Details for Molophilus (Molophilus) corniger

Name: Molophilus (Molophilus) corniger Meijere, 1920 Publication: Tijdschr. Ent. 63: 64 (as Molophilus) Status: Recognized taxon, Synonym(s): corniger 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) hypopygium hypopygium hypopygium hypopygium hypopygium plus 7 more images of hypopygium, hypopygium, hypopygium, hypopygium, habitat, habitat and habitat. Distribution: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Rep., Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France (incl. Corsica), Germany, Great Britain, Hungary, Italy (Piemonte, Trentino-Alto Adige), Latvia, Lithuania, Netherlands, North Macedonia, Norway, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Ukraine; Russia: RUW, RUE. Note: see the manual for abbreviations: present-day Russia. Region(s): Westpalaearctic General note: Added: Italy (Piemonte) (Stary and Oosterbroek, 1996), Corsica (Podenas et al., 1997). For Finland check Salmela, 2012b, 2012c, and citations below. For Norway check Olsen et al., 2018, and citations below. For Great Britain check Stubbs, 2021, and citations below. Map: Podenas et al., 2006 (Switzerland); 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, 2025b: suppl: 4 (annotated list Diptera high Bulgarian mts, local distr, habitats and zoogeography). Country not relevant Biology. Olsen et al., 2018: 139 (in Great Britain considered an ecological indicator of calcareous carr and seepage woodland, usually on peat or otherwise very humid substrate (Stubbs 2003); shaded or semi-shaded conditions are considered essential (Stubbs 2003, Stubbs & Kramer 2016e), but the species was also found on marshy meadows (Cramer 1968); larvae are assumed to be saprophagous, semi- aquatic to aquatic (Noll 1985); in Finland and Germany mainly found in various spring habitats (Lehmann & Reusch 2009, Reusch & Hohmann 2009, Salmela 2001, Salmela et al. 2007); the period of flight is may-september; see table 1 for habitat information of the Norwegian locality(ties)). 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. Byriel and Rojas, 2017: 118 (among the 101 species in a study on cranefly hotspots in unmanaged and managed forests) (in Danish). Finland Habitat. Salmela, 2001a: 143, 144, 151 (trapped from various spings; (brook and springbrook species with larvae probably aquatic or semiaquatic, citing various sources). Habitat. Salmela et al., 2007b: 40 (depending on spring habitats). France Habitat. Kramer and Langlois, 2019b: 229 (a calcicole species). Habitat. Quindroit, 2022d: 417 (loc(s) Pyrenees-Orientales (66); zone non calcaire; review distr in France, also known from Indre-et-Loire (37)). Germany Habitat. Reusch, 2006: 134 (Kalkquellmoor [carbonate fen complex]). Habitat. Lehmann and Reusch, 2009: 122 (from around lowland springs). Habitat. Reusch and Hohmann, 2009: 129 (from spring brooks). Habitat. Reiff et al., 2015: 234 (loc(s) Baden-Wurttemberg with list of habitats). Great Britain Habitat. Godfrey, 2000a: 13, 21 (woodland seepages, wet woodland and carr). Habitat. Howe et al., 2001: 139, 143-146. Habitat. Boyce, 2002: 13 (review of seepage invertebrates in England, found at woodland seepages; see paper for details). Habitat. Stubbs, 2003: 101, 109 (an ecological indicator species of calcareous seepages, usually on peat or otherwise very humic substrate (even if thin); if present with other such indicators the sites are usually of good quality; shaded or semi-shaded conditions are essential; larvae are assumed to be saprophagous, semiaquatic in wet mud; the paper includes further details on habitat management and examples of good/bad practice). Habitat. Heaver, 2006: 78 (tufa flushes). Habitat. Boardman, 2007: 50 (seemingly restricted to limestone seepages and similar calcareous influenced habitats). Habitat. Drake, 2008b: 