Details for Pseudolimnophila (Pseudolimnophila) lucorum | Name: | Pseudolimnophila (Pseudolimnophila) lucorum (Meigen, 1818) | | Publication: | Syst. Beschr. 1: 125 (as Limnobia) | | Status: | Recognized taxon, Synonym(s): tetrasticta (Bergroth, 1888). | | Classification: | Family Limoniidae Subfamily Limnophilinae
| | Keys: | Boardman, 2016 (craneflies Shropshire); Peeters en Oosterbroek, 2016c (craneflies Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg) (in Dutch); Stubbs and Kramer, 2016g; Stubbs, 2021 (British craneflies) |  |  |  |  |  |
habitus male | habitus female | habitus female | body part(s) head and antenna | hypopygium |
plus 12 more images of hypopygium, hypopygium, wing, wing, habitat, habitat, habitat, habitat, habitat, habitat, habitat and habitat. | | | | Distribution: | Austria, Belgium, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Czech Rep., Denmark, Finland, France (incl. Corsica), Germany, Great Britain, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Ukraine; Russia: RUN, RUW, RUC, RUS, North Caucasus; Georgia, Azerbaijan, Cyprus, Iran;; Turkmenistan; Mongolia. Note: see the manual for abbreviations: present-day Russia. | | Region(s): | Westpalaearctic;; Eastpalaearctic | | General note: | Added: Spain (Geiger et al., 1994). For Italy check Stary and Oosterbroek, 1996, and citations below. For Finland check Salmela, 2012b, 2012c, and citations below. For Portugal check Oosterbroek et al., 2020, and citations below. For Great Britain and Ireland check Stubbs, 2021, and citations below. Not listed for Corsica by Podenas et al., 1997. To be confirmed for Russia: RUE (Middle Volga region) (in Chuzhekova, 2015, based on larvae only). Removed, as found in earlier CCW versions: Armenia (excluded for Armenia by Hakobyan and Jenderedjian, 2023). | | Map: | Ashe et al., 2005a (Ireland); Podenas et al., 2006 (Switzerland); Boardman, 2007 (Shropshire) | Figure references: | Habitus: Vogtenhuber and Kofler, 2017 (female) Wing: Podenas et al., 2006 Hypopygium: Podenas et al., 2006; Kramer and Morris, 2022b
Immature stages Larva: Podeniene, 2003a
| | | | Citations | | | Bulgaria Habitat. Hubenov, 2025a: suppl: 3 (annotated list Diptera Stara Planina Mts, local distr, habitats and zoogeography). Habitat. Hubenov, 2025b: suppl: 3 (annotated list Diptera high Bulgarian mts, local distr, habitats and zoogeography). | | Czech Rep. Habitat. Stary and Vonicka, 2018: 52-53 (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). | | 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. Breil-Moubayed and Garrigue, 2014: 68 (in: Biocenoses aquatiques et subaquatiques de la vallee fluviale de la Massane. Etude diachronique; Pyrenees-Orientales (66)). Biology. Quindroit, 2020a: 33, 45-48 (annotated list with information on abundancy and habitat of the Tipuloidea of the Pays de la Loire regoin, distr) (in French). Habitat. Quindroit, 2020b: 141 (loc(s) Nord (59) with notes on habitats and distr) (in French). Habitat. Herbrecht et al., 2021: 57 (loc(s) Loire-Atlantique (44) based on malaise-trapping with notes on habitats) (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 et al., 2021: 256-258 (collected during an entomological inventory in the canopy of Oak [Quercus] stands; marais forestier surtout). 