Details for Idioptera pulchella

Name: Idioptera pulchella (Meigen, 1830) Publication: Syst. Beschr. 6: 275 (as Limnobia) Status: Recognized taxon, Synonym(s): maculata Macquart, 1834; macropteryx (Tjeder, 1955). Classification: Family Limoniidae Subfamily Limnophilinae Descriptive note: For variation in the length of the female wing (from greatly reduced in pulchella to fully winged in forma macropteryx) and synonymy see Stary, 2007. Keys: Peeters en Oosterbroek, 2014c, 2014e (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 habitus male habitus male plus 14 more images of habitus, habitus, habitus, body part(s), body part(s), hypopygium, hypopygium, hypopygium, ovipositor, wing, wing, wing, wing and habitat. Distribution: Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Czech Rep., Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Great Britain, Ireland, Latvia, Lithuania, Montenegro, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Ukraine; Russia: RUN, RUW, RUC, RUE, RUS, North Caucasus;; Russia: WS (south), ES (south), FE (Magadan oblast, Amurskaya oblast); Kazakhstan (east). Note: see the manual for abbreviations: present-day Russia. Region(s): Westpalaearctic;; Eastpalaearctic General note: Added: Montenegro (Simova-Tosic, 1992, as macropterx). For Finland check Salmela, 2012b, 2012c, and citations below. For Norway check Olsen et al., 2018, and citations below. For Spain check Eiroa and Carles-Tolra, 2019, and citations below. For Great Britain and Ireland check Stubbs, 2021, and citations below. Map: Ashe et al., 2005a (Ireland); Podenas et al., 2006 (Switzerland); Boardman, 2007 (Shropshire) Figure references: Habitus: Boardman, 2007 (male) Wing: Podenas et al., 2006; Boardman, 2007 Hypopygium: Podenas et al., 2006 Immature stages Larva: Podeniene, 2003a; Podeniene, 2004; Krivosheina and Krivosheina, 2011c Citations on biology (mainly from 2000 onward): Belarus Habitat. Paramonov and Sushko, 2010: 45 (loc(s), distr, about fauna of raised bogs, for details see paper) (in Russian). Czech Rep. Habitat. Stary et al., 2013b: 377 (on Limonidae from Vraz near Pisek, with general habitat description). Finland Habitat. Salmela, 2004: 4, 9 (springs, spring fens, fens, brooks and small rivers) (as macropteryx). Habitat. Salmela and Ilmonen, 2005: 89 (the occurrence in relation to the trophic status of mires within an open boreal mire system is investigated) (as macropteryx). Habitat. Salmela and Autio, 2007b: 49 (common and widespread mire species). Biology. Salmela, 2008: 10, 26, 50 (49) (ecology or habitat: eurytopic, wet; phenology). Habitat. Salmela, 2011a: 1-28 (study on three wetland habitats: aapa mires, springs and headwater streams; among the most common species). France Habitat. Quindroit, 2020b: 137 (loc(s) Nord (59) with notes on habitats and distr) (in French). Germany Habitat. Dunk, 2018: 96 (loc(s) Bayern with list of habtats). Great Britain Habitat. Stubbs, 2003: 18 (at Moor House found at the edge of Sphagnum bogs and areas with exposed peat, citing Coulson, 1959). Habitat. Boardman, 2004a: 9. Habitat. Boyce, 2004: 31, 103 (associated with blanket bog; larvae are thought to be associated with Sphagnum). Habitat. Boyce, 2004: 32, 57, 61, 68, 78, 104 (occurs in lowland Sphagnum bogs where there are patches of bare peat, and in wet woodlands) (as Phylidorea). Habitat. Boardman, 2007: 66 (peat bogs, acidic lake margins, moorland, fens and wet heathland; able to readily colonise relatively temporary features on bogs such as tractor wheels ruts and shallow depressions). Habitat. Kramer, 2012l: 148 (high dales and moors). Habitat. Stubbs, 2014b: 2 (loc(s) Scotland; see paper for details on habitat). Habitat. Boardman, 2017: 3 (boggy wet heath, Staffordshire). Habitat. Brighton, 2017c: 27, 37 (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: 1 (loc(s) Warwickshire, in extensive wet heath and small area of valley fen). Biology. Kramer, 2022b: 12 (drawing attention to the work of Mathew Carroll [2012] from York Uni working on peat uplands; Mathew found that raising the water table by blocking drainage ditches significantly increased cranefly numbers; species identified during his study on moorland in Wales, the Pennines and the North York Moors were Tipula subnodicornis, Tricyphona immaculata, Molophilus ater, Ormosia pseudosimilis, Idioptera pulchella and Limonia dilutior). Latvia Habitat. Salmela and Vartija, 2007: 10 (in a moist forest characterized by Alnus glutinosa and Thelypteris palustris). Habitat. Spungis, 2008: 36 (raised bogs). Lithuania Habitat. Podeniene, 2003a: 1-295 (larva, descr, figs, habitat) (in Lithuanian). Habitat. Podeniene, 2003b: 10, 21, 28 (larval habitat: lowermost portion of Sphagnum mosses at the margin of low lying woody swamps). Habitat. Podeniene, 2004: 37-41 (larvae were collected from the lowermost part of a Sphagnum moss in a low-lying swamp (Fennoscandian deciduous swamp woods) in mid march; (adults fly from late april till early august, mostly in upland moors, citing Podenas, 1995). Biology. Gorban and Podeniene, 2022: 5 (loc(s); reared from Ash [Fraxinus excelsior]; see paper for details). 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). Poland Habitat. Wiedenska, 2007a: 75 (tyrphobiont, species living inhabiting peatland). Romania Habitat. Ujvarosi, 2005a: 237, 245 (peat bog, citing various sources) (as macropteryx). Habitat. Ujvarosi, 2005b: 67 (adults were collected in a damp meadow near a brook) (as macropteryx). Habitat. Ujvarosi and Poti, 2006: 255-256 (habitat in Dupa Lunca marshland: predominantly swamp with bushes and trees) (as macropteryx). Habitat. Ujvarosi et al., 2011b: 107 (loc(s) Dupa Lanca marshy area near Voslobeni) (in Hungarian, species list with habitat information in English). Habitat. Kolcsar et al., 2013: 72 (loc(s) Cluj-Napoca and surroundings; list of habitats with altitudes). Russia Biology. Lantsov, 2015a: 366 (loc(s) North Caucasus: Kabardino-Balkar. Rep., with data on habitats, ecology and chorology) (in Russian). Slovakia Habitat. Stary, 2009d: 25 (a local ecologically significant species, associated with swamps of various types). on characters and taxonomy (mainly from 2000 onward): Country not relevant Characters. Coulson and Downie, 2000: 30 (brachyptery). Synonymy. Stary, 2007: 24-25 (type-mat and synonymy macropteryx). Characters. Stary, 2007: 24-25 (variation in the length of the female wing, from greatly reduced in pulchella to fully winged in forma macropteryx). Phylogeny. Santos and Ribeiro, 2024: 4-14 (phylogentic analysis of the Idioptera-Eloeophila complex). Great Britain Characters. Boardman, 2007: 66 (characters, female has reduced wings, colourphoto male, figs). Lithuania Immatures. Podeniene, 2003a: 1-295 (larva, descr, figs, habitat) (in Lithuanian). Immatures. Podeniene, 2004: 37-41 (descr larva, comparison, phylogeny, figs). on distribution (mainly from 2000 onward): Belarus First record. Paramonov and Sushko, 2010: 45 (loc(s), distr, about fauna of raised bogs, for details see paper) (in Russian). Bulgaria Distribution. Stary, 2007: 25 (loc(s)). Distribution. Hubenov, 2021a: 30 (checklist with summary of distr in Bulgaria, references). Czech Rep. Distribution. Stary, 2009i: webpage (checklist). Distribution. Stary et al., 2013b: 377 (on Limonidae from Vraz near Pisek, with general habitat description). Denmark Distribution not confirmed. Petersen and Jong, 2001b: 150 (by expert opinion likely to occur in Denmark) (as macropteryx). Distribution. Petersen and Jong, 2001b: 150 (checklist). Estonia Distribution. Stary, 2004f: (Fauna Europaea: added Estonia). Finland Distribution. Polevoi, 2001: 191 (loc(s)). Distribution. Salmela, 2001a: 144, 