Details for Dicranomyia (Dicranomyia) chorea
Name:Dicranomyia (Dicranomyia) chorea (Meigen, 1818)
Publication:Syst. Beschr. 1: 134 (as Limnobia)
Status:Recognized taxon, Synonym(s): lutea (Meigen, 1818); flavicollis Becker, 1908; longipes Santos Abreu, 1923; vidua Santos Abreu, 1923; grisescens Lackschewitz, 1928; lutescens Lackschewitz, 1928.
Classification:Family Limoniidae
Subfamily Limoniinae
Revision:Geiger, 1985a.
Keys:Stary and Freidberg, 2007 (Limoniidae Israel); Peeters en Oosterbroek, 2014c (craneflies Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg) (in Dutch); Boardman, 2016 (craneflies Shropshire); Stubbs and Kramer, 2016h; Stubbs, 2021 (British craneflies)
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Distribution:Canada (BC);; Albania, Austria, Belgium, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Rep., Denmark, Finland, France (incl. Corsica), Germany, Great Britain, Greece (incl. Kerkyra [Corfu], Kriti [Crete], Samos), Hungary, Ireland, Italy (incl. Sardinia, Sicily), Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Montenegro, Netherlands, North Macedonia, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain (Almeria, Barcelona, Granada, Jaen, Balearic Is [Mallorca], Canary Is [La Gomera, Gran Canaria, La Palma, Tenerife]), Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey (European part: Edirne), Ukraine; Russia: RUW, RUC, RUE, North Caucasus; Morocco; Georgia, Azerbaijan, Turkey (Asiatic part: see citations for provinces), Cyprus, Israel, Iran.
Note: see the manual for abbreviations: Canada and USA; present-day Russia.
Region(s):Nearctic;; Westpalaearctic
General note:For Canary Is, incl. key, check de Jong, 1987b and citations below. For Italy check Stary and Oosterbroek, 1996, and citations below. For Norway check Olsen et al., 2018, and citations below. For Portugal check Oosterbroek et al., 2020, and citations below. For Great Britain and Ireland check Stubbs, 2021, and citations below. For Morocco check Kettani and Oosterbroek, 2022a, and citations below. To be confirmed for Madeira. Removed: Finland (Salmela, 2012b). Removed, as found in earlier CCW versions: Armenia (excluded for Armenia by Hakobyan and Jenderedjian, 2023).
Map:Koc, 2004 (Mugla); Podenas et al., 2006 (Switzerland); Boardman, 2007 (Shropshire)
Biology:Edwards, 1921a (resting position).
Figure
references:
Wing: Kramer, 2021; Kramer and Morris, 2022b; Kolcsar et al., 2023b
Hypopygium: Alexander, 1975e; Podenas et al., 2006; Kramer, 2021; Kramer and Morris, 2022b; Kolcsar et al., 2023b
Other figures: Stary, 1993a (male tarsal claw)

Immature stages
Larva: Podeniene, 2003a; Krivosheina and Krivosheina, 2011c
Citationson biology (mainly from 2000 onward):
Azerbaijan
Habitat. Stary and Obona, 2020: 135 (loc(s); with list of localities, habitats and altitudes).
Country not relevant
Biology. Ivkovic et al., 2020: 123 (larvae associated with rotting woody debris, but sometimes also reared from semiaquatic habitats; larvae possibly feeding in partially submerged wood).
Czech Rep.
Habitat. Stary and Vonicka, 2018: 63 (on Limoniidae and Pediciidae of two localities in northern Bohemia, with list of localities, altitudes and habitats).
Denmark
Habitat. Nielsen and Nielsen, 2009: 121 (emerging from a forest floor in a Beech [Fagus] stand)(in Danish).
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. Quindroit, 2020b: 134 (loc(s) Nord (59) and Pas-de-Calais (62) with notes on habitats and distr) (in French).
Georgia
Habitat. Stary and Obona, 2020: 135 (loc(s); with list of localities, habitats and altitudes).
Germany
Habitat. Reusch and Hohmann, 2009: 129 (from spring brooks).
