Details for Gnophomyia viridipennis

Name: Gnophomyia viridipennis (Gimmerthal, 1847) Publication: Bull. Soc. Nat. Moscou 20(2): 146 (as Limnobia) Status: Recognized taxon. Classification: Family Limoniidae Subfamily Chioneinae Descriptive note: Types not in collection Gimmerthal (Lackschewitz, 1927a). Keys: Hancock, 2008a (European Gnophomyia except tristissima); Boardman, 2016 (craneflies Shropshire); Peeters en Oosterbroek, 2016c (craneflies Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg) (in Dutch); Stubbs and Kramer, 2016i; Stubbs, 2021 (British craneflies) Variant spelling(s): vitripennis habitus male habitus male habitus male habitus male habitus male plus 34 more images of habitus, habitus, habitus, habitus, habitus, habitus, habitus, habitus, habitus, body part(s), body part(s), body part(s), body part(s), body part(s), body part(s), hypopygium, hypopygium, hypopygium, hypopygium, hypopygium, hypopygium, ovipositor, ovipositor, ovipositor, ovipositor, wing, wing, wing, wing, habitat, habitat, habitat, habitat and habitat. Distribution: Austria, Belgium, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Czech Rep., Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Great Britain, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Netherlands, North Macedonia, Norway, Poland, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Sweden (southern half), Switzerland, Ukraine; Russia: RUN, RUW, RUC, North Caucasus;; Russia: WS (Tuva); Kazakhstan (east). Note: see the manual for abbreviations: present-day Russia. Region(s): Westpalaearctic;; Eastpalaearctic General note: Added: Bulgaria (Stary and Krzeminski, 1993b), RUN (Kareliya) (Yakovlev and Polevoi, 1997), Switzerland (Stary and Geiger, 1998a). For Finland check Salmela, 2012b, 2012c, and citations below. For Norway check Olsen et al., 2018, and citations below. For Great Britain check Stubbs, 2021, and citations below. To be confirmed for the Netherlands. Map: Podenas et al., 2006 (Switzerland); Boardman, 2007 (Shropshire) Figure references: Habitus: Fritz and Lindstrom, 2013 (male); Rasimus, 2018 (male) Head: Hancock, 2008b (antenna) Hypopygium: Stary, 1971e; Podenas et al., 2006; Hancock, 2008b; Kramer and Morris, 2022aa Ovipositor: Hancock, 2008b Immature stages Larva: Krivosheina, M.G., 2008b; Krivosheina and Krivosheina, 2011c Pupa: Krivosheina, M.G., 2008b Miscellaneous Fritz and Lindstrom, 2013 (habitat); Lantsov, 2022b (habitat); Rasimus, 2022 (habitat) Citations on biology (mainly from 2000 onward): Belgium Habitat. Tack et al., 2021: 137 (loc(s) Antwerpen, alle taxa biodiversiteit inventarisatie Bos t Ename, op/in dood hout in bos, al of niet schimmelend (in Dutch), see paper for description). Bulgaria Habitat. Hubenov, 2025b: suppl: 5 (annotated list Diptera high Bulgarian mts, local distr, habitats and zoogeography). Country not relevant Habitat. Krivosheina and Krivosheina, 2011c: 1-294 (larva: loc(s), descr, figs, biology, key) (in Russian, key also in English). Czech Rep. Habitat. Stary and Vonicka, 2018: 55 (on Limoniidae and Pediciidae of two localities in northern Bohemia, with list of localities, altitudes and habitats). Finland Habitat. Hancock, 2008a: 14 (reared from Aspen [Popula tremula]). Habitat. Penttinen et al., 2010: 480, 485 (red list status incl. criteria, habitats, causes of threat, threat factors; only found on decaying Aspen [Populus tremula]). Habitat. Salmela, 2012b: 230 (reared from decaying Aspen [Populus tremula] logs). Habitat. Salmela, 2012c: 4 (depending on decaying wood). Habitat. Rasimus, 2018: 15, 17 (detailed information on the species in a paper on saproxylic craneflies in the Tampere region) (in Finnish). Habitat. Rasimus, 2018: 17 (on saproxylic craneflies in the Tampere region) (in Finnish). Habitat. Salmela et al., 2019: 522 (red list status, habitat types, threat factors). Habitat. Rasimus, 2022: 5 (on the craneflies fauna of Tavastia australis biogeographical province) (in Finnish). France