Details for Pseudolimnophila (Pseudolimnophila) sepium

Name: Pseudolimnophila (Pseudolimnophila) sepium (Verrall, 1886) Publication: Entomologist's Mon. Mag. 22: 200 (as Limnophila) Status: Recognized taxon. Classification: Family Limoniidae Subfamily Limnophilinae Descriptive note: Type-material: Pont, 1995. 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 habitus female habitus female plus 15 more images of habitus, body part(s), body part(s), hypopygium, hypopygium, hypopygium, hypopygium, hypopygium, hypopygium, hypopygium, wing, wing, habitat, habitat and habitat. Distribution: Albania, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Czech Rep., Denmark, Estonia, France (incl. Corsica), Germany, Great Britain, Greece (incl. Kerkyra [Corfu], Tinos), Hungary, Ireland, Italy (incl. Sicily), Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Moldova, Netherlands, North Macedonia, Poland, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey (European part: Istanbul, Kirklareli), Ukraine; Russia: RUW, RUC, North Caucasus; Morocco; Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Turkey (Asiatic part);; Turkmenistan, Kyrgyzstan, Afghanistan. Note: see the manual for abbreviations: present-day Russia. Region(s): Westpalaearctic;; Eastpalaearctic General note: For Italy check Stary and Oosterbroek, 1996, and citations below. For Great Britain and Ireland check Stubbs, 2021, and citations below. For Morocco check Kettani and Oosterbroek, 2022a, and citations below. Map: Ashe et al., 2005a (Ireland); Koc, 2004 (Mugla); Podenas et al., 2006 (Switzerland); Boardman, 2007 (Shropshire) Figure references: Wing: Podenas et al., 2006 Hypopygium: Stary, 1982; Podenas et al., 2006; Kramer and Morris, 2022b Immature stages Larva: Podeniene, 2002; Podeniene, 2003a; Krivosheina and Krivosheina, 2011c Citations on biology (mainly from 2000 onward): Azerbaijan Habitat. Stary and Obona, 2020: 130-131 (loc(s); with list of localities, habitats and altitudes). 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: 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). Biology. Quindroit, 2020a: 33-34, 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) Pas-de-Calais (62) 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: 24, 25 (loc(s), resultats de deux campagnes de piegeage dans le Pas-de-Calais (62); see paper for details on habitat). Habitat. Quindroit and Lemoine, 2021b: 8 (loc(s) Nord (59); see paper for habitat description) (in French). Habitat. Quindroit and Lemoine, 2022a: 31 (loc(s) Oise (60) with notes on habitats and distr) (in French). Georgia Habitat. Stary and Obona, 2020: 130 (loc(s); with list of localities, habitats and altitudes). Germany Habitat. Reusch, 2006: 134 (Kalkquellmoor [carbonate fen complex]). Habitat. Lehmann and Reusch, 2009: 122 (from around lowland springs). Habitat. Reiff et al., 2015: 235 (loc(s) Baden-Wurttemberg with list of habitats). Great Britain Habitat. Godfrey, 2000a: 20, 22, 23. Habitat. Heaver, 2006: 78 (tufa flushes). Habitat. Boardman, 2007: 74 (apparently more suited to calcareous conditions than P. lucorum, Shropshire records come mostly from wet woodland). Habitat. Drake, 2011a: 25 (among the Diptera from a wet Alder [Alnus] wood in Devon). Habitat. Kramer, 2011j: 20 (a marshland species). 