Details for Molophilus (Molophilus) cinereifrons

Name: Molophilus (Molophilus) cinereifrons Meijere, 1920 Publication: Tijdschr. Ent. 63: 59 (as Molophilus) Status: Recognized taxon, Synonym(s): cinereifrons Meijere, 1920 (nomen nudum). Classification: Family Limoniidae Subfamily Chioneinae Descriptive note: Type-material: Jong, 2000. Keys: Boardman, 2016 (craneflies Shropshire); Stubbs and Kramer, 2016k; Stubbs, 2021 (British craneflies) habitus male habitus male habitus male habitus male habitus male plus 10 more images of hypopygium, hypopygium, hypopygium, hypopygium, hypopygium, hypopygium, wing, habitat, habitat and habitat. Distribution: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Czech Rep., Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Great Britain, Hungary, Ireland, Latvia, Lithuania, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Ukraine; Russia: RUW, RUC, RUE;; Kazakhstan (east). Note: see the manual for abbreviations: present-day Russia. Region(s): Westpalaearctic;; Eastpalaearctic General note: Added: Serbia (Simova-Tosic, 1992). For Finland check Salmela, 2012b, 2012c, and citations below. For Norway check Olsen et al., 2018, and citations below. For Great Britain and Ireland check Stubbs, 2021, and citations below. Map: Podenas et al., 2006 (Switzerland); Ashe et al., 2007b (Ireland); Boardman, 2007 (Shropshire) Figure references: Hypopygium: Stary and Rozkosny, 1970a; Podenas et al., 2006; Kramer and Morris, 2022a 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: 4 (annotated list Diptera high Bulgarian mts, local distr, habitats and zoogeography). Czech Rep. Habitat. Stary and Vonicka, 2018: 57 (on Limoniidae and Pediciidae of two localities in northern Bohemia, with list of localities, altitudes and habitats). Denmark Habitat. Nielsen and Nielsen, 2009: 121 (emerging from a forest floor in a Beech [Fagus] stand) (in Danish). Habitat. Byriel and Rojas, 2017: 118 (among the 101 species in a study on cranefly hotspots in unmanaged and managed forests) (in Danish). France Biology. Quindroit, 2020a: 28, 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: 139 (loc(s) Nord (59) with notes on habitats and distr) (in French). Habitat. Quindroit, 2021a: 36 (loc(s), resultats d une campagne de piegeage dans le Pas-de-Calais (62); see paper for details on habitat). Great Britain Habitat. Godfrey, 2000a: 19, 21. Habitat. Godfrey, 2001a: 21, 23. Habitat. Boardman, 2007: 50 (to be found in wet places with clay soils as well as more general wet woodland). Habitat. Kramer, 2009b: 5 (recorded from an ancient coppiced wood on calcareous clay). Habitat. Drake, 2011a: 13, 24 (among the Diptera from a wet Alder [Alnus] wood in Devon). Poland Habitat. Wiedenska, 2014: 13 (on the occurence of Limoniidae in six selected plant communities in the Kamienica Valley, Gorce National Park, Western Carpathians) (in Polish, habitat tables also in English). Phenology. Wiedenska, 2015a: 53 (on the flight activity of Limoniidae in the Kamienica Valley, Gorce National Park, Western Carpathians) (in Polish, tables also in English). Habitat. Wiedenska, 2017a: 17 (faunistic and habitat data of species from the Gorce NP) (in Polish). Romania Habitat. Ujvarosi, 2005a: 246 (brooks, small river, swamp, moist soil, citing various sources). Spain Habitat. Hancock et al., 2015a: 241 (at damp meadow in river valley). on characters and taxonomy (mainly from 2000 onward): Great Britain Characters. Kramer and Morris, 2022a: 13 (diagnosis, figs). on distribution (mainly from 2000 onward): Austria Distribution. Reusch and Heiss, 2012: 323-332 (loc(s) Nat. Park Gesause, see PDF for months and altitudes). Bulgaria First