Details for Tipula (Lunatipula) alpina
Name:Tipula (Lunatipula) alpina Loew, 1873
Publication:Beschr. europ. Dipt. 3: 28 (as Tipula)
Status:Recognized taxon, Synonym(s): brevispina Pierre, 1920.
Classification:Family Tipulidae
Subfamily Tipulinae
Keys:Peeters en Oosterbroek, 2016b (craneflies Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg) (in Dutch); Stubbs and Kramer, 2016d; Stubbs, 2021 (British craneflies)
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Distribution:Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Croatia, Czech Rep., Denmark, France, Germany, Great Britain, Hungary, Italy, Luxembourg, Norway, Poland, Romania (south Carpathians), Slovakia, Slovenia, Sweden (south), Switzerland.
Region(s):Westpalaearctic
General note:For France see Dufour and Brunhes, 1995, and citations below. For Norway check Hofsvang et al., 2019, and citations below. For Great Britain check Stubbs, 2021, and citations below. Removed: Hungary (not confirmed by Martinovsky and Papp, 2001). Records from Sicily refer to charybdis Theischinger.
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references:
Hypopygium: Theischinger, 1979a; Syratt, 2022a
Citationson biology (mainly from 2000 onward):
France
Habitat. Dufour, 2003b: 86 (loc(s) with information on habitat(s)) (in French).
Habitat. Tillier and Dehalleux, 2019: 157 (loc(s) with habitat info, summary habitat).
Habitat. Quindroit, 2020a: 19, 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: 128 (loc(s) Nord (59) with notes on habitats and distr) (in French).
Habitat. Quindroit, 2021a: 36 (loc(s), resultats d une campagne de piegeage dans le Pas-de-Calais (62); see paper for details on habitat).
Germany
Habitat. Heiss, 2017a: 568, 577 (table with details on presence in the various biotop-groups; ein Mannchen wurde auf einer Wiese (gemahtes Mesobromion) am Waldrand gefangen; see paper for details).
Great Britain
Habitat. Stubbs, 1999c: 13 (limestone woods).
Habitat. Howe and Howe, 2001: 35, 40, 44 (restricted to limestone woods).
Habitat. Stubbs, 2003: 41, 44 (soil dwelling larvae need shade, typically occupying rocky parts of a wood).
Habitat. Gibbs, 2008b: 52 (reared from long dead fallen Fagus).
Habitat. Brighton, 2017b: 30, 43 (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. Kramer, 2018f: 1 (collected at calcareous soils).
Habitat. Stubbs, 2018a: 23 (a limestone woodland specialist).
Hungary
Habitat. Kolcsar and Soltesz, 2018: 173 (collected in a Oak-Hornbeam [Quercus-Carpinus] forest).
Italy
Habitat. Oosterbroek, 2007b: 439 (almost exclusively found in wet to semi-dry deciduous forests).
Poland
Biology. Syratt, 2022a: 2-3 (loc(s) Olkusz Upland (Wyżyna Olkuska), forest-meadow ecotone, review habitats citing various authors, period of flight, distr).
Slovenia
Habitat. Oosterbroek, 2009c: 183 (in mixed forest, mainly Fagus, no running water).
on characters and taxonomy (mainly from 2000 onward):
Country not relevant
Characters. Podeniene, 2000: 5 (comparison) (as brevispina).
Poland
Characters. Syratt, 2022a: 2-3 (figs hypopygium).
on distribution (mainly from 2000 onward):
Austria
Distribution. Vogtenhuber, 2011: 47 (checklist Austria, list of provinces).
Distribution. Aistleitner, 2015: 95 (loc(s) Vorarlberg).
Belarus
First record. Palaczyk, 2001: 270 (loc(s)).
Croatia
Distribution. Simova-Tosic and Oosterbroek, 2003: 47 (review literature).
Czech Rep.
Distribution. Stary et al., 2005d: 36 (loc(s)).
Distribution. Stary, 2009k: webpage (checklist).
Denmark
First record. Petersen et al., 2001b: 162 (checklist).
France
Distribution. Dufour, 2003b: 86 (loc(s) with information on habitat(s)) (in French).
Distribution. Tillier and Dehalleux, 2019: 157 (new and published records Ile-de-France).
Distribution. Tillier and Oosterbroek, 2019: 230 (distr Mercantour, citing Dufour 2003b).
Distribution. Quindroit, 2020a: 19, 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: 128 (loc(s) Nord (59) with notes on habitats and distr) (in French).
