Details for Pedicia (Crunobia) littoralis

Name: Pedicia (Crunobia) littoralis (Meigen, 1804) Publication: Klass. Beschr. 1: 56 (as Limonia) Status: Recognized taxon, Synonym(s): binotata (Meigen, 1838); tipulina (Egger, 1863). Classification: Family Pediciidae Subfamily Pediciinae Keys: Mendl, 1974c (yellow European Crunobia species); Peeters en Oosterbroek, 2014a, 2014c, 2016c (craneflies Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg) (in Dutch); Denes et al., 2016a (World species Crunobia); Boardman, 2016 (craneflies Shropshire); Stubbs and Kramer, 2016f; Stubbs, 2021 (British craneflies) Variant spelling(s): litoralis. littotalis habitus male habitus male habitus male habitus male habitus male plus 14 more images of habitus, habitus, habitus, body part(s), hypopygium, hypopygium, hypopygium, hypopygium, hypopygium, wing, wing, habitat, habitat and habitat. Distribution: Austria, Belgium, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Rep., Denmark, France (incl. Corsica), Germany, Great Britain, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Montenegro, Netherlands, North Macedonia, Poland, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden (southern half), Switzerland, Turkey (European part: Kirklareli), Ukraine (Carpathians); Turkey (Asiatic part: see citations for provinces). Region(s): Westpalaearctic General note: For Italy check Stary and Oosterbroek, 1996, and citations below. For Great Britain and Ireland check Stubbs, 2021, and citations below. Map: Podenas et al., 2006 (Switzerland); Boardman, 2007 (Shropshire) Figure references: Habitus: Denes et al., 2016a (male) Wing: Slipka and Stary, 1977b; Podenas et al., 2006 Hypopygium: Mendl, 1974c; Podenas et al., 2006; Denes et al., 2016a; Kramer and Morris, 2021a Citations on biology (mainly from 2000 onward): Bulgaria Habitat. Hubenov, 2025b: suppl: 8 (annotated list Diptera high Bulgarian mts, local distr, habitats and zoogeography). Czech Rep. Habitat. Stary and Vonicka, 2018: 70 (on Limoniidae and Pediciidae of two localities in northern Bohemia, with list of localities, altitudes and habitats). France Habitat. Quindroit, 2020a: 40, 45-48 (annotated list with information on abundancy and habitat of the Tipuloidea of the Pays de la Loire regoin, distr) (in French). Habitat. Labat, 2022: 52-67 (preliminary study on Diptera of riparian corridors at several localities in France; supplements: loc(s) Puy-de-Dome (63)) (in French). Germany Habitat. Reusch and Hohmann, 2009: 130 (from spring brooks). Great Britain Habitat. Godfrey, 1999: 78 (species of small rivers only). Habitat. Godfrey, 2001a: 23. Habitat. Hewitt et al., 2005: 37, 46, 52 (indicator species of exposed riverine sediment habitats: larvae aquatic in streams mainly where the bed is stony and semi-shaded). Habitat. Heaver, 2006: 78 (tufa flushes). Habitat. Boardman, 2007: 37 (the preferred habitats is said to be shallow streams with a stony bottom and flourishing marginal vegetation). Habitat. Kramer, 2007b: 35 (collected at the margin of an unpolluted stream in a forest). Habitat. Kramer, 2008a: 5 (at small stream and area of seepages on lime rich soils). Habitat. Kramer, 2009g: 2 (along boggy margin of stream). Habitat. Cranston and Drake, 2010: 175 (larvae can be found in marginal situations along flowing waters). Habitat. Drake, 2011a: 26 (among the Diptera from a wet Alder [Alnus] wood in Devon). Habitat. Kramer, 2011f: 2 (found at stream margins at a number of sites). Habitat. Kramer, 2011j: 12, 24-25 (a local species occurring near stream margins and having aquatic larvae). Habitat. Stubbs, 2014b: 2 (loc(s) Scotland; see paper for details on habitat). Habitat. Kramer, 2015c: 4 (record of a very small male from the margin of a small river in North Devon with relatively short wings, see photo from Kramer, 2015c). Habitat. Brighton, 2017c: 29, 40 (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. Kolcsar and Keresztes, 2016: 122 (prefers marshy and boggy habitats, but also occurs around brooks and small rivers). Poland Habitat. Wiedenska, 2017a: 26 (faunistic and habitat data of species from the Gorce NP) (in Polish). Romania Habitat. Parvu, 2003: 234. Habitat. Ujvarosi, 2005a: 237, 248 (brook, small rivers, swamps, moist soil, citing various sources). Turkey Habitat. Stary and Oosterbroek, 2008: 18 (Fagus forest). on characters and taxonomy (mainly from 2000 onward): Country not relevant