Biology. Quindroit, 2020a: 27, 45-48 (annotated list with information on abundancy and habitat of the Tipuloidea of the Pays de la Loire regoin, distr) (in French). Habitat. Quindroit, 2020b: 136 (loc(s) Nord (59) and Pas-de-Calais (62) with notes on habitats and distr) (in French). Great Britain Habitat. Hancock, 1999: 56 (larva under bark and adult at sap run of Populus) (as vitripennis). Habitat. Howe et al., 2001: 140, 143, 146. Habitat. Rotheray et al., 2001: 80 (associated with Betula pubescens, microhabitat: decaying sapwood). Habitat. Rotheray et al., 2001: 80 (associated with Populus tremula, Populus, microhabitat: decaying sap). Biology. Alexander, 2002: 89 (habitat: mainly fen and carr; larvae gregarious; larvae develop in fibrous cambial layer beneath bark of recently felled Populus, Fagus, possibly Salix). Habitat. Clemons, 2003: 74 (associated with Populus nigra; larvae largely develop beneath the bark of trees, Salicaceae seemingly being preferred). Habitat. Stubbs, 2006b: 158 (at fallen trees and cut logs of hybrid Black Poplar [Populus nigra], where larvae live in rotting cambrium layer under bark, only very rarely is it found at other trees). Habitat. Boardman, 2007: 45 (most frequently encountered in its larval stage; larvae feed upon the sappy fibrous cambium of fallen Populus (mostly planted Black Poplar hybrids) and Salix trees before it is invaded by woodlice and decay has gone too far). Habitat. Hancock, 2008a: 14 (larvae are associated mainly with poplars, particularly Black Poplar [Populus nigra] and Aspen [Popula tremula]; it seems to prefer the actively fermenting and viscous material under the bark of recently felled or dead trees with a thick cambium; there is one rearing record from dead Oak [Quercus] (Keilin, 1913), and one from moss covering a felled Beech [Fagus] trunk (Falk, 1991) which may relate to an emergent pupa. Habitat. Whiteley, 2010: 3 (cranefly of wet woodland with felled trees, especially Poplars [Populus]). Habitat. Kramer, 2011j: 14 (the larvae feed under the bark of dead Black Poplar [Populus nigra]). Habitat. Chandler, 2015: 74, 85 (associated with decaying poplar [Populus], also citing Miles, 1993). Habitat. Brighton, 2017c: 25, 33 (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. Showers, 2017a: 4 (swept from vegetation growing next to a pile of felled Poplar [Populus] trees). Habitat. Kramer, 2018f: 1 (yielded from fallen timber). Habitat. Showers, 2018a: 24 (new sites in Northamptonshire were discovered by visiting known mature Poplar [Populus] plantations; in all cases the adults were found on vegetation close to fallen mature trunks that had been on the ground for 2 or more years but which still had firmly attached bark). Habitat. Kramer and Morris, 2022a: 8 (info on the species, on the distr and map of loc(s) Leicestershire and Rutland (VC55); a single VC55 record, from a marshy meadow). Lithuania Habitat. Gorban and Podeniene, 2021: 1-5 (aim of the study was to investigate the biodiversity of nematoceran flies associated with dead wood in a forest ecosystem in Lithuania; during this research, emergence traps were used on fallen tree trunks of Aspen [Populus tremula] and Ash [Fraxinus excelsior] at two localities in Lithania, emerged in large numbers from dead Aspen only, it is one of the first species to colonize dead trees (Hancock, 2008); see paper for details). Biology. Gorban and Podeniene, 2022: 5, 8-9 (loc(s); reared from Poplar [Populus tremula], obligate saproxylic species; see paper for details). Norway Habitat. Hancock, 2008a: 14 (reared from Aspen [Popula tremula]). Russia Habitat. Krivosheina, M.G., 2008b: 803, 806 (larvae have been repeatedly recorded among bast tissues of Populus bark, the study includes further details on part of trees and associated insect larvae). 