Details for Neolimnomyia filata
Name:Neolimnomyia filata (Walker, 1856)
Publication:Insecta Brit., Dipt. 3: 305 (as Limnobia)
Status:Recognized taxon, Synonym(s): sylvestris Seguy, 1937.
Classification:Family Limoniidae
Subfamily Limnophilinae
Descriptive note:Synonymy: Stary, 2002 (Fauna Europaea, dec. 2002), 2006a.
Keys:Boardman, 2016 (craneflies Shropshire); Stubbs and Kramer, 2016g; Stubbs, 2021 (British craneflies)
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Distribution:Austria, Belgium, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia, Czech Rep., Denmark, France (incl. Corsica), Germany, Great Britain, Hungary, Ireland, Lithuania, Montenegro, Netherlands, Poland, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Sweden (south), Switzerland, Ukraine; Russia: RUC.
Note: see the manual for abbreviations: present-day Russia.
Region(s):Westpalaearctic
General note:Added: Poland (Wiedenska, 1993), Corsica (Podenas et al., 1997). 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)
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references:
Habitus: Lundstrom and Fritz, 2015 (male, female)
Wing: Podenas et al., 2006
Hypopygium: Podenas et al., 2006; Ribeiro, 2008

Miscellaneous
Lundstrom and Fritz, 2015 (habitat)
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. Nielsen and Nielsen, 2009: 121, 129 (emerging from a forest floor in a Beech [Fagus] stand) (in Danish).
France
Habitat. Quindroit, 2020b: 140 (loc(s) Nord (59) with notes on habitats and distr) (in French).
Habitat. Quindroit and Lemoine, 2021b: 8 (loc(s) Pas-de-Calais (62); see paper for habitat description) (in French).
Habitat. Quindroit, 2020a: 32, 45-48 (in annotated list with information on abundancy and habitat of the Tipuloidea of Pays de la Loire; Mayenne (53) refers to N. batava; Sarthe (72) refers to N. filata (see Quindroit and Racine, 2025: 336) (in French).
Germany
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: 22.
Habitat. Boyce, 2002: 13 (review of seepage invertebrates in England, found at woodland seepages; see paper for details).
Habitat. Boardman, 2007: 69 (peaty seepage carr and wet woodland).
Habitat. Kramer, 2008b: 7 (near the source of a stream).
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).
Poland
Habitat. Wiedenska, 2014: 12 (on the occurence of Limoniidae in six selected plant communities in the Kamienica Valley, Gorce National Park, Western Carpathians) (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 (brooks, small river, swamp, moist soil, citing various sources).
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).
Sweden
Habitat. Lindstrom and Fritz, 2015: 16, 26, 39, 44, 48 (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
Synonymy. Stary, 2006a: 176-177 (synonymy sylvestris).
Phylogeny. Ribeiro, 2008: 627-694 (included in phylogenetic analysis of Limnophilinae and Tipulomorpha, figs).
Great Britain
Characters. Kramer and Morris, 2022b: 9 (diagnosis).
on distribution (mainly from 2000 onward):
Austria
Distribution. Reusch and Heiss, 2012: 323-332 (loc(s) Nat. Park Gesause, see PDF for months and altitudes).
Bosnia-Herzegowina
Distribution. Oosterbroek and Simova-Tosic, 2004: 446 (review literature).
Croatia
Distribution. Oosterbroek and Simova-Tosic, 2004: 446 (review literature).
Czech Rep.
Distribution. Maca, 2008: 182 (loc(s) Bohemien forest).
Distribution. Ribeiro, 2008: 693 (loc(s)).
Distribution. Stary, 2008c: 247 (loc(s) Bohemia, distr).
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).
Distribution. Nielsen and Nielsen, 2009: 121 (loc(s)).
France
Distribution. Stary, 2006a: 176-177 (type-loc(s) sylvestris, distr).
Distribution. Labat, 2013: 74 (on a sampling campaign on the Dordogne river sources, five Upper-Dordogne tributaries and a travertine, Auvergne; see paper for details) (in French).
Distribution. Kramer and Langlois, 2019a: 76 (record(s) Ravin de Valbois, Doubs (25)).
Distribution. Kramer and Langlois, 2019b: 228 (list of craneflies captured 25-27 september 2019 in Ravin de Valbois, Doubs (25)).
Distribution. Quindroit, 2020b: 140 (loc(s) Nord (59) with notes on habitats and distr) (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) Pas-de-Calais (62); see paper for habitat description) (in French).
