Details for Euphylidorea (Euphylidorea) lineola
Name:Euphylidorea (Euphylidorea) lineola (Meigen, 1804)
Publication:Klass. Beschr. 1: 56 (as Limonia)
Status:Recognized taxon.
Classification:Family Limoniidae
Subfamily Limnophilinae
Keys:Stary and Freidberg, 2007 (Limoniidae Israel); Boardman, 2016 (craneflies Shropshire); Peeters en Oosterbroek, 2016c (craneflies Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg) (in Dutch); Stubbs and Kramer, 2016g; Stubbs, 2021 (British craneflies)
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Distribution:Austria, Belgium, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Czech Rep., Denmark, France, Germany, Great Britain, Greece (Ahaia), Hungary, Ireland, Italy (incl. Sicily), Lithuania, Luxembourg, Montenegro, Netherlands, North Macedonia, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Ukraine; Russia: RUN, RUC, RUS; Morocco; Turkey (Asiatic part: Bolu, Zonguldak), Israel.
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 Norway check Olsen et al., 2018, and citations below, to be confirmed. For Great Britain and Ireland check Stubbs, 2021, and citations below. For Morocco check Kettani and Oosterbroek, 2022a, and citations below. Removed: Finland (Salmela, 2012b).
Map:Ashe et al., 2005a (Ireland); Koc et al., 2005b (NW Turkey); Podenas et al., 2006 (Switzerland); Boardman, 2007 (Shropshire)
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references:
Habitus: Kramer and Morris, 2022b (female)
Hypopygium: Podenas et al., 2006; Stary and Oosterbroek, 2008; Kramer and Morris, 2022b

Immature stages
Larva: Krivosheina and Krivosheina, 2011c
Citationson biology (mainly from 2000 onward):
Bulgaria
Habitat. Hubenov, 2025b: suppl: 3 (annotated list Diptera high Bulgarian mts, local distr, habitats and zoogeography).
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: 31, 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: 136 (loc(s) Nord (59) and Pas-de-Calais (62) with notes on habitats and distr) (in French).
Habitat. Quindroit, 2021c: 424, 426 (loc(s) Mercantour National Park, Alpes-Maritimes (06), common species; from wet meadows and wet forest borders).
Habitat. Quindroit and Lemoine, 2022a: 30 (loc(s) Aisne (02) with notes on habitats and distr) (in French).
Great Britain
Habitat. Godfrey, 2000a: 20.
Habitat. Godfrey, 2001a: 21, 23, 30, 33.
Habitat. Godfrey, 2003a: 20, 43 (incidentally associated with woody debris).
Habitat. Boardman, 2007: 64 (same habitat preference as E. dispar [clay soils], Shropshire habitats also include upland acid grassland and an old limestone quarry).
Habitat. Cranston and Drake, 2010: 175 (Euphylidorea larvae can be found in marginal situations along standing waters [no species mentioned]).
Habitat. Wolton and Field, 2021: 212 (study on the impact of cattle on the insect fauna of woodlands; Diptera were sampled from trampled and untrampled areas of wet woodland using emergence traps; see paper for details).
Ireland
Habitat. Ashe et al., 2008: 13 (swept from rushy pastures with stands of yellow iris Iris pseudacorus).
Netherlands
Habitat. Oosterbroek and Dek, 2020: 16, 20 (Limoniidae and Tipulidae Nationaal Park Hollandse Duinen in 2018, Zuid-Holland).
on characters and taxonomy (mainly from 2000 onward):
Country not relevant
Characters. Stary and Oosterbroek, 2008: 4, 9 (comparison, figs).
Characters. Petersen et al., 2012: 50 (on characters shared by aperta, crocotula, dispar, lineola, meigenii, and phaeostigma).
Great Britain
Characters. Boardman, 2007: 64 (characters).
Characters. Kramer and Morris, 2022b: 7-8 (diagnosis, figs).
