Details for Tipula (Yamatotipula) pierrei | Name: | Tipula (Yamatotipula) pierrei Tonnoir, 1921 | | Publication: | In: Goetghebuer and Tonnoir, 1921, Bull. Soc. Ent. Belg. 3: 117 (as Tipula) | | Status: | Recognized taxon, Synonym(s): solstitialis Westhoff, 1879; mongolica Alexander, 1922; ferruginea Lackschewitz, 1923; morigera Alexander, 1934. | | Classification: | Family Tipulidae Subfamily Tipulinae
| | Descriptive note: | Synonymy: Goetghebuer, 1923; Alexander, 1936g. | | Keys: | Peeters en Oosterbroek, 2014d (craneflies Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg) (in Dutch); Boardman, 2016 (craneflies Shropshire); Stubbs and Kramer, 2016d; Stubbs, 2021 (British craneflies) |  |  |  |  |  |
habitus male | habitus male | habitus male | habitus female | habitus female |
plus 23 more images of habitus, habitus, 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, ovipositor, wing, wing, habitat, habitat and habitat. | | | | Distribution: | Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Czech Rep., Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Great Britain, Hungary, Ireland, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Sweden, Switzerland, Ukraine; Russia: RUN, RUW, RUC, RUE, RUS;; Russia: WS, ES, FE (incl. Sakhalin (Kuril Is)); Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan; Mongolia, China (see citations for provinces). Note: see the manual for abbreviations: present-day Russia. | | Region(s): | Westpalaearctic;; Eastpalaearctic | | General note: | For France check Dufour et Brunhes, 1990. For Finland check Salmela, 2012b, 2012c, and citations below. For Norway check Hofsvang et al., 2019, and citations below. For Great Britain and Ireland check Stubbs, 2021, and citations below. Distribution in west of former USSR to be checked. Record by Benka et al., 2023, from Morocco, High Atlas, based on larvae to be confirmed (it seems unlikely given the distribution of the species). | | Map: | Ashe et al., 2007a (Ireland); Boardman, 2007 (Shropshire) | Figure references: | Habitus: Quindroit, 2020a (male, female) Wing: Alexander, 1934a (as morigera) Hypopygium: Alexander, 1934a (as morigera); Stary and Martinovsky, 1969
Immature stages Larva: Podeniene, 2003a
Miscellaneous Quindroit and Racine, 2025 (habitat)
| | | | Citations | | | France Habitat. Tillier and Dehalleux, 2019: 173 (en bord d etang, summary habitat) (in French). Habitat. Quindroit, 2020a: 25, 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: 131 (loc(s) Nord (59) and Pas-de-Calais (62) with notes on habitats and distr) (in French). Habitat. Herbrecht et al., 2021: 58 (loc(s) Loire-Atlantique (44) based on malaise-trapping with notes on habitats) (in French). Habitat. Quindroit and Lemoine, 2021a: 24 (loc(s), resultats de deux campagnes de piegeage dans le Pas-de-Calais (62); see paper for details on habitat). Habitat. Quindroit and Lemoine, 2022a: 21 (loc(s) Somme (80) with notes on habitats and distr) (in French). | | Germany Habitat. Schacht et al., 2001: 430 (abbreviated habitat information). Habitat. Heiss and Bellstedt, 2003: 226 (besonnter Feldwieher und uberschwemmte Wiese). Habitat. Heiss and Merkel-Wallner, 2013: 21-24 (loc(s) Bayern, table with Malaise trap habitats and species; see paper for details). Habitat. Heiss, 2017a: 563, 566, 568, 571 (loc(s) Dinkelberg, Baden-Wurttemberg and table with details on presence in the various biotop-groups, mainly or exclusively found in open wet