Details for Molophilus (Molophilus) lackschewitzianus

Name: Molophilus (Molophilus) lackschewitzianus Alexander, 1953 Publication: Rec. Indian Mus. 50: 327 (as Molophilus) Status: Recognized taxon, Synonym(s): hastatus Lackschewitz, 1940. Classification: Family Limoniidae Subfamily Chioneinae Descriptive note: As new name for Molophilus hastatus Lackschewitz, 1940. Keys: Boardman, 2016 (craneflies Shropshire); Stubbs and Kramer, 2016k; Stubbs, 2021 (British craneflies) hypopygium hypopygium hypopygium hypopygium hypopygium plus 4 more images of hypopygium, hypopygium, wing and habitat. Distribution: Austria, Bulgaria, Denmark, France, Germany, Great Britain, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Montenegro, Norway, Poland, Slovakia, Slovenia, Switzerland, Turkey (European part: Kirklareli), Ukraine (Carpathians); Russia: North Caucasus; Georgia, Azerbaijan. Note: see the manual for abbreviations: present-day Russia. Region(s): Westpalaearctic General note: Added: Italy (Stary and Oosterbroek, 1996). 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); Kramer, 2013i (Great Britain) Figure references: Hypopygium: Stary and Rozkosny, 1970a; Podenas et al., 2006; Kramer and Langlois, 2019b Citations on biology (mainly from 2000 onward): Azerbaijan Habitat. Stary and Obona, 2020: 133 (loc(s); with list of localities, habitats and altitudes). Bulgaria Habitat. Hubenov, 2025b: suppl: 4 (annotated list Diptera high Bulgarian mts, local distr, habitats and zoogeography). 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 Habitat. Kramer and Langlois, 2019a: 80 (on larval aquatic habitats in the Ravin de Valbois; see paper for details). Habitat. Kramer and Langlois, 2019b: 229-230 (a calcicole species, collected in a damp woodland just downstream from the waterfall and in a dry woodland, high on slope at top of gorge). Georgia Habitat. Stary and Obona, 2020: 133 (loc(s); with list of localities, habitats and altitudes). Great Britain Habitat. Godfrey, 2001a: 14, 23. Habitat. Howe and Howe, 2001: 35, 41, 45. Habitat. Boardman, 2007: 52 (appears to be associated with moist conditions on calcareous clay). Habitat. Boardman, 2012b: 2 (found in woodland on claggy calcarous clay). Habitat. Kramer, 2013i: 6 (associated with limestone). Habitat. Hewitt et al., 2017: 65, 72 (loc(s) Borrowdale, Cumbria, review records and habitat requirements: found in woods usually in heavily shaded, stream-cut gullies on clay where the larvae are thought to develop in wet soil; identified from the flight interceptor traps on [Ash, Fraxinus] pollards, showing broad biotope and habitat associations; see paper for details). Hungary Habitat. Kolcsar and Soltesz, 2018: 170 (prefers calcareous clay in Great Britain and Ireland (Boardman 2007, 2012, Ashe et al. 2007); although the exact collection habitat in Hungary is unknown, it should be noted that the Zemplen Mountains have a siliceous volcanic bedrock). Ireland Habitat. Ashe et al., 2007b: 382 (usually associated with shaded streams in woodland on clay). on characters and taxonomy (mainly from 2000 onward): France Characters. Kramer and Langlois, 2019b: 231 (char, figs). on distribution (mainly from 2000 onward): Azerbaijan First record. Stary and Obona, 2020: 133 (loc(s); with list of localities, habitats and altitudes). Distribution. Snegovaya, 2021: 1147 (checklist with details on distr in Azerbaijan). Bulgaria Distribution. Hubenov, 2016: 48 (annotated checklist Diptera of the Rila Mountains based on data from the literature). 