Details for Molophilus (Molophilus) serpentiger

Name: Molophilus (Molophilus) serpentiger Edwards, 1938 Publication: Trans. Soc. Brit. Ent. 5: 147 (as Molophilus) Status: Recognized taxon. Classification: Family Limoniidae Subfamily Chioneinae Keys: Boardman, 2016 (craneflies Shropshire); Stubbs and Kramer, 2016k; Stubbs, 2021 (British craneflies) habitus male habitus male habitus male hypopygium hypopygium plus 9 more images of hypopygium, hypopygium, hypopygium, hypopygium, hypopygium, hypopygium, hypopygium, hypopygium and wing. Distribution: Austria, Belgium, Czech Rep., Denmark, France, Germany, Great Britain, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Lithuania, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey (European part: Kirklareli), Ukraine; Russia: RUC. Note: see the manual for abbreviations: present-day Russia. Region(s): Westpalaearctic General note: Added: Lithuania (Podenas, 1992b). For Italy check Stary and Oosterbroek, 1996, and citations below. For Norway check Olsen et al., 2018, and citations below. 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) Figure references: Habitus: Kolcsar et al., 2015b (male) Hypopygium: Stary, 1971c; Stary, 1971d; Podenas et al., 2006; Kramer, 2013f; Kolcsar et al., 2015b; Kramer and Langlois, 2019; Kramer and Morris, 2022a Citations on biology (mainly from 2000 onward): Czech Rep. Habitat. Stary and Vonicka, 2018: 59 (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). France Biology. Quindroit, 2020a: 29, 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: 139-140 (loc(s) Nord (59) with notes on habitats and distr) (in French). Habitat. Quindroit and Lemoine, 2021a: 24 (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). Germany Habitat. Ruckert, 2005: 47, 53 (found in a study on the association with the type of source: limnokrene, rheokrene, or helokrene in Schlesig-Holstein; restricted to limnokrene sources; see paper for details, as well as Anhang A2-A10). Habitat. Wittrock, 2005: 84 (summer emergence; limnokrene). Habitat. Reusch, 2006: 134 (Kalkquellmoor [carbonate fen complex]). Habitat. Ruckert et al., 2007: 56 (Rheophil). Habitat. Reusch and Hohmann, 2009: 129 (from spring brooks). Habitat. Reiff et al., 2015: 234 (loc(s) Baden-Wurttemberg with list of habitats). Great Britain Habitat. Godfrey, 2001a: 21, 23. Habitat. Boardman, 2007: 53 (found in wet woodland and carr). Habitat. Drake, 2011a: 13, (among the Diptera from a wet Alder [Alnus] wood in Devon). 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. Kramer and Morris, 2022a: 18 (info on the species, on the distr and map of loc(s) Leicestershire and Rutland (VC55); being recorded mainly from woodland situations). Romania Habitat. Ujvarosi, 2005a: 246 (brooks, small river, swamp, moist soil, citing various sources). Habitat. Kolcsar et al., 2015: 7 (small brook in spruce [Picea] forest). Sweden Habitat. Lindstrom and Fritz, 2015: 44, 48 (distributin and ecology in five fens in Hallands County) (in Schwedish). on characters and taxonomy (mainly from 2000 onward): Country not relevant Characters. Kramer, 2013f: 1-2 (characters, comparison, figs). Characters. Kolcsar et al., 2015: 4-6 (comparison, figs). Characters. Kramer and Langlois, 2019a: 77 (characters, comparison, figs). Great Britain Characters. Kramer and Morris, 2022a: 18 (diagnosis, figs). on distribution (mainly from 2000 onward): Czech Rep. Distribution. Stary et al., 2005a: 29 (loc(s)). Distribution. Stary, 2006c: 135 (loc(s), distr). Distribution. Stary, 2009i: webpage (checklist). Distribution. Stary and Vonicka, 2018: 59 (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). France Distribution. Kramer and Langlois, 2019a: 76, 77 (record(s) Ravin de Valbois, Doubs (25)). Distribution. Quindroit, 2020a: 29, 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: 139-140 (loc(s) Nord (59) with notes on habitats and distr) (in French). Distribution. Quindroit and Lemoine, 2021a: 24 (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: 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. 