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). Habitat. Stubbs, 2018b: 2 (prefers meadow seepages, requiring habitats with calcareous influence, better defined as a base influence since calcium is not the only basic element: magnesium in particular being another). Greece Habitat. Tillier, 2024b: 10 (loc(s) Tinos, collected along a stream and under an old wash house; first documented occurrences for the Cyclades). Italy Habitat. Podenas and Podeniene, 2008: 352 (larvae developing in in silt and sand in riparian zones of small rivers). Latvia Habitat. Kolcsar et al., 2021b: 222 (Beech [Fagus] forest). Lithuania Habitat. Podeniene, 2002: 306-308 (larvae were found in swampy lakeshore (Alnetalia glutinosae) under Mnium mosses and in exposed places, usually under water, (also in riparian zone of rivers, in mud and wet soil, citing Podenas, 1995); adults on river banks, Alnus groves and low-laying marshes). Habitat. Podeniene, 2003a: 1-295 (larva, descr, figs, habitat) (in Lithuanian). Habitat. Podeniene, 2003b: 10, 28 (larval habitat: in mud of low-lying swamps, swampy margins of rivers and lakes, and marshes). Morocco Habitat. Driauach and Belqat, 2016: 139 (loc(s) Rif Mts with list of habitats). 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) (as Pseudolimnopha senilis). 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. 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). Slovakia Biology. Obona et al., 2025a: 30 (collected in a mosquito trap at the Kosice Zoo, perhaps because of being attracted to CO2). Sweden Phenology. Salmela, 2010b: 127-128 (phenology diagram, extended period of flight, most numerous in july). Habitat. Lindstrom and Fritz, 2015: 44, 48 (distributin and ecology in five fens in Hallands County) (in Schwedish). Turkey Biology. Koc, 2004: 87, 116-118, 150 (habitat; phenology) (in Turkish). on characters and taxonomy (mainly from 2000 onward): Country not relevant Taxonomy. Obona et al., 2016: 130 (status). Great Britain Characters. Kramer and Morris, 2022b: 14 (diagnosis, figs). Lithuania Immatures. Podeniene, 2002: 306-308 (descr larva, comparison, figs). Immatures. Podeniene, 2003a: 1-295 (larva, descr, figs, habitat) (in Lithuanian). on distribution (mainly from 2000 onward): Armenia First record. Obona et al., 2016: 130 (loc(s)). Distribution. Hakobyan and Jenderedjian, 2023: 1512 (annotated checklist of the craneflies of Armenia with refs, distr and flight period in Caucasus Ecoregion with refs). Azerbaijan Distribution. Stary et al., 2018: 265 (loc(s), distr). Distribution. Stary and Obona, 2020: 130-131 (loc(s); with list of localities, habitats and altitudes). Distribution. Snegovaya, 2021: 1149 (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). Bulgaria Distribution. Hubenov, 2015: 220 (annotated list Diptera Pirin Mt, loc(s), faunistics and zoogeography). 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: 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). Estonia Distribution. Stary, 2004f: (Fauna Europaea: added Estonia). France Distribution. Kramer and Withers, 2007: 159, 163 (loc(s) Ain (01)). Distribution. Withers, 2008: 137 (loc(s) Ain (01)). Distribution. Garrin and Herbrecht, 2016: Annexe 11 (loc(s) Notre-Dame-des-Landes, Loire-Atlantique (44)). Distribution. Quindroit, 2020a: 33-34, 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) Pas-de-Calais (62) 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: 24, 25 (loc(s), resultats de deux campagnes de piegeage dans le Pas-de-Calais (62); see paper for details on habitat). Distribution. Quindroit and Lemoine, 2021b: 8 (loc(s) Nord (59); see paper for habitat description) (in French). Distribution. Quindroit and Lemoine, 2022a: 31 (loc(s) 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. Lemoine and Quindroit, 2023: 9 (loc(s) Haute-Marne (52)). Distribution. Quindroit and Racine, 2025: 359 (table specifying the presence in the five departments of the Pays de la Loire region). Georgia Distribution. Stary and Obona, 2020: 130 (loc(s); with list of localities, habitats and altitudes). 