record. Kolcsar et al., 2015: 7-8 (loc(s) Troyan). Distribution. Hubenov, 2021a: 33 (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: 4 (annotated list Diptera high Bulgarian mts, local distr, habitats and zoogeography). Czech Rep. Distribution. Stary et al., 2005a: 28 (loc(s)). Distribution. Stary, 2009i: webpage (checklist). Distribution. Stary and Vonicka, 2018: 57 (on Limoniidae and Pediciidae of two localities in northern Bohemia, with list of localities, altitudes and habitats). Denmark Distribution. Petersen and Jong, 2001b: 150 (checklist). Distribution. Nielsen and Nielsen, 2009: 121 (loc(s)). Finland Distribution. Salmela, 2002: 30-32 (loc(s) lake Iidesjarvi) (in Finnish). Distribution. Salmela, 2012b: 238 (annotated list of Finnish crane flies). Distribution. Salmela and Petrasiunas, 2014: 25 (checklist Finnish Tipulomorpha). France Distribution. Kramer and Langlois, 2019b: 227 (list of craneflies captured 25-27 june 2019 in Ravin de Valbois, Doubs (25)). Distribution. Quindroit, 2020a: 28, 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: 139 (loc(s) Nord (59) with notes on habitats and distr) (in French). Distribution. Quindroit, 2021a: 36 (loc(s), resultats d une campagne de piegeage dans le Pas-de-Calais (62); see paper for details on habitat). Distribution. Tissot et al., 2021: 209 (the Diptera of the Reserves Naturelles Nationales du Doubs (25), results of Malaise trapping since 2009) (in French). Distribution. Quindroit and Lemoine, 2022a: 36 (table specifying the presence in the five departments of the Hauts-de-France region). Distribution. Quindroit and Racine, 2025: 358 (table specifying the presence in the five departments of the Pays de la Loire region). Germany Distribution. Schacht, 1999: 135 (checklist Bayern). Distribution. Reusch and Bellstedt, 2000: 262 (loc(s) Thuringen). Distribution. Reusch and Oosterbroek, 2000: 158 (checklist German Bundeslander). Distribution. Reusch and Bellstedt, 2001b: 73 (checklist Thuringen). Distribution. Reusch et al., 2004: 114 (loc(s) Mecklenburg-Vorpommern and Schleswig-Holstein). Distribution. Schacht, 2005: 5 (checklist Bayern). Distribution. Schacht, 2010: 17 (checklist Diptera Bayern). Distribution. Stuke, 2019: 144 (checklist Niedersachsen and Bremen with reference to original sources). Distribution. Kehlmaier et al., 2023: 209 (loc(s) Saarland). Great Britain Distribution. Godfrey, 2000a: 19, 21 (see paper for details of sites surveyed in Shropshire and into Wales). Distribution. Godfrey, 2001a: 21, 23 (recorded from sites in Shropshire and just over the country border in Montgmeryshire; see paper for details). Distribution. Hewitt et al., 2005: 38 (loc(s) Cumbria). Distribution. Boardman, 2007: 50 (loc(s), map). Distribution. Kramer, 2009b: 5 (loc(s) Suffolk). Distribution. Skidmore, 2009: 126 (review of occurrence on the Western Isles of Scotland, distr). Distribution. Drake, 2011a: 24 (loc(s) Devon). Distribution. Kramer, 2011j: 15 (loc(s) Leicestershire and Rutland (VC55)). Distribution. Kramer, 2013i: 8 (checklist of species from Leigh Woods NNR, Bristol district). Distribution. Hewitt, 2014: (provisional checklist Cumbrian Diptera). Distribution. Wolton et al., 2014: 27 (among Diptera associated with a hedge in Devon, caught in emergence trap). Distribution. Brighton, 2017c: 26 (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, 2022a: 13 (info on the species, on the distr and map of loc(s) Leicestershire and Rutland (VC55)). Hungary First record. Stary, 2001b: 201 (loc(s), distr). Ireland Distribution. Ashe et al., 2007b: 362, 379, 404 (review Irish records, map). Distribution. Chandler et al., 2008: 10 (checklist). Kazakhstan First