Details for Arctoconopa melampodia

Name: Arctoconopa melampodia (Loew, 1873) Publication: Beschr. europ. Dipt. 3: 48 (as Acyphona) Status: Recognized taxon, Synonym(s): unicolor (Lackschewitz, 1936). Classification: Family Limoniidae Subfamily Chioneinae Keys: Boardman, 2016 (craneflies Shropshire); Stubbs and Kramer, 2016j; Stubbs, 2021 (British craneflies) habitus male body part(s) head and thorax body part(s) head and thorax hypopygium hypopygium plus 5 more images of hypopygium, wing, wing, wing and habitat. Distribution: Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Czech Rep., Denmark, France, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Lithuania, Moldova, Netherlands, North Macedonia, Poland, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Switzerland, Ukraine; Russia: RUC; Turkey (Asiatic part: Aydin, Eskisehir);; Russia: WS/ES (Krasnoyarskiy kray); Kazakhstan (east). Note: see the manual for abbreviations: present-day Russia. Region(s): Westpalaearctic;; Eastpalaearctic General note: For Italy check Stary and Oosterbroek, 1996, and citations below. For Norway check Olsen et al., 2018, and citations below. For Great Britain check Stubbs, 2021, and citations below. To be confirmed for Transcaucasus (TC in Palaearctic Catalogue (Savchenko et al., 1992)) (Lantsov in litt., april 2004). Map: Ozgul et al., 2006 (SW Turkey); Podenas et al., 2006 (Switzerland); Boardman, 2011 (Great Britain) Figure references: Wing: Dek et al., 2014 (after Savchenko, 1982) Hypopygium: Podenas et al., 2006; Dek et al., 2014 Other figures: Podenas et al., 2006 (leg) Miscellaneous Hewitt et al., 2005 (habitat) Citations on biology (mainly from 2000 onward): Great Britain Habitat. Godfrey, 1999: 66, 78 (species of exposed sandy riverine sediments and sandy landslips). Habitat. Howe and Howe, 2001: 36, 41-42, 45. Habitat. Howe et al., 2001: 137, 145-146 (coastal soft clay cliffs). Habitat. Boyce, 2002: 9, 27 (review of seepage invertebrates in England, found at slumping cliff seepages; see paper for details). Habitat. Drake, 2003a: 42 (on a vegetated sandy river bank). Habitat. Stubbs, 2003: 83-84 (there are very few localities, some of which are the muddy edges of small rivers, the only English maritime locality is a soft cliff site at The Spittals, just east of Lyme Regis, Dorset; the paper includes further details on subhabitat preferences). Habitat. Hewitt et al., 2005: 6, 21, 38, 42, 52 (indicator species of exposed riverine sediments habitats, incl. habitat colourphotos: usually found on sandy riverbanks, also found on sandy coastal landslip; larvae possibly develop in wet sand or rotting vegetation). Habitat. Brighton, 2017b: 25, 32 (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. Cunningham, 2017: 16 (collected at the active coastal chalky landslips at Ware Cliffs, Devon). Habitat. Kramer, 2017b: 2 (common at the soft cliffs from Axmouth to Lyme, Devon). Habitat. Cunningham et al., 2020: 5 (recorded on The Spittals on 22 May 2019, just into Dorset, as one of the most easily located craneflies on the parts that look like a builder s yard consisting of bare sand and bouldery clay, slipped from the cliffs in the most recent storms). Hungary Habitat. Ujvarosi, 2004: 118 (near streams). Netherlands Habitat. Dek et al., 2014: 22 (review habitats, citing various authors) (in Dutch). Turkey Habitat. Ozgul et al., 2006: 210 (among herbaceous plants along a mountain stream in a mixed forest). on characters and taxonomy (mainly from 2000 onward): Netherlands Characters. Dek et al., 2014: 22 (characters, colour photos [included above])) (in Dutch). on distribution (mainly from 2000 onward): Belarus First record. Kolcsar et al., 2021b: 14 (loc(s) Gomel region). Bulgaria Distribution. Hubenov, 2021a: 31 (checklist with summary of distr in Bulgaria, references). Czech Rep. Distribution. Stary, 2006c: 135 (loc(s), distr). Distribution. Stary, 