Oosterbroek and Dek, 2020: month(s): 4-5.
Portugal
Hancock et al., 2015b: month(s): 4.
Oosterbroek et al., 2020: month(s): 3-5.
Romania
Parvu, 2004: month(s): 7.
Parvu, 2006: month(s): 6.
Spain
Carles-Tolra, 2010: month(s): 4-5.
Eiroa and Carles-Tolra, 2019: month(s): 4-5.
on altitude (mainly from 2000 onward):
Andorra
Oosterbroek and Eiroa, 2004: altitude: 920 m.
France
Dufour, 2003b: altitude: 70-1400 m.
Labat, 2021: altitude: 13-899 m.
Italy
Oosterbroek, 2011b: altitude: 80-700 m.
Portugal
Oosterbroek et al., 2020: altitude: 850 m.
Spain
Eiroa and Carles-Tolra, 2019: altitude: 60 m.

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