Details for Rhabdomastix (Rhabdomastix) hirticornis

Name: Rhabdomastix (Rhabdomastix) hirticornis (Lackschewitz, 1940) Publication: Annln Naturh. Mus. Wien 50: 55 (as Gonomyia) Status: Recognized taxon, Synonym(s): signata Bangerter, 1947. Classification: Family Limoniidae Subfamily Chioneinae Revision: Stary, 2003b, 2004a. Descriptive note: Lectotype designation: Stary, 2004a. Keys: Stary, 2004a (Westpalaearctic Rhabdomastix) habitus male body part(s) antenna hypopygium hypopygium ovipositor plus 2 more images of ovipositor and wing. Distribution: Albania, Austria, Bulgaria, Czech Rep., France, Germany, Greece (incl. Chios, Euboea [Evia], Thasos), Poland, Serbia, Slovakia, Switzerland, Ukraine; Algeria; Azerbaijan. Region(s): Westpalaearctic General note: To be confirmed for Romania (Erhan and Ceianu, 1986; Parvu, 2007). Map: Podenas et al., 2006 (Switzerland) Figure references: Head: Stary, 2004a (antenna, palp); Podenas et al., 2006 (antenna, palp) Wing: Podenas et al., 2006 Hypopygium: Stary, 2004a; Podenas et al., 2006 Ovipositor: Stary, 2004a; Podenas et al., 2006 Citations on biology (mainly from 2000 onward): Bulgaria Habitat. Hubenov, 2025b: suppl: 6 (annotated list Diptera high Bulgarian mts, local distr, habitats and zoogeography). on characters and taxonomy (mainly from 2000 onward): Albania Revision. Stary, 2004a: 658-662, 671, 675, 679-683 (revision, type-mat, lectotype des, descr, key, comparison, figs, review literature). Country not relevant Taxonomy. Stary, 2003b: 588, 589 (systematic position, characters). Characters. Stary, 2005: 489-491 (comparison). on distribution (mainly from 2000 onward): Albania Distribution. Stary, 2004a: 658-662, 671, 675, 679-683 (type-loc(s), loc(s), distr). Algeria First record. Stary, 2004a: 680 (loc(s)). Austria First record. Stary, 2004a: 680 (loc(s)). Azerbaijan First record. Stary et al., 2018: 266 (loc(s), distr). Distribution. Snegovaya, 2021: 1144 (checklist with details on distr in Azerbaijan). Bulgaria First record. Stary, 2004a: 680 (loc(s)). Distribution. Hubenov, 2021a: 35 (checklist with summary of distr in Bulgaria, references). Distribution. Hubenov, 2025b: suppl: 6 (annotated list Diptera high Bulgarian mts, local distr, habitats and zoogeography). Czech Rep. First record. Stary, 2001a: 186 (loc(s), distr). Distribution. Stary, 2004a: 680 (loc(s)). Distribution. Stary, 2009i: webpage (checklist). France First record. Labat, 2021: 91-92 (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). Germany First record. Stary, 2004a: 680 (loc(s) Bayern). Greece First record. Stary, 2004a: 680 (loc(s)). Italy Distribution not confirmed. Oosterbroek and Stary, 1995: 7 (Sicily, not confirmed by Stary, 2004a). Distribution not confirmed. Stary and Oosterbroek, 1996: 72 (Sicily, not confirmed by Stary, 2004a). Distribution not confirmed. Stary, 2004a: 681 (not confirmed for Sicily). Poland Distribution. Stary, 2004a: 680 (loc(s)). Distribution. Wiedenska, 2007a: 76 (checklist). Romania Distribution not confirmed. Stary, 2004a: 681 (not confirmed for Romania). Serbia First record. Kolcsar et al., 2021b: 225 (loc(s)). Slovakia Distribution. Stary, 2004a: 680 (loc(s)). Distribution. Stary, 2009i: webpage (checklist). Switzerland Distribution. Stary, 2004a: 680 (type-loc(s) signata, loc(s)). Distribution. Podenas et al., 2006: 123, 331 (map, vertical distr per thermic level). Ukraine Distribution. Stary, 2004a: 680 (loc(s)). on flight period (mainly from 2000 onward): Albania Stary, 2004a: month(s): 5-6. Algeria Stary, 2004a: month(s): 4. Austria Stary, 2004a: month(s): 7-8. Azerbaijan Stary et al., 2018: month(s): 6. Bulgaria Stary, 2004a: month(s): 5-6. Czech Rep. Stary, 2001a: month(s): 6-7. Stary, 2004a: month(s): 5-7. Germany Stary, 2004a: month(s): 7-8. Greece Stary, 2004a: month(s): 5-6. Poland Stary, 2004a: month(s): 6. Serbia Kolcsar et al., 2021b: month(s): 7. Slovakia Stary, 2004a: month(s): 6-7. Switzerland Stary, 2004a: month(s): 6. Podenas et al., 2006: month(s): 6-8. Ukraine Stary, 2004a: month(s): 6. on altitude (mainly from 2000 onward): Azerbaijan Stary et al., 2018: altitude: 482 m. Bulgaria Hubenov, 2021a: altitude: 150-450 m. Hubenov, 2025b: altitude: 150-450 m. France Labat, 2021: altitude: 580-1203 m. Greece Stary, 2004a: altitude: 1000 m. Serbia Kolcsar et al., 2021b: altitude: 800 m. Slovakia Stary, 2004a: altitude: 750 m. Switzerland Stary, 2004a: altitude: 520 m.