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: 31 (loc(s) Aisne (02) and Oise (60) with notes on habitats and distr) (in French). | | Great Britain Habitat. Godfrey, 2000a: 20, 22. Habitat. Boardman, 2007: 73 (wet places). Habitat. Kramer, 2011j: 20 (associated with marshland). Habitat. Chandler, 2015: 85 (collected at a wooded area surrounded by ditches). Habitat. Brighton, 2017c: 28, 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). | | Ireland Habitat. Ashe et al., 2008: 14-15 (swept from Juncus articulatus and Eleocharis in silted pond on cliff tops). | | Latvia Habitat. Kolcsar et al., 2021b: 220 (Birch-Spruce [Betula-Picea] forest, small stream, wetland). | | Lithuania Habitat. Podeniene, 2001a: 84 (larvae were found on a springy slope of the bank of a small river). Habitat. Podeniene, 2002: 299, 307 (larvae were found in riparian zones of small river). Habitat. Podeniene, 2003a: 1-295 (larva, descr, figs, habitat) (in Lithuanian). Habitat. Podeniene, 2003b: 10, 21, 28 (larval habitat: sand and silt in riparian zone of small rivulets, mud in springy slopes of lakes and rivers). | | Mongolia Biology. Saaya, 2004: 119 (ecology) (in Russian). | | Netherlands Habitat. Cuppen, 2009: 7 (larvae are quite common in naturals brooks). Habitat. Oosterbroek and Dek, 2020: 17, 20 (Limoniidae and Tipulidae Nationaal Park Hollandse Duinen in 2018, Zuid-Holland). | | Poland 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 et al., 2011b: 108 (loc(s) Dupa Lanca marshy area near Voslobeni) (in Hungarian, species list with habitat information in English). Habitat. Kolcsar et al., 2013: 73 (loc(s) Cluj-Napoca and surroundings; list of habitats with altitudes). | | Russia Habitat. Lantsov, 2017b: 107 (on dominant species of the crane flies (Diptera, Tipuloidea) of the North Caucasus as biological indicators of habitats) (in Russian). Habitat. Lantsov, 2017c: 287 (loc(s) North Caucasus: Dagestan with information on habitats and ecology) (in Russian). | | Spain Habitat. Hancock and Hewitt, 2020: 45-49 (in the Cazorla Parque Natural, Jaen Province, Spain, in june 2019, an area of cliff face was seen covered with a butterwort, Pinguicula vallisneriifolia (Webb), the leaves of which had trapped large numbers of insects, including 19 species of craneflies; the effectiveness of the leaf glandular secretions in relation to immobilising different sizes of flies is discussed; see paper for details, habitat figs). Habitat. Hancock, 2020: 98 (at seepage and wet rock face, also found attached to leaves of butterwort (Pinguicula vallisneriifolia Webb)) (see also Hancock and Hewitt, 2020). | | Sweden Habitat. Lindstrom and Fritz, 2015: 44, 48 (distributin and ecology in five fens in Hallands County) (in Schwedish). | | | | Country not relevant Characters. Frantsevich, 2004: 133 (structure of coxa). | | Great Britain Characters. Kramer and Morris, 2022b: 14 (diagnosis, figs). | | Lithuania Immatures. Podeniene, 2002: 299, 307 (comparison). Immatures. Podeniene, 2003a: 1-295 (larva, descr, figs, habitat) (in Lithuanian). | | Portugal Characters. Ferreira et al., 2021: 7 (barcoding based on material mentioned in Oosterbroek et al. 2020). | | | | Armenia Misinterpretation. Obona et al., 2016: 139 (checklist but excluded for Armenia by Hakobyan and Jenderedjian, 2023). | | Austria Distribution. Vogtenhuber and Kofler, 2017: 141 (loc(s) Osttirol). | | Azerbaijan Distribution. Snegovaya, 2021: 1148 (checklist with details on distr in Azerbaijan). | | Belgium Distribution. Peeters in litt., 2016: (among Malaisetrap material from Jardin Massart, Brussels). Distribution. Dek and Peeters, 2023a: 139 (loc(s) Botanic Garden Jean Massart, Brussels-Capital