Details for Gonempeda flava
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)
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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)
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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
Citationson biology (mainly from 2000 onward):
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).
on characters and taxonomy (mainly from 2000 onward):
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).
on distribution (mainly from 2000 onward):
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).
on flight period (mainly from 2000 onward):
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.
on altitude (mainly from 2000 onward):
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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