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) Baden-Wurttemberg and Brandenburg). Distribution. Ruckert, 2005: 47, 53 (found in a study on the association with the type of source: limnokrene, rheokrene, or helokrene in Schlesig-Holstein; restricted to limnokrene sources; see paper for details, as well as Anhang A2-A10). Distribution. Schacht, 2005: 5 (checklist Bayern). Distribution. Wittrock, 2005: 84 (loc(s) Schleswig-Holstein). Distribution. Reusch, 2006: 134 (loc(s) Bayern). Distribution. Ruckert et al., 2007: 56 (loc(s) Schleswig-Holstein). Distribution. Reusch and Hohmann, 2009: 129 (loc(s) Sachsen-Anhalt). Distribution. Schacht, 2010: 17 (checklist Diptera Bayern). Distribution. Reiff et al., 2015: 234 (loc(s) Baden-Wurttemberg with list of habitats). Distribution. Stuke, 2019: 145 (checklist Niedersachsen and Bremen with reference to original sources). Great Britain Distribution. Godfrey, 2001a: 21, 23 (recorded from sites in Shropshire and just over the country border in Montgmeryshire; see paper for details). Distribution. Hancock, 2002: 13 (loc(s) Scotland). Distribution. Boardman, 2007: 53-54 (loc(s), map). Distribution. Skidmore, 2009: 127 (review of occurrence on the Western Isles of Scotland, distr). Distribution. Drake, 2011a: 24 (loc(s) Devon). Distribution. Kramer, 2011g: 2 (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. 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. Kramer and Morris, 2022a: 18 (info on the species, on the distr and map of loc(s) Leicestershire and Rutland (VC55); being recorded mainly from woodland situations). Ireland Distribution. Ashe et al., 2007b: 363, 386-387, 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: 30 (checklist). Norway First record. Kolcsar et al., 2021b: 178-180 (loc(s) various provinces). Poland Distribution. Wiedenska, 2007a: 76 (checklist). Distribution. Wiedenska, 2010: 134 (loc(s) Parku Krajobrazowego Wzniesien Lodzkich, Lodz). Distribution. Wiedenska and Syratt, 2023: 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., 2015: 7 (loc(s) Maramures). Russia First record. Gavryushin in litt., 2011b: (loc(s) RUC: Moskovskaya oblast). Slovakia Distribution. Stary, 2009d: 31 (loc(s) Polana area). Distribution. Stary, 2009i: webpage (checklist). Sweden Distribution. Lindstrom and Fritz, 2015: 44, 48 (distributin and ecology in five fens in Hallands County) (in Schwedish). Switzerland Distribution. Podenas et al., 2006: 111, 302 (map, vertical distr per thermic level). Distribution. Dufour and Merz, 2012: 354 (annotated checklist canton Geneva). Turkey First record. Koc et al., 2016: 3-4 (loc(s) European part). on flight period (mainly from 2000 onward): Czech Rep. Stary et al., 2005a: month(s): 4-6. Stary, 2006c: month(s): 5-6. Stary and Vonicka, 2018: month(s): 5-6. France Quindroit, 2020a: month(s): 4. Quindroit, 2020b: month(s): 5. Lemoine and Quindroit, 2023: month(s): 5. Germany Reusch et al., 2004: month(s): 5-6. Reiff et al., 2015: month(s): 5. Great Britain Godfrey, 2001a: month(s): 5. Hancock, 2002: month(s): 6-7. Kramer, 2011j: month(s): 5. Ireland Ashe et al., 2007b: month(s): 5-6. Norway Kolcsar et al., 2021b: month(s): 5-7(8). Poland Wiedenska and Syratt, 2023: month(s): 6. Romania Parvu, 2004: month(s): 7. Kolcsar et al., 2015: month(s): 5. Russia Gavryushin in litt., 2011b: month(s): 6. Slovakia Stary, 2009d: month(s): 5-6. Switzerland Podenas et al., 2006: month(s): 5-8. Turkey Koc et al., 2016: month(s): 5. on altitude (mainly from 2000 onward): Germany Reusch et al., 2004: altitude: 25-560 m. Reusch and Hohmann, 2009: altitude: 435 m. Reiff et al., 2015: altitude: 666 m. Norway Kolcsar et al., 2021b: altitude: 1-180 m. Poland Wiedenska and Syratt, 2023: altitude: 600-650 m. Romania Kolcsar et al., 2015: altitude: 980 m. Slovakia Stary, 2009d: altitude: 630-780 m. Turkey Koc et al., 2016: altitude: 370-643 m.