2009i: webpage (checklist). Denmark Distribution. Petersen and de Jong, 2001b: 148 (checklist). France Distribution. Quindroit, 2023: 61 (loc(s) Alpes-de-Haute-Provence (04), distr). Germany Distribution. Reusch and Oosterbroek, 2000: 156 (checklist German Bundeslander). Great Britain Distribution. Cole, 1999: 30 (loc(s)). Distribution. Godfrey, 1999: 66, 78 (loc(s)). Distribution. Howe and Howe, 2001: 36, 41-42, 45 (loc(s)). Distribution. Howe et al., 2001: 137, 145-146 (loc(s)). Distribution. Boyce, 2002: 9, 27 (review of seepage invertebrates in England, found at slumping cliff seepages; see paper for details). Distribution. Drake, 2003a: 42 (loc(s)). Distribution. Stubbs, 2003: 84 (distr in GB). Distribution. Hewitt et al., 2005: 6, 21, 38, 42, 52 (loc(s) Cumbria). Distribution. Kramer, 2008d: 1-2 (historical and recent records Scotland). Distribution. Boardman, 2011: 1, 6 (loc(s) Shropshire, map GB). Distribution. Hewitt, 2014: (provisional checklist Cumbrian Diptera). Distribution. Brighton, 2017b: 25, 32 (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. Cunningham, 2017: 16 (collected at the active coastal chalky landslips at Ware Cliffs, Devon). Distribution. Kramer, 2017b: 2 (common at the soft cliffs from Axmouth to Lyme, Devon). Distribution. Cunningham et al., 2020: 5 (recorded on The Spittals on 22 May 2019, just into Dorset, as one of the most easily located craneflies on the parts that look like a builder s yard consisting of bare sand and bouldery clay, slipped from the cliffs in the most recent storms). Greece First record. Kolcsar et al., 2021b: 14-15 (loc(s) Peloponnisos). Hungary First record. Ujvarosi, 2004: 118 (loc(s), distr). Kazakhstan First record. Devyatkov, 2020b: 218 (loc(s) East Kazakhstan, distr) (in Russian). Lithuania Distribution. Pakalniskis et al., 2006: 17 (checklist). Netherlands First record. Dek et al., 2014: 21 (loc(s) Zeeland, distr) (in Dutch). North Macedonia Distribution. Oosterbroek and Simova-Tosic, 2004: 443 (review literature). Norway Misinterpretation. Olsen et al., 2018: 151 (for reasons outlined deleted from the list of Norwegian Limoniidae). Poland Distribution. Wiedenska, 2007a: 74 (checklist). Distribution. Wiedenska and Syratt, 2023: 133 (loc(s) Bieszczady Mountains, distr and remarks). Slovakia Distribution. Stary, 2009i: webpage (checklist). Slovenia Distribution. Oosterbroek and Simova-Tosic, 2004: 443 (review literature). Spain First record. Stary and Oosterbroek, 2008: 2 (loc(s) Granada, distr). Switzerland Distribution. Podenas et al., 2006: 13, 199 (map, vertical distr per thermic level). Turkey First record. Ozgul et al., 2006: 210 (loc(s), map). Distribution. Ozgul et al., 2009: 63 (survey provinces SW Turkey). Distribution. Bilgin et al., 2015: 5, 8 (loc(s) Eskisehir, distr) (in Turkish). on flight period (mainly from 2000 onward): Belarus Kolcsar et al., 2021b: month(s): 6-7. Czech Rep. Stary, 2006c: month(s): 6. France Quindroit, 2023: month(s): 5. Great Britain Howe and Howe, 2001: month(s): 6. Drake, 2003a: month(s): 5. Boardman, 2011: month(s): 4. Cunningham, 2017: month(s): 6. Kramer, 2017b: month(s): 6. Cunningham et al., 2020: month(s): 5. Greece Kolcsar et al., 2021b: month(s): 5. Hungary Ujvarosi, 2004: month(s): 5-7. Kazakhstan Devyatkov, 2020b: month(s): 6. Netherlands Dek et al., 2014: month(s): 5. Poland Wiedenska and Syratt, 2023: month(s): 7. Spain Stary and Oosterbroek, 2008: month(s): 4. Switzerland Podenas et al., 2006: month(s): 5. Turkey Ozgul et al., 2006: month(s): 5. on altitude (mainly from 2000 onward): Bulgaria Hubenov, 2021a: altitude: 500 m. France Quindroit, 2023: altitude: 500 m. Greece Kolcsar et al., 2021b: altitude: 97 m. Kazakhstan Devyatkov, 2020b: altitude: 300-862 m. Poland Wiedenska and Syratt, 2023: altitude: 500 m. Spain Stary and Oosterbroek, 2008: altitude: 300 m. Turkey Ozgul et al., 2006: altitude: 1000 m.