Details for Molophilus (Molophilus) propinquus

Name: Molophilus (Molophilus) propinquus (Egger, 1863) Publication: Verh. Kais.-Kon. Zool.-Bot. Ges. Wien 13: 1105 (as Erioptera) Status: Recognized taxon, Synonym(s): ?opacus (Meigen, 1830); gladius Meijere, 1920. Classification: Family Limoniidae Subfamily Chioneinae Keys: Stubbs and Kramer, 2016k; Stubbs, 2021 (British craneflies) Variant spelling(s): propinqua habitus male habitus male habitus male body part(s) antenna hypopygium plus 22 more images of hypopygium, hypopygium, hypopygium, hypopygium, hypopygium, hypopygium, wing, habitat, habitat, habitat, habitat, habitat, habitat, habitat, habitat, habitat, habitat, habitat, habitat, habitat, habitat and habitat. Distribution: Albania, Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Rep., Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Great Britain, Greece (incl. Samos), Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Lithuania, Moldova, Netherlands, North Macedonia, Norway, Poland, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey (European part: widespread), Ukraine; Russia: RUN, RUW, RUC, RUE, North Caucasus; Morocco; Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Turkey (Asiatic part: widespread);; Russia: WS (south), ES (south), FE (Primorskiy kray, Sakhalin (incl. Kuril Is)); Kazakhstan (east). Note: see the manual for abbreviations: present-day Russia. Region(s): Westpalaearctic;; Eastpalaearctic General note: 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. For Morocco check Kettani and Oosterbroek, 2022a, and citations below. Map: Koc, 2004 (Mugla); Podenas et al., 2006 (Switzerland); Ashe et al., 2007b (Ireland) Figure references: Head: Stary, 2011b (antenna) Hypopygium: Stary and Rozkosny, 1970a; Mendl, 1973c; Podenas et al., 2006 Immature stages Larva: Podeniene, 2009 Miscellaneous Lundstrom and Fritz, 2015 (habitat) Citations on biology (mainly from 2000 onward): Austria Habitat. Schultz et al., 2006: 351 (Hochmoor). Azerbaijan Habitat. Stary and Obona, 2020: 133-134 (loc(s); with list of localities, habitats and altitudes). Bosnia-Herzegowina Habitat. Graf et al., 2023: 34 (inventory of the upper Neretva, an unimpacted riverine system embedded in dense natural and near-natural forest; see paper for details). Bulgaria Habitat. Hubenov, 2025a: suppl: 3 (annotated list Diptera Stara Planina Mts, local distr, habitats and zoogeography). 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). Finland Habitat. Salmela, 2004: 9 (fens, brooks and small rivers). Biology. Salmela, 2008: 10, 26, 50 (49) (ecology or habitat: swamp; phenology). Habitat. Salmela, 2011a: 1-28 (study on three wetland habitats: aapa mires, springs and headwater streams). France Habitat. Kramer, 2007a: 33 (collected in a marsh dominated by Equisetum). Habitat. Labat, 2022: 52-67 (preliminary study on Diptera of riparian corridors at several localities in France; supplements: loc(s) Cotes d Armor (22)) (in French). Habitat. Quindroit, 2022a: 17, 19, 27 (annotated list with information on abundancy and habitat of the Tipuloidea of the Pays de la Loire regoin, distr) (in French). Georgia Habitat. Stary and Obona, 2020: 133-134 (loc(s); with list of localities, habitats and altitudes). Germany Habitat. Lehmann and Reusch, 2009: 122 (from around lowland springs). Phenology. Wagner, 2011b: 373 (graph showing seasonal emergence sequence, may to september but predominantly in may and june). Great Britain Habitat. Godfrey, 1999: 78 (species of exposed riverine sediments and other wet sand). Habitat. Howe and Howe, 2001: 35, 42, 45. Habitat. Hewitt et al., 2005: 38, 49 (found on sandy banks of streams and ditches; larvae probably develop in damp sand). Habitat. Stubbs, 2014b: 2 (loc(s) Scotland; see paper for details on habitat). Habitat. Wolton and Drake, 2015: 9 (swept from exposed riverine sediments). 