Israel
Key. Stary and Freidberg, 2007: 302-304, 307-310 (key).
on distribution (mainly from 2000 onward):
Bosnia-Herzegowina
Distribution. Oosterbroek and Simova-Tosic, 2004: 445 (review literature).
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, 2018a: 15 (on the Diptera of the Vitosha Mt; see paper for details on vegetation belts and local 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).
Channel Is
Distribution. Stubbs, 2022b: 5 (on a collection of craneflies from Jersey, collected between 1985 and 2002 by Tony Warne).
Czech Rep.
Distribution. Stary, 2009i: webpage (checklist).
Denmark
Distribution. Petersen and Jong, 2001b: 149 (checklist).
Finland
Distribution. Salmela, 2012b: 229 (removed from list of Finnish crane flies; Finnish record(s) refer to dispar or fulvonervosa).
France
Distribution. Garrin and Herbrecht, 2016: Annexe 11 (loc(s) Notre-Dame-des-Landes, Loire-Atlantique (44)).
Distribution. Quindroit, 2020a: 31, 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: 136 (loc(s) Nord (59) and Pas-de-Calais (62) with notes on habitats and distr) (in French).
Distribution. Quindroit, 2021c: 424, 426 (loc(s) Mercantour National Park, Alpes-Maritimes (06), common species; from wet meadows and wet forest borders).
Distribution. Quindroit and Lemoine, 2022a: 30 (loc(s) Aisne (02) with notes on habitats and distr) (in French).
Distribution. Quindroit and Lemoine, 2022a: 37 (table specifying the presence in the five departments of the Hauts-de-France region).
Distribution. Lemoine and Quindroit, 2023: 8 (loc(s) Hautes-Alpes (05)).
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. Schacht, 2010: 17 (checklist Diptera Bayern).
Distribution. Stuke, 2019: 142 (checklist Niedersachsen and Bremen with reference to original sources).
Great Britain
Distribution. Godfrey, 2000a: 20 (see paper for details of sites surveyed in Shropshire and into Wales).
Distribution. Godfrey, 2001a: 21, 23, 30, 33 (recorded from sites in Shropshire and just over the country border in Montgmeryshire; see paper for details).
Distribution. Godfrey, 2003a: 20, 43 (loc(s), distr).
Distribution. Corbet, 2004: 128 (loc(s) Durnbarnie Links, western Scotland).
Distribution. Boardman, 2007: 64 (loc(s), map).
Distribution. Kramer, 2007b: 36 (loc(s) Leicestershire).
Distribution. Skidmore, 2009: 128 (review of occurrence on the Western Isles of Scotland, distr).
Distribution. Kramer, 2011j: 19 (loc(s) Leicestershire and Rutland (VC55)).
Distribution. Kramer, 2013f: 1 (loc(s) Northamptonshire).
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: 26 (among Diptera associated with a hedge in Devon).
Distribution. Brighton, 2017c: 27 (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, 2022b: 7-8 (info on the species, on the distr and map of loc(s) Leicestershire and Rutland (VC55)).
Greece
First record. Stary and Oosterbroek, 2008: 9 (loc(s), distr).
Ireland
Distribution. Ashe et al., 2005a: 317, 324-325 (review Irish records).
Distribution. Ashe et al., 2008: 13 (additional Irish record(s), distr).
Distribution. Chandler et al., 2008: 11 (checklist).
Israel
Distribution. Stary and Freidberg, 2007: 302-304, 307-310 (only known from older literature, confirmation required, distr).
Italy
Distribution. Podenas and Podeniene, 2008: 351 (annotated checklist South Tyrol [Prov. Bolzano]).
Lithuania
Distribution. Pakalniskis et al., 2006: 20 (checklist).
First record. Podenas in litt., 2006: (new for Lithuania).
Luxembourg
First record. Stary and Oosterbroek, 2008: 9 (loc(s), distr).
Montenegro
First record. Oosterbroek and Simova-Tosic, 2004: 445 (loc(s)).
Morocco
Distribution. Driauach et al., 2013: 188 (review Limoniidae records of Morocco, loc(s)).