Region, uncommon in Belgium). | | Bosnia-Herzegowina Distribution. Oosterbroek and Simova-Tosic, 2004: 446 (review literature). | | Bulgaria Distribution. Hubenov, 2016: 47 (annotated checklist Diptera of the Rila Mountains based on data from the literature). Distribution. Hubenov, 2017: 68 (on vertical distribution in the Pirin and Rila Mts; see paper for details on forests and subalpine-alpine zones, distr). Distribution. Hubenov, 2018b: 123 (review loc(s) Vrachanska Planina Mts). Distribution. Hubenov, 2021a: 31 (checklist with summary of distr in Bulgaria, references). Distribution. Hubenov, 2025a: suppl: 3 (annotated list Diptera Stara Planina Mts, local distr, habitats and zoogeography). Distribution. Hubenov, 2025b: suppl: 3 (annotated list Diptera high Bulgarian mts, local distr, habitats and zoogeography). | | Channel Is Distribution. Stubbs, 2022b: 5 (on a collection of craneflies from Jersey, collected between 1985 and 2002 by Tony Warne). | | Czech Rep. Distribution. Stary et al., 2005a: 29 (loc(s)). Distribution. Stary, 2009i: webpage (checklist). Distribution. Stary and Vonicka, 2018: 52-53 (on Limoniidae and Pediciidae of two localities in northern Bohemia, with list of localities, altitudes and habitats). | | Denmark Distribution. Petersen and Jong, 2001b: 151 (checklist). | | Finland Distribution. Salmela, 2012b: 239 (annotated list of Finnish crane flies). Distribution. Salmela and Petrasiunas, 2014: 29 (checklist Finnish Tipulomorpha). | | France Distribution. Kramer and Withers, 2007: 159, 163 (loc(s) Ain (01)). Distribution. Withers, 2008: 137 (loc(s) Ain (01)). Distribution. Breil-Moubayed and Garrigue, 2014: 68 (in: Biocenoses aquatiques et subaquatiques de la vallee fluviale de la Massane. Etude diachronique; Pyrenees-Orientales (66)). Distribution. Quindroit, 2020a: 33, 45-48 (annotated list with information on abundancy and habitat of the Tipuloidea of the Pays de la Loire regoin, distr) (in French). Distribution. Quindroit, 2020b: 141 (loc(s) Nord (59) with notes on habitats and distr) (in French). Distribution. Herbrecht et al., 2021: 57 (loc(s) Loire-Atlantique (44) based on malaise-trapping with notes on habitats) (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 et al., 2021: 257 (recorded for Loiret (45)). 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. Quindroit and Lemoine, 2022a: 31 (loc(s) Aisne (02) and Oise (60) 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. Quindroit, 2022a: 25-28 (additions to the annotated list of the Tipuloidea of Pays de la Loire as given in Quindroit, 2020a). Distribution. Lemoine and Quindroit, 2023: 9 (loc(s) Loiret (45)). 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: 6 (checklist Bayern). Distribution. Hable et al., 2010b: 92 (loc(s) Bayern). Distribution. Schacht, 2010: 18 (checklist Diptera Bayern). Distribution. Stuke, 2019: 146 (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). Distribution. Boardman, 2007: 73 (loc(s), map). Distribution. Skidmore, 2009: 128 (review of occurrence on the Western Isles of Scotland, distr). Distribution. Hancock, 2011a: 2 (loc(s) Coll, Southern Inner Hebrides). Distribution. Kramer, 2011j: 20 (loc(s) Leicestershire and Rutland (VC55)). Distribution. Hewitt, 2014: (provisional checklist Cumbrian Diptera). Distribution. Kramer, 2014c: 4 (in table of cranefly species recorded at Shapwick Heath NNR, as given in H. Audcent, 1949 and/or collected by J. Kramer in 2013). Distribution. Wolton et al., 2014: 27 (among Diptera associated with a hedge in Devon). Distribution. Chandler, 2015: 90 (loc(s) Bushy Park, Middlesex). Distribution. Brighton, 2017c: 28, 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). Distribution. Kramer and Morris, 2022b: 14 (info on the species, on the distr and map of loc(s) Leicestershire and Rutland (VC55)). | | Hungary Distribution. Toth, 2005: 169 (loc(s)). | | Ireland Distribution. Ashe et al., 2005a: 317, 334 (review Irish records). Distribution. Ashe et al., 2008: 14-15 (additional Irish record(s), distr). Distribution. Chandler et al., 2008: 12 (checklist). | | Latvia First record. Kolcsar et al., 2021b: 220 (loc(s)). | | Lithuania Distribution. Podeniene, 2001a: 84 (loc(s)). Distribution. Podeniene, 2002: 299, 307 (loc(s)). Distribution. Pakalniskis et al., 2006: 24 (checklist). | | Mongolia First record. Saaya, 2004: 118 (loc(s), distr). | | Netherlands Distribution. Jong and Oosterbroek, 2002b: 33 (checklist). Distribution. Cuppen, 2009: 7 (loc(s) larval records). Distribution. Oosterbroek and Dek, 2020: 17, 20 (Limoniidae and Tipulidae Nationaal Park Hollandse Duinen in 2018, Zuid-Holland). Distribution. Hoven, 2024: 13 (loc(s) Limburg). | | Norway First record. Kolcsar et al., 2021b: 220-222 (loc(s) various provinces). | | Poland Distribution. Wiedenska, 2007a: 76 (checklist). Distribution. Wiedenska, 2010: 135 (loc(s) Parku Krajobrazowego Wzniesien Lodzkich, Lodz). Distribution. Wiedenska, 2015a: 52 (on the flight activity of Limoniidae in the Kamienica Valley, Gorce National Park, Western Carpathians) (in Polish, 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: 133 (loc(s) Bieszczady Mountains, distr and remarks). | | Portugal First record. Oosterbroek et al., 2020: 328 (loc(s) Braganca, distr). | | Romania Distribution. Parvu, 2004: 184 (loc(s)). Distribution. Parvu, 2006: 260 (loc(s)). Distribution. Ujvarosi, 2007: 228-231 (checklist Limoniidae). Distribution. Parvu, 2009: 448 (on some Diptera from Bucuresti and its surroundings). Distribution. Ujvarosi et al., 2011b: 108 (loc(s) Dupa Lanca marshy area near Voslobeni) (in Hungarian, species list with habitat information in English). Distribution. Kolcsar et al., 2013: 73 (loc(s) Cluj-Napoca and surroundings; list of habitats with altitudes). | | Russia Distribution. Lantsov, 2003b: 60 (loc(s) Caucasus region, distr). Distribution. Lantsov, 2003e: 82 (loc(s) Caucasus region, distr). Distribution. Gavryushin in litt., 2011e: (loc(s) RUN: Murmanskaya oblast, first record for the north of Russia). Distribution not confirmed. Chuzhekova, 2015: 212, 241 (on macrozoobenthos communities in spring brooks of Middle Volga) (PhD thesis, in Russian, 242 pages; for English summary see Chuzhekova, 2016, 37 pages). Distribution. Paramonov, 2015: 68 (loc(s) RUS: Saratovskaya oblast) (in Russian). Distribution. Lantsov, 2017b: 107 (on dominant species of the crane flies (Diptera, Tipuloidea) of the North Caucasus as biological indicators of habitats) (in Russian). Distribution. Lantsov, 2017c: 287 (loc(s) North Caucasus: Dagestan with information on habitats and ecology) (in Russian). Distribution. Paramonov, 2017a: 172 (loc(s) RUC: Chuvash Rep.) (in Russian). Distribution. Lantsov, 2019c: 134 (North Caucasus: on tipuloid dipterans of the protected areas of Dagestan) (in Russian). | | Serbia Distribution. Oosterbroek and Simova-Tosic, 2004: 446 (review literature). | | Slovakia Distribution. Stary, 2009d: 26 (loc(s) Polana area). Distribution. Stary, 