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). Greece Habitat. Kramer, 2004: 21 (found at a lake margin). Italy Habitat. Stary, 2002a: 106 (semi-wet Fraxinus forest). Lithuania Habitat. Podeniene, 2001a: 83, 84 (larvae were found on the bank of a small river in silt and leaf fallings). Habitat. Podeniene, 2003b: 11, 21, 28 (larval habitat: sand and silt in riparian zone of small rivulets). Habitat. Podeniene, 2009: 137, 141 (semi-aquatic species preferring sandy exposed riverine sediments; studied were larvae found in the riparian zone (in sand, silt and leaf litter of Alnus incana)). Morocco Habitat. Driauach and Belqat, 2016: 137 (loc(s) Rif Mts with list of habitats). 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 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. Ujvarosi and Poti, 2006: 256 (habitat in Dupa Lunca marshland: predominantly shrubs along rivers and streams). 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. 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). Habitat. Paramonov and Korobkov, 2019: 93 (loc(s) RUC: Tverskaya oblast, distr, habitat, citing various authors) (in Russian). Habitat. Kolcsar et al., 2021b: 176 (Dagestan: grass near the water). Sweden Habitat. Lindstrom and Fritz, 2015: 35, 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 Biology. Koc, 2004: 93, 114-118, 151 (habitat; phenology) (in Turkish). on characters and taxonomy (mainly from 2000 onward): Country not relevant Phylogeny. Boldgiv, 2006: 96-154 (one of the 84 morphological taxa in a consistency test of morphology based species identification of crane flies against DNA-barcoding identification using 536-base-pair sequence profiles of the COI gene, also known as the DNA barcode) (subspec. not indicated). Characters. Stary, 2011b: 51-53 (comparison, figs). Characters. Stary and Obona, 2020: 134 (Transcaucasian specimens differ somewhat in the shape of the gonostyli from European populations, which may be a result of clinal variation). Lithuania Immatures. Podeniene, 2009: 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). Austria Distribution. Schultz et al., 2006: 351 (loc(s)). Distribution. Reusch and Heiss, 2012: 323-332 (loc(s) Nat. Park Gesause, see PDF for months and altitudes). Azerbaijan First record. Stary and Obona, 2020: 133-134 (loc(s); with list of localities, habitats and altitudes). Distribution. Snegovaya, 2021: 1147-1148 (checklist with details on distr in Azerbaijan). Belarus First record. Kolcsar et al., 2021b: 176 (loc(s) Minsk region). Bosnia-Herzegowina Distribution. Oosterbroek and Simova-Tosic, 2004: 444 (review literature). Distribution. Graf et al., 2023: 34 (inventory of the upper Neretva, an unimpacted riverine system embedded in dense natural and near-natural forest; see paper for details). Distribution. Kolcsar et al., 2023b: 26-27 (loc(s)). Bulgaria Distribution. Hubenov, 2015: 221 (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, 2018b: 124 (review loc(s) Vrachanska Planina Mts). Distribution. Hubenov, 2021a: 33 (checklist with summary of distr in Bulgaria, references). Distribution. Hubenov, 2025a: suppl: 3 (annotated list Diptera Stara Planina Mts, local distr, habitats and zoogeography). Distribution. Hubenov, 2025b: suppl: 5 (annotated list Diptera high Bulgarian mts, local distr, habitats and zoogeography). Croatia Distribution. Oosterbroek and Simova-Tosic, 2004: 444 (review literature). 