Great Britain
Habitat. Godfrey, 2000a: 20, 22.
Habitat. Godfrey, 2001a: 11, 21, 24, 32 (reared from woody material).
Habitat. Godfrey, 2003a: 21, 43 (review of association with rotting woody debris; review literature).
Habitat. Corbet, 2004: 128 (female on Filipendula ulmaria).
Biology. Boardman, 2007: 76 (habitat: gardens, woodland, foothpaths and grassland; swarming: the name chorea comes from the way in which the male dance in swarms during the last of the daylight hours, it can also be seen dancing whilst sat on a surface such as a leaf or tree trunk).
Habitat. Drake, 2011a: 24 (among the Diptera from a wet Alder [Alnus] wood in Devon).
Biology. Kramer, 2011j: 21 (common everywhere; often seen dancing in a swarm, in a sun-spot).
Habitat. Brighton, 2017c: 28, 38 (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).
Biology. Kramer and Morris, 2022b: 16-17 (info on the species, on the distr and map of loc(s) Leicestershire and Rutland (VC55); often swarming/dancing in a sun spot).
Greece
Habitat. Kramer, 2004: 21 (found at a stream margin).
Lithuania
Habitat. Podeniene, 2003a: 1-295 (larva, descr, figs, habitat) (in Lithuanian).
Morocco
Habitat. Driauach and Belqat, 2016: 139 (loc(s) Rif Mts and High Atlas with list of habitats).
Poland
Phenology. Wiedenska, 2015a: 53 (on the flight activity of Limoniidae in the Kamienica Valley, Gorce National Park, Western Carpathians) (in Polish, tables also in English).
Habitat. Wiedenska, 2017a: 21 (faunistic and habitat data of species from the Gorce NP) (in Polish).
Habitat. Myczko et al., 2021: appendix 1 (on burrows of medium-sized carnivores as winter places for invertebrates in temperate environment; found to inhabit burrows or other dark hollows, see paper for details).
Portugal
Habitat. Stary, 2014b: 89 (collected from springs and marshes).
Romania
Habitat. Ujvarosi, 2005a: 244 (swamps, moist soil, citing various sources).
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: 71 (loc(s) Cluj-Napoca and surroundings; list of habitats with altitudes).
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: 95 (attached to leaves of butterwort (Pinguicula vallisneriifolia Webb)) (see also Hancock and Hewitt, 2020).
Turkey
Biology. Koc, 2004: 100-101, 111, 116-118, 153 (habitat; phenology) (in Turkish).
on characters and taxonomy (mainly from 2000 onward):
Country not relevant
Characters. Frantsevich, 2004: 133 (structure of coxa).
Characters. Stary, 2006b: 201 (comparison).
Characters. Stary, 2009a: 55-56, 59 (characters, comparison).
Immatures. Krivosheina and Krivosheina, 2011c: 1-294 (larva: descr, figs, key) (in Russian, key also in English) (based on Reusch, 1988).
Great Britain
Characters. Kramer, 2021: 2-3 (characters, identification, comparison, figs).
Characters. Kramer and Morris, 2022b: 16-17 (diagnosis, figs).
Israel
Key. Stary and Freidberg, 2007: 305, 331-332, 335 (key).
Lithuania
Immatures. Podeniene, 2003a: 1-295 (larva, descr, figs, habitat) (in Lithuanian).
Portugal
Characters. Ferreira et al., 2021: 8 (barcoding based on material mentioned in Oosterbroek et al. 2020).
on distribution (mainly from 2000 onward):
Armenia
Misinterpretation. Obona et al., 2016: 140 (checklist but excluded for Armenia by Hakobyan and Jenderedjian, 2023).
Azerbaijan
Distribution. Stary et al., 2018: 266 (loc(s), distr).
Distribution. Stary and Obona, 2020: 135 (loc(s); with list of localities, habitats and altitudes).
Distribution. Snegovaya, 2021: 1135 (checklist with details on distr in Azerbaijan).
