Details for Neolimnomyia batava
Name:Neolimnomyia batava (Edwards, 1938)
Publication:Trans. Soc. Brit. Ent. 5: 91 (as Limnophila)
Status:Recognized taxon.
Classification:Family Limoniidae
Subfamily Limnophilinae
Keys:Boardman, 2016 (craneflies Shropshire); Stubbs and Kramer, 2016g; Stubbs, 2021 (British craneflies)
Neolimnomyia batava : habitus - femaleNeolimnomyia batava : habitus - femaleNeolimnomyia batava : body part(s) - head and thoraxNeolimnomyia batava : hypopygiumNeolimnomyia batava : hypopygium
habitus
female
habitus
female
body part(s)
head and thorax
hypopygiumhypopygium
plus 4 more images of hypopygium, wing, wing and habitat.
Distribution:Albania, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Czech Rep., Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Great Britain, Hungary, Ireland, Italy (Trentino-Alto Adige), Lithuania, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Sweden, Switzerland, Ukraine; Russia: RUC.
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.
Map:Ashe et al., 2005a (Ireland); Podenas et al., 2006 (Switzerland); Boardman, 2007 (Shropshire)
Figure
references:
Wing: Podenas et al., 2006
Hypopygium: Stary and Rozkosny, 1970a; Podenas et al., 2006

Immature stages
Larva: Podeniene, 2003a
Citationson biology (mainly from 2000 onward):
Czech Rep.
Habitat. Stary and Vonicka, 2018: 51 (on Limoniidae and Pediciidae of two localities in northern Bohemia, with list of localities, altitudes and habitats).
Denmark
Habitat. Byriel and Rojas, 2017: 118 (among the 101 species in a study on cranefly hotspots in unmanaged and managed forests) (in Danish).
Finland
Habitat. Salmela et al., 2007b: 40 (5 of the 6 localities are headwater streams characterized by stony bottom and large fluctuations in discharge).
Habitat. Penttinen et al., 2010: 486 (red list status incl. criteria, habitats, causes of threat, threat factors).
France
Biology. Quindroit, 2020a: 32, 45-48 (annotated list with information on abundancy and habitat of the Tipuloidea of the Pays de la Loire region, distr; Mayenne (53) refers to N. batava; Sarthe (72) refers to N. filata (see Quindroit and Racine, 2025: 336) (in French)
Habitat. Quindroit and Lemoine, 2021b: 8 (loc(s) Nord (59); see paper for habitat description) (in French).
Germany
Habitat. Reusch, 2006: 134 (Kalkquellmoor [carbonate fen complex]).
Habitat. Lehmann and Reusch, 2009: 122 (from around lowland springs).
Habitat. Reiff et al., 2015: 234 (loc(s) Baden-Wurttemberg with list of habitats).
Great Britain
Habitat. Godfrey, 2000a: 20, 22.
Habitat. Heaver, 2006: 78 (tufa flushes).
Habitat. Boardman, 2007: 68 (found where there ar wet soils with a calcareous bias, in Shropshire also known from more acid habitats).
Habitat. Cranston and Drake, 2010: 175 (larvae can be found in marginal situations along flowing waters).
Habitat. Drake, 2011a: 25 (among the Diptera from a wet Alder [Alnus] wood in Devon).
Habitat. Stubbs, 2014c: 3 (loc(s) NW Wales; see paper for details on habitat).
Habitat. Stubbs, 2015: 27 (loc(s) Nottingham with general habitat description).
Habitat. Kramer, 2018b: 9 (found abundantly by Jude Webb near Oxford around tufa springs where the moss Palustriella commutata commutata grows).
Lithuania
Habitat. Podeniene, 2001a: 84 (larvae were found in the intertidal zone of a small rivers in silt and fallings).
Habitat. Podeniene, 2003a: 1-295 (larva, descr, figs, habitat) (in Lithuanian).
Habitat. Podeniene, 2003b: 10, 21, 22, 28 (larval habitat: sand and silt in riparian zone of small rivulets and littoral zone of lakes, mud (in springy slopes of lakes and rivers, in bogs of low lying woody swamps, on swampy riversides), sandy loam under grassy vegetation or under fallings not completely covered by forest).
Netherlands
Habitat. Cuppen, 2009: 7 (larvae are probably quite common in brooks).
