Details for Molophilus (Molophilus) medius

Name: Molophilus (Molophilus) medius Meijere, 1918 Publication: Tijdschr. Ent. 61: 131 (as Molophilus) Status: Recognized taxon. 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 body part(s) head and thorax hypopygium plus 23 more images of hypopygium, hypopygium, hypopygium, hypopygium, hypopygium, hypopygium, hypopygium, hypopygium, hypopygium, wing, wing, habitat, habitat, habitat, habitat, habitat, habitat, habitat, habitat, habitat, habitat, habitat and habitat. Distribution: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Czech Rep., Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Netherlands, North Macedonia, Norway, Poland, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Sweden, Switzerland, Ukraine; Russia: RUN, RUW, RUC, RUE. Note: see the manual for abbreviations: present-day Russia. Region(s): Westpalaearctic General note: Added: Ireland (Ashe et al., 1991), RUN (Kareliya) (Yakovlev and Polevoi, 1997). For Italy check Stary and Oosterbroek, 1996, 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. To be confirmed for Corsica. Map: Podenas et al., 2006 (Switzerland); Ashe et al., 2007b (Ireland); Boardman, 2007 (Shropshire) Figure references: Habitus: Lundstrom and Fritz, 2015 (female) Hypopygium: Stary and Rozkosny, 1970a; Podenas et al., 2006; Kramer and Morris, 2022a Miscellaneous Lundstrom and Fritz, 2015 (habitat) Citations on biology (mainly from 2000 onward): Bulgaria 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. 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, 2004: 9 (springs, spring fens, and meadows on lake shores and river banks). Habitat. Salmela and Autio, 2007b: 49 (a species indicating conservation value or naturalness of wetlands; inhabitant of springs, brooks and spring-fed fens). Habitat. Rasimus, 2018: 17 (on saproxylic craneflies in the Tampere region) (in Finnish). France Habitat. Kramer, 2007a: 33 (adults were collected at an open marsh). 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 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 Habitat. Reusch, 2006: 134 (Kalkquellmoor [carbonate fen complex]). Habitat. Reusch and Hohmann, 2009: 129 (from spring brooks). Phenology. Wagner, 2011b: 373 (graph showing seasonal emergence sequence, may to august but predominantly in june and july). Habitat. Reiff et al., 2015: 234 (loc(s) Baden-Wurttemberg with list of habitats). Great Britain Habitat. Godfrey, 2000a: 19. Habitat. Godfrey, 2001a: 11, 23. Habitat. Godfrey, 2003a: 24, 44 (adults of this almost certainly non-xylophagous species were taken in an emergence trap filled with semi-submerged logs, probably from the mud adhering to the woody debris in the trap). Habitat. Boardman, 2007: 52 (associated with coarse woody debris in water courses, citing Godfrey, 2003a). Habitat. Drake, 2011a: 24 (among the Diptera from a wet Alder [Alnus] wood in Devon). Habitat. Stubbs, 2018b: 2 (prefers wet scrub carr). 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). 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. Chaniecka and Wiedenska, 2006: 148 (occurrence in spring-, springbrook-, and/or bogspring plant communities) (in Polish). Habitat. Wiedenska, 2014: 13 (on the occurence of Limoniidae in six selected plant communities in the Kamienica Valley, Gorce National Park, Western Carpathians; data based on Chaniecka and Wiedenska, 2006) (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: 17-18 (faunistic and habitat data of species from the Gorce NP) (in Polish). Romania Habitat. Ujvarosi and Poti, 2006: 256 (habitat in Dupa Lunca marshland: swamp with bushes and trees). Habitat. Ujvarosi et al., 2011b: 107 (loc(s) Dupa Lanca marshy area near Voslobeni) (in Hungarian, species list with habitat information in English). Russia Habitat. Paramonov and Korobkov, 2019: 93 (loc(s) RUC: Tverskaya oblast, distr, habitat, citing various authors) (in Russian). Sweden Habitat. Lindstrom and Fritz, 2015: 15, 26, 44, 48 (on