Details for Molophilus (Molophilus) griseus

Name: Molophilus (Molophilus) griseus (Meigen, 1804) Publication: Klass. Beschr. 1: 51 (as Erioptera) Status: Recognized taxon, Synonym(s): bifilatus Verrall, 1886; ripicola Gachet, 1967. Classification: Family Limoniidae Subfamily Chioneinae Keys: Stary and Freidberg, 2007 (Limoniidae Israel); Boardman, 2016 (craneflies Shropshire); Stubbs and Kramer, 2016k; Stubbs, 2021 (British craneflies) Variant spelling(s): grisea habitus male habitus male habitus male habitus male habitus female plus 21 more images of habitus, hypopygium, hypopygium, hypopygium, hypopygium, hypopygium, hypopygium, hypopygium, hypopygium, hypopygium, hypopygium, hypopygium, hypopygium, ovipositor, wing, wing, wing, habitat, habitat, habitat and habitat. Distribution: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Czech Rep., Denmark, Finland, France (incl. Corsica), Germany, Great Britain, Hungary, Ireland, Italy (incl. Sardinia, Sicily), Latvia, Lithuania, Montenegro, Netherlands, North Macedonia, Norway, Poland, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain (Lugo, Jaen, Canary Is [Tenerife]), Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey (European part: Edirne), Ukraine; Russia: RUN, RUW, RUC, RUE; Algeria; Georgia, Azerbaijan, Turkey (Asiatic part: Bolu), Cyprus, Israel. Note: see the manual for abbreviations: present-day Russia. Region(s): Westpalaearctic General note: Added: Bulgaria (Stary and Krzeminski, 1993b), Switzerland. For Canary Is, incl. key, check Jong, 1987b, and citations below. For Italy check Stary and Oosterbroek, 1996, and citations below. For Spain check Stary, 2011b, and citations below. 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, 1968b; Podenas et al., 2006; Stary, 2011b; Kramer and Morris, 2022a Immature stages Larva: Podeniene, 2003a; Podeniene, 2009 Miscellaneous Labat and Serrette, 2015 (habitat) Citations on biology (mainly from 2000 onward): Algeria Habitat. Stary and Oosterbroek, 2008: 6 (wet cultivated area). Bulgaria Habitat. Hubenov, 2025b: suppl: 4 (annotated list Diptera high Bulgarian mts, local distr, habitats and zoogeography). Cyprus Habitat. Tillier, 2025b: 17 (loc(s); along a stream). Czech Rep. Habitat. Stary et al., 2013b: 378 (on Limonidae from Vraz near Pisek, with general habitat description). 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. Autio and Salmela, 2010: 48, 51 (habitats Aland Is, the larvae of this typical brook- and ditch-inhabiting species can probably tolerate long dry periods). France Habitat. Kramer and Withers, 2007: 159 (marshland species with larvae in the more or less saturated organic mud of lake margins and marshes). Habitat. Kramer, 2007a: 33 (adults were collected along lake margins). Habitat. Labat and Serrette, 2015: 11 (adults were collected at a hunting pond at Talais in the Medoc area, Gironde (33), see habitat photo above) (in French). 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) and Pas-de-Calais (62) with notes on habitats and distr) (in French). Habitat. Herbrecht et al., 2021: 57 (loc(s) Loire-Atlantique (44) based on malaise-trapping with notes on habitats) (in French). Habitat. Quindroit and Lemoine, 2021a: 24, 25 (loc(s), resultats de deux campagnes de piegeage dans le Pas-de-Calais (62); see paper for details on habitat). Habitat. Quindroit, 2021a: 36 (loc(s), resultats d une campagne de piegeage dans le Pas-de-Calais (62); see paper for details on habitat). Habitat. Quindroit