Belgium
Distribution. Dek and Peeters, 2023a: 135 (loc(s) Botanic Garden Jean Massart, Brussels-Capital Region, very common in Belgium).
Bosnia-Herzegowina
Distribution. Oosterbroek and Simova-Tosic, 2004: 447 (review literature).
Bulgaria
Distribution. Hubenov, 2015: 221 (annotated list Diptera Pirin Mt, loc(s), faunistics and zoogeography).
Distribution. Hubenov, 2017: 70 (on vertical distribution in the Pirin and Rila Mts; see paper for details on forests and subalpine-alpine zones, distr).
Distribution. Hubenov, 2021a: 36 (checklist with summary of distr in Bulgaria, references).
Channel Is
Distribution. Stubbs, 2022b: 5 (on a collection of craneflies from Jersey, collected between 1985 and 2002 by Tony Warne and present in the Societe Jersiaise collection, identifier unknown).
Croatia
Distribution. Oosterbroek and Simova-Tosic, 2004: 447 (review literature).
Distribution. Kolcsar et al., 2015a: 31 (loc(s), distr).
Distribution. Kolcsar et al., 2023b: 12 (loc(s)).
Czech Rep.
Distribution. Stary et al., 2005a: 25 (loc(s)).
Distribution. Stary, 2009i: webpage (checklist).
Distribution. Stary and Vonicka, 2018: 63 (on Limoniidae and Pediciidae of two localities in northern Bohemia, with list of localities, altitudes and habitats).
Denmark
Distribution. Petersen and de Jong, 2001b: 148 (checklist).
Distribution. Nielsen and Nielsen, 2009: 121 (loc(s)).
Finland
Distribution. Salmela, 2012b: 228 (removed from list of Finnish crane flies; Finnish record(s) by Mannheims, 1965c, apparently refer to another species).
Distribution. Viitanen in litt., 2024: (confirmation for Finland; loc(s) Aland (A), Lemland, Nato (see photos above)).
France
Distribution. Kramer and Langlois, 2019a: 76 (record(s) Ravin de Valbois, Doubs (25)).
Distribution. Kramer and Langlois, 2019b: 228 (list of craneflies captured 25-27 june 2019 in Ravin de Valbois, Doubs (25)).
Distribution. Quindroit, 2020b: 134 (loc(s) Nord (59) and Pas-de-Calais (62) with notes on habitats and distr) (in French).
Distribution. Tissot et al., 2021: 208 (the Diptera of the Reserves Naturelles Nationales du Doubs (25), results of Malaise trapping since 2009) (in French).
Georgia
Distribution. Stary and Obona, 2020: 135 (loc(s); with list of localities, habitats and altitudes).
Germany
Distribution. Schacht, 1999: 135 (checklist Bayern).
Distribution. Reusch and Oosterbroek, 2000: 161 (checklist German Bundeslander).
Distribution. Reusch and Bellstedt, 2001b: 74 (checklist Thuringen).
Distribution. Schacht, 2005: 4 (checklist Bayern).
Distribution. Reusch and Hohmann, 2009: 129 (loc(s) Sachsen-Anhalt).
Distribution. Stary, 2009a: 56 (loc(s)).
Distribution. Schacht, 2010: 16 (checklist Diptera Bayern).
Distribution. Dunk and Kraus, 2014: 169 (loc(s) Bayern).
Distribution. Stuke, 2019: 141 (checklist Niedersachsen and Bremen with reference to original sources).
Great Britain
Distribution. Godfrey, 2000a: 20, 22 (loc(s)).
Distribution. Godfrey, 2001a: 11, 21, 24, 32 (loc(s)).
Distribution. Hancock, 2002: 13 (loc(s) Scotland).
Distribution. Godfrey, 2003a: 21, 43 (loc(s), distr, review literature).
Distribution. Corbet, 2004: 128 (loc(s)).
Distribution. Boardman, 2007: 76, 87 (distr, map).
Distribution. Skidmore, 2009: 128 (review of occurrence on the Western Isles of Scotland, distr).