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. Reusch et al., 2004: 112 (loc(s) Mecklenburg-Vorpommern and Thuringen). Distribution. Schacht, 2005: 6 (checklist Bayern). Distribution. Reusch, 2006: 134 (loc(s) Bayern). Distribution. Lehmann and Reusch, 2009: 122 (loc(s) Niedersachsen). Distribution. Hable et al., 2010b: 92 (loc(s) Bayern). Distribution. Schacht, 2010: 18 (checklist Diptera Bayern). Distribution. Reiff et al., 2015: 235 (loc(s) Baden-Wurttemberg with list of habitats). Distribution. Stuke, 2019: 146 (checklist Niedersachsen and Bremen with reference to original sources). Great Britain Distribution. Godfrey, 2000a: 20, 22, 23 (see paper for details of sites surveyed in Shropshire and into Wales). Distribution. Heaver, 2006: 78 (loc(s) Herefordshire). Distribution. Boardman, 2007: 74 (distr, map). Distribution. Skidmore, 2009: 128 (review of occurrence on the Western Isles of Scotland, distr). Distribution. Drake, 2011a: 25 (loc(s) Devon). Distribution. Kramer, 2011j: 20 (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. 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. Stubbs, 2018b: 2 (loc(s) Staffordshire). Distribution. Kramer and Morris, 2022b: 14 (info on the species, on the distr and map of loc(s) Leicestershire and Rutland (VC55)). Greece Distribution. Tillier, 2024b: 10 (loc(s) Tinos, collected along a stream and under an old wash house; first documented occurrences for the Cyclades). Hungary First record. Stary, 2001b: 200 (loc(s), distr). Ireland Distribution. Ashe et al., 2005a: 317, 334-335 (review Irish records). Distribution. Chandler et al., 2008: 12 (checklist). Italy Distribution. Podenas and Podeniene, 2008: 349, 352 (loc(s), annotated checklist South Tyrol [Prov. Bolzano]). Latvia First record. Kolcsar et al., 2021b: 222 (loc(s)). Lithuania Distribution. Podeniene, 2002: 306-308 (loc(s)). Distribution. Pakalniskis et al., 2006: 24 (checklist). Morocco First record. Driauach et al., 2013: 188 (review Limoniidae records of Morocco, loc(s)). Distribution. Driauach and Belqat, 2016: 139 (loc(s) Rif Mts with list of habitats). Distribution. Kettani and Oosterbroek, 2022a: 25 (annotated checklist, with review loc(s) and/or references). 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) (as Pseudolimnopha senilis). North Macedonia Distribution. Oosterbroek and Simova-Tosic, 2004: 446 (review literature). 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). Romania Distribution. Parvu, 2004: 184 (loc(s)). Distribution. Parvu, 2006: 260 (loc(s)). Distribution. Ujvarosi, 2007: 228-231 (checklist Limoniidae). 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: 82-83 (loc(s) Caucasus region, distr). Distribution. Paramonov and Pilipenko, 2016: 98 (loc(s) RUC: Tverskaya oblast, distr) (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). Serbia First record. Oosterbroek and Simova-Tosic, 2004: 446 (loc(s)). Slovakia Distribution. Stary, 2009d: 26 (loc(s) Polana area). Distribution. Stary, 2009i: webpage (checklist). Distribution. Obona et al., 2025a: 30 (collected in a mosquito trap at the Kosice Zoo, perhaps because of being attracted to CO2). Slovenia Distribution. Oosterbroek and Simova-Tosic, 2004: 446 (review literature). Spain First record. Kolcsar et al., 2021b: 222-223 (loc(s) Asturias and Barcelona). Sweden Distribution. Salmela, 2010b: 126, 129, 133 (loc(s) Malmo, abundance). 