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). Estonia Distribution. Stary, 2004f: (Fauna Europaea: added Estonia). Finland Distribution. Salmela, 2002: 30-32 (loc(s) lake Iidesjarvi) (in Finnish). Distribution. Salmela, 2004: 9 (loc(s)). Distribution. Salmela, 2008: 10, 50 (49) (loc(s), known from all Finnish ecoregions). Distribution. Salmela, 2011a: 24 (loc(s) subalpine northern boreal Finland). Distribution. Salmela, 2012b: 238 (annotated list of Finnish crane flies). Distribution. Salmela and Petrasiunas, 2014: 26 (checklist Finnish Tipulomorpha). Distribution. Salmela et al., 2015: 103 (list of localities in extensive report on malaise-trapping of insects in conservation areas in Lapland in 2012–2014) (in Finnish). France Distribution. Kramer, 2007a: 33 (loc(s) Isere (38)). Distribution. Labat, 2021: 92 (on Diptera taxa recorded along the over-all length of the Dordogne River and some of its tributaries; see paper for the locality details) (in French). Distribution. Labat, 2022: 52-67 (preliminary study on Diptera of riparian corridors at several localities in France; supplements: loc(s) Cotes d Armor (22)) (in French). Distribution. Quindroit, 2022a: 17, 19, 27 (annotated list with information on abundancy and habitat of the Tipuloidea of the Pays de la Loire regoin, distr) (in French). Distribution. Quindroit and Racine, 2025: 358 (table specifying the presence in the five departments of the Pays de la Loire region). Georgia Distribution. Stary and Obona, 2020: 133-134 (loc(s); with list of localities, habitats and altitudes). 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. Lehmann and Reusch, 2009: 122 (loc(s) Niedersachsen). Distribution. Schacht, 2010: 17 (checklist Diptera Bayern). Distribution. Wagner, 2011b: 372 (dominant at the Breitenbach stream; showing a distinct distribution pattern along the stream with decreasing downstream abundance). Distribution. Stuke, 2019: 144 (checklist Niedersachsen and Bremen with reference to original sources). Great Britain Distribution. Howe and Howe, 2001: 35, 42, 45 (see paper for details on loc(s) in which of the eight vice-counties visited). Distribution. Hewitt et al., 2005: 38, 49 (loc(s) Cumbria). Distribution. Drake, 2008c: 219, 223 (loc(s) Wiltshire, in study on invertebrates of two water meadows). Distribution. Kramer, 2009f: 1 (loc(s) Yorkshire). Distribution. Skidmore, 2009: 127 (review of occurrence on the Western Isles of Scotland, distr). Distribution. Hewitt, 2014: (provisional checklist Cumbrian Diptera). Distribution. Stubbs, 2014b: 2 (loc(s) Scotland; see paper for details on habitat). Distribution. Wolton and Drake, 2015: 9 (loc(s) Devon). 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). Greece Distribution. Kramer, 2004: 21 (loc(s) Peloponnisos). Ireland Distribution. Ashe et al., 2007b: 363, 386, 395, 405 (review Irish records, red data book status, map). Distribution. Ashe et al., 2008: 7 (additional Irish record(s), distr). Distribution. Chandler et al., 2008: 10 (checklist). Italy Distribution. Stary, 2002a: 106 (loc(s)). Kazakhstan First record. Devyatkov, 2020b: 221 (loc(s) East Kazakhstan, distr) (in Russian). Lithuania Distribution. Podeniene, 2001a: 83, 84 (loc(s)). Distribution. Pakalniskis et al., 2006: 22 (checklist). Distribution. Podeniene, 2009: 141 (loc(s)). Morocco Distribution. Gavryushin in litt., 2012d: (loc(s) High Atlas, N. Vikhrev leg.). Distribution. Driauach et al., 2013: 188 (review Limoniidae records of Morocco, loc(s)). Distribution. Driauach and Belqat, 2016: 137 (loc(s) Rif Mts with list of habitats). Distribution. Kettani and Oosterbroek, 2022a: 23 (annotated checklist, with review loc(s) and/or references). Netherlands Distribution. Jong and Oosterbroek, 2002b: 30 (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. Wiedenska, 2007a: 76 (checklist). 