Details for Limnophila (Limnophila) pictipennis

Name: Limnophila (Limnophila) pictipennis (Meigen, 1818) Publication: Syst. Beschr. 1: 119 (as Limnobia) Status: Recognized taxon, Synonym(s): angustipennis (Meigen, 1818). Classification: Family Limoniidae Subfamily Limnophilinae Revision: Podenas et al., 2022d. Keys: Peeters en Oosterbroek, 2014a, 2014c, 2016c (craneflies Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg) (in Dutch); Stubbs and Kramer, 2016g; Stubbs, 2021 (British craneflies); Podenas et al., 2022d (Limnophila Korea); Devyatkov, 2025c (Limnophila (Limnophila) Far Eastern Russia (in Russian) habitus male habitus male habitus male habitus male habitus male plus 25 more images of habitus, habitus, habitus, habitus, habitus, habitus, body part(s), body part(s), body part(s), body part(s), body part(s), body part(s), body part(s), hypopygium, hypopygium, hypopygium, hypopygium, hypopygium, ovipositor, ovipositor, wing, wing, wing, wing and wing. Distribution: Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Rep., Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Great Britain, Hungary, Italy (incl. Sicily), Latvia, Lithuania, Montenegro, Netherlands, North Macedonia, Poland, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Sweden, Switzerland, Ukraine; Russia: RUN, RUW, RUC, RUE, North Caucasus; Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan;; Russia: WS (south), ES (south), FE (Khabarovskiy kray, Primorskiy kray); Kazakhstan (east); Mongolia, North Korea. Note: see the manual for abbreviations: present-day Russia. Region(s): Westpalaearctic;; Eastpalaearctic General note: For Italy check Stary and Oosterbroek, 1996, and citations below. For Finland check Salmela, 2012b, 2012c, and citations below. For Great Britain check Stubbs, 2021, and citations below. To be confirmed for Norway (see Olsen et al., 2018). Map: Podenas et al., 2006 (Switzerland); Podenas et al., 2022d (Korea) Biology: Alexander, 1920r (habitat). Figure references: Habitus: Quindroit, 2020a (male) Head: Ribeiro, 2008; Podenas et al., 2022d (antenna) Wing: Podenas et al., 2006; Podenas et al., 2022d Hypopygium: Podenas et al., 2006; Ribeiro, 2008; Podenas et al., 2022d Ovipositor: Podenas et al., 2022d Other figures: Podenas et al., 2022d (thorax) Immature stages Larva: Alexander, 1920r; Podeniene, 2002; Podeniene, 2003a; Krivosheina and Krivosheina, 2011c Citations on biology (mainly from 2000 onward): Bulgaria Habitat. Hubenov, 2025b: suppl: 3 (annotated list Diptera high Bulgarian mts, local distr, habitats and zoogeography). Finland Habitat. Rasimus, 2022: 7-8 (on the craneflies fauna of Tavastia australis biogeographical province; declining or extinct species) (in Finnish). France Habitat. Kramer and Withers, 2007: 159 (marshland species with larvae in the more or less saturated organic mud of lake margins and marshes). Habitat. Kramer, 2007a: 33 (adults were collected along lake margins). Biology. Quindroit, 2020a: 32, 45-48 (annotated list with information on abundancy and habitat of the Tipuloidea of the Pays de la Loire regoin, distr); see also Quindroit and Racine, 2025: 344-345 (habitat) (in French). Habitat. Quindroit, 2020b: 137 (loc(s) Nord (59) and Pas-de-Calais (62) with notes on habitats and distr) (in French). Habitat. Quindroit and Lemoine, 2021a: 25 (loc(s), resultats de deux campagnes de piegeage dans le Pas-de-Calais (62); see paper for details on habitat). Habitat. Quindroit, 2021a: 36 (loc(s), resultats d une campagne de piegeage dans le Pas-de-Calais (62); see paper for details on