and Lemoine, 2022a: 27 (loc(s) Oise (60) with notes on habitats and distr) (in French). Germany Phenology. Wagner, 2011b: 371-373 (graph showing seasonal emergence sequence, may to june to june and august - october; probably bivoltine). Great Britain Habitat. Godfrey, 2001a: 21, 23. Habitat. Boardman, 2007: 51 (found in wet conditions in many habitats). Habitat. Phillips, 2007: 150 (woodland). Habitat. Drake, 2011a: 24 (among the Diptera from a wet Alder [Alnus] wood in Devon). Biology. Wolton, 2022: 6-8 (on observations on the phenology and sex ratios of craneflies (Limoniidae) found in emergencetraps in a wet woodland at Locks Park Farm, Devon; see paper for details on this species). Italy Habitat. Podenas, 2011: 864 (larvae develop in sand and silt of the riparian zone). Lithuania Habitat. Podeniene, 2003a: 1-295 (larva, descr, figs, habitat) (in Lithuanian). Habitat. Podeniene, 2003b: 11, 21, 28 (larval habitat: sand and silt in riparian zone of small rivulets). Habitat. Podeniene, 2009: 137, 139 (semi-aquatic species preferring sandy exposed riverine sediments; studied were larvae found in the riparian zone (in sand and silt)). Romania Habitat. Kolcsar et al., 2013: 72 (loc(s) Cluj-Napoca and surroundings; list of habitats with altitudes). Russia Habitat. Paramonov and Pilipenko, 2016: 97 (habitat, citing Savchenko, 1962) (in Russian). Habitat. Kolcsar et al., 2021b: 168 (Tatarstan Rep.: wetland). Serbia Habitat. Kolcsar et al., 2021b: 168 (lakes). Spain Habitat. Stary, 2014b: 86 (meadows in pine forest). Habitat. Hancock, 2020: 98 (swept in woodland). on characters and taxonomy (mainly from 2000 onward): Country not relevant Characters. Frantsevich, 2004: 133 (structure of coxa). Characters. Stary, 2011b: 58 (comparison). Great Britain Characters. Kramer and Morris, 2022a: 15 (diagnosis, figs). Israel Key. Stary and Freidberg, 2007: 303-304, 323, 325 (only known from older literature, confirmation required, key). Lithuania Immatures. Podeniene, 2003a: 1-295 (larva, descr, figs, habitat) (in Lithuanian). Immatures. Podeniene, 2009: 139-140 (descr larva, figs). on distribution (mainly from 2000 onward): Algeria First record. Stary and Oosterbroek, 2008: 6 (loc(s), distr). Azerbaijan Distribution. Snegovaya, 2021: 1147 (checklist with details on distr in Azerbaijan). Bulgaria Distribution. Hubenov, 2017: 69 (on vertical distribution in the Pirin and Rila Mts; see paper for details on forests and subalpine-alpine zones, 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). Channel Is Distribution. Stubbs, 2022b: 5 (on a collection of craneflies from Jersey, collected between 1985 and 2002 by Tony Warne). Cyprus First record. Tillier, 2025b: 17 (loc(s); along a stream). Czech Rep. Distribution. Stary et al., 2005a: 28 (loc(s)). Distribution. Stary, 2009i: webpage (checklist). Distribution. Stary et al., 2013b: 378 (on Limonidae from Vraz near Pisek, with general habitat description). 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). Finland Distribution. Salmela, 2002: 30-32 (loc(s) lake Iidesjarvi) (in Finnish). Distribution. Autio and Salmela, 2010: 48 (loc(s) Aland Is). Distribution. Salmela, 2010a: 12 (survey fauna Tahmela spring in city of Tampere) (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 Withers, 2007: 159, 162 (loc(s) Ain (01)). Distribution. Kramer, 2007a: 33 (loc(s) Ain (01)). Distribution. Withers, 2008: 137 (loc(s) Ain (01)). Distribution. Labat and Serrette, 2015: 11 (adults were collected at a hunting pond at Talais in the Medoc area, Gironde (33), see habitat photo above) (in French). Distribution. Garrin and Herbrecht, 2016: Annexe 11 (loc(s) Notre-Dame-des-Landes, Loire-Atlantique (44)). 