| Name: | Gonempeda flava (Schummel, 1829) | | Publication: | Beitr. Ent., Breslau 1: 148 (as Limnobia) | | Status: | Recognized taxon. | | Classification: | Family Limoniidae Subfamily Chioneinae
| | Keys: | Boardman, 2016 (craneflies Shropshire); Stubbs and Kramer, 2016i; Stubbs, 2021 (British craneflies); Pilipenko, 2017b (Palaearctic Gonempeda) |  |  |  |  |  |
habitus female | habitus female | habitus female | hypopygium | hypopygium |
plus 10 more images of hypopygium, hypopygium, ovipositor, wing, wing, wing, habitat, habitat, habitat and habitat. | | | | Distribution: | Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Czech Rep., Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Great Britain, Hungary, Ireland, Lithuania, Montenegro, Netherlands, North Macedonia, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Sweden, Switzerland, Ukraine; Russia: RUC; Turkey (Asiatic part: Kutahya). Note: see the manual for abbreviations: present-day Russia. | | Region(s): | Westpalaearctic | | General note: | For Finland check Salmela, 2012b, 2012c, and citations below. For Great Britain and Ireland check Stubbs, 2021, and citations below. | | Map: | Podenas et al., 2006 (Switzerland); Ashe et al., 2007b (Ireland); Boardman, 2007 (Shropshire) | Figure references: | Wing: Slipka and Stary, 1977b; Podenas et al., 2006 Hypopygium: Podenas et al., 2006; Pilipenko, 2017b; Kramer and Morris, 2022a
Immature stages Larva: Podeniene and Gelhaus, 2002; Podeniene, 2003a; Krivosheina and Krivosheina, 2011c
| | | | Citations | | | Bulgaria Habitat. Hubenov, 2025b: suppl: 4 (annotated list Diptera high Bulgarian mts, local distr, habitats and zoogeography). | | Finland Habitat. Salmela et al., 2019: 523 (red list status, habitat types, threat factors). | | 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) with notes on habitats and distr) (in French). Habitat. Quindroit and Lemoine, 2022a: 26 (loc(s) Oise (60) with notes on habitats and distr) (in French). | | Germany Habitat. Reusch, 2006: 134 (Kalkquellmoor [carbonate fen complex]). | | Great Britain Habitat. Godfrey, 2000a: 19, 21, 23. Habitat. Boardman, 2007: 46 (restricted to moist lightly shaded places under trees, particularly near to streams in the summer months). Habitat. Drake, 2011a: 24 (among the Diptera from a wet Alder [Alnus] wood in Devon). 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). | | Hungary Habitat. Stary, 2001b: 201 (Petasitetum). | | Lithuania Habitat. Podeniene and Gelhaus, 2002: 67-72 (larvae in the riparian zone of small rivers and rivulets, (adults on the banks of small rivers, in Alnus groves and Pinus forests, citing Podenas, 1995)). Habitat. Podeniene, 2002: 299, 306 (larvae were found in riparian zones of small river). Habitat. Podeniene, 2003a: 1-295 (larva, descr, figs, habitat) (in Lithuanian). Habitat. Podeniene, 2003b: 10, 21, 28 (larval habitat: sand and silt in riparian zone of small rivulets). Habitat. Podeniene, 2009: 137 (semi-aquatic species preferring sandy exposed riverine sediments). | | Montenegro Habitat. Kolcsar et al., 2021b: 117 (Oak [Quercus] forest). | | Poland Phenology. Wiedenska, 2015a: 52 (on the flight activity of Limoniidae in the Kamienica Valley, Gorce National Park, Western Carpathians) (in Polish, tables also in English). Habitat. Wiedenska, 2017a: 15 (faunistic and habitat data of species from the Gorce NP) (in Polish). | | | | Country not relevant Characters. Pilipenko, 2017b: 179, 181-183 (key, comparison, figs). | | Great Britain Characters. Boardman, 2007: 46 (characters). Characters. Kramer and Morris, 2022a: 9 (diagnosis, figs). | | Lithuania Immatures. Podeniene and Gelhaus, 2002: 67-72 (descr larva, figs). Immatures. Podeniene, 2003a: 1-295 (larva, descr, figs, habitat) (in Lithuanian). | | | | Belarus First record. Kolcsar et al., 2021b: 117 (loc(s) Vitebsk). | | Bulgaria Distribution. Hubenov, 2015: 220 (annotated list Diptera Pirin Mt, loc(s), faunistics and zoogeography). Distribution. Hubenov, 2017: 68 (on vertical distribution in the Pirin and Rila Mts; see paper for details on forests and subalpine-alpine zones, distr). Distribution. Hubenov, 2021a: 31 (checklist with summary of distr in Bulgaria, references). Distribution. Hubenov, 2025b: suppl: 4 (annotated list Diptera high Bulgarian mts, local distr, habitats and zoogeography). | | Czech Rep. Distribution. Stary et al., 2005a: 27 (loc(s)). Distribution. Stary, 2009i: webpage (checklist). | | Denmark Distribution. Petersen and Jong, 2001b: 149 (checklist). | | Estonia Distribution. Stary, 2004f: (Fauna Europaea: added Estonia). | | Finland First record. Salmela, 2012b: 225, 237 (annotated list