Details for Euphylidorea (Euphylidorea) meigenii

Name: Euphylidorea (Euphylidorea) meigenii (Verrall, 1886) Publication: Entomologist's Mon. Mag. 23: 118 (as Limnophila) Status: Recognized taxon, Synonym(s): nigrina (Meigen, 1830); maxima (Agrell, 1945). Classification: Family Limoniidae Subfamily Limnophilinae Descriptive note: As new name for Limnobia nigrina Meigen, 1830 (for details see Pont, 1995). Palaearctic Catalogue (Savchenko et al., 1992) incorrectly as 1887. Keys: Boardman, 2016 (craneflies Shropshire); Peeters en Oosterbroek, 2016c (craneflies Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg) (in Dutch); Stubbs and Kramer, 2016g; Stubbs, 2021 (British craneflies) Variant spelling(s): meigeni habitus male habitus male habitus male habitus female habitus female plus 41 more images of habitus, habitus, habitus, habitus, body part(s), body part(s), body part(s), body part(s), body part(s), body part(s), hypopygium, hypopygium, hypopygium, hypopygium, hypopygium, hypopygium, hypopygium, hypopygium, hypopygium, hypopygium, hypopygium, hypopygium, hypopygium, ovipositor, ovipositor, ovipositor, ovipositor, wing, wing, wing, wing, habitat, habitat, habitat, habitat, habitat, habitat, habitat, habitat, habitat and habitat. Distribution: Andorra, Austria, Belgium, Croatia, Czech Rep., Denmark (incl. Faroe Is), Finland, France, Germany, Great Britain, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Lithuania, Netherlands, Norway, Romania, Slovakia, Sweden, Switzerland; Russia: RUN, RUC. Note: see the manual for abbreviations: present-day Russia. Region(s): Westpalaearctic General note: Added: Croatia (Langhoffer, 1917). 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 Novaya Zemlya. Map: Ashe et al., 2005a (Ireland); Podenas et al., 2006 (Switzerland); Boardman, 2007 (Shropshire); Salmela, 2009 (Finland) Figure references: Habitus: Quindroit and Racine, 2025 (female) Hypopygium: Stary and Rozkosny, 1970a; Podenas et al., 2006; Kramer, 2008d Ovipositor: Stary and Rozkosny, 1970a; Salmela, 2009 Miscellaneous Lundstrom and Fritz, 2015 (habitat); Quindroit, 2022d (habitat) Citations on biology (mainly from 2000 onward): Czech Rep. Habitat. Stary and Vonicka, 2018: 50 (on Limoniidae and Pediciidae of two localities in northern Bohemia, with list of localities, altitudes and habitats). Finland Habitat. Salmela and Ilmonen, 2005: 89-92 (collected around lake shores, small lotic waters, and next to a groundwater-fed brook; larvae inhabit moist soils of mires and hygropetric zones). Habitat. Salmela and Autio, 2007b: 49 (a species indicating conservation value or naturalness of wetlands; inhabitant of mesotrophic mires). Biology. Salmela, 2008: 10, 20, 26, 33, 50 (49) (ecology or habitat: peatland; phenology). Habitat. Salmela, 2009a: 10-12 (in the north found around brooks, minerotrophic fens and alpine wetlands, in the south mainly found in fens and Spruce [Picea] mires; the species is probably sensitive to ditching and consequent drying of peatlands and thus it may be an indicator of good habitat quality). Habitat. Autio and Salmela, 2010: 48, 50 (habitats Aland Is, wide-ranging mire species). Habitat. Salmela, 2011a: 1-28 (study on three wetland habitats: aapa mires, springs and headwater streams; more numerous in springs than aapa mires or headwater streams). Habitat. Salmela, 2012c: 11 (classified as a mire-dwelling species). France Habitat. Quindroit, 2022d: 419 (habitat photo loc(s) Ariege (09)). Habitat. Quindroit and Racine, 2025: 340 (annotated list with information on abundancy and habitat of the Tipuloidea of the Pays de la Loire region, distr) (in French). Germany Habitat. Lehmann and Reusch, 2009: 122 (from around lowland springs). Great Britain Habitat. Stubbs, 2003: 18 (given in Coulson, 1959 as confined to peat moorland, but from wider experience mainly a bog pool species or in other