Details for Molophilus (Molophilus) ochraceus

Name: Molophilus (Molophilus) ochraceus (Meigen, 1818) Publication: Syst. Beschr. 1: 114 (as Erioptera) Status: Recognized taxon. Classification: Family Limoniidae Subfamily Chioneinae Keys: Boardman, 2016 (craneflies Shropshire); Stubbs and Kramer, 2016k; Stubbs, 2021 (British craneflies) Variant spelling(s): ochracea; ochraceous habitus male habitus male hypopygium hypopygium hypopygium plus 10 more images of hypopygium, hypopygium, wing, habitat, habitat, habitat, habitat, habitat, habitat and habitat. Distribution: Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Czech Rep., Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Lithuania, Montenegro, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Ukraine; Russia: RUN, RUW, RUC, RUE, North Caucasus; Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Turkey (Asiatic part: see citations for provinces);; Kazakhstan (east). Note: see the manual for abbreviations: present-day Russia. Region(s): Westpalaearctic;; Eastpalaearctic General note: Added: Spain (Geiger et al., 1994: Gerona). 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 Crete. Map: Ozgul et al., 2006 (SW Turkey); 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 Immature stages Larva: Podeniene, 2003a Miscellaneous Lundstrom and Fritz, 2015 (habitat) Citations on biology (mainly from 2000 onward): Bulgaria Habitat. Hubenov, 2025b: suppl: 5 (annotated list Diptera high Bulgarian mts, local distr, habitats and zoogeography). Czech Rep. Habitat. Stary and Vonicka, 2018: 58 (on Limoniidae and Pediciidae of two localities in northern Bohemia, with list of localities, altitudes and habitats). Denmark Habitat. Nielsen and Nielsen, 2009: 121, 129 (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). Finland Habitat. Autio and Salmela, 2010: 48, 50 (habitats Aland Is). 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. 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) and Pas-de-Calais (62) with notes on habitats and distr) (in French). Habitat. Quindroit and Lemoine, 2021a: 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). Great Britain Habitat. Godfrey, 2000a: 19, 21. Habitat. Godfrey, 2001a: 21, 23. Habitat. Boardman, 2007: 53 (associated with wet habitats, as long as they are not strongly acid or calcareous). 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). Lithuania Habitat. Podeniene and Gelhaus, 2002: 68 (larvae in the riparian zone of river, in sand and silt covered with vegetation). Habitat. Podeniene, 2002: 299 (larvae were found in riparian zones of small river). 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, 140 (semi-aquatic species preferring sandy exposed riverine sediments; studied were larvae found in the riparian zone (from sand and silt covered with vegetation and from sand and leaf litter of Populus tremula)). Poland 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: 18 (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). Habitat. Kolcsar et al., 2013: 72 (loc(s) Cluj-Napoca and surroundings; list of habitats with altitudes). Slovakia Biology. Obona et al., 2025a: 30 (collected in a mosquito trap at the Kosice Zoo, perhaps because of being attracted to CO2). Sweden Habitat. Lindstrom and Fritz, 2015: 39, 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). Turkey Habitat. Ozgul et al., 2006: 211 (collected in shady, damp areas in mixed forests with shrubs and ferns). on characters and taxonomy (mainly from 2000 onward): Country not relevant Characters. Frantsevich, 2004: 133 (structure of coxa). Characters. Stary, 2011b: 56 (comparison). Great