Details for Dicranomyia (Dicranomyia) aperta

Name: Dicranomyia (Dicranomyia) aperta Wahlgren, 1904 Publication: Arkiv Zool. 2(7): 8 (as Dicranomyia) Status: Recognized taxon. Classification: Family Limoniidae Subfamily Limoniinae Descriptive note: Considered a race of brevivena Osten Sacken by Alexander, 1962j. Keys: Podenas and Gelhaus, 2007 (Limoniinae Mongolia and nearby); Boardman, 2016 (craneflies Shropshire); Stubbs and Kramer, 2016h; Stubbs, 2021 (British craneflies) habitus male habitus male body part(s) leg hypopygium hypopygium plus 9 more images of hypopygium, ovipositor, wing, wing, habitat, habitat, habitat, habitat and habitat. Distribution: USA (Alaska);; Austria, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Great Britain, Hungary, Ireland, Italy (Piemonte), Latvia, Lithuania, Norway, Slovakia, Sweden, Switzerland; Russia: RUN, RUW;; Russia: WS (south), ES (south) (south Siberia from Altay in the west to east of Baykal lake); Kazakhstan (east), Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, Afghanistan; Mongolia. Note: see the manual for abbreviations: Canada and USA; present-day Russia. Region(s): Nearctic;; Westpalaearctic;; Eastpalaearctic General note: Added: USA (Alaska) (Savchenko, 1972d), Ireland (Ashe et al., 1998a). For Italy check Stary and Oosterbroek, 1996, and citations below. For Finland check Salmela, 2012b, 2012c, and citations below. For Great Britain and Ireland check Stubbs, 2021, and citations below. Map: Podenas et al., 2006 (Switzerland) Figure references: Habitus: Lundstrom and Fritz, 2015 (female) Wing: Podenas and Gelhaus, 2007; Lundstrom and Fritz, 2015 Hypopygium: Podenas et al., 2006; Podenas and Gelhaus, 2007; Lundstrom and Fritz, 2015 Miscellaneous Lundstrom and Fritz, 2015 (habitat) Citations on biology (mainly from 2000 onward): Finland Biology. Salmela, 2008: 11, 27-29, 38, 51 (49) (ecology or habitat: in Finland confined to to calcareous springs and rich fens, probably sensitive to the changes in mire hydrology following ditching; conservation value indicator; phenology). Habitat. Penttinen et al., 2010: 485 (red list status incl. criteria, habitats, causes of threat, threat factors). Habitat. Salmela, 2012c: 10 (classified as a mire-dwelling species). Habitat. Salmela et al., 2015: 41 (extensive report on malaise-trapping of insects in conservation areas in Lapland in 2012–2014) (in Finnish). Great Britain Habitat. Boyce, 2004: 31, 57, 103 (in England known from a lowland raised bog and a blanket bog) (as Limonia). Habitat. Crossley, 2004: 155 (numerous in calcareous flushes in association with grass and Parnassia palustris, and probably associated with this plant with adult nectaring deep in the flower heads). Biology. Crossley, 2007: 11-12 (habitat: calcareous springs that give rise to shallow trickles and flush conditions with Parnassia palustris being frequent, flowering in late summer; feeding: flies were observed in an almost vertical position with their head down into the P. palustris flowers, possibly imbibing either moisture or nectar; Crossley also refers to Cheetham, who in september 1927 observed D. aperta feeding at flowers of P. palustris (Cheetham, 1930)). Habitat. Howe, 2012: 1 (swept from very open calcareous seepages, see paper for more details and on association with Parnassia palustris). Habitat. Boardman, 2014a: 5 (loc(s) Shropshire; see paper for details on previous records and/or habitat). Habitat. Howe, 2016b: 50-51 (on the status of the species and its Parnassia palustris habitats on Anglesey from 2011-2015). Mongolia Habitat. Yadamsuren et al., 2015: 474 (riparian zone of rivers). Norway Habitat. Kolcsar et al., 2021b: 31-32 (beach meadow) (in Norwegian). Russia Habitat. Gavryushin in litt., 2011f: (collected in a boggy area with Salix bushes). Sweden Habitat. Lindstrom and Fritz, 2015: 17, 25-26, 43, 44, 47, 53 (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 Characters. Hancock, 2018b: 116 (comparison). Mongolia Key. Podenas and Gelhaus, 2007: 36-37, 47 (key, figs). Sweden Description. Lindstrom and Fritz, 2015: 54-55 (description, figs) (in Schwedish). on distribution (mainly from 2000 onward): Denmark Distribution. Petersen and de Jong, 2001b: 148 (checklist). Finland Distribution. Salmela, 2008: 11, 38, 51 (49) (loc(s), known from all Finnish ecoregions, review distr). Distribution. Salmela, 2012b: 236 (annotated list of Finnish crane flies). Distribution. Salmela and Petrasiunas, 2014: 29 (checklist Finnish Tipulomorpha). Distribution. Salmela et al., 2015: 100 (list of localities in extensive report on malaise-trapping of insects in conservation areas in Lapland in 2012–2014) (in Finnish). Distribution. Salmela et al., 2015: 41 (extensive report on malaise-trapping of insects in conservation areas in Lapland in 2012–2014) (in Finnish). France First record. Labat, 2021: 91-92 (on Diptera taxa recorded along the over-all length of the Dordogne River and some of its tributaries; loc Source de la Dordogne [Puy-de-Dome (63)]) (in French). Great Britain Distribution. Boyce, 2004: 31, 57, 103 (distr) (as Limonia). Distribution. Crossley, 2004: 155 (loc(s)). Distribution. Crossley, 2007: 11-12 (loc(s)). Distribution. Crossley, 2008: 94 (on noteworthy Diptera from the North York Moors National Park; known only from Sand Dale). Distribution. Skidmore, 2009: 128 (review of occurrence on the Western Isles of Scotland, distr). Distribution. Howe, 2012: 1 (first Welsh record, review of distribution in GB). Distribution. Boardman, 2014a: 5 (loc(s) Shropshire; see paper for details on previous records and/or habitat). Distribution. Hewitt, 2014: (provisional checklist Cumbrian Diptera). Distribution. Howe, 2016b: 50-51 (on the status of the species and its Parnassia palustris habitats on Anglesey from 2011-2015). Ireland Distribution. Chandler, 2004a: 137 (listed as Irish, based on Ashe et al., 1998a). Distribution. Chandler et al., 2008: 12 (checklist). Kazakhstan Distribution. Devyatkov, 2019b: 246 (loc(s) Pavlodarskaya oblast, distr) (in Russian). Lithuania Distribution. Pakalniskis et al., 2006: 18 (checklist). Mongolia Distribution. Yadamsuren et al., 2015: 474 (loc(s) Mongolia). Norway First record. Kolcsar et al., 2021b: 31-32 (loc(s) Aust-Agder). Russia Distribution. Humala and Polevoi, 2008: 132 (loc(s) RUN: Kareliya) (identification not certain). Distribution. Gavryushin in litt., 2011f: (loc(s) RUN: Arkhangelskaya oblast). Distribution. Humala and Polevoi, 2022: 33 (loc(s) RUN: Arkhangelskaya oblast). Slovakia Distribution. Stary, 2009i: webpage (checklist). Sweden Distribution. Lindstrom and Fritz, 2015: 17, 25-26, 43, 44, 47, 53 (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: 154, 212 (map, vertical distr per thermic level). on flight period (mainly from 2000 onward): Finland Salmela, 2008: month(s): 8. Great Britain Crossley, 2004: month(s): 8-9. Crossley, 2007: month(s): 8-9. Howe, 2012: month(s): 8. Howe, 2016b: month(s): 8-9. Kazakhstan Devyatkov, 2019b: month(s): 8. Norway Kolcsar et al., 2021b: month(s): 8. Russia Gavryushin in litt., 2011f: month(s): 8. Switzerland Podenas et al., 2006: month(s): 7-8. on altitude (mainly from 2000 onward): France Labat, 2021: altitude: 1357 m. Kazakhstan Devyatkov, 2019b: altitude: 134 m. Norway Kolcsar et al., 2021b: altitude: 0.5 m. Russia Gavryushin in litt., 2011f: altitude: 19 m.