biotops). | | Great Britain Biology. Stubbs, 2003: 24, 28 (habitat: strong populations are found on inland washes, scarcer on non-flood levels, occurs also at muddy lake margins; larvae and adults probably provide a significant food resource for birds). Habitat. Boardman, 2007: 33 (habitats include pond and lake margins and grazing levels along river valleys). Habitat. Cranston and Drake, 2010: 175 (larvae can be found in marginal situations along standing waters). Habitat. Kramer, 2011f: 2 (found along a grazing levels ditch). Habitat. Stubbs, 2014b: 2 (loc(s) Scotland; see paper for details on habitat). Habitat. Stubbs, 2015: 26 (at the water edge of a lake). Habitat. Brighton, 2017c: 31, 45 (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. Stubbs, 2017: 29 (north of Aberystwych; in a wet field). Habitat. Kramer and Morris, 2021b: 22 (info on the species, on the distr and map of loc(s) Leicestershire and Rutland (VC55); the aquatic larvae are found on grazing levels as well as pond and lake margins). | | Lithuania Habitat. Podeniene, 2003a: 1-295 (larva, descr, figs, habitat) (in Lithuanian). Habitat. Podeniene, 2003b: 12, 21, 22 (larval habitat: sand in littoral zone of lakes, mud in bogs of low lying woody swamps, mud on swampy riversides). | | Mongolia Biology. Saaya, 2004: 117 (ecology) (in Russian). Habitat. Gelhaus and Podenas, 2006: 280-291, 294, 298 (found developing in grassy margins of the Hovsgol lake). Habitat. Yadamsuren et al., 2015: 474 (riparian zone of rivers). | | Russia Habitat. Kolpakov and Saaya, 2004: 46 (a single larva found, in low flood plain of the Shivilig-Hem river). Biology. Lantsov and Saaya, 2006: 47-49 (Tuva, biology, review literature) (in Russian). Habitat. Saaya, 2010b: 1-17 (on the Tipulidae of Tuva: fauna, ecology and distribution) (in Russian). Habitat. Chuzhekova, 2015: 211 (on macrozoobenthos communities in spring brooks of Middle Volga) (PhD thesis, in Russian, 242 pages; for English summary see Chuzhekova, 2016, 37 pages). Habitat. Paramonov and Korobkov, 2019: 101 (loc(s) RUC: Tverskaya oblast, distr, habitat, citing various authors) (in Russian). Habitat. Saaya and Dragan, 2022: 96, 97 (collected in a foodplain and a swampy meadow, details on p. 96). | | | | Country not relevant Phylogeny. Boldgiv, 2006: 96-154 (one of the 84 morphological taxa from northern Mongolia in a consistency test of morphology based species identification of crane flies against DNA-barcoding identification using 536-base-pair sequence profiles of the COI gene, also known as the DNA barcode). Characters. Men et al., 2015a: 333-336 (comparison in relation to semen pump, figs). | | Great Britain Characters. Kramer and Morris, 2021b: 22 (diagnosis, fig(s)). | | Lithuania Immatures. Podeniene, 2003a: 1-295 (larva, descr, figs, habitat) (in Lithuanian). | | Mongolia Characters. Podenas et al., 2013: 117 (showing darker body colouration at higher altitudes). | | | | Austria Distribution. Vogtenhuber, 2011: 53 (checklist Austria, list of provinces). Distribution. Heiss et al., 2016: 80, 81 (loc(s) 4 Bundeslander, distr). | | Belgium Distribution. Martens et al., 2014: 114, 123 (loc(s) Oost-Vlaanderen). | | Channel Is Distribution. Stubbs, 2022b: 5 (on a collection of craneflies from Jersey, collected between 1985 and 2002 by Tony Warne). | | China Distribution. Provinces Eastpalaearctic part, 2025: (known from Heilongjiang [Mannheims, 1952], Inner Mongolia [Yao et al., 