Britain Characters. Kramer and Morris, 2022a: 17 (diagnosis, figs). Lithuania Immatures. Podeniene, 2003a: 1-295 (larva, descr, figs, habitat) (in Lithuanian). Immatures. Podeniene, 2009: 140-141 (descr larva, figs). on distribution (mainly from 2000 onward): Armenia First record. Obona et al., 2016: 132 (loc(s)). Distribution. Hakobyan and Jenderedjian, 2023: 1509 (annotated checklist of the craneflies of Armenia with refs, distr and flight period in Caucasus Ecoregion with refs). Azerbaijan Distribution. Snegovaya, 2021: 1147 (checklist with details on distr in Azerbaijan). Belarus First record. Kolcsar et al., 2021b: 172-173 (loc(s) Minsk region). Belgium Distribution. Martens et al., 2014: 114, 124 (loc(s) Oost-Vlaanderen). Distribution. Dek and Peeters, 2023a: 138 (loc(s) Botanic Garden Jean Massart, Brussels-Capital Region, widespread in Belgium). Bosnia-Herzegowina Distribution. Oosterbroek and Simova-Tosic, 2004: 444 (review literature). Bulgaria Distribution. Hubenov, 2015: 221 (annotated list Diptera Pirin Mt, loc(s), faunistics and zoogeography). 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, 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: 5 (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: 58 (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)). Estonia Distribution. Stary, 2004f: (Fauna Europaea: added Estonia). Finland Distribution. Salmela et al., 2007b: 45 (loc(s)). Distribution. Autio and Salmela, 2010: 48 (loc(s) Aland Is). Distribution. Salmela, 2010a: 8, 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). France Distribution. Kramer and Withers, 2007: 159, 163 (loc(s) Ain (01)). Distribution. Kramer, 2007a: 33 (loc(s) Ain (01)). Distribution. Withers, 2008: 137 (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) and Pas-de-Calais (62) with notes on habitats and distr) (in French). Distribution. Quindroit and Lemoine, 2021a: 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 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) Baden-Wurttemberg and Mecklenburg-Vorpommern). Distribution. Schacht, 2005: 5 (checklist Bayern). Distribution. Hable et al., 2010b: 92 (loc(s) 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: 209-210 (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: 53 (loc(s), map). Distribution. Kramer, 2008d: 2 (loc(s) 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. 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. Showers, 2016: 2 (loc(s) Northamptonshire). 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: 17 (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 Distribution. Kolcsar et al., 2021b: 173 (loc(s) Eastern Macedonia and Thrace; first record for mainland Greece, to be confirmed for Crete). Ireland Distribution. Ashe et al., 2007b: 363, 384-385, 405 (review Irish records, map). Distribution. Ashe et al., 2008: 8 (refers to record in Speight, 1990). 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. Podeniene and Gelhaus, 2002: 68 (loc(s)). Distribution. Podeniene, 2002: 299 (loc(s)). Distribution. Pakalniskis et al., 2006: 22 (checklist). Distribution. Podeniene, 2009: 140 (loc(s)). Montenegro Distribution. Oosterbroek and Simova-Tosic, 2004: 444 (review literature). Netherlands Distribution. Jong and Oosterbroek, 2002b: 29 (checklist). Distribution. Barendregt, 2015: 9 (loc(s) prov. Groningen). Distribution. Oosterbroek and Dek, 2020: 16-17 (Limoniidae and Tipulidae Nationaal Park Hollandse Duinen in 2018, Zuid-Holland). Norway Distribution. Olsen et al., 2018: 156-157 (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, 2015a: 53 (on the flight activity of Limoniidae in the Kamienica Valley, Gorce National Park, Western Carpathians) (in Polish, tables also in English). Distribution. Wiedenska, 2017a: 18 (faunistic and habitat data of species from the Gorce NP) (in Polish). Distribution. Wiedenska and Syratt, 2023: 138-139 (loc(s) Bieszczady Mountains, distr and remarks). Romania Distribution. Parvu, 2004: 185 (loc(s)). 