habitat). Habitat. Quindroit and Lemoine, 2022a: 30 (loc(s) Aisne (02) with notes on habitats and distr) (in French). Germany Habitat. Dunk, 2018: 79, 96 (loc(s) Bayern with list of habtats). Great Britain Habitat. Stubbs, 2003: 24-25 (most recent sites are on grazing levels, at ditches or ponds; a few sites are elsewhere, such as at gravel pit ponds; Falk, 1991 mentions fens but the context needs reassessing; L. pictipennis is a freshwater species, but some locations may be very mildly brackish; larvae in this genus are assumed to be detritivores and aquatic, or in this species possibly semi-aquatic in fully saturated marginal substrate, and capable of withstanding some degree of submergence during flooding; it is assumed that adults do not feed but they might visit flowers such as Berula at night; the paper includes further details on monitoring techniques and examples of good/bad practice). Habitat. Cranston and Drake, 2010: 175 (larvae can be found in marginal situations along standing waters). Habitat. Drake, 2011b: 100 (found at ditches on freshwater grazing marsh). 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). Lithuania Habitat. Podeniene, 2001a: 84 (larvae were found on a springy slope of the bank of a small river). Habitat. Podeniene, 2001b: 387 (larvae were found on the banks of small rivers, in sand and silt under leaf litter of Alnus, and among roots of Veronica beccabunga). Habitat. Podeniene, 2002: 299, 303-304 (larvae were found in riparian zones of small river, in mud under vegetation in a swampy meadow (Filipendulion), (and also on banks of slowly flowing rivers covered with silt, citing Podenas); adults in flood-plain meadows, Alnus forests, lakeshores and river banks). Habitat. Podeniene, 2003a: 1-295 (larva, descr, figs, habitat) (in Lithuanian). Habitat. Podeniene, 2003b: 10, 22, 28 (larval habitat: mud in marshy meadows). North Korea Habitat. Podenas et al., 2022d: 124 (muddy margins of springs and small streams covered with shrubs and dense grassy vegetation). Romania Habitat. Parvu, 2003: 233. Habitat. Ujvarosi, 2005a: 245 (brooks, small river, swamp, moist soil, citing various sources). Habitat. Ujvarosi and Poti, 2006: 256 (habitat in Dupa Lunca marshland: predominantly at damp meadows). 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 Habitat. Przhiboro, 2003: 364 (larvae in the water margin zone of an eutrophic lake; rearing). on characters and taxonomy (mainly from 2000 onward): Country not relevant Characters. Podenas and Gelhaus, 2001: 53, 54 (comparison). Phylogeny. Ribeiro, 2008: 627-694 (included in phylogenetic analysis of Limnophilinae and Tipulomorpha, figs). Characters. Podeniene and Gelhaus, 2010: 195 (comparison). Phylogeny. Kania and Krzeminski, 2015: 3-11 (phylogeny of fossil Dactylolabis: outgroup taxon). Lithuania Immatures. Podeniene, 2002: 299, 303-304 (descr larva, comparison, figs). Immatures. Podeniene, 2003a: 1-295 (larva, descr, figs, habitat) (in Lithuanian). North Korea Revision. Podenas et al., 2022d: 120, 122-124 (descr, key, figs). on distribution (mainly from 2000 onward): Armenia Distribution. Obona et al., 2016: 138 (checklist). Distribution. Hakobyan and Jenderedjian, 2023: 1511 (annotated checklist of the craneflies of Armenia with refs, distr in Caucasus Ecoregion with refs). Azerbaijan Distribution. Snegovaya, 2021: 1146 (checklist with details on distr in Azerbaijan). Belarus First record. Kolcsar et al., 2021b: 134-135 (loc(s) Vitebsk region). Belgium Distribution. Martens et al., 2013: 125 (loc(s) Oost-Vlaanderen). Distribution. Martens et