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 (listed for Bulgaria, without data, references). Distribution. Hubenov, 2025b: suppl: 4 (annotated list Diptera high Bulgarian mts, local distr, habitats and zoogeography). Denmark First record. Petersen and Jong, 2001b: 150 (checklist). Distribution. Nielsen and Nielsen, 2009: 121 (loc(s)). France First record. Kramer and Langlois, 2019a: 76 (record(s) Ravin de Valbois, Doubs (25)). Distribution. Kramer and Langlois, 2019b: 231 (loc(s) Ravin de Valbois, Doubs (25), distr). Distribution. Tissot et al., 2021: 209 (the Diptera of the Reserves Naturelles Nationales du Doubs (25), results of Malaise trapping since 2009) (in French). Georgia First record. Stary and Obona, 2020: 133 (loc(s); with list of localities, habitats and altitudes). Germany Distribution. Reusch and Oosterbroek, 2000: 159 (checklist German Bundeslander). Great Britain Distribution. Godfrey, 1998: 45 (loc(s) Herefordshire). Distribution. Godfrey, 2001a: 14, 23 (recorded from sites in Shropshire and just over the country border in Montgmeryshire; see paper for details). Distribution. Howe and Howe, 2001: 35, 41, 45 (see paper for details on loc(s) in which of the eight vice-counties visited). Distribution. Boardman, 2007: 52 (loc(s), map). Distribution. Boardman, 2012b: 2 (loc(s) Shropshire). Distribution. Kramer, 2013i: 8, 11 (checklist of species from Leigh Woods NNR, Bristol district, map GB). Distribution. Hewitt, 2014: (provisional checklist Cumbrian Diptera). Distribution. Hewitt et al., 2017: 65, 72 (loc(s) Borrowdale, Cumbria, review records and habitat requirements: found in woods usually in heavily shaded, stream-cut gullies on clay where the larvae are thought to develop in wet soil; identified from the flight interceptor traps on [Ash, Fraxinus] pollards, showing broad biotope and habitat associations; see paper for details). Hungary First record. Kolcsar and Soltesz, 2018: 170 (loc(s) Borsud-Abauj-Zemplen county). Ireland Distribution. Ashe et al., 2007b: 362, 382, 395, 404 (review single Irish record, red data book status, map). Distribution. Chandler et al., 2008: 10 (checklist). Montenegro Distribution. Oosterbroek and Simova-Tosic, 2004: 444 (review literature). Norway First record. Kolcsar et al., 2021b: 170-171 (loc(s) Oslo and Ostfold). Poland Distribution. Wiedenska, 2007a: 76 (checklist). Distribution. Wiedenska and Syratt, 2023: 154 (review of literature records for the Bieszczady Mountains). Slovakia Distribution. Stary, 2009i: webpage (checklist). Slovenia Distribution. Oosterbroek and Simova-Tosic, 2004: 444 (review literature). Distribution. Kolcsar et al., 2023b: 26 (loc(s)). Switzerland Distribution. Podenas et al., 2006: 108, 294 (map, vertical distr per thermic level). Distribution. Dufour and Merz, 2012: 354 (annotated checklist canton Geneva). Turkey First record. Koc et al., 2016: 3 ((loc(s) European part). on flight period (mainly from 2000 onward): Azerbaijan Stary and Obona, 2020: month(s): 5. Bulgaria Hubenov, 2016: month(s): 7. France Kramer and Langlois, 2019b: month(s): 6-7. Georgia Stary and Obona, 2020: month(s): 5. Great Britain Godfrey, 2001a: month(s): 5. Howe and Howe, 2001: month(s): 6. Boardman, 2007: month(s): 5-6. Boardman, 2012b: month(s): 6. Hungary Kolcsar and Soltesz, 2018: month(s): 6. Ireland Ashe et al., 2007b: month(s): 5. Norway Kolcsar et al., 2021b: month(s): 6(7). Slovenia Kolcsar et al., 2023b: month(s): 7. Switzerland Podenas et al., 2006: month(s): 6-7, 9. Turkey Koc et al., 2016: month(s): 5. on altitude (mainly from 2000 onward): Azerbaijan Stary and Obona, 2020: altitude: 825-1310 m. Georgia Stary and Obona, 2020: altitude: 810 m. Norway Kolcsar et al., 2021b: altitude: 5-95 m. Slovenia Kolcsar et al., 2023b: altitude: 600 m. Turkey Koc et al., 2016: altitude: 470 m.