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 bark of deciduous trees]) (in Russian). Habitat. Polevoi et al., 2018: supplementary species list: (emerged from fallen Aspens [Populus tremula] in Kivach Nature Reserve, Kareliya). Habitat. Paramonov and Korobkov, 2019: 92 (loc(s) RUC: Tverskaya oblast, distr, habitat, citing various authors) (in Russian). Habitat. Lantsov, 2022: 43-44 (North Caucasus: on collecting the species in Dagestan, Samur liana forest, at a slowly flowing stream in a deciduous forest in complete shade; collecting techniques, fig). Slovakia Habitat. Stary, 2009d: 28 (a common saproxylic species in lowland forests, rarely at higher altitudes). Sweden Habitat. Fritz and Lindstrom, 2013: 20-24, 29, 45-48, 62 (on distribution, habitat preference and habitat conservation in nature reserved forest and tree habitats in Hallands County) (in Schwedish). on characters and taxonomy (mainly from 2000 onward): Country not relevant Phylogeny. Michelsen, 1996: 99 (studied after completion of the paper: Neodiptera: New insights into the adult morphology and higher level phylogeny of Diptera (Insecta), showing that the evidence for the monophyly of the polyneuran Diptera as given in that paper cannot be upheld). Characters. Stubbs, 2006b: 158 (characters, comparison). Immatures. Krivosheina and Krivosheina, 2011c: 1-294 (larva: loc(s), descr, figs, biology, key) (in Russian, key also in English). Phylogeny. Santos and Ribeiro, 2018: 58, 75 (phylogeny Aphrophila: outgroup taxon). Great Britain Immatures. Alexander, 2002: 89 (larvae yellowish). Characters. Kramer and Morris, 2022a: 8 (diagnosis, figs). Russia Immatures. Krivosheina, M.G., 2008b: 803-806 (descr, key, figs, larva and pupa). on distribution (mainly from 2000 onward): Belgium Distribution. Peeters in litt., 2016: (among Malaisetrap material from Jardin Massart, Brussels). Distribution. Tack et al., 2021: 137 (loc(s) Antwerpen, alle taxa biodiversiteit inventarisatie Bos t Ename, op/in dood hout in bos, al of niet schimmelend (in Dutch), see paper for description). Distribution. Dek and Peeters, 2023a: 137 (loc(s) Botanic Garden Jean Massart, Brussels-Capital Region, common in Belgium). Bosnia-Herzegowina Distribution. Oosterbroek and Simova-Tosic, 2004: 443 (review literature). Bulgaria Distribution. Hubenov, 2017: 69 (on vertical distribution in the Pirin and Rila Mts; see paper for details on forests and subalpine-alpine zones, distr). Distribution. Hubenov, 2021a: 34 (checklist with summary of distr in Bulgaria, references). Distribution. Hubenov, 2025b: suppl: 5 (annotated list Diptera high Bulgarian mts, local distr, habitats and zoogeography). Country not relevant Distribution. Krivosheina and Krivosheina, 2011c: 1-294 (larva: loc(s), descr, figs, biology, key) (in Russian, key also in English). Czech Rep. Distribution. Stary, 2009i: webpage (checklist). Distribution. Stary and Vonicka, 2018: 55 (on Limoniidae and Pediciidae of two localities in northern Bohemia, with list of localities, altitudes and habitats). Denmark Distribution not confirmed. Petersen and Jong, 2001b: 149 (by expert opinion and because of neighbouring distribution likely to occur in Denmark). First record. Fugleognatur, 2016: (found in Denmark, for details see http://www.fugleognatur.dk and the photo(s)above by O. Martin). Estonia Distribution. Stary, 2004f: (Fauna Europaea: added Estonia). Finland First record. Hancock, 2008a: 14 (loc(s) Aland) (also given by Salmela in litt., november 2008, from South Finland: N and Ta). Distribution. Salmela, 2012b: 230, 237 (annotated list of Finnish crane flies; loc(s) N, Ta). Distribution. Salmela and Petrasiunas, 2014: 25 (checklist Finnish Tipulomorpha). Distribution. Rasimus, 2018: 15, 17 (detailed information on the species in a paper on saproxylic craneflies in the Tampere region) (in Finnish). Distribution. Rasimus, 2018: 17 (on saproxylic craneflies in the Tampere region) (in Finnish). Distribution. Salmela et al., 2019: 522 (red list status, habitat types, threat factors). Distribution. Rasimus, 2022: 5 (on the craneflies fauna of Tavastia australis biogeographical province) (in Finnish). France