Details for Idioptera trimaculata

Name: Idioptera trimaculata (Zetterstedt, 1838) Publication: Insecta Lapp.: 833 (as Limnobia) Status: Recognized taxon. Classification: Family Limoniidae Subfamily Limnophilinae Revision: Podenas, 2023 (as Eloeophila). Keys: Stary, 2009b (European Idioptera); Peeters en Oosterbroek, 2014c (craneflies Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg) (in Dutch); Boardman, 2016 (craneflies Shropshire); Stubbs and Kramer, 2016g; Stubbs, 2021 (British craneflies) (all as Eloeophila) habitus male habitus male habitus male body part(s) antenna body part(s) thorax plus 14 more images of hypopygium, hypopygium, hypopygium, hypopygium, hypopygium, hypopygium, hypopygium, wing, wing, wing, wing, wing, wing and habitat. Distribution: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Czech Rep., Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Great Britain, Hungary, Ireland, Italy (Trentino-Alto Adige), Latvia, Lithuania, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Sweden, Switzerland, Ukraine (Carpathians); Russia: RUN. Note: see the manual for abbreviations: present-day Russia. Region(s): Westpalaearctic General note: For Italy check Stary and Oosterbroek, 1996, 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. To be confirmed for Estonia. Map: Ashe et al., 2005a (Ireland); Podenas et al., 2006 (Switzerland); Boardman, 2007 (Shropshire); Stubbs, 2014b (Great Britain) Figure references: Habitus: Podenas, 2023 (male) Head: Podenas, 2023 (antenna) Wing: Podenas et al., 2006; Podenas, 2023 Hypopygium: Podenas et al., 2006; Ribeiro, 2008; Podenas, 2023 Other figures: Podenas, 2023 (thorax) Immature stages Larva: Podeniene, 2003a Citations on biology (mainly from 2000 onward): Bulgaria Habitat. Hubenov, 2025b: suppl: 3 (annotated list Diptera high Bulgarian mts, local distr, habitats and zoogeography). Czech Rep. Habitat. Stary and Vonicka, 2018: 49 (on Limoniidae and Pediciidae of two localities in northern Bohemia, with list of localities, altitudes and habitats). Europe Habitat. Podenas, 2023: 193 (larvae develop in wet and marshy soils along river margins, usually surrounded by mountainous forests and shrublands, also in peatbogs (citing Savchenko, 1986); associated with acid situations and found at small streams and hill drains (citing Stubbs, 2021) (as Eloeophila). Finland Biology. Salmela, 2008: 10, 26, 50 (49) (ecology or habitat: lotic; phenology). Habitat. Salmela, 2011a: 1-28 (study on three wetland habitats: aapa mires, springs and headwater streams; found in headwater streams only). France Habitat. Breil-Moubayed and Garrigue, 2014: 68 (in: Biocenoses aquatiques et subaquatiques de la vallee fluviale de la Massane. Etude diachronique; Pyrenees-Orientales (66)). Biology. Quindroit, 2020a: 30, 45-48 (annotated list with information on abundancy and habitat of the Tipuloidea of the Pays de la Loire regoin, distr) (in French). 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). Germany Habitat. Lehmann and Reusch, 2009: 122 (from around lowland springs). Habitat. Reusch and Hohmann, 2009: 129 (from spring brooks). Great Britain Habitat. Godfrey, 1999: 79 (species of rivers but not the major shoals). Habitat. Godfrey, 2001a: 14, 21. Habitat. Howe and Howe, 2001: 35, 42, 45 (springs and seepages). Habitat. Stubbs, 2003: 18 (given in Coulson, 1959 as confined to peat moorland, but to be allocated to the stream group). Habitat. Boardman, 2007: 63 (found on acid peaty areas on moorland). Habitat. Cranston and Drake, 2010: 175 (Eloeophila larvae can be found in marginal situations along flowing waters [no species mentioned]). Habitat. Stubbs, 2014b: 2, 11 (loc(s) Scotland; see paper for details on habitat, map GB). Habitat. Brighton, 2017c: 27, 36 (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. Boardman, 2020a: 2 (loc(s) Staffordshire, in area of alder carr with