Poland
Habitat. Chaniecka and Wiedenska, 2006: 147 (occurrence in spring-, springbrook-, and/or bogspring plant communities) (in Polish).
Habitat. Wiedenska, 2014: 12 (on the occurence of Limoniidae in six selected plant communities in the Kamienica Valley, Gorce National Park, Western Carpathians, found only in bog spring with Caltha-Chaerophyllum) (in Polish, habitat tables also in English).
Phenology. Wiedenska, 2015a: 52 (on the flight activity of Limoniidae in the Kamienica Valley, Gorce National Park, Western Carpathians) (in Polish, tables also in English).
Habitat. Wiedenska, 2017a: 14 (faunistic and habitat data of species from the Gorce NP) (in Polish).
Romania
Habitat. Ujvarosi, 2005a: 246 (standing water, swamps, moist soil, citing various sources).
on characters and taxonomy (mainly from 2000 onward):
Ireland
Taxonomy. Ashe et al., 2005a: 317, 329 (type-mat).
Lithuania
Immatures. Podeniene, 2003a: 1-295 (larva, descr, figs, habitat) (in Lithuanian).
on distribution (mainly from 2000 onward):
Bulgaria
Distribution. Hubenov, 2021a: 30 (checklist with summary of distr in Bulgaria, references).
Czech Rep.
Distribution. Stary, 2009i: webpage (checklist).
Distribution. Stary and Vonicka, 2018: 51 (on Limoniidae and Pediciidae of two localities in northern Bohemia, with list of localities, altitudes and habitats).
Denmark
Distribution. Petersen and Jong, 2001b: 150 (checklist).
Finland
First record. Salmela et al., 2007b: 37, 40, 45 (known from 6 localities in southern Finland, loc(s), distr).
Distribution. Salmela, 2010a: 10-12 (survey fauna Tahmela spring in city of Tampere) (in Finnish).
Distribution. Salmela, 2012b: 238 (annotated list of Finnish crane flies).
Distribution. Salmela and Petrasiunas, 2014: 28 (checklist Finnish Tipulomorpha).
France
Distribution. Quindroit, 2020a: 32, 45-48 (annotated list with information on abundancy and habitat of the Tipuloidea of the Pays de la Loire region, distr; Mayenne (53) refers to N. batava; Sarthe (72) refers to N. filata (see Quindroit and Racine, 2025: 336) (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. Quindroit and Lemoine, 2021b: 8 (loc(s) Nord (59); see paper for habitat description) (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) Puy-de-Dome (63)).
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 Bellstedt, 2000: 261 (loc(s) Thuringen).
Distribution. Reusch and Oosterbroek, 2000: 156 (checklist German Bundeslander).
Distribution. Reusch and Bellstedt, 2001b: 72 (checklist Thuringen).
Distribution. Reusch et al., 2004: 112 (loc(s) Brandenburg).
Distribution. Schacht, 2005: 6 (checklist Bayern).
Distribution. Reusch, 2006: 134 (loc(s) Bayern).
Distribution. Lehmann and Reusch, 2009: 122 (loc(s) Niedersachsen).
Distribution. Schacht, 2010: 17 (checklist Diptera Bayern).
Distribution. Reiff et al., 2015: 234 (loc(s) Baden-Wurttemberg with list of habitats).
Distribution. Stuke, 2019: 145 (checklist Niedersachsen and Bremen with reference to original sources).
Distribution. Kehlmaier et al., 2023: 210 (loc(s) Saarland).
Great Britain
Distribution. Godfrey, 2000a: 20, 22 (see paper for details of sites surveyed in Shropshire and into Wales).
Distribution. Hewitt et al., 2005: 38 (loc(s) Cumbria) (as Pilaria).
Distribution. Heaver, 2006: 78 (loc(s) Herefordshire).
Distribution. Boardman, 2007: 68 (loc(s), map).
Distribution. Drake, 2011a: 25 (loc(s) Devon).
Distribution. Kramer, 2011j: 19 (loc(s) Leicestershire and Rutland (VC55)).
Distribution. Hewitt, 2014: (provisional checklist Cumbrian Diptera).
Distribution. Stubbs, 2014c: 3 (loc(s) NW Wales; see paper for details on habitat).
Distribution. Stubbs, 2015: 27 (loc(s) Nottingham with general habitat description).