Distribution. Kramer, 2007a: 33 (loc(s) Ain (01)). Distribution. Quindroit, 2020a: 27, 45-48 (annotated list with information on abundancy and habitat of the Tipuloidea of the Pays de la Loire regoin, distr) (in French). Distribution. Quindroit, 2020b: 136 (loc(s) Nord (59) and Pas-de-Calais (62) with notes on habitats and distr) (in French). Distribution. Labat, 2021: 92 (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 and Lemoine, 2022a: 36 (table specifying the presence in the five departments of the Hauts-de-France region). Distribution. Quindroit and Racine, 2025: 358 (table specifying the presence in the five departments of the Pays de la Loire region). Distribution. Quindroit, 2025a: 96 (record for France in Pierre, 1924a, as G. tripudians, refers to G. viridipennis; see paper for details). Germany Distribution. Schacht, 1999: 133, 135 (loc(s), checklist Bayern). Distribution. Reusch and Bellstedt, 2000: 262 (loc(s) Thuringen). Distribution. Reusch and Oosterbroek, 2000: 157 (checklist German Bundeslander). Distribution. Reusch and Bellstedt, 2001a: 268 (red list status Thuringen). Distribution. Reusch and Bellstedt, 2001b: 73 (checklist Thuringen). Distribution. Reusch et al., 2004: 113 (loc(s) Mecklenburg-Vorpommern). Distribution. Schacht, 2005: 5 (checklist Bayern). Distribution. Hable et al., 2010b: 91 (loc(s) Bayern). Distribution. Schacht, 2010: 17 (checklist Diptera Bayern). Distribution. Stuke, 2019: 142 (checklist Niedersachsen and Bremen with reference to original sources). Great Britain Distribution. Hancock, 1999: 56 (loc(s) Scotland) (as vitripennis). Distribution. Kramer, 1999a: 31 (loc(s) Leicestershire). Distribution. Howe et al., 2001: 140, 143, 146 (loc(s) Dorset). Distribution. Alexander, 2002: 89 (distr). Distribution. Clemons, 2003: 74 (loc(s) Kent). Distribution. Crossley, 2003b: 60 (loc(s) Sheffield). Distribution. Chandler, 2004b: 16 (loc(s) Wiltshire). Distribution. Stubbs, 2006b: 158 (loc(s), distr). Distribution. Boardman, 2007: 45-46 (loc(s), map). Distribution. Hancock, 2008a: 14 (loc(s), distr in GB). Distribution. Whiteley, 2010: 3 (loc(s) Derbyshire and/or Nottinghamshire). Distribution. Kramer, 2011j: 14 (loc(s) Leicestershire and Rutland (VC55)). Distribution. Hewitt, 2014: (provisional checklist Cumbrian Diptera). Distribution. Chandler, 2015: 89 (loc(s) Bushy Park, Middlesex). Distribution. Brighton, 2017c: 25, 33 (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. Showers, 2017a: 4 (loc(s) Northamptonshire). Distribution. Kramer, 2018f: 1 (loc(s) Staffordshire). Distribution. Showers, 2018a: 24 (new sites in Northamptonshire were discovered by visiting known mature Poplar [Populus] plantations; in all cases the adults were found on vegetation close to fallen mature trunks that had been on the ground for 2 or more years but which still had firmly attached bark). Distribution. Kramer and Morris, 2022a: 8 (info on the species, on the distr and map of loc(s) Leicestershire and Rutland (VC55); a single VC55 record, from a marshy meadow). Hungary First record. Stary, 2001b: 200-201 (loc(s), distr). Kazakhstan First record. Devyatkov, 2020b: 219 (loc(s) East Kazakhstan, distr) (in Russian). Latvia Distribution. Stary, 2004f: (Fauna Europaea: added Latvia). Lithuania Distribution. Pakalniskis et al., 2006: 20 (checklist). Distribution. Gorban and Podeniene, 2021: 1-5 (aim of the study was to investigate the biodiversity of nematoceran flies associated with dead wood in a forest ecosystem in Lithuania; during this research, emergence traps were used on fallen tree trunks of Aspen [Populus tremula] and Ash [Fraxinus excelsior] at two localities in Lithania, emerged in large numbers from dead Aspen only, it is one of the first species to colonize dead trees (Hancock, 2008); see paper for details). Distribution. Gorban and Podeniene, 2022: 5, 8-9 (loc(s); reared from Poplar [Populus tremula], obligate saproxylic species; see paper for details). Netherlands Distribution. Jong and