Distribution. Quindroit, 2021a: 36 (loc(s), resultats d une campagne de piegeage dans le Pas-de-Calais (62); see paper for details on habitat).
Germany
Distribution. Schacht et al., 2001: 426 (loc(s) Bayern).
Distribution. Schacht, 2005: 3 (checklist Bayern).
Distribution. Schacht, 2010: 38 (checklist Diptera Bayern).
Distribution. Wolz, 2016: 3-5 (one of the 13 Tipulidae species of which remains were found in the faeces of the Greater Horshoe Bat (Rhinolophus ferrumequinum) at Hohenburg, Bayern, see photo above of hypopygium fragment by I. Wolz; final report in Wolz, 2018).
Distribution. Heiss, 2017a: 562, 570, 576-577 (loc(s) Dinkelberg, Baden-Wurttemberg; review of distribution, citing varous authors).
Distribution. Heiss et al., 2021: 239-240, 243-244 (found in caves in Hessen and Rheinland-Pfalz, see paper on details of which part of the caves) (in German).
Distribution. Heiss and Malec, 2023: 329 (annotated checklist Hessen).
Great Britain
Distribution. Stubbs, 1999c: 13 (loc(s)).
Distribution. Howe and Howe, 2001: 35, 40, 44 (loc(s)).
Distribution. Stubbs, 2003: 44 (distr in GB).
Distribution. Gibbs, 2008b: 52 (loc(s) Gloucestershire).
Distribution. Spilling, 2012: 15 (loc(s) Summer field meeting Scottish Highlands).
Distribution. Hewitt, 2014: (provisional checklist Cumbrian Diptera).
Distribution. Brighton, 2017b: 30, 43 (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, 2018f: 1 (loc(s) Staffordshire).
Distribution. Stubbs, 2018a: 23 (loc(s) Staffordshire, review British records).
Hungary
First record. Kolcsar and Soltesz, 2018: 172 (loc(s) Pest county).
Italy
Distribution. Oosterbroek, 2007b: 439 (loc(s) Vesuvius, distr).
Luxembourg
First record. Oosterbroek, 2009c: 183 (loc(s)).
Norway
Distribution. Hofsvang et al., 2019: 109, 142-143 (review Norwegian records, annotated checklist Nordic countries and for Norway according to the Strand regions).
Poland
First record. Syratt, 2022a: 2-3 (loc(s) Olkusz Upland (Wyżyna Olkuska), forest-meadow ecotone, review habitats citing various authors, period of flight, distr).
Romania
Distribution. Ujvarosi, 2007: 232-233 (checklist Tipulidae).
Distribution. Torok et al., 2014: 18 (checklist Romania).
Slovakia
Distribution. Stary, 2009k: webpage (checklist).
Slovenia
First record. Oosterbroek, 2009c: 183 (loc(s)).
on flight period (mainly from 2000 onward):
Austria
Aistleitner, 2015: month(s): 7.
Czech Rep.
Stary et al., 2005d: month(s): 6.
France
Dufour, 2003b: month(s): 6-7.
Tillier and Dehalleux, 2019: month(s): 5-6.
Quindroit, 2020a: month(s): 6.
Quindroit, 2020b: month(s): 5.
Germany
Schacht et al., 2001: month(s): 7.
Heiss, 2017a: month(s): 6.
Heiss et al., 2021: month(s): 4, 6.
Great Britain
Stubbs, 1999c: month(s): 6.
Howe and Howe, 2001: month(s): 6.
Stubbs, 2003: month(s): 6.
Gibbs, 2008b: month(s): 6.
Spilling, 2012: month(s): 7.
Kramer, 2018f: month(s): 6.
Stubbs, 2018a: month(s): 6.
Hungary
Kolcsar and Soltesz, 2018: month(s): 5-6.
Luxembourg
Oosterbroek, 2009c: month(s): 6.
Norway
Hofsvang et al., 2019: month(s): 6-8.
Poland
Syratt, 2022a: month(s): 6.
Slovenia
Oosterbroek, 2009c: month(s): 7.
on altitude (mainly from 2000 onward):
Austria
Aistleitner, 2015: altitude: 430-550 m.
France
Dufour, 2003b: altitude: 135-1200 m.
Germany
Heiss, 2017a: altitude: 400 m.
Heiss et al., 2021: altitude: 427 m.
Hungary
Kolcsar and Soltesz, 2018: altitude: 429 m.
Slovenia
Oosterbroek, 2009c: altitude: 900-1100 m.

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