Details for Symplecta (Symplecta) chosenensis

Name: Symplecta (Symplecta) chosenensis (Alexander, 1940) Publication: Philipp. J. Sci. 71: 67 (as Erioptera) Status: Recognized taxon, Synonym(s): mongolica (Lackschewitz, 1964). Classification: Family Limoniidae Subfamily Chioneinae Keys: Stubbs and Kramer, 2016i; Stubbs, 2021 (British craneflies); Wang, Y. et al., 2025 (Symplecta (Symplecta) China) Variant spelling(s): chosensis habitus male habitus male body part(s) head and antenna body part(s) thorax hypopygium plus 15 more images of hypopygium, hypopygium, hypopygium, hypopygium, hypopygium, ovipositor, ovipositor, ovipositor, wing, wing, wing, wing, habitat, habitat and habitat. Distribution: Czech Rep., Finland, Great Britain, Lithuania, Norway, Poland, Romania, Slovakia; Russia: RUC, RUE;; Russia: ES, FE (Khabarovskiy kray, Primorskiy kray); Kazakhstan (east), Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan; Mongolia, North Korea, China (see citations for provinces);; China (Yunnan). Note: see the manual for abbreviations: present-day Russia. Region(s): Westpalaearctic;; Eastpalaearctic;; Oriental General note: Added: Poland (Wiedenska, 1996). For Finland check Salmela, 2012b, 2012c, and citations below. For Great Britain check Stubbs, 2021, and citations below. Map: Howe et al., 2006 (Great Britain) Figure references: Habitus: Kahanpaa and Salmela, 2007 (male); Wang, Y. et al., 2025 (male) Head: Wang, Y. et al., 2025 Wing: Alexander, 1940c (orig descr); Chandler and Crossley, 2003; Wang, Y. et al., 2025 Hypopygium: Alexander, 1940c (orig descr); Chandler and Crossley, 2003; Kahanpaa and Salmela, 2007; Wang, Y. et al., 2025 Ovipositor: Chandler and Crossley, 2003; Wang, Y. et al., 2025 Other figures: Wang, Y. et al., 2025 (thorax) Immature stages Larva: Podeniene, 2009 Miscellaneous Howe et al., 2006 (habitat) Citations on biology (mainly from 2000 onward): Finland Habitat. Kahanpaa and Salmela, 2007: 43-45 (found at a small stream with a width of three to five meters, a riverbed of soft muddy sediments, and surrounded by fully grown but not particularly old Spruce [Picea abies] forest, small stands of old Birch [Betula] and Aspen [Populus tremula] are present but there is little dead wood available in the forest) (this is a summary of the available habitat information in Finnish). Habitat. Salmela et al., 2019: 529 (red list status, habitat types, threat factors). Great Britain Habitat. Stubbs, 1999d: 14 (soft coastal cliffs) (as scotica; see list of material in Chandler and Crossley, 2003). Habitat. Howe and Howe, 2000: 23 (coastal cliffs with seepages) (as novaezemblae scotica; see list of material in Chandler and Crossley, 2003). Habitat. Chandler and Crossley, 2003: 49-54 (seepages on coastal cliffs, (european habitats include brooks in hilly districts and lowland boggy meadows, citing Stary in litt.)). Habitat. Crossley, 2003a: 42 (coastal cliffs). Habitat. Howe et al., 2006: 3-5 (strongly associated with seepages on coastal soft cliffs). Habitat. Gibbs, 2008b: 52 (flushes on cliffs). Habitat. Howe, 2010b: 281 (confined to freshwater seepages on coastal soft cliffs). Habitat. Stubbs, 2017: 28 (Snowdonia National Park: Cors Graianog; at a wildlife trust wetland scrub). Mongolia Habitat. Podenas and Gelhaus, 2001: 47, 50 (collected by sweeping short Salix, Potentilla shrubs, Larix trees and grasses along glacial fed rivers and swept from taller bunch grass at a small nearly pooled stream). Habitat. Gelhaus and Podenas, 2006: 290, 296 (habitat preference: 100% lotic). Habitat. Oliveira and Eck, 2025: Specieslist (collected along small river, in a rivereine swamp with Birch forest and Carex, and in a riverforest with Salix, see habitat photos). on characters and taxonomy (mainly from 2000 onward): China Description. Zhang, X. et al., 2017b: 76 (short descr) (in Chinese). Description. Wang, Y. et al., 2025: 257-261 (descr, comparison, figs). Country not relevant Characters. Podenas and Gelhaus, 2001: 47, 50 (comparison). Synonymy. Stubbs, 2003: 83 (posible synonymy) (as chosensis). Phylogeny. Boldgiv, 2006: 96-154 (one of the 84 morphological taxa from northern Mongolia 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). Great Britain Description. Chandler and Crossley, 2003: 49-54 (descr, comparison, figs). Characters. Kramer, 2013c: 6-7 (on the diagnostic wing and hypopygium characters of chosenensis, hybrida and scotica, figs [after Edwards, 1938a and Chandler and Crossley, 2003]). on distribution (mainly from 2000 