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, 2018b: 9 (found abundantly by Jude Webb near Oxford around tufa springs where the moss Palustriella commutata commutata grows).
Distribution. Kramer and Morris, 2022b: 9 (info on the species, on the distr and map of loc(s) Leicestershire and Rutland (VC55)).
Hungary
First record. Stary, 2001b: 199-200 (loc(s), distr).
Ireland
Distribution. Ashe et al., 2005a: 317, 329 (review Irish records).
Distribution. Chandler et al., 2008: 12 (checklist).
Lithuania
Distribution. Podeniene, 2001a: 84 (loc(s)).
Distribution. Pakalniskis et al., 2006: 23 (checklist).
Netherlands
Distribution. Jong and Oosterbroek, 2002b: 32 (checklist).
Distribution. Cuppen, 2009: 7 (loc(s) larval records).
Norway
First record. Solem, 1996: 190 (checklist limnofauna Norway).
Distribution. Olsen et al., 2018: 158-159, 165 (annotated checklist Nordic countries and for Norway according to the Strand regions; remark on record(s) by Solem 1996).
Poland
Distribution. Chaniecka and Wiedenska, 2006: 147 (loc(s)).
Distribution. Wiedenska, 2007a: 76 (checklist).
Distribution. Wiedenska, 2014: 12 (on the occurence of Limoniidae in six selected plant communities in the Kamienica Valley, Gorce National Park, Western Carpathians, found only in bog spring with Caltha-Chaerophyllum) (in Polish, habitat tables also in English).
Distribution. Wiedenska, 2017a: 14 (faunistic and habitat data of species from the Gorce NP) (in Polish).
Distribution. Wiedenska and Syratt, 2023: 132 (loc(s) Bieszczady Mountains, distr and remarks).
Romania
Distribution. Parvu, 2006: 260 (loc(s)).
Distribution. Ujvarosi, 2007: 228-231 (checklist Limoniidae).
Russia
First record. Kolcsar et al., 2021b: 181-182 (loc(s) RUC: Moskovskaya oblast).
Slovakia
Distribution. Stary, 2009d: 25 (loc(s) Polana area).
Distribution. Stary, 2009i: webpage (checklist).
Switzerland
Distribution. Podenas et al., 2006: 144, 304 (map, vertical distr per thermic level).
on flight period (mainly from 2000 onward):
Bulgaria
Hubenov, 2021a: month(s): 100-700.
Czech Rep.
Stary and Vonicka, 2018: month(s): 6.
France
Quindroit, 2020a: month(s): 7.
Quindroit and Lemoine, 2021b: month(s): 6.
Lemoine and Quindroit, 2023: month(s): 7.
Germany
Reusch and Bellstedt, 2000: month(s): 7.
Reusch et al., 2004: month(s): 6.
Reiff et al., 2015: month(s): 6.
Kehlmaier et al., 2023: month(s): 6.
Great Britain
Godfrey, 2000a: month(s): 6.
Kramer, 2011j: month(s): 7.
Stubbs, 2014c: month(s): 7.
Stubbs, 2015: month(s): 7.
Kramer, 2018b: month(s): 7.
Kramer and Morris, 2022b: month(s): 3-5, 7.
Hungary
Stary, 2001b: month(s): 5-6.
Ireland
Ashe et al., 2005a: month(s): 6-7.
Poland
Wiedenska, 2014: month(s): 7.
Wiedenska, 2015a: month(s): 6-7.
Wiedenska and Syratt, 2023: month(s): 6-7.
Romania
Parvu, 2006: month(s): 6-7.
Russia
Kolcsar et al., 2021b: month(s): 6-8.
Slovakia
Stary, 2009d: month(s): 6-7.
Switzerland
Podenas et al., 2006: month(s): 6-7.
on altitude (mainly from 2000 onward):
France
Labat, 2021: altitude: 1101 m.
Germany
Reusch and Bellstedt, 2000: altitude: 590 m.
Reusch et al., 2004: altitude: 100 m.
Reiff et al., 2015: altitude: 6506 m.
Poland
Wiedenska and Syratt, 2023: altitude: 500-880 m.
Russia
Kolcsar et al., 2021b: altitude: 220 m.
Slovakia
Stary, 2009d: altitude: 630-870 m.

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