al., 2014: 114, 124 (loc(s) Oost-Vlaanderen). Bosnia-Herzegowina Distribution. Oosterbroek and Simova-Tosic, 2004: 446 (review literature). Bulgaria 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). Croatia Distribution. Oosterbroek and Simova-Tosic, 2004: 446 (review literature). Czech Rep. Distribution. Stary, 2009i: webpage (checklist). Denmark Distribution. Petersen and Jong, 2001b: 150 (checklist). Finland Distribution. Silfverberg, 1996: 44 (first record in Mannheims, 1965, overlooked in Enumeratio Dipterorum Fenniae 1980). Distribution. Salmela, 2012b: 238 (annotated list of Finnish crane flies). Distribution. Salmela and Petrasiunas, 2014: 28 (checklist Finnish Tipulomorpha). Distribution. Rasimus, 2022: 7-8 (on the craneflies fauna of Tavastia australis biogeographical province; declining or extinct species) (in Finnish). France Distribution. Kramer and Withers, 2007: 159, 163 (loc(s) Ain (01)). Distribution. Kramer, 2007a: 33 (loc(s) Ain (01)). Distribution. Withers, 2008: 137 (loc(s) Ain (01)). Distribution. Quindroit, 2020a: 32, 45-48 (annotated list with information on abundancy and habitat of the Tipuloidea of the Pays de la Loire regoin, distr); see also Quindroit and Racine, 2025: 344-345 (habitat) (in French). Distribution. Quindroit, 2020b: 137 (loc(s) Nord (59) and Pas-de-Calais (62) with notes on habitats and distr) (in French). Distribution. Quindroit and Lemoine, 2021a: 25 (loc(s), resultats de deux campagnes de piegeage dans le Pas-de-Calais (62); see paper for details on habitat). Distribution. Quindroit, 2021a: 36 (loc(s), resultats d une campagne de piegeage dans le Pas-de-Calais (62); see paper for details on habitat). Distribution. Tissot et al., 2021: 208 (the Diptera of the Reserves Naturelles Nationales du Doubs (25), results of Malaise trapping since 2009) (in French). Distribution. Quindroit and Lemoine, 2022a: 30 (loc(s) Aisne (02) 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). Distribution. Lemoine and Quindroit, 2023: 9 (loc(s) Cote-d'Or (21)). 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: 156 (checklist German Bundeslander). Distribution. Reusch and Bellstedt, 2001b: 72 (checklist Thuringen). Distribution. Schacht, 2005: 5 (checklist Bayern). Distribution. Ribeiro, 2008: 692 (loc(s) Berlin and Nordrhein-Westfalen). Distribution. Schacht, 2010: 17 (checklist Diptera Bayern). Distribution. Dunk, 2018: 79, 96 (loc(s) Bayern with list of habtats). Distribution. Stuke, 2019: 143 (checklist Niedersachsen and Bremen with reference to original sources). Great Britain Distribution. Crossley, 2001: 194 (loc(s) Sheffield). Distribution. Stubbs, 2003: 24 (distr in GB). Distribution. Kramer, 2010b: 2 (loc(s) Somerset). Distribution. Drake, 2011b: 100 (loc(s) Somerset). 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). Hungary Distribution. Toth, 2005: 169 (loc(s)). Italy Distribution. Podenas and Podeniene, 2008: 351-352 (annotated checklist South Tyrol [Prov. Bolzano]). Kazakhstan First record. Devyatkov, 2019b: 246 (loc(s) Pavlodarskaya oblast, distr) (in Russian). Distribution. Devyatkov, 2020d: 270 (loc(s) East Kazakhstan, distr) (in Russian). Latvia Distribution. Stary, 2004f: (Fauna Europaea: added Latvia). Lithuania Distribution. Podeniene, 2001a: 84 (loc(s)). Distribution. Podeniene, 2001b: 387 (loc(s)). Distribution. Podeniene, 2002: 299, 303-304 (loc(s)). Distribution. Pakalniskis et al., 2006: 21 (checklist). Distribution. Podenas et al., 2022d: 124 (loc(s)). Montenegro Distribution. Oosterbroek and Simova-Tosic, 2004: 446 (review literature). Netherlands