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. Paramonov and Korobkov, 2019: 93 (loc(s) RUC: Tverskaya oblast, distr, citing various authors) (in Russian). Distribution. Pilipenko et al., 2020: 357 (loc(s) RUC: Mordoviya Rep., distr). Distribution. Kolcsar et al., 2021b: 173-174 (loc(s) RUE: Bashkortostan Rep. and Tatartsan 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). Distribution. Obona et al., 2025a: 30 (collected in a mosquito trap at the Kosice Zoo, perhaps because of being attracted to CO2). Spain Distribution. Eiroa and Baez, 2002a: 54 (checklist). Sweden Distribution. Salmela, 2010b: 133 (loc(s) Malmo). Distribution. Lindstrom and Fritz, 2015: 39, 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). Switzerland Distribution. Podenas et al., 2006: 110, 298 (map, vertical distr per thermic level). Distribution. Dufour and Merz, 2012: 354 (annotated checklist canton Geneva). Turkey First record. Ozgul et al., 2006: 211 (loc(s), map). Distribution. Ozgul et al., 2009: 64 (survey provinces SW Turkey). Distribution. Koc et al., 2016: 10 (provinces Marmara region). Distribution. Provinces Asiatic part, 2025: (known from Aydin, Burdur, Bursa, Sakarya). on flight period (mainly from 2000 onward): Armenia Obona et al., 2016: month(s): 9. Belarus Kolcsar et al., 2021b: month(s): 7. Belgium Martens et al., 2014: month(s): 9. Dek and Peeters, 2023a: month(s): 5-9. Bulgaria Hubenov, 2015: month(s): 6, 8. Czech Rep. Stary et al., 2005a: month(s): 5-7. Stary and Vonicka, 2018: month(s): 5-10. France Kramer and Withers, 2007: month(s): 6. Kramer, 2007a: month(s): 6. Quindroit, 2020a: month(s): 4-5, 7, 9-10. Quindroit, 2020b: month(s): 5-6, 9. Quindroit and Lemoine, 2022a: month(s): 5. Germany Reusch et al., 2004: month(s): 5-6. Kehlmaier et al., 2023: month(s): 6. Great Britain Godfrey, 2000a: month(s): 6. Godfrey, 2001a: month(s): 5. Kramer, 2011j: month(s): 6-7, 9. Chandler, 2015: month(s): 6, 8. Greece Kolcsar et al., 2021b: month(s): 3. Ireland Ashe et al., 2007b: month(s): 4-7, 9. Kazakhstan Devyatkov, 2020b: month(s): 7-8. Netherlands Barendregt, 2015: month(s): 5. Oosterbroek and Dek, 2020: month(s): 4-5. Poland Wiedenska, 2008: month(s): 5-6. Wiedenska, 2015a: month(s): 7. Wiedenska and Syratt, 2023: month(s): 6-7, 9. Romania Parvu, 2004: month(s): 6-7. Kolcsar et al., 2013: month(s): 6. Russia Paramonov and Pilipenko, 2016: month(s): 6, 8. Paramonov and Korobkov, 2019: month(s): 6. Pilipenko et al., 2020: month(s): 8. Kolcsar et al., 2021b: month(s): 6-7. Slovakia Stary, 2009d: month(s): 5-7, 9-10. Switzerland Podenas et al., 2006: month(s): 5-10. Turkey Ozgul et al., 2006: month(s): 4-5. on altitude (mainly from 2000 onward): Armenia Obona et al., 2016: altitude: 1030 m. Belarus Kolcsar et al., 2021b: altitude: 155-156 m. Bulgaria Hubenov, 2015: altitude: 1000 m. Hubenov, 2017: altitude: 1000 m. Hubenov, 2021a: altitude: 1000 m. Hubenov, 2025b: altitude: 1000 m. Germany Reusch et al., 2004: altitude: 10-257 m. Greece Kolcsar et al., 2021b: altitude: 5 m. Kazakhstan Devyatkov, 2020b: altitude: 343-727 m. Poland Wiedenska and Syratt, 2023: altitude: 420-800 m. Russia Kolcsar et al., 2021b: altitude: 80-533 m. Slovakia Stary, 2009d: altitude: 560-780 m. Turkey Ozgul et al., 2006: altitude: 600-900 m.