168 (collected in a small wet woodland with base rich seepages in Dorset). Habitat. Drake, 2011a: 12, 14, 24 (among the Diptera from a wet Alder [Alnus] wood in Devon). Habitat. Kramer, 2011f: 2 (at a chalk-pit stream and marsh, and from a seepage fen). Habitat. Brighton, 2017c: 26, 34 (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. Kramer, 2018b: 9 (found by Jude Webb near Oxford around tufa springs where the moss Palustriella commutata commutata grows). Habitat. Kramer, 2018f: 1 (seen at a stream margin). Habitat. Boardman, 2020c: 2 (loc(s) West Gloucestershire: Slade Brook SSSI containing some of the most tufa-rich wetlands in England). Norway Habitat. Olsen and Andersen, 2021: 209 (loc(s) Innlandet, in former Hedmark, with habitats specified separately, for habitats see also Jonassen and Andersen, 2020). 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). on characters and taxonomy (mainly from 2000 onward): Country not relevant Characters. Olsen et al., 2018: 139 (Belongs to the group of yellow coloured Molophilus species whose males have a hypopygium with two well developed pairs of gonostyles. Gonocoxite with a strong apical hook, one pair of gonostyles straight, the other pair strongly curved; fig). Great Britain Characters. Kramer and Morris, 2022a: 14 (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 Distribution. Hubenov, 2018a: 16 (on the Diptera of the Vitosha Mt; see paper for details on vegetation belts and local distr). Distribution. Hubenov, 2021a: 33 (checklist with summary of distr in Bulgaria, references). Distribution. Hubenov, 2025b: suppl: 4 (annotated list Diptera high Bulgarian mts, local distr, habitats and zoogeography). Croatia First record. Kolcsar et al., 2023b: 26 (loc(s)). Czech Rep. Distribution. Stary, 2001a: 186 (loc(s), distr). 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). Estonia First record. Salmela in litt., 2003: (new for Estonia). Finland First record. Salmela, 2001a: 143, 144, 151 (loc(s)). Distribution. Salmela et al., 2007b: 37, 40, 45 (abundance, loc(s), distr). 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. Tissot et al., 2021: 209 (the Diptera of the Reserves Naturelles Nationales du Doubs (25), results of Malaise trapping since 2009) (in French). First record. Quindroit, 2022d: 417 (loc(s) Pyrenees-Orientales (66); zone non calcaire; review distr in France, also known from Indre-et-Loire (37)). Germany Distribution. Schacht, 1999: 135 (checklist Bayern). 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) Baden-Wurttemberg and Brandenburg). Distribution. Schacht, 2005: 5 (checklist Bayern). Distribution. Reusch, 2006: 134 (loc(s) Bayern). Distribution. Lehmann and Reusch, 2009: 122 (loc(s) Niedersachsen). Distribution. Reusch and Hohmann, 2009: 129 (loc(s) Sachsen-Anhalt). Distribution. Schacht, 2010: 17 (checklist Diptera Bayern). Distribution. Reiff et al., 2015: 234 (loc(s) Baden-Wurttemberg with list of habitats). 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, 1998: 45 (loc(s) Herefordshire). Distribution. Godfrey, 2000a: 13, 21 (see paper for details of sites surveyed in Shropshire and into Wales). Distribution. Howe et al., 2001: 139, 143-146 (loc(s) Dorset). Distribution. Stubbs, 2003: 109 (distr in GB). Distribution. Heaver, 2006: 78 (loc(s) Herefordshire, Lancashire). Distribution. Boardman, 2007: 50-51 (loc(s), map). Distribution. Drake, 2011a: 24 (loc(s) Devon). Distribution. Kramer, 2011f: 2 (loc(s) Devon). Distribution. Kramer, 2011j: 15 (loc(s) Leicestershire and Rutland (VC55)). Distribution. Kramer, 2013i: 7, 8 (loc(s), checklist of species from Leigh Woods NNR, Bristol district). Distribution. Stubbs, 2013: 25 (loc(s) Lancaster). Distribution. Hewitt, 2014: (provisional checklist Cumbrian Diptera). Distribution. Brighton, 2017c: 26, 34 (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, 2018b: 9 (found by Jude Webb near Oxford around tufa springs where the moss Palustriella commutata commutata grows). Distribution. Kramer, 2018f: 1 (loc(s) Staffordshire). Distribution. Boardman, 2020c: 2 (loc(s) West Gloucestershire: Slade Brook SSSI containing some of the most tufa-rich wetlands in England). Distribution. Kramer and Morris, 2022a: 14 (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). Italy Distribution. Podenas and Podeniene, 2008: 348, 351 (loc(s), annotated checklist South Tyrol [Prov. Bolzano]). Lithuania Distribution. Pakalniskis et al., 2006: 22 (checklist). Netherlands Distribution. Jong and Oosterbroek, 2002b: 29 (checklist). North Macedonia Distribution. Oosterbroek and Simova-Tosic, 2004: 444 (review literature). Norway First record. Olsen et al., 2018: 139, 156-157 (loc(s) in three regions; distr; annotated checklist Nordic countries and for Norway according to the Strand regions). Distribution. Olsen and Andersen, 2021: 209 (loc(s) Innlandet, in former Hedmark, with habitats specified separately, for habitats see also Jonassen and Andersen, 2020). Poland Distribution. Wiedenska, 2007a: 76 (checklist). 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. Wiedenska and Syratt, 2023: 138 (loc(s) Bieszczady Mountains, distr and remarks). Romania Distribution. Ujvarosi, 2007: 228-231 (checklist Limoniidae). Russia Distribution. Kolcsar et al., 2021b: 163 (loc(s) RUE: Bashkortostan Rep.). Slovakia Distribution. Stary, 2009d: 30 (loc(s) Polana area). Distribution. Stary, 2009i: webpage (checklist). Slovenia First record. Kolcsar et al., 2023b: 26 (loc(s)). Spain First record. Kolcsar et al., 2015: 8 (loc(s) La Rioja). Switzerland Distribution. Podenas et al., 2006: 107, 291 (map, vertical distr per thermic level). Distribution. Dufour and Merz, 2012: 354 (annotated checklist canton Geneva). on flight period (mainly from 2000 onward): Croatia Kolcsar et al., 2023b: month(s): 6. Czech Rep. Stary, 2001a: month(s): 8-9. Stary et al., 2005a: month(s): 5-6. Stary and Vonicka, 2018: month(s): 8. Finland Salmela, 2001a: month(s): 6-7. France Kramer and Langlois, 2019b: month(s): 6. Quindroit, 2022d: month(s): 7. Germany Reusch et al., 2004: month(s): 6, 8. Reiff et al., 2015: month(s): 8. Kehlmaier et al., 2023: month(s): 6. Great Britain Godfrey, 2000a: month(s): 6. Stubbs, 2003: month(s): 7-8. Kramer, 2011f: month(s): 7. Kramer, 2011j: month(s): 7. Kramer, 2013i: month(s): 6. Stubbs, 2013: month(s): 7. Kramer, 2018b: month(s): 7. Kramer, 2018f: month(s): 6. Hungary Stary, 2001b: month(s): 6-7. Italy Podenas and Podeniene, 2008: month(s): 5-9. Norway Olsen et al., 2018: month(s): 6-9. Olsen and Andersen, 2021: month(s): (5-)7. Poland Wiedenska, 2014: month(s): 7. Wiedenska, 2015a: month(s): 6-7. Wiedenska, 2017a: month(s): 6-8. Wiedenska and Syratt, 2023: month(s): 8. Russia Kolcsar et al., 2021b: month(s): 8. Slovakia Stary, 2009d: month(s): 7. Slovenia Kolcsar et al., 2023b: month(s): 7. Spain Kolcsar et al., 2015: month(s): 7. Switzerland Podenas et al., 2006: month(s): 6-9. on altitude (mainly from 2000 onward): Bulgaria Hubenov, 2021a: altitude: 1000-2000 m. Hubenov, 2025b: altitude: 1000-2000 m. Croatia Kolcsar et al., 2023b: altitude: 630 m. Czech Rep. Stary and Vonicka, 2018: altitude: 650 m. France Quindroit, 2022d: altitude: 1800 m. Germany Reusch et al., 2004: altitude: 30-560 m. Reusch and Hohmann, 2009: altitude: 375-435 m. Reiff et al., 2015: altitude: 650 m. Italy Podenas and Podeniene, 2008: altitude: 940-1220 m. Norway Olsen and Andersen, 2021: altitude: 290-515 m. Poland Wiedenska, 2017a: altitude: 600-1180 m. Wiedenska and Syratt, 2023: altitude: 700 m. Russia Kolcsar et al., 2021b: altitude: 607 m. Slovenia Kolcsar et al., 2023b: altitude: 490 m. Spain Kolcsar et al., 2015: altitude: 1620 m.