Oosterbroek, 2002b: 29 (checklist). Distribution. Steenis, 2019: 15 (loc(s) Noord-Brabant, Biesbosch). North Macedonia Distribution. Oosterbroek and Simova-Tosic, 2004: 443 (review literature). Norway First record. Hancock, 2008a: 14 (loc(s) Vestfold). Distribution. Olsen et al., 2018: 154-155 (annotated checklist Nordic countries and for Norway according to the Strand regions). Poland Distribution. Wiedenska, 2007a: 75 (checklist). Distribution. Wiedenska, 2008: 46, 48 (loc(s) Parowy Janinowski nature reserve near Lodz) (in Polish). Distribution. Wiedenska, 2010: 132 (loc(s) Parku Krajobrazowego Wzniesien Lodzkich, Lodz). Distribution. Palaczyk and Klasa, 2021: 173 (list of Diptera in Catalogue of the fauna of the Ojcow National Park). Romania Distribution. Ujvarosi, 2005a: 245 (no details). Distribution. Ujvarosi, 2007: 228-231 (checklist Limoniidae). Russia Distribution. Krivosheina, M.G., 2008b: 803 (loc(s) RUC, Tuva). Distribution. Jakovlev et al., 2014: 309 (loc(s) RUN: Kareliya). Distribution. Lantsov, 2016: 165-170 (on craneflies from Arkhyz, Karachay-Cherkessia Rep., North Caucasus) (in Russian). Distribution. Polevoi et al., 2018: supplementary species list: (emerged from fallen Aspens [Populus tremula] in Kivach Nature Reserve, Kareliya). Distribution. Paramonov and Korobkov, 2019: 92 (loc(s) RUC: Tverskaya oblast, distr, habitat, citing various authors) (in Russian). Distribution. Lantsov, 2022: 43-44 (North Caucasus: on collecting the species in Dagestan, Samur liana forest, at a slowly flowing stream in a deciduous forest in complete shade; collecting techniques, fig). Serbia First record. Kolcsar et al., 2021b: 116-117 (loc(s)). Slovakia Distribution. Stary, 2009d: 28 (loc(s) Polana area). Distribution. Stary, 2009i: webpage (checklist). Slovenia First record. Janevic in litt., 2018: (a female found near Celje, 18.V.2018, see photo above, det. by P. Oosterbroek, this first record for Slovenia seems likely but needs confirmation). First record. Janevic in litt., 2023: (male collected near Ptuj in NE Slovenia, 28.VI.2022, det. P. Oosterbroek). Sweden First record. Fritz and Lindstrom, 2013: 20-24, 29, 45-48, 62 (on distribution, habitat preference and habitat conservation in nature reserved forest and tree habitats in Hallands County) (in Schwedish). Switzerland Distribution. Podenas et al., 2006: 95, 254 (map, vertical distr per thermic level). on flight period (mainly from 2000 onward): Belgium Dek and Peeters, 2023a: month(s): 5-7, 9. Czech Rep. Stary and Vonicka, 2018: month(s): 6. Denmark Fugleognatur, 2016: month(s): 3. Finland Salmela, 2012b: month(s): 6-8. France Kramer, 2007a: month(s): 6. Quindroit, 2020a: month(s): 5. Quindroit, 2020b: month(s): 6, 10. Germany Schacht, 1999: month(s): 6. Reusch and Bellstedt, 2000: month(s): 7. Reusch et al., 2004: month(s): 6. Great Britain Hancock, 1999: month(s): 3. Kramer, 1999a: month(s): 6. Clemons, 2003: month(s): 6-8. Crossley, 2003b: month(s): 6-9. Hancock, 2008a: month(s): 3-8. Whiteley, 2010: month(s): 6. Kramer, 2011j: month(s): 6. Chandler, 2015: month(s): 8-9. Kramer, 2018f: month(s): 6. Hungary Stary, 2001b: month(s): 5-7. Kazakhstan Devyatkov, 2020b: month(s): 6. Norway Hancock, 2008a: month(s): 5. Poland Wiedenska, 2008: month(s): 6. Russia Paramonov and Korobkov, 2019: month(s): 7. Lantsov, 2022: month(s): 5. Serbia Kolcsar et al., 2021b: month(s): 7. Slovakia Stary, 2009d: month(s): 7. Slovenia Janevic in litt., 2018: month(s): 5. Janevic in litt., 2023: month(s): 6. Sweden Fritz and Lindstrom, 2013: month(s): 5-9. Switzerland Podenas et al., 2006: month(s): 6-7, 9. on altitude (mainly from 2000 onward): Bulgaria Hubenov, 2017: altitude: 300-400 m. Hubenov, 2021a: altitude: 300-400 m. Hubenov, 2025b: altitude: 300-400 m. Czech Rep. Stary and Vonicka, 2018: altitude: 450 m. France Labat, 2021: altitude: 1 m. Germany Reusch et al., 2004: altitude: 10 m. Kazakhstan Devyatkov, 2020b: altitude: 400 m. Serbia Kolcsar et al., 2021b: altitude: 800 m.