| Name: | Pilaria decolor (Zetterstedt, 1851) | | Publication: | Dipt. Scand. 10: 3824 (as Limnobia) | | Status: | Recognized taxon, Synonym(s): unicolor (Zetterstedt, 1838). | | Classification: | Family Limoniidae Subfamily Limnophilinae
| | Descriptive note: | As new name for Limnobia unicolor Zetterstedt, 1838. | | Keys: | Boardman, 2016 (craneflies Shropshire); Stubbs and Kramer, 2016g; Stubbs, 2021 (British craneflies) |  |  |  |  |  |
habitus male | habitus male | hypopygium | hypopygium | hypopygium |
plus 9 more images of hypopygium, wing, wing, habitat, habitat, habitat, habitat, habitat and habitat. | | | | Distribution: | Austria, Belarus, Czech Rep., Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Great Britain, Norway, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Sweden; Russia: RUN, RUW, RUE; Georgia. Note: see the manual for abbreviations: present-day Russia. | | Region(s): | Westpalaearctic | | General note: | Added: Austria (Strobl, 1895, 1901), Poland (Wiedenska, 1996), Great Britain (Stubbs, 1997c; Chandler, 1998). For Finland check Salmela, 2012b, 2012c, and citations below. For Norway check Olsen et al., 2018, and citations below. For Great Britain check Stubbs, 2021, and citations below. | | Map: | Boardman, 2007 (Shropshire) | Figure references: | Hypopygium: Quindroit, 2021b
| | | | Citations | | | 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. Kahanpaa and Salmela, 2007: 43-45, 48 (found at a small stream with a width of three to five meters, a riverbed of soft muddy sediments, and surrounded by fully grown but not particularly old Spruce [Picea abies] forest, small stands of old Birch [Betula] and Aspen [Populus tremula] are present but there is little dead wood available in the forest) (this is a summary of the available habitat information in Finnish). Biology. Salmela, 2008: 10, 24, 27, 50 (49) (ecology or habitat: swamp; phenology). Habitat. Autio and Salmela, 2010: 48 (habitats Aland Is). Habitat. Autio et al., 2013: 1128 (a wetland generalist, one of the species found in a study on species richness and rarity in a boreal mire). | | France Habitat. Quindroit, 2021b: 347 (from a marshland area, on a muddy ditch in a caducifoliae forest; see paper for details) (in French). Habitat. Quindroit, 2022a: 21, 27 (annotated list with information on abundancy and habitat of the Tipuloidea of the Pays de la Loire regoin, distr) (in French). | | Great Britain Habitat. Godfrey, 2000a: 22. Biology. Boardman, 2007: 72 (habitat: associated with lakeside and seepage carr; period of flight: very short, late july to mid august). Habitat. Boardman, 2017: 3 (fen and reedbed habitat, Surrey). | | Norway Habitat. Olsen and Andersen, 2021: 213 (loc(s) Innlandet, in former Hedmark, with habitats specified separately, for habitats see also Jonassen and Andersen, 2020). | | Romania Habitat. Kolcsar et al., 2021b: 212 (marshy meadow). | | Russia Habitat. Przhiboro, 2003: 364 (larvae in the water margin zone of an eutrophic lake; rearing). Habitat. Gavryushin in litt., 2011f: (collected in a boggy area with Pinus, mosses, Vaccinium oxycoccos, Ledum, Calluna). Habitat. Kolcsar et al., 2021b: 212-214 (loc(s) RUN and RUE [Gavryushin in litt., 2011: in the Arkhangelskaya oblast collected in a boggy area with Pinus, mosses, Vaccinium oxycoccos, Ledum, Calluna]). | | | | Country not relevant Characters. Drake and Stubbs, 2014: 184-185 (comparison). | | | | Belarus First record. Kolcsar et al., 2021b: 211 (loc(s) Minsk region). | | Czech Rep. Distribution. Stary, 2009i: webpage (checklist). | | Denmark