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: 139 (loc(s) Bieszczady Mountains, distr and remarks). Romania 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. Humala and Polevoi, 2008: 133 (loc(s) RUN: Kareliya). Distribution. Humala and Polevoi, 2009: 66 (loc(s) RUN: Kareliya) (in Russian). Distribution. Paramonov, 2014: 39-43 (revision coll. Eversmann), loc(s) RUE: Tatarstan Rep.) (in Russian. Distribution. Paramonov and Korobkov, 2019: 93 (loc(s) RUC: Tverskaya oblast, distr, habitat, citing various authors) (in Russian). Distribution. Pilipenko et al., 2020: 357 (loc(s) RUC: Mordoviya Rep., distr). Distribution. Kolcsar et al., 2021b: 176 (loc(s) North Caucasus: Dagestan) Serbia Distribution. Oosterbroek and Simova-Tosic, 2004: 444 (review literature). Distribution. Gavryushin in litt., 2015b: (loc(s) Serbia). 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, needs confimation, see Stary, 2011b). Sweden Distribution. Lindstrom and Fritz, 2015: 35, 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, 299 (map, vertical distr per thermic level). Distribution. Dufour and Merz, 2012: 354 (annotated checklist canton Geneva). Turkey Distribution. Koc, 2004: 93, 114-118, 151 (loc(s), distr, map) (in Turkish). Distribution. Koc et al., 2005b: 616 (checklist). Distribution. Ozgul et al., 2009: 64 (survey provinces SW Turkey). 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). on flight period (mainly from 2000 onward): Armenia Obona et al., 2016: month(s): 9. Azerbaijan Stary and Obona, 2020: month(s): 5. Belarus Kolcsar et al., 2021b: month(s): 7. Bosnia-Herzegowina Kolcsar et al., 2023b: month(s): 6. Bulgaria Hubenov, 2015: month(s): 6, 8. Hubenov, 2016: month(s): 6, 8-9. Czech Rep. Stary et al., 2005a: month(s): 5-9. Stary and Vonicka, 2018: month(s): 4-6, 8. Finland Salmela, 2008: month(s): 6-7. France Kramer, 2007a: month(s): 6. Quindroit, 2022a: month(s): 5, 7. Georgia Stary and Obona, 2020: month(s): 4-5, 7. Germany Wagner, 2011b: month(s): 5-9. Great Britain Howe and Howe, 2001: month(s): 6. Kramer, 2009f: month(s): 5. Stubbs, 2014b: month(s): 6. Wolton and Drake, 2015: month(s): 5. Greece Kramer, 2004: month(s): 4. Ireland Ashe et al., 2007b: month(s): 6. Ashe et al., 2008: month(s): 4. Chandler et al., 2008: month(s): 4. Kazakhstan Devyatkov, 2020b: month(s): 6-8. Morocco Gavryushin in litt., 2012d: month(s): 5. Driauach and Belqat, 2016: month(s): 1, 4. Norway Olsen and Andersen, 2021: month(s): 7. Poland Wiedenska, 2015a: month(s): 6-8. Wiedenska, 2017a: month(s): 7-8. Wiedenska and Syratt, 2023: month(s): 6-7. Romania Ujvarosi et al., 2011b: month(s): 5-6. Russia Paramonov, 2014: month(s): 5. Paramonov and Korobkov, 2019: month(s): 6. Pilipenko et al., 2020: month(s): 5. Kolcsar et al., 2021b: month(s): 5. Serbia Gavryushin in litt., 2015b: month(s): 4, 7. Slovakia Stary, 2009d: month(s): 5-7, 9. Switzerland Podenas et al., 2006: month(s): 5-10. Turkey Koc, 2004: month(s): 8-9. on altitude (mainly from 2000 onward): Armenia Obona et al., 2016: altitude: 940 m. Azerbaijan Stary and Obona, 2020: altitude: 845 m. Belarus Kolcsar et al., 2021b: altitude: 155-161 m. Bosnia-Herzegowina Kolcsar et al., 2023b: altitude: 640 m. Bulgaria Hubenov, 2015: altitude: 900-1200 m. Hubenov, 2016: altitude: 1147-1700 m. Hubenov, 2017: altitude: 900-1700 m. Hubenov, 2018b: altitude: 380 m. Hubenov, 2021a: altitude: 0-1700 m. Hubenov, 2025a: altitude: 0-1700 m. Hubenov, 2025b: altitude: 0-1700 m. France Kramer, 2007a: altitude: 1025 m. Labat, 2021: altitude: 899 m. Georgia Stary and Obona, 2020: altitude: 700-2600 m. Greece Kramer, 2004: altitude: 875 m. Kazakhstan Devyatkov, 2020b: altitude: 300-1654 m. Morocco Gavryushin in litt., 2012d: altitude: 2000 m. Driauach and Belqat, 2016: altitude: 394-860 m. Kettani and Oosterbroek, 2022a: altitude: 2500-2800 m. Norway Olsen and Andersen, 2021: altitude: 666 m. Poland Wiedenska, 2017a: altitude: 800-980 m. Wiedenska and Syratt, 2023: altitude: 600-800 m. Romania Ujvarosi and Poti, 2006: altitude: 670 m. Russia Kolcsar et al., 2021b: altitude: 66 m. Slovakia Stary, 2009d: altitude: 630-780 m. Turkey Koc, 2004: altitude: 312-674 m.