Characters. Frantsevich, 2004: 133-134 (structure of coxa). Phylogeny. Keresztes et al., 2012: 83-112 (on case studies of divergence, distribution, refugia in Pediciidae (Insecta, Diptera) in the Carpathians; see paper for details). Phylogeny. Denes et al., 2016a: 83, 95-98 (used as outgroup in phylogenetic study of the staryi group, key Crunobia). Phylogeny. Denes et al., 2016b: 719-731 (phylogeography of micro-endemic Pedicia staryi group; evidence of relict biodversity in the Carpathinas; see paper for details and Denes et al., 2016a for species descriptions). Great Britain Characters. Kramer, 2015c: 4 (record of a very small male from the margin of a small river in North Devon with relatively short wings, see photo from Kramer, 2015c). Characters. Kramer and Morris, 2021a: 5 (diagnosis, figs). on distribution (mainly from 2000 onward): Austria Distribution. Vogtenhuber and Kofler, 2017: 141 (loc(s) Karnten). Belgium Distribution. Dek and Peeters, 2023b: 145-146 (loc(s) Botanic Garden Jean Massart, Brussels-Capital Region, very rare in Belgium, 3 other recent records (from 2015 on) in the southern half of the country, as documented on www.waarnemingen.be). Bosnia-Herzegowina Distribution. Oosterbroek and Simova-Tosic, 2004: 443 (review literature). Bulgaria Distribution. Hubenov, 2016: 49 (annotated checklist Diptera of the Rila Mountains based on data from the literature). Distribution. Hubenov, 2017: 71 (on vertical distribution in the Pirin and Rila Mts; see paper for details on forests and subalpine-alpine zones, distr). Distribution. Hubenov, 2021a: 39 (checklist with summary of distr in Bulgaria, references). Distribution. Hubenov, 2025b: suppl: 8 (annotated list Diptera high Bulgarian mts, local distr, habitats and zoogeography). Country not relevant Distribution. Keresztes et al., 2012: 83-112 (on case studies of divergence, distribution, refugia in Pediciidae (Insecta, Diptera) in the Carpathians; see paper for details). Distribution. Denes et al., 2016b: 719-731 (phylogeography of micro-endemic Pedicia staryi group; evidence of relict biodversity in the Carpathinas; see paper for details and Denes et al., 2016a for species descriptions). Croatia First record. Stary and Oosterbroek, 2008: 18 (loc(s), distr). Czech Rep. Distribution. Stary et al., 2005b: 32 (loc(s)). Distribution. Stary, 2009j: webpage (checklist). Distribution. Stary and Vonicka, 2018: 70 (on Limoniidae and Pediciidae of two localities in northern Bohemia, with list of localities, altitudes and habitats). Denmark Distribution. Petersen et al., 2001: 157 (checklist). France Distribution. Kramer and Langlois, 2019b: 227 (list of craneflies captured 25-27 june 2019 in Ravin de Valbois, Doubs (25)). Distribution. Quindroit, 2020a: 40, 45-48 (annotated list with information on abundancy and habitat of the Tipuloidea of the Pays de la Loire regoin, distr) (in French). Distribution. Tissot et al., 2021: 210 (the Diptera of the Reserves Naturelles Nationales du Doubs (25), results of Malaise trapping since 2009) (in French). Distribution. Labat, 2022: 52-67 (preliminary study on Diptera of riparian corridors at several localities in France; supplements: loc(s) Puy-de-Dome (63)) (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, 1999: 134 (checklist Bayern). Distribution. Reusch and Oosterbroek, 2000: 163 (checklist German Bundeslander). Distribution. Reusch and Bellstedt, 2001b: 76 (checklist Thuringen). Distribution. Schacht, 2005: 4 (checklist Bayern). Distribution. Reusch and Hohmann, 2009: 130 (loc(s) Sachsen-Anhalt). Distribution. Schacht, 2010: 17 (checklist Diptera Bayern). Distribution. Stuke, 2019: 163 (checklist Niedersachsen and Bremen with reference to original sources). Great Britain Distribution. Godfrey, 2001a: 23 (recorded from sites in Shropshire and just over the country border in Montgmeryshire; see paper for details). Distribution. Hewitt et al., 2005: 37, 46, 52 (loc(s) Cumbria). Distribution. Heaver, 2006: 78 (loc(s) Herefordshire). Distribution. Boardman, 2007: 37 (loc(s), map). Distribution. Kramer, 2007b: 35 (loc(s) Leicestershire). Distribution. Kramer, 2008a: 5 (loc(s) Scotland). Distribution. Kramer, 2008b: 7 (loc(s) Wales). Distribution. Kramer, 2009g: 2 (loc(s) Swansea). Distribution. Skidmore, 2009: 125 (review of occurrence on the Western Isles of Scotland, distr). Distribution. Drake, 2011a: 26 (loc(s) Devon). Distribution. Kramer, 2011f: 2 (loc(s) Devon). Distribution. Kramer, 2011j: 12 (loc(s) Leicestershire and Rutland (VC55)). Distribution. Kramer, 2013i: 6, 8 (loc(s), checklist of species from Leigh Woods NNR, Bristol district). Distribution. Hewitt, 2014: (provisional checklist Cumbrian Diptera). Distribution. Stubbs, 2014b: 2 (loc(s) Scotland; see paper for details on habitat). Distribution. Wolton et al., 2014: 26 (among Diptera associated with a hedge in Devon). Distribution. Kramer, 2015c: 4 (record of a very small male from the margin of a small river in North Devon with relatively short wings, see photo from Kramer, 2015c). Distribution. Brighton, 2017c: 29, 40 (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, 2021a: 5 (info on the species, on the distr and map of loc(s) Leicestershire and Rutland (VC55)). Hungary Distribution. Stary, 2001b: 203 (loc(s), distr). Distribution. Kolcsar and Keresztes, 2016: 122 (loc(s), distr). Ireland Distribution. Ashe et al., 2008: 15 (additional Irish record(s), distr). Distribution. Ashe et al., 2008: 15 (collected in mixed woods). Distribution. Chandler et al., 2008: 8 (checklist). Montenegro Distribution. Oosterbroek and Simova-Tosic, 2004: 443 (review literature). Netherlands Distribution. Jong and Oosterbroek, 2002c: 37 (checklist). North Macedonia Distribution. Oosterbroek and Simova-Tosic, 2004: 443 (review literature). Poland Distribution. Wiedenska, 2007b: 77 (checklist). Distribution. Wiedenska, 2017a: 26 (faunistic and habitat data of species from the Gorce NP) (in Polish). Romania Distribution. Parvu, 2003: 234 (loc(s)). Distribution. Ujvarosi and Stary, 2003: 49 (loc(s), checklist). Distribution. Parvu, 2004: 187 (loc(s)). Distribution. Ujvarosi, 2007: 231-232 (checklist Pediciidae). Distribution. Kolcsar et al., 2012: 25 (checklist Romania). Serbia Distribution. Oosterbroek and Simova-Tosic, 2004: 443 (review literature). Slovakia Distribution. Stary, 2009e: 40 (loc(s) Polana area). Distribution. Stary, 2009j: webpage (checklist). Slovenia Distribution. Oosterbroek and Simova-Tosic, 2004: 443 (review literature). Distribution. Kolcsar et al., 2023b: 32 (loc(s)). Spain First record. Eiroa, 2002b: 65 (checklist, loc(s) Gerona). Sweden Distribution. Cederberg et al., 2010: webpage (red list status Sweden, map, distr). Switzerland Distribution. Podenas et al., 2006: 186, 354 (map, vertical distr per thermic level). Turkey First record. Stary and Oosterbroek, 2008: 18 (loc(s), distr). Distribution. Ozgul and Koc, 2016: 781-782 (loc(s) various provinces in NW Turkey, checklist Turkish Pedicidae with provinces). Distribution. Provinces Asiatic part, 2025: (known from Balikesir, Bolu, Bursa, Canakkale, Kocaeli). on flight period (mainly from 2000 onward): Austria Vogtenhuber and Kofler, 2017: month(s): 6. Belgium Dek and Peeters, 2023b: month(s): 9-10. Bulgaria Hubenov, 2016: month(s): 6. Croatia Stary and Oosterbroek, 2008: month(s): 6. Czech Rep. Stary and Vonicka, 2018: month(s): 7. France Kramer and Langlois, 2019b: month(s): 6. Quindroit, 2020a: month(s): 5. Great Britain Godfrey, 2001a: month(s): 5. Boardman, 2007: month(s): 6-8. Kramer, 2007b: month(s): 10. Kramer, 2008a: month(s): 6. Kramer, 2008b: month(s): 7. Kramer, 2009g: month(s): 7. Kramer, 2011f: month(s): 7. Kramer, 2011j: month(s): 5-7. Kramer, 2013i: month(s): 6. Stubbs, 2014b: month(s): 6. Hungary Stary, 2001b: month(s): 7, 9. Kolcsar and Keresztes, 2016: month(s): 7-10. Ireland Ashe et al., 2008: month(s): 5-6. Poland Wiedenska, 2017a: month(s): 7-8. Romania Parvu, 2003: month(s): 8. Parvu, 2004: month(s): 7. Slovakia Stary, 2009e: month(s): 6-7. Slovenia Kolcsar et al., 2023b: month(s): 7. Spain Eiroa, 2002b: month(s): 7. Switzerland Podenas et al., 2006: month(s): 4-9. Turkey Stary and Oosterbroek, 2008: month(s): 7. Ozgul and Koc, 2016: month(s): 4-8, 10. on altitude (mainly from 2000 onward): Bulgaria Hubenov, 2016: altitude: 1147 m. Hubenov, 2017: altitude: 1147 m. Hubenov, 2021a: altitude: 1147 m. Hubenov, 2025b: altitude: 1147 m. Czech Rep. Stary and Vonicka, 2018: altitude: 460 m. Germany Reusch and Hohmann, 2009: altitude: 435-550 m. Poland Wiedenska, 2017a: altitude: 600-780 m. Romania Ujvarosi and Stary, 2003: altitude: 660 m. Slovakia Stary, 2009e: altitude: 560-650 m. Slovenia Kolcsar et al., 2023b: altitude: 360 m. Spain Eiroa, 2002b: altitude: 1000-1200 m. Turkey Stary and Oosterbroek, 2008: altitude: 850 m. Ozgul and Koc, 2016: altitude: 10-1135 m.