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) and Pas-de-Calais (62) with notes on habitats and distr) (in French). Distribution. Quindroit, 2020d: 328 (collected at the Golf de Vidauban, Vidauban, Var (83)). Distribution. Herbrecht et al., 2021: 57 (loc(s) Loire-Atlantique (44) based on malaise-trapping with notes on habitats) (in French). Distribution. Quindroit and Lemoine, 2021a: 24, 25 (loc(s), resultats de deux campagnes de piegeage dans le Pas-de-Calais (62); see paper for details on habitat). 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. Quindroit and Lemoine, 2022a: 27 (loc(s) Oise (60) with notes on habitats and distr) (in French). Distribution. Quindroit and Lemoine, 2022a: 36 (table specifying the presence in the five departments of the Hauts-de-France region). Distribution. Quindroit, 2022a: 25-28 (additions to the annotated list of the Tipuloidea of Pays de la Loire as given in Quindroit, 2020a). 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 Oosterbroek, 2000: 159 (checklist German Bundeslander). Distribution. Reusch and Bellstedt, 2001b: 74 (checklist Thuringen). Distribution. Reusch et al., 2004: 115 (loc(s) Brandenburg). Distribution. Schacht, 2005: 5 (checklist Bayern). Distribution. Schacht, 2010: 17 (checklist Diptera Bayern). Distribution. Wagner, 2011b: 373 (dominant at the Breitenbach stream). 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, 2001a: 21, 23 (recorded from sites in Shropshire and just over the country border in Montgmeryshire; see paper for details). Distribution. Boardman, 2007: 51 (loc(s), map). Distribution. Phillips, 2007: 150 (loc(s) Isle of Rum). Distribution. Anonymous, 2008b: 11 (loc(s) Shropshire: Preston Montford). Distribution. Skidmore, 2009: 126 (review of occurrence on the Western Isles of Scotland, distr). Distribution. Drake, 2011a: 24 (loc(s) Devon). Distribution. Kramer, 2011j: 16 (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. Chandler, 2015: 89 (loc(s) Bushy Park, Middlesex). 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: 15 (info on the species, on the distr and map of loc(s) Leicestershire and Rutland (VC55)). Distribution. Wolton, 2022: 6-8 (on observations on the phenology and sex ratios of craneflies (Limoniidae) found in emergencetraps in a wet woodland at Locks Park Farm, Devon; see paper for details on this species). Hungary First record. Kolcsar and Soltesz, 2018: 169 (loc(s) Borsud-Abauj-Zemplen and Heves counties). Ireland Distribution. Ashe et al., 2007b: 362, 380-382, 404 (review Irish records, map). Distribution. Chandler et al., 2008: 10 (checklist). Israel Distribution. Stary and Freidberg, 2007: 303-304, 323, 325 (only known from older literature, confirmation required, distr). Italy Distribution. Podenas, 2011: 864 (first record for Sardinia, distr). Lithuania Distribution. Pakalniskis et al., 2006: 22 (checklist). Distribution. Podeniene, 2009: 139-140 (loc(s)). Montenegro Distribution. Oosterbroek and Simova-Tosic, 2004: 444 (review literature). Netherlands Distribution. Jong and Oosterbroek, 2002b: 29 (checklist). Distribution. Oosterbroek and Dek, 2020: 16 (Limoniidae and Tipulidae Nationaal Park Hollandse Duinen in 2018, Zuid-Holland). Distribution. Stary, 2020a: 45 (Limoniidae Kaaistoep, Noord-Brabant). North Macedonia Distribution. Oosterbroek and Simova-Tosic, 2004: 444 (review literature). Norway Distribution. Olsen et al., 2018: 156-157 (annotated checklist Nordic countries and for Norway according to the Strand regions). Poland Distribution. Palaczyk, 2001: 269 (loc(s)). 