Details for Idioptera sparsipunctum

Name: Idioptera sparsipunctum (Stary, 2009) Publication: Europ. J. Ent. 106: 437 (as Eloeophila) Status: Recognized taxon. Classification: Family Limoniidae Subfamily Limnophilinae Revision: Podenas, 2023 (as Eloeophila). Descriptive note: Type-material: Podenas, 2023. Synonymy of Eloeophila with Idioptera after Santos and Ribeiro, 2024. Keys: Stary, 2009b (European Idioptera) (as Eloeophila) habitus male body part(s) head and antenna body part(s) thorax hypopygium hypopygium plus 5 more images of hypopygium, hypopygium, wing, wing and wing. Distribution: Bulgaria, Romania. Region(s): Westpalaearctic Figure references: Habitus: Podenas, 2023 (male) Head: Podenas, 2023 Wing: Stary, 2009b (orig descr); Kolcsar et al., 2021b; Podenas, 2023 Hypopygium: Stary, 2009b (orig descr); Kolcsar et al., 2021b; Podenas, 2023 Other figures: Podenas, 2023 (thorax) Citations on biology (mainly from 2000 onward): Bulgaria Habitat. Hubenov, 2025b: suppl: 3 (annotated list Diptera high Bulgarian mts, local distr, habitats and zoogeography). on characters and taxonomy (mainly from 2000 onward): Bulgaria New species. Stary, 2009b: 427, 434-438 (type-mat, orig descr, key, comparison, figs). Description. Podenas, 2023: 170-172 (type-mat, descr, figs) (as Eloeophila). Country not relevant Phylogeny. Santos and Ribeiro, 2024: 4-14 (phylogentic analysis of the Idioptera-Eloeophila complex, transferred to Idioptera with Eloeophila as synonym of Idioptera). on distribution (mainly from 2000 onward): Bulgaria First record. Stary, 2009b: 438 (type-loc(s), loc(s), distr). Distribution. Hubenov, 2018a: 15 (on the Diptera of the Vitosha Mt; see paper for details on vegetation belts and local distr). Distribution. Hubenov, 2021a: 30 (checklist with summary of distr in Bulgaria, references). Distribution. Podenas, 2023: 172 (type-loc(s)) (as Eloeophila). Distribution. Hubenov, 2025b: suppl: 3 (annotated list Diptera high Bulgarian mts, local distr, habitats and zoogeography). Romania First record. Kolcsar et al., 2021b: 93-94 (loc(s) Cluj). Distribution. Podenas, 2023: 172 (loc(s) Cibinului Mountains) (as Eloeophila). on flight period (mainly from 2000 onward): Bulgaria Stary, 2009b: month(s): 5-6. Podenas, 2023: month(s): 6. Romania Kolcsar et al., 2021b: month(s): 8. Podenas, 2023: month(s): 6. on altitude (mainly from 2000 onward): Bulgaria Hubenov, 2021a: altitude: 500-1300 m. Hubenov, 2025b: altitude: 500-1300 m. Romania Kolcsar et al., 2021b: altitude: 582 m. Podenas, 2023: altitude: 1219 m.