onward): China Distribution. Zhang, X. et al., 2017b: 75 (loc(s) Shaanxi, listed for Beijing, Inner Mongolia, Gansu, Shaanxi and Yunnan, first record for Oriental Region) (in Chinese). Distribution. Provinces Eastpalaearctic part, 2025: (known from north and west China, provinces to be worked out, probably more widespread than given by Zhang, X. et al., 2017b). Distribution. Wang, Y. et al., 2025: 260 (loc(s) Beijing, Gansu, Shanxi and Shaanxi, also mentioning Inner Mongolia and Yunnan, distr). Czech Rep. Distribution. Stary, 2009i: webpage (checklist). Finland First record. Kahanpaa and Salmela, 2007: 43-45, 48 (loc(s), distr) (in Finnish). Distribution. Salmela, 2012b: 239 (annotated list of Finnish crane flies). Distribution. Salmela and Petrasiunas, 2014: 26 (checklist Finnish Tipulomorpha). Distribution. Salmela et al., 2019: 529 (red list status, habitat types, threat factors). Great Britain Distribution. Stubbs, 1999d: 14 (loc(s) Cumbria) (as scotica; see list of material in Chandler and Crossley, 2003). Distribution. Howe and Howe, 2000: 23 (loc(s) Cumberland and Caernarfonshire, distr). Distribution. Chandler and Crossley, 2003: 49-54 (loc(s), distr). Distribution. Chandler, 2003b: 58 (added to checklist). First record. Crossley, 2003a: 42 (loc(s) Yorkshire). Distribution. Crossley, 2004: 154 (loc(s), as in Chandler and Crossley, 2003). Distribution. Howe et al., 2006: 3-5 (red list status, loc(s) Caernarvonshire, Cardiganshire, Cumberland, Norfolk and Yorkshire, map). Distribution. Gibbs, 2008b: 52 (loc(s) Durham). Distribution. Howe, 2010b: 281 (has a more widespread distribution at Boulder Clay cliffs). Distribution. Hewitt, 2014: (provisional checklist Cumbrian Diptera) (as novaezemblae). Distribution. Stubbs, 2017: 28 (Snowdonia National Park: Cors Graianog; at a wildlife trust wetland scrub). Kazakhstan First record. Devyatkov, 2020b: 222 (loc(s) East Kazakhstan, distr) (in Russian). Korea Distribution. Podenas, 2013: 9 (literature overview of North and South Korean records). Lithuania First record. Pakalniskis et al., 2000: 6 (checklist) (details in Podenas and Pakalniskis, 2000). Distribution. Podenas and Pakalniskis, 2000: 22 (loc(s)). Distribution. Pakalniskis et al., 2006: 24 (checklist). Mongolia Distribution. Podenas and Gelhaus, 2001: 47, 50 (loc(s), distr). Distribution. Boldgiv, 2006: 154 (loc(s)). Distribution. Gelhaus and Podenas, 2006: 290, 296 (loc(s)). Distribution. Oliveira and Eck, 2025: Specieslist (loc(s) Khentii and Hovsgol aimags). Norway First record. Kolcsar et al., 2021b: 232 (loc(s) Oslo). Poland Distribution. Wiedenska, 2007a: 76 (checklist). Romania Distribution. Ujvarosi, 2007: 228-231 (checklist Limoniidae). Russia Distribution. Stary, 2004f: (Fauna Europaea: added Russia: RUC). Distribution. Pilipenko and Sidorenko, 2006b: 144 (checklist Kedrovaya Pad, distr) (in Russian). Distribution. Paramonov and Pilipenko, 2016: 97 (loc(s) RUC: Tverskaya oblast) (in Russian). Distribution. Kolcsar et al., 2021b: 232 (loc(s) RUE: Bashkortostan Rep.). Distribution. Devyatkov and Dubatolov, 2025: 32 (loc(s) Khabarovskiy kray, Bolshekhekhtsirsky Nature Reserve, distr) (in Russian). Slovakia Distribution. Stary, 2009i: webpage (checklist). on flight period (mainly from 2000 onward): China Zhang, X. et al., 2017b: month(s): 8. Wang, Y. et al., 2025: month(s): 6-8. Finland Kahanpaa and Salmela, 2007: month(s): 7-8. Great Britain Stubbs, 1999d: month(s): 6. Howe and Howe, 2000: month(s): 6. Chandler and Crossley, 2003: month(s): 6-8. Crossley, 2004: month(s): 6-8. Howe et al., 2006: month(s): 6-9. Gibbs, 2008b: month(s): 7. Stubbs, 2017: month(s): 6. Kazakhstan Devyatkov, 2020b: month(s): 6-8. Lithuania Podenas and Pakalniskis, 2000: month(s): 7-9. Mongolia Podenas and Gelhaus, 2001: month(s): 7. Gelhaus and Podenas, 2006: month(s): 6-7. Oliveira and Eck, 2025: month(s): 6, 8. Norway Kolcsar et al., 2021b: month(s): 7. Russia Paramonov and Pilipenko, 2016: month(s): 5. Kolcsar et al., 2021b: month(s): 8. Devyatkov and Dubatolov, 2025: month(s): 5-6. on altitude (mainly from 2000 onward): China Zhang, X. et al., 2017b: altitude: 1808 m. Wang, Y. et al., 2025: altitude: 1300-1808 m. Kazakhstan Devyatkov, 2020b: altitude: 300-600 m. Mongolia Podenas and Gelhaus, 2001: altitude: 600-1740 m. Gelhaus and Podenas, 2006: altitude: 1645-1705 m. Oliveira and Eck, 2025: altitude: 980-1780 m. Norway Kolcsar et al., 2021b: altitude: 5 m. Russia Kolcsar et al., 2021b: altitude: 507 m. Devyatkov and Dubatolov, 2025: altitude: 70-100 m.