Details for Idiocera (Idiocera) sziladyi

Name: Idiocera (Idiocera) sziladyi (Lackschewitz, 1940) Publication: Annln Naturh. Mus. Wien 50: 54 (as Gonomyia) Status: Recognized taxon, Synonym(s): sanaanensis Hancock, 2006. Classification: Family Limoniidae Subfamily Chioneinae Descriptive note: See sarobiensis. Synonymy: Hancock, 2011b. Keys: Stubbs and Kramer, 2016j; Stubbs, 2021 (British craneflies); Stary, 2020b (Europe, males Idiocera (Idiocera)) (see also modfication in Quindroit and Racine, 2025) habitus male habitus male body part(s) head and thorax hypopygium hypopygium plus 8 more images of hypopygium, hypopygium, hypopygium, wing, wing, wing, habitat and habitat. Distribution: Bulgaria, Czech Rep., Finland, France (incl. Corsica), Germany (Sachsen-Anhalt), Great Britain, Italy (Piemonte), Lithuania, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Spain (Ciudad Real, Malaga, Canary Is [Fuerteventura, La Palma]); Morocco, Algeria, Egypt;; Yemen. Region(s): Westpalaearctic;; Afrotropic General note: For Canary Is, incl. key, check Jong, 1987b, and citations below. For Portugal check Oosterbroek et al., 2020, and citations below. For Great Britain check Stubbs, 2021, and citations below. For Morocco check Kettani and Oosterbroek, 2022a, and citations below. Removed: France (see Quindroit, 2022a). Map: Quindroit and Racine, 2025 Biology: Stary, 1998b (habitat). Figure references: Habitus: Viitanen et al., 2024 (male); Quindroit and Racine, 2025 (male) Head: Quindroit and Racine, 2025 Wing: Markeviciute, 2019; Quindroit and Racine, 2025 Hypopygium: Hancock, 2006 (as sanaanensis); Reusch et al., 2009; Markeviciute, 2019; Viitanen et al., 2024; Quindroit and Racine, 2025 Other figures: Quindroit and Racine, 2025 (thorax) Miscellaneous Stary and Delmastro, 2001 (habitat) Citations on biology (mainly from 2000 onward): Bulgaria Habitat. Hubenov, 2025a: suppl: 3 (annotated list Diptera Stara Planina Mts, local distr, habitats and zoogeography). Habitat. Hubenov, 2025b: suppl: 6 (annotated list Diptera high Bulgarian mts, local distr, habitats and zoogeography). Czech Rep. Habitat. Stary and Vonicka, 2018: 56 (local, ecologically significant species, associated with sandy or gravelly banks of larger streams). Finland Habitat. Viitanen et al., 2024: 26 (loc(s) EK: Hamina, habitats, distribution) (in Finnish). France Habitat. Quindroit et al., 2023: 500 (on Corsica collected from an open riparian zone, with old Poplars [Populus] and grassy vegetation). Habitat. Quindroit and Racine, 2025: 338-340 (annotated list with information on abundancy and habitat of the Tipuloidea of the Pays de la Loire region, first record for mainland France, distr) (in French). Germany Habitat. Reusch et al., 2009: 396-397 (review habitats, citing various authors). Great Britain Habitat. Cranston and Drake, 2010: 175 (Idiocera larvae can be found in marginal situations along flowing waters [no species mentioned]). Italy Habitat. Stary and Delmastro, 2001: 453-454 (habitat with photo: collected on gravel shore among shrubs of Salix and at edge of narrow Robinia-Salix-Sambucus forest along river Po). Morocco Habitat. Driauach and Belqat, 2016: 136 (loc(s) Rif Mts with list of habitats). Spain Habitat. Stary and Oosterbroek, 2008: 5 (deciduous forest and lakes). on characters and taxonomy (mainly from 2000 onward): Country not relevant Synonymy. Hancock, 2011b: 687 (sanaanensis is junior synonym of sziladyi). Characters. Quindroit, 2022a: 16 (characters and comparison with alexanderiana). Characters. Quindroit and Racine, 2025: 338-339, 354-355 (comparison with I. alexandriana, incl figs and key) (in French). Egypt Key. Stary and Freidberg, 2007: 321-322 (key). Lithuania Characters. Markeviciute, 2019: 106 (diagnosis, figs). Characters. Markeviciute, 2019: 106 (diagnosis, figs). Portugal Characters. Ferreira et al., 2021: 5 (barcoding based on material mentioned in Oosterbroek et al. 2020). Yemen Taxonomy. Hancock, 2006: 361-362 (sanaanensis: type-mat, orig descr, comparison, figs) (see Hancock, 2011b for synonymy with sziladyi). on distribution (mainly from 2000 onward): Bulgaria Distribution. Hubenov, 2018b: 124 (review loc(s) Vrachanska Planina Mts). Distribution. Hubenov, 2021a: 35 (checklist with summary of distr in Bulgaria, references). Distribution. Hubenov, 2025a: suppl: 3 (annotated list Diptera Stara Planina Mts, local distr, habitats and zoogeography). Distribution. Hubenov, 2025b: suppl: 6 (annotated list Diptera high Bulgarian mts, local distr, habitats and zoogeography). Czech Rep. Distribution. Stary, 2006c: 135 (loc(s), distr). Distribution. Stary, 2009i: webpage (checklist). Distribution. Stary and Vonicka, 2018: 56 (on Limoniidae and Pediciidae of two localities in northern Bohemia, with list of localities, altitudes and habitats). Egypt Distribution. Stary and Freidberg, 2007: 321-322 (loc(s), distr). Finland First record. Viitanen et al., 2024: 26 (loc(s) EK: Hamina, habitats, distribution) (in Finnish). France Misinterpretation. Kolcsar et al., 2021b: 131 (misidentified, refers to alexanderiana (see Quindroit, 2022a)). First record. Quindroit et al., 2023: 500 (loc(s), first record for France and Corsica, distr). Distribution. Quindroit and Racine, 2025: 338-340 (annotated list with information on abundancy and habitat of the Tipuloidea of the Pays de la Loire region, first record for mainland France, distr) (in French). Distribution. Quindroit and Racine, 2025: 358 (table specifying the presence in the five departments of the Pays de la Loire region). Germany First record. Reusch et al., 2009: 396-397 (loc(s) Sachsen-Anhalt, distr). Great Britain First record. Chandler, 1998: XXX (checklist GB) (as connexa; see Chandler, 1999a). Italy First record. Stary and Delmastro, 2001: 453-454 (loc(s), distr). Lithuania First record. Markeviciute, 2019: 105-106 (loc(s) Panevezys district). Morocco First record. Driauach and Belqat, 2016: 136 (loc(s) Rif Mts with list of habitats). Distribution. Kettani and Oosterbroek, 2022a: 22 (annotated checklist, with review loc(s) and/or references). Portugal First record. Stary, 2014b: 85 (loc(s) Faro). Distribution. Oosterbroek et al., 2020: 322 (loc(s) Guarda, Castelo Branco and Faro, distr). Romania Distribution. Ujvarosi, 2007: 228-231 (checklist Limoniidae). Slovakia Distribution. Stary, 2009i: webpage (checklist). Spain Distribution. Eiroa and Baez, 2002a: 54 (checklist). Distribution. Baez and Garcia, 2004: 270 (lista de especies silvestres de Canarias, new for La Palma). Distribution. Stary and Oosterbroek, 2008: 5 (loc(s) mainland, distr). Distribution. Stary, 2014b: 85 (loc(s) Malaga). Yemen First record. Hancock, 2006: 361-362 (type-loc(s) sanaanensis). on flight period (mainly from 2000 onward): Czech Rep. Stary, 2006c: month(s): 6. Stary and Vonicka, 2018: month(s): 5. Egypt Stary and Freidberg, 2007: month(s): 8. Finland Viitanen et al., 2024: month(s): 9. France Quindroit et al., 2023: month(s): 6. Quindroit and Racine, 2025: month(s): 9. Germany Reusch et al., 2009: month(s): 8. Italy Stary and Delmastro, 2001: month(s): 6. Lithuania Markeviciute, 2019: month(s): 7. Markeviciute, 2019: month(s): 7. Markeviciute, 2019: month(s): 7. Morocco Driauach and Belqat, 2016: month(s): 5. Portugal Stary, 2014b: month(s): 3-4. Oosterbroek et al., 2020: month(s): 5, 10. Spain Stary and Oosterbroek, 2008: month(s): 4. Stary, 2014b: month(s): 3-4. Yemen Hancock, 2006: month(s): 6, 9. on altitude (mainly from 2000 onward): Bulgaria Hubenov, 2018b: altitude: 350-380 m. Hubenov, 2021a: altitude: 50-450 m. Hubenov, 2025a: altitude: 50-450 m. Hubenov, 2025b: altitude: 50-450 m. Czech Rep. Stary and Vonicka, 2018: altitude: 220-230 m. France Quindroit et al., 2023: altitude: 10 m. Germany Reusch et al., 2009: altitude: 44 m. Italy Stary and Delmastro, 2001: altitude: 232 m. Morocco Driauach and Belqat, 2016: altitude: 52 m. Portugal Stary, 2014b: altitude: 75-150 m. Spain Stary and Oosterbroek, 2008: altitude: 450 m.