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, 2015b: 56 (loc(s) near Lodz). Romania Distribution. Ujvarosi, 2007: 228-231 (checklist Limoniidae). Distribution. Kolcsar et al., 2013: 72 (loc(s) Cluj-Napoca and surroundings; list of habitats with altitudes). Russia Distribution. Jakovlev et al., 2014: 309 (loc(s) RUN: Kareliya). Distribution. Paramonov and Pilipenko, 2016: 97 (loc(s) RUC: Tverskaya oblast, distr) (in Russian). Distribution. Kolcsar et al., 2021b: 167-168 (loc(s) RUE: Bashkortostan Rep. and Tatarstan Rep.). Serbia First record. Kolcsar et al., 2021b: 168 (loc(s)). Slovakia Distribution. Stary, 2009d: 30 (loc(s) Polana area). Distribution. Stary, 2009i: webpage (checklist). Slovenia Distribution. Oosterbroek and Simova-Tosic, 2004: 444 (review literature). Spain Distribution. Eiroa and Baez, 2002a: 54 (checklist, see also Stary, 2011b). Distribution. Baez and Garcia, 2004: 271 (lista de especies silvestres de Canarias). Distribution. Stary, 2014b: 86 (loc(s) Lugo, confirmation for mainland Spain). Distribution. Hancock, 2020: 98 (loc(s) Jaen, Cazorla National Park). Sweden Distribution. Salmela, 2010b: 133 (loc(s) Malmo). Switzerland Distribution. Podenas et al., 2006: 108, 293 (map, vertical distr per thermic level). Distribution. Dufour and Merz, 2012: 354 (annotated checklist canton Geneva). Turkey First record. Stary and Freidberg, 2007: 325 (Abant [= most likely in Bolu prov.]). Distribution. Koc et al., 2016: 10 (provinces Marmara region). on flight period (mainly from 2000 onward): Algeria Stary and Oosterbroek, 2008: month(s): 5. Channel Is Stubbs, 2022b: month(s): 10. Cyprus Tillier, 2025b: month(s): 4. Czech Rep. Stary et al., 2005a: month(s): 5-6. Stary and Vonicka, 2018: month(s): 5, 9. France Kramer and Withers, 2007: month(s): 5-7. Kramer, 2007a: month(s): 6. Quindroit, 2020a: month(s): 4-7, 9-10. Quindroit, 2020b: month(s): 5, 9-10. Quindroit and Lemoine, 2022a: month(s): 5, 9. Germany Reusch et al., 2004: month(s): 8. Wagner, 2011b: month(s): 5-6, 8-10. Kehlmaier et al., 2023: month(s): 6. Great Britain Godfrey, 2001a: month(s): 5. Phillips, 2007: month(s): 8. Kramer, 2011j: month(s): 4-5, 7. Chandler, 2015: month(s): 6. Hungary Kolcsar and Soltesz, 2018: month(s): 9-10. Ireland Ashe et al., 2007b: month(s): 5-11. Italy Podenas, 2011: month(s): 5, 7. Netherlands Oosterbroek and Dek, 2020: month(s): 7. Poland Wiedenska, 2008: month(s): 8. Romania Kolcsar et al., 2013: month(s): 10. Russia Paramonov and Pilipenko, 2016: month(s): 8-9. Kolcsar et al., 2021b: month(s): 6-7. Serbia Kolcsar et al., 2021b: month(s): 4. Slovakia Stary, 2009d: month(s): 5-6, 9. Spain Stary, 2014b: month(s): 5. Hancock, 2020: month(s): 5-6. Switzerland Podenas et al., 2006: month(s): 5-10. Turkey Stary and Freidberg, 2007: month(s): 7. on altitude (mainly from 2000 onward): Algeria Stary and Oosterbroek, 2008: altitude: 1300-1400 m. Bulgaria Hubenov, 2017: altitude: 900-1000 m. Hubenov, 2021a: altitude: 400-1000 m. Hubenov, 2025b: altitude: 400-1000 m. Germany Reusch et al., 2004: altitude: 50 m. Russia Kolcsar et al., 2021b: altitude: 71-510 m. Serbia Kolcsar et al., 2021b: altitude: 78 m. Spain Stary, 2014b: altitude: 20 m.