Distribution. Jong and Oosterbroek, 2002b: 32 (checklist). North Korea First record. Podenas et al., 2022d: 124-125 (loc(s), distr, map). North Macedonia Distribution. Oosterbroek and Simova-Tosic, 2004: 446 (review literature). Norway Distribution. Olsen et al., 2018: 158-159, 165 (for reasons outlined considered uncertain for Norway and in need of confirmation; annotated checklist Nordic countries and for Norway according to the Strand regions). Poland Distribution. Palaczyk, 2001: 269 (loc(s)). Distribution. Wiedenska, 2007a: 75 (checklist). Distribution. Wiedenska, 2010: 133 (loc(s) Parku Krajobrazowego Wzniesien Lodzkich, Lodz). Distribution. Wiedenska, 2015b: 56 (loc(s) near Lodz). Romania Distribution. Parvu, 2003: 233 (loc(s)). Distribution. Ujvarosi and Poti, 2006: 256 (loc(s) eastern Carpathians). Distribution. Ujvarosi, 2007: 228-231 (checklist Limoniidae). Distribution. Parvu, 2008: 418 (loc(s) Bucuresti and surroundings, citing Astanei, 1979). 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. Przhiboro, 2003: 364 (loc(s) RUW: Pskov oblast, distr). Distribution. Pilipenko and Sidorenko, 2006b: 145 (checklist Kedrovaya Pad, distr) (in Russian). Distribution. Pilipenko, 2009c: 332 (loc(s) Lazovsky Nature Reserve, Primorskiy kray). Distribution. Jakovlev et al., 2014: 309 (loc(s) RUN: Kareliya). Distribution. Paramonov, 2014: 39-43 (revision coll. Eversmann, loc(s) RUE: Orenburgskaya oblast) (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. Devyatkov and Dubatolov, 2025: 32 (loc(s) Khabarovskiy kray, Bolshekhekhtsirsky Nature Reserve, distr) (in Russian). Serbia Distribution. Oosterbroek and Simova-Tosic, 2004: 446 (review literature). Slovakia Distribution. Stary, 2009i: webpage (checklist). Slovenia Distribution. Oosterbroek and Simova-Tosic, 2004: 446 (review literature). Switzerland Distribution. Podenas et al., 2006: 142, 275 (map). Distribution. Dufour and Merz, 2012: 354 (annotated checklist canton Geneva). on flight period (mainly from 2000 onward): Belarus Kolcsar et al., 2021b: month(s): 5. Belgium Martens et al., 2013: month(s): 9. Martens et al., 2014: month(s): 5, 8. France Kramer and Withers, 2007: month(s): 4-6. Kramer, 2007a: month(s): 6. Quindroit, 2020a: month(s): 4-5, 7-8. Quindroit, 2020b: month(s): 4-5. Quindroit and Lemoine, 2022a: month(s): 5, 9. Lemoine and Quindroit, 2023: month(s): 4. Germany Ribeiro, 2008: month(s): 8. Dunk, 2018: month(s): 4-5. Great Britain Crossley, 2001: month(s): 9. Drake, 2011b: month(s): 5. Kazakhstan Devyatkov, 2019b: month(s): 5-6. Devyatkov, 2020d: month(s): 5-7. Lithuania Podeniene, 2002: month(s): 5-8. Podenas et al., 2022d: month(s): 5-6, 8. North Korea Podenas et al., 2022d: month(s): 6-7. Romania Parvu, 2003: month(s): 7-8. Ujvarosi et al., 2011b: month(s): 5. Kolcsar et al., 2013: month(s): 4-5. Russia Przhiboro, 2003: month(s): 10. Pilipenko, 2009c: month(s): 6-7. Paramonov, 2014: month(s): 6. Ruchin and Pilipenko, 2015: month(s): 8. Paramonov and Pilipenko, 2016: month(s): 6. Devyatkov and Dubatolov, 2025: month(s): 5-6. Switzerland Podenas et al., 2006: month(s): 5. on altitude (mainly from 2000 onward): Bulgaria Hubenov, 2018a: altitude: 870-880 m. Hubenov, 2021a: altitude: 750-850 m. Hubenov, 2025b: altitude: 750-850 m. Kazakhstan Devyatkov, 2019b: altitude: 100-456 m. Devyatkov, 2020d: altitude: 300-1769 m. Lithuania Podenas et al., 2022d: altitude: 18-174 m. North Korea Podenas et al., 2022d: altitude: 914-1524 m. Romania Ujvarosi and Poti, 2006: altitude: 670 m. Russia Devyatkov and Dubatolov, 2025: altitude: 80-100 m.