Distribution. Petersen and Jong, 2001b: 151 (because of neighbouring distribution likely to occur in Denmark). First record. Byriel and Rojas, 2017: 118 (among the 101 species in a study on cranefly hotspots in unmanaged and managed forests) (in Danish). | | Finland Distribution. Kahanpaa and Salmela, 2007: 48 (loc(s)). Distribution. Salmela and Autio, 2007b: 49, 54 (loc(s)). Distribution. Salmela et al., 2007b: 45 (loc(s)). Distribution. Salmela, 2008: 10, 50 (49) (loc(s), known from all Finnish ecoregions). Distribution. Autio and Salmela, 2010: 48 (loc(s) Aland Is). Distribution. Salmela, 2012b: 239 (annotated list of Finnish crane flies). Distribution. Salmela and Petrasiunas, 2014: 28 (checklist Finnish Tipulomorpha). Distribution. Salmela et al., 2015: 106 (list of localities in extensive report on malaise-trapping of insects in conservation areas in Lapland in 2012–2014) (in Finnish). | | France First record. Quindroit, 2021b: 347 (loc(s) Loire-Atlantique (44), distr). Distribution. Quindroit, 2022a: 21, 27 (annotated list with information on abundancy and habitat of the Tipuloidea of the Pays de la Loire regoin, 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. Reusch and Oosterbroek, 2000: 156 (checklist German Bundeslander). | | Great Britain Distribution. Godfrey, 2000a: 20, 22 (see paper for details of sites surveyed in Shropshire and into Wales). Distribution. Crossley, 2001: 194 (loc(s) Sheffield). Distribution. Boardman, 2007: 72 (loc(s), map). Distribution. Hewitt, 2014: (provisional checklist Cumbrian Diptera). Distribution. Boardman, 2017: 3 (fen and reedbed habitat, Surrey). | | Netherlands Misinterpretation. Jong and Oosterbroek, 2002b: 35 (checklist, review Dutch records, deleted for the Netherlands). | | Norway Distribution. Olsen et al., 2018: 160-161, 165 (annotated checklist Nordic countries and for Norway according to the Strand regions; remark on record(s) by Mannheims 1967 and Solem 1996). Distribution. Olsen and Andersen, 2021: 213 (loc(s) Innlandet, in former Hedmark, with habitats specified separately, for habitats see also Jonassen and Andersen, 2020). | | Poland Distribution. Wiedenska, 2007a: 76 (checklist). Distribution. Wiedenska, 2008: 45, 47 (loc(s) Parowy Janinowski nature reserve near Lodz) (in Polish). Distribution. Wiedenska, 2010: 135 (loc(s) Parku Krajobrazowego Wzniesien Lodzkich, Lodz). | | Romania First record. Kolcsar et al., 2021b: 212 (loc(s) Harghita). | | Russia First record. Przhiboro, 2003: 364 (loc(s) RUW: Pskov oblast). Distribution. Kolcsar et al., 2021b: 212-214 (loc(s) RUN and RUE [Gavryushin in litt., 2011: in the Arkhangelskaya oblast collected in a boggy area with Pinus, mosses, Vaccinium oxycoccos, Ledum, Calluna]). | | Slovakia Distribution. Stary, 2009i: webpage (checklist). | | | | Belarus Kolcsar et al., 2021b: month(s): 7. | | Finland Salmela, 2008: month(s): 7-8. | | France Quindroit, 2021b: month(s): 6. Quindroit, 2022a: month(s): 6. | | Great Britain Godfrey, 2000a: month(s): 6. Crossley, 2001: month(s): 7. Boardman, 2007: month(s): 7-8. Boardman, 2017: month(s): 7. | | Norway Olsen and Andersen, 2021: month(s): 7. | | Poland Wiedenska, 2008: month(s): 8. | | Romania Kolcsar et al., 2021b: month(s): 6. | | Russia Przhiboro, 2003: month(s): 3. Kolcsar et al., 2021b: month(s): 7-8. | | | | Belarus Kolcsar et al., 2021b: altitude: 156-161 m. | | Norway Olsen and Andersen, 2021: altitude: 737 m. | | Romania Kolcsar et al., 2021b: altitude: 764 m. | | Russia Kolcsar et al., 2021b: altitude: 19-510 m. |
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