Distribution. Kettani and Oosterbroek, 2022a: 24 (annotated checklist, with review loc(s) and/or references).
Netherlands
Distribution. Jong and Oosterbroek, 2002b: 31 (checklist).
Distribution. Oosterbroek and Dek, 2020: 16, 20 (Limoniidae and Tipulidae Nationaal Park Hollandse Duinen in 2018, Zuid-Holland).
North Macedonia
Distribution. Oosterbroek and Simova-Tosic, 2004: 445 (review literature).
Norway
Distribution. Olsen et al., 2018: 158-159, 165 (for reasons outlined considered doubtful for Norway and in need of confirmation; annotated checklist Nordic countries and for Norway according to the Strand regions).
Poland
Distribution. Wiedenska, 2007a: 75 (checklist).
Romania
Distribution. Ujvarosi, 2007: 228-231 (checklist Limoniidae).
Russia
Distribution. Gavryushin in litt., 2011f: (loc(s) RUN: Arkhangelskaya oblast).
Distribution. Kolcsar et al., 2021b: 112-113 (loc(s) RUC: Moskovskaya oblast).
Slovakia
Distribution. Stary, 2009d: 25 (loc(s) Polana area).
Distribution. Stary, 2009i: webpage (checklist).
Spain
First record. Eiroa and Baez, 2002a: 55-56 (checklist, loc(s) Huesca, Valladolid).
Switzerland
Distribution. Podenas et al., 2006: 139, 252 (map, vertical distr per thermic level).
Distribution. Dufour and Merz, 2012: 354 (annotated checklist canton Geneva).
Turkey
First record. Koc et al., 2005b: 616-617 (loc(s), map, checklist).
on flight period (mainly from 2000 onward):
Bulgaria
Hubenov, 2016: month(s): 6-7.
Channel Is
Stubbs, 2022b: month(s): 10.
France
Quindroit, 2020a: month(s): 4-6.
Quindroit, 2020b: month(s): 4-6, 8.
Quindroit and Lemoine, 2022a: month(s): 6.
Lemoine and Quindroit, 2023: month(s): 6.
Great Britain
Godfrey, 2000a: month(s): 6.
Godfrey, 2001a: month(s): 5.
Corbet, 2004: month(s): 8-9.
Kramer, 2011j: month(s): 5, 7, 9.
Kramer, 2013f: month(s): 5.
Kramer and Morris, 2022b: month(s): 5-9.
Greece
Stary and Oosterbroek, 2008: month(s): 6.
Ireland
Ashe et al., 2005a: month(s): 4-5, 7-9.
Ashe et al., 2008: month(s): 6.
Luxembourg
Stary and Oosterbroek, 2008: month(s): 5.
Netherlands
Oosterbroek and Dek, 2020: month(s): 4.
Russia
Gavryushin in litt., 2011f: month(s): 8.
Kolcsar et al., 2021b: month(s): 6.
Slovakia
Stary, 2009d: month(s): 5.
Spain
Eiroa and Baez, 2002a: month(s): 5-6.
Switzerland
Podenas et al., 2006: month(s): 5-10.
Turkey
Koc et al., 2005b: month(s): 5-7.
on altitude (mainly from 2000 onward):
Bulgaria
Hubenov, 2016: altitude: 2389 m.
Hubenov, 2017: altitude: 2389 m.
Hubenov, 2018a: altitude: 890-950 m.
Hubenov, 2021a: altitude: 800-2389 m.
Hubenov, 2025b: altitude: 800-2389 m.
France
Quindroit, 2021c: altitude: 1400 m.
Greece
Stary and Oosterbroek, 2008: altitude: 1700 m.
Russia
Gavryushin in litt., 2011f: altitude: 9 m.
Kolcsar et al., 2021b: altitude: 200-220 m.
Spain
Eiroa and Baez, 2002a: altitude: 1600 m.
Turkey
Koc et al., 2005b: altitude: 110-1400 m.

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