a shaded shallow stream running through it). Lithuania Habitat. Podeniene, 2003a: 1-295 (larva, descr, figs, habitat) (in Lithuanian). Habitat. Podeniene, 2003b: 10, 20, 22, 29 (larval habitat: at the bottom of small rivers, mud on swampy riversides). Norway Habitat. Olsen and Andersen, 2021: 211 (loc(s) Innlandet, in former Hedmark, with habitats specified separately, for habitats see also Jonassen and Andersen, 2020). Sweden Habitat. Lindstrom and Fritz, 2015: 44, 47 (distributin and ecology in five fens in Hallands County) (in Schwedish). on characters and taxonomy (mainly from 2000 onward): Country not relevant Characters. Podenas, 2003a: 128 (comparison with fossil species). Phylogeny. Ahonen, 2007: 1-28 (included in phylogenetic analysis of Tipuloidea subfamilies relationships based on molecular data). Phylogeny. Ribeiro, 2008: 627-694 (included in phylogenetic analysis of Limnophilinae and Tipulomorpha, figs). Key. Stary, 2009b: 426-427 (characters, key). Phylogeny. Santos and Ribeiro, 2024: 4-14 (phylogentic analysis of the Idioptera-Eloeophila complex, transferred to Idioptera with Eloeophila as synonym of Idioptera). Characters. Santos et al., 2024: 5 (comparison with fossil species). Europe Description. Podenas, 2023: 191-194 (descr, figs) (as Eloeophila). Great Britain Characters. Boardman, 2007: 63 (characters). Lithuania Immatures. Podeniene, 2003a: 1-295 (larva, descr, figs, habitat) (in Lithuanian). on distribution (mainly from 2000 onward): Bulgaria Distribution. Hubenov, 2016: 47 (annotated checklist Diptera of the Rila Mountains based on data from the literature). Distribution. Hubenov, 2017: 68 (on vertical distribution in the Pirin and Rila Mts; see paper for details on forests and subalpine-alpine zones, distr). Distribution. Hubenov, 2021a: 30 (checklist with summary of distr in Bulgaria, references). Distribution. Hubenov, 2025b: suppl: 3 (annotated list Diptera high Bulgarian mts, local distr, habitats and zoogeography). Czech Rep. Distribution. Ribeiro, 2008: 691 (loc(s)). Distribution. Stary, 2009i: webpage (checklist). Distribution. Stary and Vonicka, 2018: 49 (on Limoniidae and Pediciidae of two localities in northern Bohemia, with list of localities, altitudes and habitats). Distribution. Podenas, 2023: 191-193 (loc(s)) (as Eloeophila). Denmark Distribution. Petersen and Jong, 2001b: 149 (checklist). Estonia Distribution. Stary, 2004f: (Fauna Europaea: added ?Estonia). Finland Distribution. Salmela et al., 2007b: 45 (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: 237 (annotated list of Finnish crane flies). Distribution. Salmela and Petrasiunas, 2014: 27 (checklist Finnish Tipulomorpha). Distribution. Salmela et al., 2015: 101 (list of localities in extensive report on malaise-trapping of insects in conservation areas in Lapland in 2012–2014) (in Finnish). France Distribution. Breil-Moubayed and Garrigue, 2014: 68 (in: Biocenoses aquatiques et subaquatiques de la vallee fluviale de la Massane. Etude diachronique; Pyrenees-Orientales (66)). Distribution. Quindroit, 2020a: 30, 45-48 (annotated list with information on abundancy and habitat of the Tipuloidea of the Pays de la Loire regoin, distr) (in French). 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 and Racine, 2025: 359 (table specifying the presence in the five departments of the Pays de la Loire region). Germany Distribution. Schacht, 1999: 134 (checklist Bayern). Distribution. Reusch and Oosterbroek, 2000: 155 (checklist German Bundeslander). Distribution. Reusch and Bellstedt, 2001b: 72 (checklist Thuringen). Distribution. Schacht, 2005: 5 (checklist Bayern). Distribution. Lehmann and Reusch, 2009: 122 (loc(s) Niedersachsen). Distribution. Reusch and Hohmann, 2009: 129 (loc(s) Sachsen-Anhalt). Distribution. Schacht, 2010: 16 (checklist Diptera Bayern). Distribution. Stuke, 2019: 142 (checklist Niedersachsen and Bremen