1991], Qinghai, Xinjiang). | | Czech Rep. Distribution. Stary et al., 2005d: 37 (loc(s)). Distribution. Stary, 2009k: webpage (checklist). | | Denmark Distribution. Petersen et al., 2001b: 163 (checklist). | | Finland Distribution. Salmela, 2002: 30-32 (loc(s) lake Iidesjarvi) (in Finnish). Distribution. Salmela, 2012b: 242 (annotated list of Finnish crane flies). Distribution. Salmela and Petrasiunas, 2014: 35 (checklist Finnish Tipulomorpha). | | France Distribution. Tillier and Dehalleux, 2019: 173 (first records for Ile-de-France, loc(s) Yvelines (78), Essonne (91) and Val-d’Oise (95)). Distribution. Quindroit, 2020a: 25, 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: 131 (loc(s) Nord (59) and Pas-de-Calais (62) with notes on habitats and distr) (in French). Distribution. Herbrecht et al., 2021: 58 (loc(s) Loire-Atlantique (44) based on malaise-trapping with notes on habitats) (in French). Distribution. Quindroit and Lemoine, 2021a: 24 (loc(s), resultats de deux campagnes de piegeage dans le Pas-de-Calais (62); see paper for details on habitat). Distribution. Quindroit and Lemoine, 2022a: 21 (loc(s) Somme (80) with notes on habitats and distr) (in French). Distribution. Quindroit and Lemoine, 2022a: 35 (table specifying the presence in the five departments of the Hauts-de-France region). Distribution. Quindroit, 2022a: 25-28 (additions to the annotated list of the Tipuloidea of Pays de la Loire as given in Quindroit, 2020a). Distribution. Tillier et al., 2023: 179 (loc(s) Doubs (25) and Jura (39), with list of altitude(s) and habitat(s)) (in French). Distribution. Quindroit and Racine, 2025: 357 (table specifying the presence in the five departments of the Pays de la Loire region). | | Germany Distribution. Schacht et al., 2001: 430 (loc(s) Bayern). Distribution. Heiss and Bellstedt, 2003: 226 (loc(s) Thuringen). Distribution. Heiss, 2003: 12, 15 (checklist Thuringen). Distribution. Schacht, 2005: 4 (checklist Bayern). Distribution. Hable et al., 2010b: 90 (loc(s) Bayern). Distribution. Schacht, 2010: 39 (checklist Diptera Bayern). Distribution. Heiss and Merkel-Wallner, 2013: 21-24 (loc(s) Bayern, table with Malaise trap habitats and species; see paper for details). Distribution. Heiss et al., 2017: 172 (loc(s) Thuringen). Distribution. Heiss, 2017a: 563, 566, 568, 571 (loc(s) Dinkelberg, Baden-Wurttemberg and table with details on presence in the various biotop-groups, mainly or exclusively found in open wet biotops). Distribution. Heiss, 2017b: 23 (checklist Tipulidae Thuringen). Distribution. Heiss et al., 2019: 254 (annotated checklist of the Tipulidae of Niedersachsen and Bremen, including the presence in the surrounding Bundeslandern and the Netherlands) (in German). Distribution. Heiss, 2019: 38, 44 (loc(s) and checklist Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, see paper for further details). Distribution. Stuke, 2019: 241 (checklist Niedersachsen and Bremen with reference to original sources). Distribution. Stuke et al., 2020: 291 (loc(s) Niedersachsen). Distribution. Heiss and Malec, 2023: 330 (annotated checklist Hessen). | | Great Britain Distribution. Merrifield and Merrifield, 2006b: 184 (loc(s) Ruislip Woods, Ruislip Lido (TQ087892)). Distribution. Boardman, 2007: 33 (loc(s), map). Distribution. Kramer, 2011f: 2 (loc(s) Devon). Distribution. Drake, 2014: 23 (loc(s) Gwynedd). Distribution. Hewitt, 2014: (provisional checklist Cumbrian Diptera). Distribution. Kramer, 2014c: 