record. Devyatkov, 2020b: 221 (loc(s) East Kazakhstan, distr, first record for the Eastpalaearctic) (in Russian). Lithuania Distribution. Pakalniskis et al., 2006: 22 (checklist). Netherlands Distribution. Jong and Oosterbroek, 2002b: 29 (checklist). Norway First record. Hovstad and Hella, 2006: (loc(s) Hordaland; see paper for details). Distribution. Olsen et al., 2018: 151, 156-157, 164 (first recorded for Norway on the internet [from HOY, Mongstad]; loc(s) in three regions; annotated checklist Nordic countries and for Norway according to the Strand regions). Poland Distribution. Wiedenska, 2007a: 76 (checklist). Distribution. Wiedenska, 2008: 45 (loc(s) Parowy Janinowski nature reserve near Lodz) (in Polish). Distribution. Wiedenska, 2010: 134 (loc(s) Parku Krajobrazowego Wzniesien Lodzkich, Lodz). Distribution. Wiedenska, 2014: 13 (on the occurence of Limoniidae in six selected plant communities in the Kamienica Valley, Gorce National Park, Western Carpathians) (in Polish, habitat tables also in English). Distribution. Wiedenska, 2017a: 17 (faunistic and habitat data of species from the Gorce NP) (in Polish). Distribution. Palaczyk and Klasa, 2021: 173 (list of Diptera in Catalogue of the fauna of the Ojcow National Park). Distribution. Wiedenska and Syratt, 2023: 137-138 (loc(s) Bieszczady Mountains, distr and remarks). Romania Distribution. Ujvarosi, 2007: 228-231 (checklist Limoniidae). Russia Distribution. Paramonov and Pilipenko, 2016: 97 (loc(s) RUC: Tverskaya oblast, distr) (in Russian). Distribution. Kolcsar et al., 2021b: 163 (loc(s) RUE: Bashkortostan Rep.) Serbia Distribution. Oosterbroek and Simova-Tosic, 2004: 444 (review literature). Slovakia Distribution. Stary, 2009d: 30 (loc(s) Polana area). Distribution. Stary, 2009i: webpage (checklist). Spain First record. Hancock et al., 2015a: 241 (loc(s) Lugo). Switzerland Distribution. Podenas et al., 2006: 107, 290 (map, vertical distr per thermic level). Distribution. Dufour and Merz, 2012: 354 (annotated checklist canton Geneva). on flight period (mainly from 2000 onward): Bulgaria Kolcsar et al., 2015: month(s): 6. Czech Rep. Stary et al., 2005a: month(s): 3-7. Stary and Vonicka, 2018: month(s): 8. France Kramer and Langlois, 2019b: month(s): 6. Quindroit, 2020a: month(s): 5. Quindroit, 2020b: month(s): 5. Germany Reusch and Bellstedt, 2000: month(s): 6-7. Reusch et al., 2004: month(s): 6-7. Kehlmaier et al., 2023: month(s): 6. Great Britain Godfrey, 2000a: month(s): 6. Godfrey, 2001a: month(s): 5. Kramer, 2011j: month(s): 7. Hungary Stary, 2001b: month(s): 5, 7. Ireland Ashe et al., 2007b: month(s): 6. Kazakhstan Devyatkov, 2020b: month(s): 6-9. Norway Olsen et al., 2018: month(s): 5-6, 9. Poland Wiedenska, 2008: month(s): 6. Wiedenska, 2014: month(s): 7-8. Wiedenska, 2015a: month(s): 7-8. Wiedenska, 2017a: month(s): 7-8. Wiedenska and Syratt, 2023: month(s): 6-8. Russia Kolcsar et al., 2021b: month(s): 7. Slovakia Stary, 2009d: month(s): 5-6. Spain Hancock et al., 2015a: month(s): 5. Switzerland Podenas et al., 2006: month(s): 5-10. on altitude (mainly from 2000 onward): Bulgaria Kolcsar et al., 2015: altitude: 1468 m. Hubenov, 2021a: altitude: 1468 m. Hubenov, 2025a: altitude: 1468 m. Hubenov, 2025b: altitude: 1468 m. Czech Rep. Stary and Vonicka, 2018: altitude: 750 m. Germany Reusch and Bellstedt, 2000: altitude: 555-570 m. Reusch et al., 2004: altitude: 10-24 m. Kazakhstan Devyatkov, 2020b: altitude: 386-1654 m. Poland Wiedenska, 2017a: altitude: 720-1210 m. Wiedenska and Syratt, 2023: altitude: 470-800 m. Russia Kolcsar et al., 2021b: altitude: 510-607 m. Slovakia Stary, 2009d: altitude: 630-780 m. Spain Hancock et al., 2015a: altitude: 610 m.