with reference to original sources). Great Britain Distribution. Crossley, 1999: 84 (loc(s) Doncaster). Distribution. Crossley, 2001: 193 (loc(s) Sheffield). Distribution. Godfrey, 2001a: 14, 21 (recorded from sites in Shropshire and just over the country border in Montgmeryshire; see paper for details). Distribution. Howe and Howe, 2001: 35, 42, 45 (see paper for details on loc(s) in which of the eight vice-counties visited). Distribution. Crossley, 2003b: 62 (loc(s) Sheffield). Distribution. Boardman, 2007: 63 (loc(s), map). Distribution. Kramer, 2009f: 1 (loc(s) Yorkshire). Distribution. Skidmore, 2009: 128 (review of occurrence on the Western Isles of Scotland, distr). Distribution. Kramer, 2010b: 2 (loc(s) Devon). Distribution. Boardman, 2012b: 2 (loc(s) Shropshire). Distribution. Hewitt, 2014: (provisional checklist Cumbrian Diptera). Distribution. Stubbs, 2014b: 2, 11 (loc(s) Scotland; see paper for details on habitat, map GB). Distribution. Brighton, 2017c: 27, 36 (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. Cunningham, 2018: 22 (loc(s) Devon). Distribution. Boardman, 2020a: 2 (loc(s) Staffordshire, in area of alder carr with a shaded shallow stream running through it). Hungary First record. Kolcsar et al., 2021b: 96 (loc(s) Nograd). Ireland Distribution. Ashe et al., 2005a: 317, 323, 336 (review Irish records). Distribution. Chandler et al., 2008: 11 (checklist). Latvia Distribution. Stary, 2004f: (Fauna Europaea: added Latvia). Lithuania Distribution. Pakalniskis et al., 2006: 19 (checklist). Distribution. Podenas, 2023: 191-193 (loc(s)) (as Eloeophila). Netherlands First record. Theowald, 1971b: 225, 235 (XXX). Distribution. Jong and Oosterbroek, 2002b: 31 (checklist). Norway Distribution. Olsen et al., 2018: 158-159 (annotated checklist Nordic countries and for Norway according to the Strand regions). Distribution. Olsen and Andersen, 2021: 211 (loc(s) Innlandet, in former Hedmark, with habitats specified separately, for habitats see also Jonassen and Andersen, 2020). Poland Distribution. Wiedenska, 2007a: 75 (checklist). Distribution. Wiedenska, 2010: 132 (loc(s) Parku Krajobrazowego Wzniesien Lodzkich, Lodz). Distribution. Wiedenska and Syratt, 2023: 131 (loc(s) Bieszczady Mountains, distr and remarks). Romania Distribution. Ujvarosi, 2007: 228-231 (checklist Limoniidae). Slovakia Distribution. Stary, 2009d: 24 (loc(s) Polana area). Distribution. Stary, 2009i: webpage (checklist). Sweden Distribution. Lindstrom and Fritz, 2015: 44, 47 (distributin and ecology in five fens in Hallands County) (in Schwedish). Switzerland Distribution. Podenas et al., 2006: 137, 242 (map). on flight period (mainly from 2000 onward): Bulgaria Hubenov, 2016: month(s): 6. Czech Rep. Ribeiro, 2008: month(s): 7. Stary and Vonicka, 2018: month(s): 6. Podenas, 2023: month(s): 6-7. Finland Salmela, 2008: month(s): 6-7. France Quindroit, 2020a: month(s): 5. Great Britain Crossley, 2001: month(s): 5. Godfrey, 2001a: month(s): 5. Howe and Howe, 2001: month(s): 6. Crossley, 2003b: month(s): 5-6. Kramer, 2009f: month(s): 5. Boardman, 2012b: month(s): 5. Stubbs, 2014b: month(s): 6. Cunningham, 2018: month(s): 5. Hungary Kolcsar et al., 2021b: month(s): 5. Ireland Ashe et al., 2005a: month(s): 5. Lithuania Podenas, 2023: month(s): 5. Norway Olsen and Andersen, 2021: month(s): 6-7. Poland Wiedenska and Syratt, 2023: month(s): 6. Slovakia Stary, 2009d: month(s): 5-6. Switzerland Podenas et al., 2006: month(s): 5. on altitude (mainly from 2000 onward): Bulgaria Hubenov, 2016: altitude: 2389 m. Hubenov, 2017: altitude: 2389 m. Hubenov, 2021a: altitude: 2389 m. Hubenov, 2025b: altitude: 2389 m. France Labat, 2021: altitude: 1357 m. Germany Reusch and Hohmann, 2009: altitude: 842 m. Norway Olsen and Andersen, 2021: altitude: 660-770 m. Poland Wiedenska and Syratt, 2023: altitude: 600-650 m. Slovakia Stary, 2009d: altitude: 630-780 m.