150 (loc(s)) (as macropteryx). Distribution. Salmela, 2002: 31 (loc(s)) (as macropteryx). Distribution. Salmela, 2004: 4, 9 (loc(s)) (as macropteryx). Distribution. Salmela and Ilmonen, 2005: 89 (loc(s)) (as macropteryx). Distribution. Salmela and Autio, 2007b: 54 (loc(s)). Distribution. Salmela et al., 2007b: 45 (loc(s)). Distribution. Stary, 2007: 25 (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: 238 (annotated list of Finnish crane flies). Distribution. Salmela and Petrasiunas, 2014: 28 (checklist Finnish Tipulomorpha). Distribution. Salmela et al., 2015: 102 (list of localities in extensive report on malaise-trapping of insects in conservation areas in Lapland in 2012–2014) (in Finnish). France Distribution. Quindroit, 2020b: 137 (loc(s) Nord (59) with notes on habitats and distr) (in French). Distribution. Quindroit and Lemoine, 2022a: 38 (table specifying the presence in the five departments of the Hauts-de-France region). Germany Distribution. Schacht, 1999: 134 (checklist Bayern). Distribution. Reusch and Bellstedt, 2000: 261 (loc(s) Thuringen). Distribution. Reusch and Oosterbroek, 2000: 156 (checklist German Bundeslander). Distribution. Reusch and Bellstedt, 2001a: 268 (red list status Thuringen). Distribution. Reusch and Bellstedt, 2001b: 72 (checklist Thuringen). Distribution. Reusch et al., 2004: 111 (loc(s) Mecklenburg-Vorpommern). Distribution. Schacht, 2005: 5 (checklist Bayern). Distribution. Schacht, 2010: 17 (checklist Diptera Bayern). Distribution. Dunk, 2018: 96 (loc(s) Bayern with list of habtats). Distribution. Stuke, 2019: 143 (checklist Niedersachsen and Bremen with reference to original sources). Great Britain Distribution. Boardman, 2004a: 9 (loc(s)Wales-England border). Distribution. Boyce, 2004: 31, 103 (distr). Distribution. Boyce, 2004: 32, 57, 61, 68, 78, 104 (distr) (as Phylidorea). Distribution. Boardman, 2007: 66 (loc(s), map). Distribution. Kramer, 2008d: 2 (loc(s) Scotland). Distribution. Kramer, 2012l: 148 (loc(s) Durham in the Wingate collection). Distribution. Kramer, 2013g: 2 (loc(s) Lancaster). Distribution. Stubbs, 2013: 26 (loc(s) Lancaster). Distribution. Hewitt, 2014: (provisional checklist Cumbrian Diptera). Distribution. Stubbs, 2014b: 2 (loc(s) Scotland; see paper for details on habitat). Distribution. Boardman, 2017: 3 (boggy wet heath, Staffordshire). Distribution. Brighton, 2017c: 27, 37 (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. Stubbs, 2017: 28 (loc(s) Snowdonia National Park). Distribution. Wolton et al., 2017: 93 (loc(s) Devon, conservation status). Distribution. Boardman, 2018: 3 (loc(s) Surrey). Distribution. Kramer, 2018f: 1 (loc(s) Staffordshire). Distribution. Boardman, 2020a: 1 (loc(s) Warwickshire, in extensive wet heath and small area of valley fen). Distribution. Kramer, 2022b: 12 (drawing attention to the work of Mathew Carroll [2012] from York Uni working on peat uplands; Mathew found that raising the water table by blocking drainage ditches significantly increased cranefly numbers; species identified during his study on moorland in Wales, the Pennines and the North York Moors were Tipula subnodicornis, Tricyphona immaculata, Molophilus ater, Ormosia pseudosimilis, Idioptera pulchella and Limonia dilutior). Ireland First record. Ashe et al., 2005a: 317, 326, 336 (review first and single Irish record). Distribution. Chandler et al., 2008: 11 (checklist). Kazakhstan First record. Devyatkov, 2020d: 270 (loc(s) East Kazakhstan, distr) (in Russian). Latvia First record. Salmela and Vartija, 2007: 10 (loc(s)). Distribution. Spungis, 2008: 36 (loc(s)). Lithuania Distribution. Podeniene, 2004: 37-41 (loc(s)). Distribution. Pakalniskis et al., 2006: 21 (checklist) (as macropteryx). Distribution. Pakalniskis et al., 2006: 21 (checklist). Distribution. Gorban and Podeniene, 2022: 5 (loc(s); reared from Ash [Fraxinus excelsior]; see paper for details). Montenegro Distribution. Oosterbroek and Simova-Tosic, 2004: 446 (review literature) (as macropteryx). Netherlands 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: 133 (loc(s) Parku Krajobrazowego Wzniesien Lodzkich, Lodz). Romania First record. Ujvarosi, 2005a: 237, 245 (loc(s)) (as macropteryx). Distribution. Ujvarosi, 2005b: 67 (loc(s), distr) (as macropteryx). Distribution. Ujvarosi and Poti, 2006: 255-256 (loc(s) eastern Carpathians) (as macropteryx). Distribution. Ujvarosi, 2007: 228-231 (checklist Limoniidae). Distribution. Ujvarosi et al., 2011b: 107 (loc(s) Dupa Lanca marshy area near Voslobeni) (in Hungarian, species list with habitat information in English). Distribution. Kolcsar et al., 2013: 72 (loc(s) Cluj-Napoca and surroundings; list of habitats with altitudes). Russia Distribution. Humala and Polevoi, 2008: 132 (loc(s) RUN: Kareliya). Distribution. Humala and Polevoi, 2009: 66 (loc(s) RUN: Kareliya) (in Russian). Distribution. Polevoi and Humala, 2009: 114 (RUN: loc(s) Mount Vottovaara, Kareliya) (in Russian). Distribution. Jakovlev et al., 2014: 309 (loc(s) RUN: Kareliya). Distribution. Paramonov, 2014: 39-43 (revision coll. Eversmann, loc(s) RUS: Volgogradskaya oblast) (in Russian). Distribution. Lantsov, 2015a: 366 (loc(s) North Caucasus: Kabardino-Balkar. Rep., with data on habitats, ecology and chorology) (in Russian). Distribution. Ruchin and Pilipenko, 2015: 58 (loc(s), checklist RUC: Mordoviya Rep.). Distribution. Paramonov and Pilipenko, 2016: 98 (loc(s) RUC: Tverskaya oblast) (in Russian). Distribution. Paramonov and Korobkov, 2019: 97 (loc(s) RUC: Tverskaya oblast, distr, citing various authors) (in Russian). Slovakia Distribution. Stary, 2009d: 25 (loc(s) Polana area, review loc(s) Slovakia). Distribution. Stary, 2009i: webpage (checklist). Slovenia Distribution. Oosterbroek and Simova-Tosic, 2004: 446 (review literature). Spain First record. Eiroa and Carles-Tolra, 2019: 131 (loc(s) La Coruna, distr) (in Spanish). Sweden Distribution. Stary, 2007: 24-25 (type-loc(s) of macropteryx, loc(s)). Switzerland First record. Podenas et al., 2006: 10, 50, 141, 273 (map, vertical distr per thermic level). on flight period (mainly from 2000 onward): Belarus Paramonov and Sushko, 2010: month(s): 6, 8. Bulgaria Stary, 2007: month(s): 7. Czech Rep. Stary et al., 2013b: month(s): 5-8. Finland Salmela, 2001a: month(s): 5-6. Stary, 2007: month(s): 5-7. Salmela, 2008: month(s): 6-7. France Quindroit, 2020b: month(s): 4. Germany Reusch and Bellstedt, 2000: month(s): 6. Reusch et al., 2004: month(s): 6. Dunk, 2018: month(s): 5. Great Britain Boardman, 2004a: month(s): 5-6. Kramer, 2013g: month(s): 7. Stubbs, 2013: month(s): 7. Stubbs, 2014b: month(s): 6. Boardman, 2017: month(s): 7. Stubbs, 2017: month(s): 6. Kramer, 2018f: month(s): 6. Kazakhstan Devyatkov, 2020d: month(s): 6. Latvia Salmela and Vartija, 2007: month(s): 5. Lithuania Podeniene, 2004: month(s): 4-8. Norway Olsen and Andersen, 2021: month(s): 7. Romania Ujvarosi, 2005b: month(s): 7. Ujvarosi et al., 2011b: month(s): 6. Kolcsar et al., 2013: month(s): 6. Russia Paramonov, 2014: month(s): 6. Lantsov, 2015a: month(s): 6. Ruchin and Pilipenko, 2015: month(s): 5. Paramonov and Pilipenko, 2016: month(s): 8. Paramonov and Korobkov, 2019: month(s): 5. Slovakia Stary, 2009d: month(s): 5-6. Spain Eiroa and Carles-Tolra, 2019: month(s): 7. Sweden Stary, 2007: month(s): 5-8. Switzerland Podenas et al., 2006: month(s): 9. on altitude (mainly from 2000 onward): Bulgaria Hubenov, 2021a: altitude: 570-600 m. Germany Reusch et al., 2004: altitude: 40 m. Kazakhstan Devyatkov, 2020d: altitude: 1654-1765 m. Norway Olsen and Andersen, 2021: altitude: 737 m. Romania Ujvarosi, 2005b: altitude: 640 m. Ujvarosi and Poti, 2006: altitude: 670 m. Russia Lantsov, 2015a: altitude: 2330 m.