of Finnish crane flies; only known from Ab). Distribution. Salmela and Petrasiunas, 2014: 25 (checklist Finnish Tipulomorpha). Distribution. Salmela et al., 2019: 523 (red list status, habitat types, threat factors). | | France 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) with notes on habitats and distr) (in French). Distribution. Quindroit and Lemoine, 2022a: 26 (loc(s) Oise (60) with notes on habitats and distr) (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). | | Germany Distribution. Schacht, 1999: 134 (checklist Bayern). Distribution. Reusch and Oosterbroek, 2000: 157 (checklist German Bundeslander). Distribution. Reusch and Bellstedt, 2001b: 73 (checklist Thuringen). Distribution. Schacht, 2005: 5 (checklist Bayern). Distribution. Reusch, 2006: 134 (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. Godfrey, 2000a: 19, 21, 23 (see paper for details of sites surveyed in Shropshire and into Wales). Distribution. Hewitt et al., 2005: 38 (loc(s) Cumbria). Distribution. Boardman, 2007: 46 (loc(s), map). Distribution. Drake, 2011a: 24 (loc(s) Devon). Distribution. Kramer, 2011j: 14 (loc(s) Leicestershire and Rutland (VC55)). Distribution. Hewitt, 2014: (provisional checklist Cumbrian Diptera). 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. Kramer and Morris, 2022a: 9 (info on the species, on the distr and map of loc(s) Leicestershire and Rutland (VC55)). | | Hungary First record. Stary, 2001b: 201 (loc(s), distr). | | Ireland Distribution. Ashe et al., 2007b: 362, 373, 403 (review Irish records, map). Distribution. Chandler et al., 2008: 9 (checklist). | | Lithuania Distribution. Podeniene and Gelhaus, 2002: 67-72 (loc(s)). Distribution. Podeniene, 2002: 299, 306 (loc(s)). Distribution. Pakalniskis et al., 2006: 20 (checklist). | | Montenegro First record. Kolcsar et al., 2021b: 117 (loc(s)). | | Netherlands Distribution. Jong and Oosterbroek, 2002b: 29 (checklist). | | North Macedonia First record. Kolcsar et al., 2021b: 117 (loc(s)). | | Poland Distribution. Wiedenska, 2007a: 75 (checklist). Distribution. Wiedenska, 2010: 132 (loc(s) Parku Krajobrazowego Wzniesien Lodzkich, Lodz). Distribution. Wiedenska, 2015a: 52 (on the flight activity of Limoniidae in the Kamienica Valley, Gorce National Park, Western Carpathians) (in Polish, tables also in English). Distribution. Wiedenska, 2017a: 15 (faunistic and habitat data of species from the Gorce NP) (in Polish). Distribution. Wiedenska and Syratt, 2023: 135 (loc(s) Bieszczady Mountains, distr and remarks). | | Romania Distribution. Ujvarosi, 2005a: 245 (no details). Distribution. Ujvarosi, 2007: 228-231 (checklist Limoniidae). | | Russia First record. Gavryushin in litt., 2011d: (loc(s) RUC: Moskovskaya oblast). First record. Pilipenko, 2017b: 179 (first published record for Russia: RUC: Moscow Province, Solnechnogorskiy reg., vill. Chashnikovo env.). | | Slovakia Distribution. Stary, 2009d: 28 (loc(s) Polana area). Distribution. Stary, 2009i: webpage (checklist). | | Sweden Distribution. Salmela, 2011b: 116 (loc(s) Skane, distr). | | Switzerland Distribution. Podenas et al., 2006: 64, 95, 255 (map, vertical distr per thermic level). Distribution. Dufour and Merz, 2012: 353 (annotated checklist canton Geneva). | | Turkey First record. Ozgul and Koc, 2012: 747 (first record for Turkey, prov. Kutahya). | | | | Belarus Kolcsar et al., 2021b: month(s): 6. | | Bulgaria Hubenov, 2015: month(s): 6. | | Czech Rep. Stary et al., 2005a: month(s): 4-8. | | France Quindroit, 2020a: month(s): 6. Quindroit, 2020b: month(s): 6. Quindroit and Lemoine, 2022a: month(s): 5. | | Great Britain Godfrey, 2000a: month(s): 6. Kramer, 2011j: month(s): 6-7. | | Hungary Stary, 2001b: month(s): 6. | | Ireland Ashe et al., 2007b: month(s): 5-7. | | Montenegro Kolcsar et al., 2021b: month(s): 5. | | North Macedonia Kolcsar et al., 2021b: month(s): 6. | | Poland Wiedenska, 2015a: month(s): 7. Wiedenska and Syratt, 2023: month(s): 6-9. | | Russia Gavryushin in litt., 2011d: month(s): 6. | | Slovakia Stary, 2009d: month(s): 6. | | Sweden Salmela, 2011b: month(s): 6. | | Switzerland Podenas et al., 2006: month(s): 5-8. | | Turkey Ozgul and Koc, 2012: month(s): 7. | | | | Bulgaria Hubenov, 2015: altitude: 1000 m. Hubenov, 2017: altitude: 1000 m. Hubenov, 2021a: altitude: 1000 m. Hubenov, 2025b: altitude: 1000 m. | | Montenegro Kolcsar et al., 2021b: altitude: 22 m. | | North Macedonia Kolcsar et al., 2021b: altitude: 755 m. | | Poland Wiedenska and Syratt, 2023: altitude: 500-800 m. | | Slovakia Stary, 2009d: altitude: 630-780 m. | | Turkey Ozgul and Koc, 2012: altitude: 1330 m. |
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