distribution, ecology, habitat preference and habitat conservation in a method study and species inventory in five fens in Hallands County) (in Schwedish). Habitat. Lindstrom and Fritz, 2015: 39, 41, 43, 48 (on distribution, ecology, habitat preference and habitat conservation in a method study and species inventory in five fens in Hallands County) (in Schwedish). on characters and taxonomy (mainly from 2000 onward): Country not relevant Characters. Frantsevich, 2004: 133 (structure of coxa). Characters. Stary, 2011b: 51 (comparison). Characters. Ozgul and Koc, 2014: 623 (comparison). Great Britain Characters. Kramer and Morris, 2022a: 15 (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). Belgium Distribution. Dek and Peeters, 2023a: 138 (loc(s) Botanic Garden Jean Massart, Brussels-Capital Region, little is known about the distribution in Belgium). Bulgaria Distribution. Hubenov, 2015: 220 (annotated list Diptera Pirin Mt, loc(s), faunistics and zoogeography). 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 (checklist with summary of distr in Bulgaria, references). 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). Estonia First record. Salmela in litt., 2003: (new for Estonia). Finland Distribution. Salmela, 2001a: 144, 151 (loc(s)). Distribution. Salmela, 2002: 30-32 (loc(s) lake Iidesjarvi) (in Finnish). Distribution. Salmela, 2004: 9 (loc(s)). Distribution. Salmela and Autio, 2007b: 49, 54 (loc(s), distr). Distribution. Salmela et al., 2007b: 45 (loc(s)). 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: 26 (checklist Finnish Tipulomorpha). Distribution. Rasimus, 2018: 17 (on saproxylic craneflies in the Tampere region) (in Finnish). France Distribution. Kramer, 2007a: 33 (loc(s) Ain (01)). 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 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. 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: 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. Lemoine and Quindroit, 2023: 9 (loc(s) Haute-Marne (52)). 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. Reusch, 2006: 134 (loc(s) Bayern). Distribution. Reusch and Hohmann, 2009: 129 (loc(s) Sachsen-Anhalt). Distribution. Hable et al., 2010b: 92 (loc(s) Bayern). Distribution. Schacht, 2010: 17 (checklist Diptera Bayern). Distribution. Wagner, 2011b: 373 (dominant at the Breitenbach stream). 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). Great Britain Distribution. Godfrey, 2000a: 19 (see paper for details of sites surveyed in Shropshire and into Wales). Distribution. Godfrey, 2001a: 11, 23 (recorded from sites in Shropshire and just over the country border in Montgmeryshire; see paper for details). Distribution. Godfrey, 2003a: 24, 44 (loc(s), distr). Distribution. Hewitt et al., 2005: 38 (loc(s) Cumbria). Distribution. Boardman, 2007: 52 (loc(s), map). Distribution. Skidmore, 2008b: 68 (loc(s) Kerrera, Western Isles, Scotland). Distribution. Skidmore, 2009: 127 (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. Kramer, 2014c: 4 (in table of cranefly species recorded at Shapwick Heath NNR, as given in H. Audcent, 1949 and/or collected by J. Kramer in 2013). Distribution. Wolton et al., 2014: 27 (among Diptera associated with a hedge in Devon). Distribution. Chandler, 2015: 89 (loc(s) Bushy Park, Middlesex). Distribution. Drake, 2016: 20 (study on the relative importance to Diptera of pasture and ditch margins on Catcott Reserve, Somerset). 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. Stubbs, 2018b: 2 (loc(s) Staffordshire). 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). Greece First record. Kolcsar et al., 2015: 9 (loc(s) Ioanina). Hungary First record. Stary, 2001b: 201 (loc(s), distr). Ireland Distribution. Ashe et al., 2007b: 362, 382-383, 405 (review Irish records, map). Distribution. Chandler et al., 2008: 10 (checklist). 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 Distribution. Olsen et al., 2018: 156-157 (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. Chaniecka and Wiedenska, 2006: 148 (loc(s)). 