Details for Molophilus (Molophilus) pleuralis

Name: Molophilus (Molophilus) pleuralis Meijere, 1920 Publication: Tijdschr. Ent. 63: 60 (as Molophilus) Status: Recognized taxon. Classification: Family Limoniidae Subfamily Chioneinae Descriptive note: Type-material: Jong, 2000. Lectotype desigation: Stary, 2011b. Keys: Stary and Freidberg, 2007 (Limoniidae Israel); Stubbs and Kramer, 2016k; Stubbs, 2021 (British craneflies) habitus male habitus male habitus male hypopygium hypopygium plus 4 more images of hypopygium, hypopygium, wing and habitat. Distribution: Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Czech Rep., Denmark, France (incl. Corsica), Germany, Great Britain, Greece (incl. Kriti [Crete]), Hungary, Ireland, Lithuania, Moldova, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Spain (incl. Balearic Is [Mallorca]), Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey (European part: Edirne, Kirklareli), Ukraine; Russia: North Caucasus; Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Turkey (Asiatic part: see citations for provinces), Cyprus, Israel, Iran;; Russia: ES (Taymyr); Kazakhstan (southeast), Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, Afghanistan. Note: see the manual for abbreviations: present-day Russia. Region(s): Westpalaearctic;; Eastpalaearctic General note: Added: Switzerland (Stary and Geiger, 1998a). 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) Biology: Boardman, 2018: saltmarsh specialist. Figure references: Hypopygium: Podenas et al., 2006; Stary, 2011b; Kramer and Morris, 2022a Other figures: Frantsevich, 2004 (mid coxa) Citations on biology (mainly from 2000 onward): Azerbaijan Habitat. Stary and Obona, 2020: 133 (loc(s); with list of localities, habitats and altitudes). France Biology. Quindroit, 2020a: 28-29, 45-48 (annotated list with information on abundancy and habitat of the Tipuloidea of Pays de la Loire; first record for mainland France) (in French). Habitat. Herbrecht et al., 2021: 57, 59 (loc(s) Loire-Atlantique (44) based on malaise-trapping with notes on habitats) (in French). Habitat. Quindroit and Lemoine, 2021a: 25, 27 (loc(s), resultats de deux campagnes 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]). Great Britain Habitat. Watt et al., 1997: 30 (usually associated with Phalaris or Phragmites stands beside rivers, streams and sheltered situations). Habitat. Hancock, 1999: 56 (swept from Phragmites on salt marsh). Habitat. Crossley, 2003b: 61 (by wet scrapes in a field). Habitat. Stubbs, 2003: 24, 28, 90, 94 (in particular moderately to weakly brackish conditions, about 75% records are from grazing levels habitat; the paper includes further details on habitat management). Habitat. Boardman, 2007: 53 (for most situations found on coastal grazing levels or from locations with some salinity, but a few populations have been recorded away from salinity). Habitat. Kramer, 2007b: 35 (member of the marshland community). Habitat. Kramer, 2009g: 2 (recorded from dune scrub and/or dune grassland). Habitat. Stubbs, 2014c: 2 (loc(s) NW Wales; see paper for details on habitat). Habitat. Boardman, 2017: 3 (saltmarsh, Lancashire). 