4 (in table of cranefly species recorded at Shapwick Heath NNR, as given in H. Audcent, 1949 and/or collected by J. Kramer in 2013). Distribution. Stubbs, 2014b: 2 (loc(s) Scotland; see paper for details on habitat). Distribution. Chandler, 2015: 89 (loc(s) Bushy Park, Middlesex). Distribution. Stubbs, 2015: 26 (loc(s) Nottingham). Distribution. Drake, 2016: 22 (study on the relative importance to Diptera of pasture and ditch margins on Catcott Reserve, Somerset). Distribution. Showers, 2016: 2 (loc(s) Northamptonshire). Distribution. Stubbs, 2016b: 14 (loc(s) Kent). Distribution. Brighton, 2017c: 31, 45 (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. Stubbs, 2017: 29 (north of Aberystwych; in a wet field). Distribution. Kramer, 2018f: 1 (loc(s) Staffordshire). Distribution. Kramer and Morris, 2021b: 22 (info on the species, on the distr and map of loc(s) Leicestershire and Rutland (VC55); the aquatic larvae are found on grazing levels as well as pond and lake margins). | | Hungary Distribution. Toth, 2001a: 378 (literature records Somogy county). | | Ireland Distribution. Ashe et al., 2007a: 302, 341-342, 355 (review Irish records, map). Distribution. Chandler et al., 2008: 7 (checklist). | | Kazakhstan Distribution. Devyatkov, 2008: 139 (loc(s) East Kazakhstan, distr) (in Russian). Distribution. Devyatkov, 2022b: 28 (loc(s) East Kazakhstan, distr) (in Russian). | | Kyrgyzstan First record. Pilipenko, 2005: 162 (loc(s)). | | Lithuania Distribution. Pakalniskis et al., 2006: 29 (checklist). | | Mongolia Distribution. Saaya, 2004: 117 (loc(s), distr). Distribution. Boldgiv, 2006: 153 (loc(s)). Distribution. Gelhaus and Podenas, 2006: 280-291, 294, 298 (loc(s)). Distribution. Podenas et al., 2013: 112-113, 117 (on the history of crane fly studies in Mongolia; loc(s)). Distribution. Yadamsuren et al., 2015: 474 (loc(s) Mongolia). | | Morocco Distribution not confirmed. Benka et al., 2023: 6 (loc(s) High Atlas with list of habitats) (based on larvae and to be confirmed (it seems unlikely given the distribution of the species). | | Netherlands First record. Theowald, 1952c: 148 (XXX) (as solstitialis). Distribution. Jong and Oosterbroek, 2002d: 42 (checklist). Distribution. Wielink and Spijkers, 2013: 210 (loc(s) Noord-Brabant, at light). Distribution. Oosterbroek, 2014: 258 (loc(s) Friesland). Distribution. Barendregt et al., 2019: 13 (loc(s) Vijheerenlanden). Distribution. Oosterbroek and Dek, 2020: 19 (Limoniidae and Tipulidae Nationaal Park Hollandse Duinen in 2018, Zuid-Holland). Distribution. Oosterbroek and Jong, 2020: 46 (Tipulidae Kaaistoep, Noord-Brabant). | | Norway Distribution. Hofsvang et al., 2019: 138, 144-145 (review Norwegian records, annotated checklist Nordic countries and for Norway according to the Strand regions). | | Poland Distribution. Skibinska and Chudzicke, 2007b: 78 (checklist). | | Romania Distribution. Ujvarosi, 2007: 232-233 (checklist Tipulidae). Distribution. Torok et al., 2014: 20 (checklist Romania). | | Russia Distribution. Zaika and Saaya, 2003: 123 (loc(s) Tuva). Distribution. Kolpakov and Saaya, 2004: 46 (loc(s) Tuva). Distribution. Lantsov and Saaya, 2006: 47-49 (loc(s) Tuva, distr, review literature) (in Russian). Distribution. Paramonov, 2006a: 149 (loc(s) RUC: Ulyanovskaya oblast, distr). Distribution. Pilipenko, 2009a: 219 (annotated checklist Tipulidae Central European Territory, loc(s) RUC, distr). Distribution. Saaya, 2010b: 1-17 (on the Tipulidae