very wet boggy ground). Habitat. Boyce, 2004: 31, 61, 103 (most records being from blanket bog; larvae are found in bog pools). Habitat. Boardman, 2007: 65 (associated with boggy habitats; see also Boardman, 2007 on E. phaeostigma). Habitat. Phillips, 2007: 150 (flushes with abundant Parnassia on hillside) (as Limnophila meigeni). Habitat. Kramer, 2008e: 3-4 (found in bogs and mires). Habitat. Kramer, 2009g: 2 (along boggy margin of stream). Habitat. Cranston and Drake, 2010: 175 (Euphylidorea larvae can be found in marginal situations along standing waters [no species mentioned]). Habitat. Leftwich, 2011: 4 (heathland species). Habitat. Kramer, 2012l: 148 (wooded glen and moorland). Habitat. Stubbs, 2014b: 2 (loc(s) Scotland; see paper for details on habitat). Habitat. Alexander, 2015: 3 (result of a study on sampling techniques in Cornwall, showing productive pitfall-trapping for moorland crane flies). 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. Leftwich, 2017: 5 (widespread on wet heath and mire vegetation within the Poole Basin, often occurring even on very small stands; it also strays onto drier surrounding heathland vegetation). Habitat. Boardman, 2020a: 1-2 (loc(s) Staffordshire and Warwickshire, Sphagnum associate found in various habitats). Ireland Habitat. Ashe et al., 2008: 13 (an acid bog speciality). 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). Russia Habitat. Paramonov and Korobkov, 2019: 97 (loc(s) RUC: Tverskaya oblast, distr, habitat, citing various authors; first confirmed record for Russia) (in Russian). Sweden Habitat. Lindstrom and Fritz, 2015: 35, 39, 44, 47 (on distribution, ecology, habitat preference and habitat conservation in a method study and species inventory in five fens in Hallands County) (in Schwedish). on characters and taxonomy (mainly from 2000 onward): Country not relevant Characters. Kramer, 2008e: 3-4 (discriminating characters (figured) and comparison with phaeostigma). Characters. Petersen et al., 2012: 50 (on characters shared by aperta, crocotula, dispar, lineola, meigenii, and phaeostigma). Finland Characters. Salmela, 2009a: 11 (discriminating characters of ovipositor, especially vaginal apodemes (figured), with female of E. phaeostigma). Great Britain Characters. Leftwich, 2017: 5 (table showing differentiating characters, including flight behaviour, with Tipula subnodiconis). on distribution (mainly from 2000 onward): Andorra First record. Eiroa and Baez, 2002a: 55-56 (checklist, loc(s)). Austria Distribution. Reusch and Heiss, 2012: 314-322 (loc(s) Nat. Park Gesause, see PDF for months and altitudes). Croatia Distribution. Oosterbroek and Simova-Tosic, 2004: 445 (review literature). Czech Rep. Distribution. Stary, 2009i: webpage (checklist). Distribution. Stary and Vonicka, 2018: 50 (on Limoniidae and Pediciidae of two localities in northern Bohemia, with list of localities, altitudes and habitats). Denmark Distribution. Petersen and Jong, 2001b: 149 (checklist). Finland Distribution. Salmela and Ilmonen, 2005: 89-92 (loc(s), review Finnish distribution). Distribution. Salmela and Autio, 2007b: 49, 54 (loc(s), distr). Distribution. Salmela et al., 2007b: 45 (loc(s)). Distribution. Salmela, 2008: 10, 33, 50 (49) (loc(s), known from all Finnish ecoregions). Distribution. Salmela, 2009a: 10-12 (distributed all over the country but probably absent from southernmost Finland, being quite common in the north, map). Distribution. Autio and Salmela, 2010: 48 (loc(s) Aland Is). 