2009i: webpage (checklist). | | Slovenia Distribution. Oosterbroek and Simova-Tosic, 2004: 446 (review literature). | | Spain Distribution. Eiroa and Baez, 2002a: 55 (checklist). Distribution. Stary and Oosterbroek, 2008: 11-12 (loc(s), Spanish provinces, distr). Distribution. Hancock and Hewitt, 2020: 45-49 (in the Cazorla Parque Natural, Jaen Province, Spain, in june 2019, an area of cliff face was seen covered with a butterwort, Pinguicula vallisneriifolia (Webb), the leaves of which had trapped large numbers of insects, including 19 species of craneflies; the effectiveness of the leaf glandular secretions in relation to immobilising different sizes of flies is discussed; see paper for details, habitat figs). Distribution. Hancock, 2020: 98 (loc(s) Jaen, Cazorla National Park). | | Sweden Distribution. Salmela, 2010b: 133 (loc(s) Malmo). Distribution. Lindstrom and Fritz, 2015: 44, 48 (distributin and ecology in five fens in Hallands County) (in Schwedish). | | Switzerland Distribution. Podenas et al., 2006: 151, 329 (map, vertical distr per thermic level). | | | | Austria Vogtenhuber and Kofler, 2017: month(s): 7. | | Belgium Dek and Peeters, 2023a: month(s): 8, 10. | | Bulgaria Hubenov, 2016: month(s): 5-8. | | Channel Is Stubbs, 2022b: month(s): 6. | | Czech Rep. Stary et al., 2005a: month(s): 6-9. Stary and Vonicka, 2018: month(s): 6-8. | | France Kramer and Withers, 2007: month(s): 6-7. Quindroit, 2020a: month(s): 5-6, 9. Quindroit, 2020b: month(s): 5-6, 9. Quindroit and Lemoine, 2022a: month(s): 7-9. Lemoine and Quindroit, 2023: month(s): 5. | | Germany Kehlmaier et al., 2023: month(s): 6. | | Great Britain Godfrey, 2000a: month(s): 6. Boardman, 2007: month(s): 6-8. Hancock, 2011a: month(s): 6. Kramer, 2011j: month(s): 5-6. Kramer, 2014c: month(s): 6. Chandler, 2015: month(s): 7. Kramer and Morris, 2022b: month(s): 5-7. | | Ireland Ashe et al., 2005a: month(s): 7. Ashe et al., 2008: month(s): 6. | | Latvia Kolcsar et al., 2021b: month(s): 7. | | Netherlands Oosterbroek and Dek, 2020: month(s): 7. Hoven, 2024: month(s): 5. | | Norway Kolcsar et al., 2021b: month(s): 6-8. | | Poland Wiedenska, 2015a: month(s): 7-8. Wiedenska and Syratt, 2023: month(s): 6-8. | | Portugal Oosterbroek et al., 2020: month(s): 8-9. | | Romania Parvu, 2004: month(s): 7. Parvu, 2006: month(s): 6-7. Parvu, 2009: month(s): 5. Ujvarosi et al., 2011b: month(s): 5. Kolcsar et al., 2013: month(s): 4, 6. | | Russia Lantsov, 2003b: month(s): 5-6. Lantsov, 2003e: month(s): 5-8. Gavryushin in litt., 2011e: month(s): 7. Paramonov, 2015: month(s): 8. Lantsov, 2017c: month(s): 5. Paramonov, 2017a: month(s): 6. | | Slovakia Stary, 2009d: month(s): 6. | | Spain Stary and Oosterbroek, 2008: month(s): 5-7. Hancock and Hewitt, 2020: month(s): 6. Hancock, 2020: month(s): 5-6. | | Switzerland Podenas et al., 2006: month(s): 5-10. | | | | Austria Vogtenhuber and Kofler, 2017: altitude: 930 m. | | Bulgaria Hubenov, 2016: altitude: 1147 m. Hubenov, 2017: altitude: 1147 m. Hubenov, 2018b: altitude: 380 m. Hubenov, 2021a: altitude: 0-1200 m. Hubenov, 2025a: altitude: 0-1200 m. Hubenov, 2025b: altitude: 0-1200 m. | | Latvia Kolcsar et al., 2021b: altitude: 12 m. | | Norway Kolcsar et al., 2021b: altitude: 1-75 m. | | Poland Wiedenska and Syratt, 2023: altitude: 500-620 m. | | Russia Lantsov, 2003b: altitude: 150-900 m. Lantsov, 2003e: altitude: 150-915 m. | | Spain Stary and Oosterbroek, 2008: altitude: 550-1600 m. |
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