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). Turkey Distribution. Koc, 2004: 87, 116-118, 150 (loc(s), distr, map) (in Turkish). Distribution. Koc et al., 2005b: 616 (checklist). Distribution. Ozgul et al., 2009: 64 (survey provinces SW Turkey). Distribution. Bilgin et al., 2015: 6 (loc(s) Eskisehir, distr) (in Turkish). Distribution. Koc et al., 2016: 11 (provinces Marmara region). Distribution. Akpinar and Ozgul, 2023: 55 (loc(s) Aksaray [other provinces to be worked out]). on flight period (mainly from 2000 onward): Armenia Obona et al., 2016: month(s): 8. Azerbaijan Stary et al., 2018: month(s): 5. Stary and Obona, 2020: month(s): 5. Belgium Dek and Peeters, 2023a: month(s): 6-9. Bulgaria Hubenov, 2015: month(s): 6. Hubenov, 2016: month(s): 5-6. Channel Is Stubbs, 2022b: month(s): 6. Czech Rep. Stary et al., 2005a: month(s): 6-7. Stary and Vonicka, 2018: month(s): 5-7(8). France Kramer and Withers, 2007: month(s): 5-6. Quindroit, 2020a: month(s): 5-7, 9. Quindroit, 2020b: month(s): 7. Quindroit and Lemoine, 2021b: month(s): 5, 7, 9. Quindroit and Lemoine, 2022a: month(s): 6-7. Georgia Stary and Obona, 2020: month(s): 7. Germany Reusch et al., 2004: month(s): 5-7. Reiff et al., 2015: month(s): 6. Great Britain Godfrey, 2000a: month(s): 6. Boardman, 2007: month(s): 6-8. Kramer, 2011j: month(s): 6-7, 9. Chandler, 2015: month(s): 7, 9. Stubbs, 2018b: month(s): 6. Kramer and Morris, 2022b: month(s): 6-8. Greece Tillier, 2024b: month(s): 4-5. Hungary Stary, 2001b: month(s): 6. Ireland Ashe et al., 2005a: month(s): 7-8. Italy Podenas and Podeniene, 2008: month(s): 7. Latvia Kolcsar et al., 2021b: month(s): 7. Lithuania Podeniene, 2002: month(s): 5-8. Morocco Driauach and Belqat, 2016: month(s): 4-6. Netherlands Oosterbroek and Dek, 2020: month(s): 9. Poland Wiedenska, 2015a: month(s): 7. Romania Parvu, 2004: month(s): 7. Parvu, 2006: month(s): 7. Kolcsar et al., 2013: month(s): 6, 9. Russia Lantsov, 2003b: month(s): 5-8. Lantsov, 2003e: month(s): 5-8. Paramonov and Pilipenko, 2016: month(s): 6. Slovakia Stary, 2009d: month(s): 5-7. Spain Kolcsar et al., 2021b: month(s): 6, 9-10. Sweden Salmela, 2010b: month(s): 5-10. Switzerland Podenas et al., 2006: month(s): 5-9. Turkey Koc, 2004: month(s): 5, 8. on altitude (mainly from 2000 onward): Armenia Obona et al., 2016: altitude: 1354 m. Azerbaijan Stary et al., 2018: altitude: 959 m. Stary and Obona, 2020: altitude: 200-845 m. Bulgaria Hubenov, 2015: altitude: 2100 m. Hubenov, 2016: altitude: 1147 m. Hubenov, 2017: altitude: 1147-2100 m. Hubenov, 2018b: altitude: 380 m. Hubenov, 2021a: altitude: 0-2100 m. Hubenov, 2025a: altitude: 0-2100 m. Hubenov, 2025b: altitude: 0-2100 m. Georgia Stary and Obona, 2020: altitude: 1180 m. Germany Reusch et al., 2004: altitude: 10-182 m. Reiff et al., 2015: altitude: 665 m. Italy Podenas and Podeniene, 2008: altitude: 940 m. Latvia Kolcsar et al., 2021b: altitude: 13 m. Morocco Driauach et al., 2013: altitude: 735 m. Driauach and Belqat, 2016: altitude: 505-897 m. Russia Lantsov, 2003b: altitude: 150-1320 m. Lantsov, 2003e: altitude: 150-1320 m. Slovakia Stary, 2009d: altitude: 560-780 m. Spain Kolcsar et al., 2021b: altitude: 177-802 m. Turkey Koc, 2004: altitude: 23-670 m.