Details for Cheilotrichia (Empeda) alpina

Name: Cheilotrichia (Empeda) alpina (Strobl, 1895) Publication: Mitt. naturw. Ver. Steierm. 31: 232 (as Empeda) Status: Recognized taxon, Synonym(s): caerulea Stary, 1987. Classification: Family Limoniidae Subfamily Chioneinae Descriptive note: Lectotype designation, species status and synonymy: Stary, 2006b; treated before as a synonym of cinerascens. Type-material: Chvala, 2008. hypopygium hypopygium hypopygium Distribution: Austria, Czech Rep., Germany, Italy (Trentino-Alto Adige), Norway, Romania, Slovakia, Switzerland. Region(s): Westpalaearctic General note: Added: Switzerland (Stary and Geiger, 1998a) (as caerulea). Map: Podenas et al., 2006 (Switzerland) (as caerulea) Figure references: Wing: Podenas et al., 2006 (as caerulea) Hypopygium: Stary, 1987a (as caerulea); Podenas et al., 2006 (as caerulea) Citations on biology (mainly from 2000 onward): Austria Habitat. Reusch and Heiss, 2012: 167 (aufgefunden bei einer hochmineralisierten Gipsquelle). Romania Habitat. Ujvarosi, 2005b: 67 (adults were collected in a Picea forest) (as caerulea). Slovakia Habitat. Stary, 2009d: 27 (a local montane species with unknown ecology). on characters and taxonomy (mainly from 2000 onward): Austria Taxonomy. Stary, 2006b: 191 (type-mat, lectotype des, species status, synonymy, characters [details on type-mat also in Chvala, 2008]). on distribution (mainly from 2000 onward): Austria Distribution. Stary, 2006b: 191 (type-loc(s), distr). Distribution. Reusch and Heiss, 2012: 167 (loc(s) Nat. Park Gesause). Czech Rep. Distribution. Stary, 2009i: webpage (checklist). Germany Distribution. Reusch and Bellstedt, 2000: 261 (loc(s), distr) (as caerulea). Distribution. Reusch and Oosterbroek, 2000: 157 (checklist German Bundeslander) (as caerulea). Distribution. Reusch and Bellstedt, 2001a: 268 (red list status Thuringen) (as caerulea). Distribution. Reusch and Bellstedt, 2001b: 73 (checklist Thuringen) (as caerulea). Italy First record. Podenas and Podeniene, 2008: 347, 351 (loc(s), annotated checklist South Tyrol [Prov. Bolzano]; see also p. 352, the first record for Italy is in fact by Hellrigl, 1996, as caerulea). Norway First record. Kolcsar et al., 2021b: 22-23 (loc(s) various provinces). Romania First record. Ujvarosi, 2005a: 237, 244 (no details) (as caerulea). Distribution. Ujvarosi, 2005b: 67 (loc(s), distr) (as caerulea). Distribution. Ujvarosi, 2007: 228-231 (checklist Limoniidae) (as caerulea). Slovakia Distribution. Stary, 2009d: 27 (loc(s) Polana area, review loc(s) Slovakia). Distribution. Stary, 2009i: webpage (checklist). Switzerland Distribution. Podenas et al., 2006: 85, 202 (map, vertical distr per thermic level) (as caerulea). on flight period (mainly from 2000 onward): Austria Stary, 2006b: month(s): 7. Reusch and Heiss, 2012: month(s): 7. Germany Reusch and Bellstedt, 2000: month(s): 6. Italy Podenas and Podeniene, 2008: month(s): 6. Norway Kolcsar et al., 2021b: month(s): 5-7, 9. Romania Ujvarosi, 2005b: month(s): 7. Slovakia Stary, 2009d: month(s): 5, 7. Switzerland Podenas et al., 2006: month(s): 4, 6-9. on altitude (mainly from 2000 onward): Austria Reusch and Heiss, 2012: altitude: 1033 m. Germany Reusch and Bellstedt, 2000: altitude: 730 m. Italy Podenas and Podeniene, 2008: altitude: 1220-1630 m. Norway Kolcsar et al., 2021b: altitude: 70-515 m. Romania Ujvarosi, 2005b: altitude: 1000 m.