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. Boardman, 2018: 3 (loc(s) Northhumberland, saltmarsh specialist). Habitat. Cunningham, 2020: 22 (loc(s) South Milton Ley, Devon; collected from a reed bed). Habitat. Kramer and Morris, 2022a: 17 (info on the species, on the distr and map of loc(s) Leicestershire and Rutland (VC55); a local species which usually occurs near the coast, in VC55 recorded from a meadow). Habitat. Stubbs, 2024c: 34 (loc(s) Lancashire, an open and wetland site (not an acid moss!). Ireland Habitat. Ashe et al., 2007b: 363, 385-386 (bred from rotten Birch [Betula] wood and from Phragmites stem bases, citing Blackith et al., 1991). Netherlands Habitat. Drake et al., 2019: 76 (on Diptera of inland saltmarshes in Cheshire and Staffordshire). Norway Habitat. Kolcsar et al., 2021b: 174 (beach meadow, near lake) (in Norwegian). Russia Habitat. Oosterbroek et al., 2007: 26 (in the typical tundra subzone of the Taimyr Peninsula the species is usually abundant near water biotopes, presumably in shingle and uliginous shoals of rivulets and small rivers (Lantsov & Chernov, 1987). Spain Habitat. Stary, 2014b: 86 (collected at saltmarsh and canal). Habitat. Kolcsar et al., 2021b: 175 (salt marsh). Sweden Habitat. Hamback et al., 2022: 64 (loc(s) Halland with information on habitat and distr) (in Swedish). on characters and taxonomy (mainly from 2000 onward): Country not relevant Characters. Frantsevich, 2004: 133-134 (structure of coxa, figs). Israel Key. Stary and Freidberg, 2007: 305, 323, 325-326 (key). Netherlands Taxonomy. Stary, 2011b: 54-56 (type-mat, lectotype desigation, comparison). 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. 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). Belgium Distribution. Martens et al., 2014: 114, 124 (loc(s) Oost-Vlaanderen). Cyprus First record. Stary and Oosterbroek, 2008: 6 (loc(s), distr). Czech Rep. Distribution. Stary, 2009i: webpage (checklist). Denmark Distribution. Petersen and Jong, 2001b: 150 (checklist). France Distribution. Quindroit, 2020a: 28-29, 45-48 (annotated list with information on abundancy and habitat of the Tipuloidea of Pays de la Loire; first record for mainland France) (in French). Distribution. Herbrecht et al., 2021: 57, 59 (loc(s) Loire-Atlantique (44) based on malaise-trapping with notes on habitats) (in French). Distribution. Quindroit and Lemoine, 2021a: 25, 27 (loc(s), resultats de deux campagnes 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. Schacht, 2005: 5 (checklist Bayern). Distribution. Reusch, 2006: 134 (loc(s) Bayern). Distribution. Schacht, 2010: 17 (checklist Diptera Bayern). Great Britain Distribution. Hancock, 1999: 56 (loc(s) Scotland). Distribution. Crossley, 2003b: 61 (loc(s) Sheffield). Distribution. Boardman, 2007: 53 (loc(s), map). Distribution. Kramer, 2007b: 35 (loc(s) Leicestershire). Distribution. Kramer, 2009g: 2 (loc(s) Swansea). Distribution. Skidmore, 2009: 127 (review of occurrence on the Western Isles of Scotland, distr). Distribution. Kramer, 2011a: 3 (loc(s) Pembrokeshire). Distribution. Kramer, 2011j: 16 (loc(s) Leicestershire and Rutland (VC55)). Distribution. Drake, 2014: 22 (loc(s) Gwynedd). Distribution. Hewitt, 2014: (provisional checklist Cumbrian Diptera). Distribution. Stubbs, 2014c: 2 (loc(s) NW Wales; see paper for details on habitat). Distribution. Drake, 2016: 20 (study on the relative importance to Diptera of pasture and ditch margins on Catcott Reserve, Somerset). Distribution. Stubbs, 2016b: 14 (loc(s) Kent). Distribution. Boardman, 2017: 3 (saltmarsh, Lancashire). 