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; data based on Chaniecka and Wiedenska, 2006) (in Polish, habitat tables also in English). Distribution. Wiedenska, 2017a: 17-18 (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. Parvu, 2004: 185 (loc(s)). Distribution. Ujvarosi, 2005a: 246 (no details). Distribution. Ujvarosi and Poti, 2006: 256 (loc(s) eastern Carpathians). Distribution. Ujvarosi, 2007: 228-231 (checklist Limoniidae). Distribution. Ujvarosi et al., 2011b: 107 (loc(s) Dupa Lanca marshy area near Voslobeni) (in Hungarian, species list with habitat information in English). Russia Distribution. Jakovlev et al., 2014: 309 (loc(s) RUN: Kareliya). Distribution. Paramonov and Korobkov, 2019: 93 (loc(s) RUC: Tverskaya oblast, distr, habitat, citing various authors) (in Russian). Distribution. Kolcsar et al., 2021b: 171 (loc(s) RUE: Bashkortostan Rep.). Distribution. Obona et al., 2024: 12 (loc(s) RUC: Mordoviya Rep.). Serbia First record. Stary and Oosterbroek, 2008: 6 (loc(s), distr). Distribution. Gavryushin in litt., 2015b: (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). Distribution. Kolcsar et al., 2023b: 26 (loc(s)). Sweden Distribution. Lindstrom and Fritz, 2015: 15, 26, 44, 48 (on distribution, ecology, habitat preference and habitat conservation in a method study and species inventory in five fens in Hallands County) (in Schwedish). Distribution. Lindstrom and Fritz, 2015: 39, 41, 43, 48 (on distribution, ecology, habitat preference and habitat conservation in a method study and species inventory in five fens in Hallands County) (in Schwedish). Switzerland Distribution. Podenas et al., 2006: 109, 295 (map, vertical distr per thermic level). Distribution. Dufour and Merz, 2012: 354 (annotated checklist canton Geneva). on flight period (mainly from 2000 onward): Belgium Dek and Peeters, 2023a: month(s): 5-6, 8. Bulgaria Hubenov, 2015: month(s): 6, 8. Hubenov, 2016: month(s): 6-8. Czech Rep. Stary et al., 2005a: month(s): 7-8. Stary and Vonicka, 2018: month(s): 5-9. Finland Salmela, 2001a: month(s): 6-7. France Kramer, 2007a: month(s): 6. Quindroit, 2020a: month(s): 4-7. Quindroit, 2020b: month(s): 5. Quindroit and Lemoine, 2022a: month(s): 7. Lemoine and Quindroit, 2023: month(s): 5. Germany Reusch et al., 2004: month(s): 6-7. Wagner, 2011b: month(s): 5-8. Reiff et al., 2015: month(s): 7-8. Great Britain Godfrey, 2000a: month(s): 6. Godfrey, 2001a: month(s): 5. Skidmore, 2008b: month(s): 6. Kramer, 2011j: month(s): 5, 7. Kramer, 2014c: month(s): 6. Chandler, 2015: month(s): 5-6. Stubbs, 2018b: month(s): 6. Greece Kolcsar et al., 2015: month(s): 8. Hungary Stary, 2001b: month(s): 7. Ireland Ashe et al., 2007b: month(s): 7, 9. Norway Olsen and Andersen, 2021: month(s): 7. Poland 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. Romania Parvu, 2004: month(s): 7. Ujvarosi et al., 2011b: month(s): 6. Russia Paramonov and Korobkov, 2019: month(s): 7. Kolcsar et al., 2021b: month(s): 8-9. Obona et al., 2024: month(s): 6. Serbia Gavryushin in litt., 2015b: month(s): 7. Slovakia Stary, 2009d: month(s): 6-7, 9. Slovenia Kolcsar et al., 2023b: month(s): 7-8. Switzerland Podenas et al., 2006: month(s): 5-10. on altitude (mainly from 2000 onward): Bulgaria Hubenov, 2015: altitude: 1500 m. Hubenov, 2016: altitude: 1147-1700 m. Hubenov, 2017: altitude: 1147-1700 m. Hubenov, 2021a: altitude: 720-1700 m. Hubenov, 2025b: altitude: 720-1700 m. Germany Reusch et al., 2004: altitude: 50-100 m. Reusch and Hohmann, 2009: altitude: 435 m. Reiff et al., 2015: altitude: 650 m. Greece Kolcsar et al., 2015: altitude: 1750 m. Poland Wiedenska, 2017a: altitude: 760-1260 m. Wiedenska and Syratt, 2023: altitude: 600-800 m. Romania Ujvarosi and Poti, 2006: altitude: 670 m. Russia Kolcsar et al., 2021b: altitude: 607-615 m. Serbia Gavryushin in litt., 2015b: altitude: 800-1550 m. Slovakia Stary, 2009d: altitude: 560-780 m. Slovenia Kolcsar et al., 2023b: altitude: 490 m.