Details for Pilaria nigropunctata

Name: Pilaria nigropunctata (Agrell, 1945) Publication: Opusc. Ent. 10: 25 (as Limnophila) Status: Recognized taxon. Classification: Family Limoniidae Subfamily Limnophilinae Keys: Stubbs and Kramer, 2016g; Stubbs, 2021 (British craneflies) habitus female body part(s) antenna body part(s) thorax hypopygium hypopygium plus 3 more images of hypopygium, wing and wing. Distribution: Czech Rep., Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Great Britain, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway, Poland, Slovakia, Sweden. Region(s): Westpalaearctic General note: Added: Lithuania (Podenas, 1995). For Finland check Salmela, 2012b, 2012c, and citations below. For Great Britain check Stubbs, 2021, and citations below. Figure references: Head: Drake and Stubbs, 2014 (antenna) Hypopygium: Drake and Stubbs, 2014 Other figures: Drake and Stubbs, 2014 (thorax, head, antennae) Citations on biology (mainly from 2000 onward): 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, 2012b: 227 (collected around shores of lotic waters with luxuriant riparian vegetation). France 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. Drake and Stubbs, 2014: 187 (British records were invariably from peat soils supporting valley mire with seepages or saturated peat, or foodplain mire with a high summer water table; the vegetation was unshaded, although it varied in height from low sedges to tall stands of reed, saw sedge and bog myrtle; see paper for more details). Habitat. Stubbs, 2014c: 2 (loc(s) NW Wales; see paper for details on habitat) (as Pilaria spec. see Drake and Stubbs, 2014). Habitat. Boardman, 2017: 3 (fen and reedbed habitat, Surrey). Habitat. Stubbs, 2017: 28 (Snowdonia National Park: extensive valley fens of Cors Geirch) on characters and taxonomy (mainly from 2000 onward): Country not relevant Characters. Drake and Stubbs, 2014: 184-186 (characters, comparison, figs). on distribution (mainly from 2000 onward): Czech Rep. Distribution. Stary, 2006c: 135 (loc(s), distr). Distribution. Stary, 2009i: webpage (checklist). Denmark Distribution not confirmed. Petersen and Jong, 2001b: 151 (by expert opinion and 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 First record. Salmela, 2012b: 227, 229, 239 (annotated list of Finnish crane flies; loc(s) Ta, Oa, Ab). Distribution. Salmela and Petrasiunas, 2014: 28 (checklist Finnish Tipulomorpha). France First record. Kolcsar et al., 2021b: 216 (loc(s) Maine-et-Loire (49) and Sarthe (72)). 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 First record. Drake and Stubbs, 2014: 188 (loc(s) Norfolk, Glamorganshire, Anglesey; see paper for possible unrecognized records from other areas). Distribution. Stubbs, 2014c: 2 (loc(s) NW Wales; see paper for details on habitat) (as Pilaria spec. see Drake and Stubbs, 2014). Distribution. Boardman, 2017: 3 (fen and reedbed habitat, Surrey). Distribution. Stubbs, 2017: 28 (Snowdonia National Park: extensive valley fens of Cors Geirch) Latvia First record. Kolcsar et al., 2021b: 216-217 (loc(s)). Lithuania Distribution. Pakalniskis et al., 2006: 24 (checklist). Norway First record. Kolcsar et al., 2021b: 217 (loc(s) Akershus). Poland Distribution. Wiedenska, 2007a: 76 (checklist). Slovakia Distribution. Stary, 2009i: webpage (checklist). on flight period (mainly from 2000 onward): Czech Rep. Stary, 2006c: month(s): 6. Denmark Byriel and Rojas, 2017: month(s): 6. Finland Salmela, 2012b: month(s): 6-7. France Kolcsar et al., 2021b: month(s): 6. Quindroit, 2022a: month(s): 6, 9. Great Britain Drake and Stubbs, 2014: month(s): 6-7, 9. Stubbs, 2014c: month(s): 7. Boardman, 2017: month(s): 7. Stubbs, 2017: month(s): 6. Latvia Kolcsar et al., 2021b: month(s): 7. Norway Kolcsar et al., 2021b: month(s): 6. on altitude (mainly from 2000 onward): France Kolcsar et al., 2021b: altitude: 50-55 m. Latvia Kolcsar et al., 2021b: altitude: 4 m. Norway Kolcsar et al., 2021b: altitude: 125 m.