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. Quindroit, 2022d: 419 (habitat photo loc(s) Ariege (09)). Distribution. Quindroit and Racine, 2025: 340 (annotated list with information on abundancy and habitat of the Tipuloidea of the Pays de la Loire region, distr) (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: 131, 134 (checklist Bayern). Distribution. Reusch and Bellstedt, 2000: 260 (loc(s) Thuringen). Distribution. Reusch and Oosterbroek, 2000: 155 (checklist German Bundeslander). Distribution. Reusch and Bellstedt, 2001a: 268 (red list status Thuringen). Distribution. Reusch and Bellstedt, 2001b: 72 (checklist Thuringen). Distribution. Schacht, 2005: 5 (checklist Bayern). Distribution. Lehmann and Reusch, 2009: 122 (loc(s) Niedersachsen). Distribution. Schacht, 2010: 17 (checklist Diptera Bayern). Distribution. Stuke, 2019: 142 (checklist Niedersachsen and Bremen with reference to original sources). Great Britain Distribution. Boyce, 2004: 31, 61, 103 (distr). Distribution. Boardman, 2007: 65 (loc(s), map). Distribution. Phillips, 2007: 150 (loc(s) Isle of Rum) (as Limnophila meigeni). Distribution. Kramer, 2008d: 2 (loc(s) Scotland). Distribution. Kramer, 2008e: 3-4 (distr in GB). Distribution. Kramer, 2009g: 2 (loc(s) Swansea). Distribution. Skidmore, 2009: 128 (review of occurrence on the Western Isles of Scotland, distr). Distribution. Hancock, 2011a: 2 (loc(s) Tiree, Southern Inner Hebrides). Distribution. Leftwich, 2011: 4 (loc(s) Dorset). Distribution. Kramer, 2012l: 148 (loc(s) Durham in the Wingate collection). Distribution. Hewitt, 2014: (provisional checklist Cumbrian Diptera). Distribution. Stubbs, 2014b: 2 (loc(s) Scotland; see paper for details on habitat). Distribution. Alexander, 2015: 3 (result of a study on sampling techniques in Cornwall, showing productive pitfall-trapping for moorland crane flies). 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. Leftwich, 2017: 5 (loc(s) Dorset). Distribution. Boardman, 2020a: 1-2 (loc(s) Staffordshire and Warwickshire, Sphagnum associate found in various habitats). Iceland Distribution. Olsen in litt., 2018: (collected in Iceland in july 2018). Ireland Distribution. Ashe et al., 2005a: 317, 325, 335 (review Irish records). Distribution. Ashe et al., 2008: 13 (additional Irish record(s), distr). Distribution. Chandler et al., 2008: 11 (checklist). Lithuania Distribution. Pakalniskis et al., 2006: 20 (checklist). 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). Romania Distribution. Ujvarosi, 2007: 228-231 (checklist Limoniidae). Russia Distribution. Stary, 2004f: (Fauna Europaea: added Russia: ?Novaya Zemlya). First record. Paramonov and Korobkov, 2019: 97 (loc(s) RUC: Tverskaya oblast, distr, habitat, citing various authors; first confirmed record for Russia) (in Russian). Distribution. Kolcsar et al., 2021b: 113-114 (loc(s) RUN: Kareliya and Murmanskaya oblast). Slovakia Distribution. Stary, 2009i: webpage (checklist). Sweden Distribution. Lindstrom and Fritz, 2015: 35, 39, 44, 47 (on distribution, ecology, habitat preference and habitat conservation in a method study and species inventory in five fens in Hallands County) (in Schwedish). Switzerland Distribution. Podenas et al., 2006: 139, 252 (map, vertical distr per thermic level). on flight period (mainly from 2000 onward): Andorra Eiroa and Baez, 2002a: month(s): 6-7. Czech Rep. Stary and Vonicka, 2018: month(s): 5-7. Finland Salmela, 2008: month(s): 6-8. Salmela, 2009a: month(s): 6-8. France Quindroit, 2022d: month(s): 7. Quindroit and Racine, 2025: month(s): 4, 8(9). Germany Reusch and Bellstedt, 2000: month(s): 5, 7-8. Great Britain Phillips, 2007: month(s): 8. Kramer, 2009g: month(s): 7. Hancock, 2011a: month(s): 6. Stubbs, 2014b: month(s): 6. Ireland Ashe et al., 2005a: month(s): 4-10. Ashe et al., 2008: month(s): 6, 8. Norway Olsen and Andersen, 2021: month(s): 6-7. Russia Paramonov and Korobkov, 2019: month(s): 5. Kolcsar et al., 2021b: month(s): 5-7. Switzerland Podenas et al., 2006: month(s): 5-8. on altitude (mainly from 2000 onward): France Quindroit, 2022d: altitude: 1900 m. Quindroit and Racine, 2025: altitude: 345 m. Norway Olsen and Andersen, 2021: altitude: 490-770 m. Russia Kolcsar et al., 2021b: altitude: 64-215 m.