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. Boardman, 2018: 3 (loc(s) Northhumberland, saltmarsh specialist). Distribution. Cunningham, 2020: 22 (loc(s) South Milton Ley, Devon; collected from a reed bed). Distribution. Kramer and Morris, 2022a: 17 (info on the species, on the distr and map of loc(s) Leicestershire and Rutland (VC55); a local species which usually occurs near the coast, in VC55 recorded from a meadow). Distribution. Stubbs, 2024c: 34 (loc(s) Lancashire, an open and wetland site (not an acid moss!). Greece First record. Stary, 2011b: 56 (mainland (Pieria region) and Kriti [Crete] (Khania region)). Ireland Distribution. Ashe et al., 2007b: 363, 385-386, 405 (review Irish records, map). Distribution. Chandler et al., 2008: 10 (checklist). Israel First record. Stary and Freidberg, 2007: 305, 323, 325-326 (loc(s), distr). Lithuania Distribution. Pakalniskis et al., 2006: 22 checklist). Netherlands Distribution. Jong and Oosterbroek, 2002b: 29 (checklist). Distribution. Stary, 2011b: 55-56 (type-loc(s)). Distribution. Drake et al., 2019: 76 (on Diptera of inland saltmarshes in Cheshire and Staffordshire). Norway First record. Kolcsar et al., 2021b: 174-175 (loc(s) Ostfold and Vest-Agder). Poland Distribution. Wiedenska, 2007a: 76 (checklist). Romania Distribution. Ujvarosi, 2007: 228-231 (checklist Limoniidae). Russia Misinterpretation. Khruleva and Devyatkov, 2019: 66 (review of references for Wrangel Is) (in Russian) (according to Khruleva et al., 2024, the species is incorrectly recorded from the island). Slovakia Distribution. Stary, 2009i: webpage (checklist). Spain First record. Stary, 2014b: 86 (loc(s) Mallorca). Distribution. Kolcsar et al., 2021b: 175 (loc(s) Lugo; first record for mainland Spain). Sweden Distribution. Hamback et al., 2022: 64 (loc(s) Halland with information on habitat and distr) (in Swedish). Switzerland Distribution. Podenas et al., 2006: 110, 298 (map, vertical distr per thermic level). Tajikistan Distribution. Devyatkov, 2020c: 78 (loc(s), distr) (in Russian). Turkey First record. Stary and Oosterbroek, 2008: 6 (loc(s), distr). Distribution. Bilgin et al., 2015: 5 (loc(s) Eskisehir, distr) (in Turkish). Distribution. Koc et al., 2016: 10 (provinces Marmara region). Distribution. Akpinar and Ozgul, 2023: 55 (loc(s) Aksaray). Distribution. Provinces Asiatic part, 2025: (known from Bursa, Canakkale, Eskisehir, Mugla, Sakarya). on flight period (mainly from 2000 onward): Armenia Obona et al., 2016: month(s): 8-9. Azerbaijan Stary and Obona, 2020: month(s): 5. Belgium Martens et al., 2014: month(s): 5, 8. Cyprus Stary and Oosterbroek, 2008: month(s): 10. France Quindroit, 2020a: month(s): 4. Quindroit and Lemoine, 2022a: month(s): 5-9. Great Britain Hancock, 1999: month(s): 6. Crossley, 2003b: month(s): 8. Boardman, 2007: month(s): 7. Kramer, 2009g: month(s): 7. Kramer, 2011j: month(s): 5. Drake, 2014: month(s): 7. Stubbs, 2014c: month(s): 7. Stubbs, 2016b: month(s): 7. Boardman, 2017: month(s): 6. Cunningham, 2020: month(s): 4. Stubbs, 2024c: month(s): 6. Greece Stary, 2011b: month(s): 5-6. Ireland Ashe et al., 2007b: month(s): 5-10. Israel Stary and Freidberg, 2007: month(s): 2-6, 8-12. Netherlands Stary, 2011b: month(s): 5, 8. Norway Kolcsar et al., 2021b: month(s): 6, 8. Spain Stary, 2014b: month(s): 5. Kolcsar et al., 2021b: month(s): 4. Switzerland Podenas et al., 2006: month(s): 5-6, 8-9. Tajikistan Devyatkov, 2020c: month(s): 6-7. Turkey Stary and Oosterbroek, 2008: month(s): 7. on altitude (mainly from 2000 onward): Armenia Obona et al., 2016: altitude: 1913-1987 m. Azerbaijan Stary and Obona, 2020: altitude: 200-595 m. Cyprus Stary and Oosterbroek, 2008: altitude: 500-700 m. Norway Kolcsar et al., 2021b: altitude: 0.5-10 m. Spain Stary, 2014b: altitude: 0-1 m. Kolcsar et al., 2021b: altitude: 0 m. Tajikistan Devyatkov, 2020c: altitude: 2440 m. Turkey Stary and Oosterbroek, 2008: altitude: 1750-1850 m.