of Tuva: fauna, ecology and distribution) (in Russian). Distribution. Barkalov and Saaya, 2014: 66 (references Altay) (in Russian). Distribution. Paramonov and Klepikov, 2014: 38 (loc(s) Yaroslavskaya oblast). Distribution. Chuzhekova, 2015: 211 (on macrozoobenthos communities in spring brooks of Middle Volga) (PhD thesis, in Russian, 242 pages; for English summary see Chuzhekova, 2016, 37 pages). Distribution. Paramonov, 2015: 70 (loc(s) RUS: Saratovskaya oblast) (in Russian). Distribution. Paramonov and Pilipenko, 2016: 102 (loc(s) RUC: Tverskaya oblast) (in Russian). Distribution. Paramonov, 2018b: 63 (loc(s) RUS: Saratovskaya oblast) (in Russian). Distribution. Paramonov and Korobkov, 2019: 101 (loc(s) RUC: Tverskaya oblast, distr, habitat, citing various authors) (in Russian). Distribution. Pilipenko et al., 2020: 367 (loc(s) RUC: Mordoviya Rep., distr). Distribution. Saaya, 2020: 248 (loc(s) Krasnoyarskiy kray, Western Sayan Range; distr). Distribution. Saaya and Dragan, 2022: 97 (loc(s) WS: Khakasiya Rep., distr). Distribution. Devyatkov and Dubatolov, 2025: 42 (loc(s) Khabarovskiy kray, Bolshekhekhtsirsky Nature Reserve, distr) (in Russian). | | Serbia Distribution. Simova-Tosic and Oosterbroek, 2003: 57 (review literature). | | Slovakia Distribution. Stary, 2009k: webpage (checklist). | | Slovenia First record. Simova-Tosic and Oosterbroek, 2003: 57 (loc(s)). | | | | Austria Heiss et al., 2016: month(s): 5-9. | | Belgium Martens et al., 2014: month(s): 8-9. | | Channel Is Stubbs, 2022b: month(s): 6. | | Czech Rep. Stary et al., 2005d: month(s): 4-5. | | France Tillier and Dehalleux, 2019: month(s): 5, 8. Quindroit, 2020a: month(s): 4-6, 9. Quindroit, 2020b: month(s): 4-5, 9. Quindroit and Lemoine, 2022a: month(s): 7. Tillier et al., 2023: month(s): 4-6. | | Germany Schacht et al., 2001: month(s): 5-7, 9. Heiss and Bellstedt, 2003: month(s): 5, 7-9. Heiss and Merkel-Wallner, 2013: month(s): 5-8. Heiss et al., 2017: month(s): 5. Heiss, 2017a: month(s): 4. Heiss, 2019: month(s): 5, 7, 9. | | Great Britain Merrifield and Merrifield, 2006b: month(s): 8. Drake, 2014: month(s): 7. Kramer, 2014c: month(s): 8. Stubbs, 2014b: month(s): 6. Chandler, 2015: month(s): 6. Stubbs, 2015: month(s): 7. Stubbs, 2016b: month(s): 7. Stubbs, 2017: month(s): 6. Kramer, 2018f: month(s): 6. Kramer and Morris, 2021b: month(s): 5. | | Ireland Ashe et al., 2007a: month(s): 5-7, 9. | | Kazakhstan Devyatkov, 2008: month(s): 5-8. Devyatkov, 2022b: month(s): 5-8. | | Kyrgyzstan Pilipenko, 2005: month(s): 9. | | Netherlands Wielink and Spijkers, 2013: month(s): 5, 8-9. Oosterbroek and Dek, 2020: month(s): 6, 8-9. | | Norway Hofsvang et al., 2019: month(s): 5-9. | | Russia Zaika and Saaya, 2003: month(s): 6, 8. Lantsov and Saaya, 2006: month(s): 5-8. Pilipenko, 2009a: month(s): 5, 7-8. Paramonov and Klepikov, 2014: month(s): 7. Paramonov, 2015: month(s): 8. Paramonov and Pilipenko, 2016: month(s): 8-9. Paramonov, 2018b: month(s): 7. Paramonov and Korobkov, 2019: month(s): 5, 7-8. Pilipenko et al., 2020: month(s): 8. Saaya, 2020: month(s): 6-8. Saaya and Dragan, 2022: month(s): 6-7. Devyatkov and Dubatolov, 2025: month(s): 5-6, 8-9. | | | | Germany Heiss et al., 2017: altitude: 525 m. | | Kazakhstan Devyatkov, 2022b: altitude: 240-727 m. | | Russia Paramonov, 2015: altitude: 302 m. Saaya and Dragan, 2022: altitude: 292-304 m. Devyatkov and Dubatolov, 2025: altitude: 80 m. |
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