Distribution. Quindroit, 2020a: 32, 45-48 (in annotated list with information on abundancy and habitat of the Tipuloidea of Pays de la Loire; Mayenne (53) refers to N. batava; Sarthe (72) refers to N. filata (see Quindroit and Racine, 2025: 336) (in French).
Distribution. Tissot et al., 2021: 209 (the Diptera of the Reserves Naturelles Nationales du Doubs (25), results of Malaise trapping since 2009) (in French).
Distribution. Quindroit and Lemoine, 2022a: 38 (table specifying the presence in the five departments of the Hauts-de-France region).
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. 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).
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. Boardman, 2007: 69 (loc(s), map).
Distribution. Kramer, 2008b: 7 (loc(s) Wales).
Distribution. Skidmore, 2009: 128 (review of occurrence on the Western Isles of Scotland, distr).
Distribution. Drake, 2011a: 25 (loc(s) Devon).
Distribution. Kramer, 2011j: 19 (loc(s) Leicestershire and Rutland (VC55)).
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: 27 (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: 9 (info on the species, on the distr and map of loc(s) Leicestershire and Rutland (VC55)).
Ireland
Distribution. Ashe et al., 2005a: 317, 329-330 (review Irish records).
Distribution. Ashe et al., 2008: 14 (additional Irish record(s), distr).
Distribution. Chandler et al., 2008: 12 (checklist).
Lithuania
Distribution. Pakalniskis et al., 2006: 23 (checklist).
Montenegro
Distribution. Oosterbroek and Simova-Tosic, 2004: 446 (loc(s), review literature).
Netherlands
Distribution. Jong and Oosterbroek, 2002b: 32 (checklist).
Distribution. Cuppen, 2009: 7 (loc(s) larval records).
Poland
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) (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. 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
First record. Kolcsar et al., 2021b: 182-183 (loc(s) RUC: Moskovskaya oblast).
Serbia
Distribution. Oosterbroek and Simova-Tosic, 2004: 446 (loc(s), review literature).
Slovakia
Distribution. Stary, 2009d: 25 (loc(s) Polana area).
Distribution. Stary, 2009i: webpage (checklist).
Slovenia
Distribution. Oosterbroek and Simova-Tosic, 2004: 446 (review literature).
Sweden
First record. Lindstrom and Fritz, 2015: 16, 26, 39, 44, 48 (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: 13, 144, 305 (map, vertical distr per thermic level).
on flight period (mainly from 2000 onward):
Czech Rep.
Maca, 2008: month(s): 6.
Ribeiro, 2008: month(s): 6.
Stary, 2008c: month(s): 6.
Stary and Vonicka, 2018: month(s): 5-7.
France
Stary, 2006a: month(s): 5.
Kramer and Langlois, 2019b: month(s): 9.
Quindroit, 2020b: month(s): 5.
Quindroit and Lemoine, 2021b: month(s): 5.
Quindroit, 2020a: month(s): 5.
Germany
Reusch and Bellstedt, 2000: month(s): 7.
Reusch et al., 2004: month(s): 6.
Reiff et al., 2015: month(s): 6.
Great Britain
Godfrey, 2000a: month(s): 6.
Kramer, 2008b: month(s): 7.
Kramer, 2011j: month(s): 5-6.
Ireland
Ashe et al., 2005a: month(s): 6-7, 9.
Ashe et al., 2008: month(s): 5-6.
Poland
Wiedenska, 2014: month(s): 7-8.
Wiedenska, 2015a: month(s): 7.
Wiedenska, 2017a: month(s): 7-8.
Wiedenska and Syratt, 2023: month(s): 6-8.
Romania
Ujvarosi et al., 2011b: month(s): 6.
Kolcsar et al., 2013: month(s): 6.
Russia
Kolcsar et al., 2021b: month(s): 6-7.
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: 1205 m.
Germany
Reusch and Bellstedt, 2000: altitude: 590-730 m.
Reusch et al., 2004: altitude: 30-80 m.
Reiff et al., 2015: altitude: 665 m.
Great Britain
Kramer, 2008b: altitude: 500 m.
Poland
Wiedenska, 2017a: altitude: 800-1210 m.
Wiedenska and Syratt, 2023: altitude: 700-1200 m.
Russia
Kolcsar et al., 2021b: altitude: 220 m.
Slovakia
Stary, 2009d: altitude: 560-780 m.

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