Distribution. Anonymous, 2010a: 17 (loc(s)).
Distribution. Drake, 2011a: 24 (loc(s) Devon).
Distribution. Kramer, 2011a: 3 (loc(s) Pembrokeshire).
Distribution. Kramer, 2011j: 21 (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. Wolton et al., 2014: 26 (among Diptera associated with a hedge in Devon, caught in emergence trap).
Distribution. Chandler, 2015: 90 (loc(s) Bushy Park, Middlesex).
Distribution. Robinson et al., 2016: 80 (list of terrestrial invertebrates of Mingulay Is, Outer Hebrides).
Distribution. Brighton, 2017c: 28, 38 (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: 16-17 (info on the species, on the distr and map of loc(s) Leicestershire and Rutland (VC55); often swarming/dancing in a sun spot).
Greece
Distribution. Kramer, 2004: 21 (loc(s) Peloponnisos).
Ireland
Distribution. Chandler et al., 2008: 12 (checklist).
Israel
First record. Stary and Freidberg, 2007: 305, 331-332, 335 (loc(s), distr).
Distribution. Stary, 2014c: 154 (loc(s) Israel).
Italy
Distribution. Stary, 2009a: 56 (loc(s) Sardinia).
Lithuania
Distribution. Pakalniskis et al., 2006: 18 (checklist).
Malta
First record. Ebejer, 2015: 52 (loc(s) Malta).
Distribution. Ebejer and Gatt, 2021: 18 (checklist of the Diptera of Malta).
Montenegro
Distribution. Oosterbroek and Simova-Tosic, 2004: 447 (review literature).
Morocco
Distribution. Gavryushin in litt., 2012d: (loc(s) High Atlas, N. Vikhrev leg.).
Distribution. Driauach et al., 2013: 188 (review Limoniidae records of Morocco, loc(s)).
Distribution. Driauach and Belqat, 2016: 139 (loc(s) Rif Mts and High Atlas with list of habitats).
Distribution. Kettani and Oosterbroek, 2022a: 25 (annotated checklist, with review loc(s) and/or references).
Netherlands
Distribution. de Jong and Oosterbroek, 2002b: 33 (checklist).
Distribution. Stary, 2020a: 45 (Limoniidae Kaaistoep, Noord-Brabant).
North Macedonia
Distribution. Oosterbroek and Simova-Tosic, 2004: 447 (review literature).
Norway
Distribution. Olsen et al., 2018: 160-161 (annotated checklist Nordic countries and for Norway according to the Strand regions).
Poland
Distribution. Krzeminski, 1991a: XX (loc(s)) (as luteipennis; see Stary, 2009a).
Distribution. Wiedenska, 2007a: 74 (checklist).
Distribution. Stary, 2009a: 56 (loc(s)).
Distribution. Wiedenska, 2010: 131 (loc(s) Parku Krajobrazowego Wzniesien Lodzkich, Lodz).
Distribution. Wiedenska, 2015a: 53 (on the flight activity of Limoniidae in the Kamienica Valley, Gorce National Park, Western Carpathians) (in Polish, tables also in English).
Distribution. Wiedenska, 2015b: 56 (loc(s) near Lodz).
Distribution. Wiedenska, 2017a: 21 (faunistic and habitat data of species from the Gorce NP) (in Polish).
Distribution. Myczko et al., 2021: appendix 1 (on burrows of medium-sized carnivores as winter places for invertebrates in temperate environment; found to inhabit burrows or other dark hollows, see paper for details).
Distribution. Wiedenska and Syratt, 2023: 145 (loc(s) Bieszczady Mountains, distr and remarks).
Portugal
First record. Stary, 2014b: 89 (loc(s) Faro).
Distribution. Oosterbroek et al., 2020: 329 (loc(s) Braga, also known from Faro, distr).
Romania
Distribution. Ujvarosi, 2007: 228-231 (checklist Limoniidae).
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: 71 (loc(s) Cluj-Napoca and surroundings; list of habitats with altitudes).
Russia
Distribution. Paramonov and Klepikov, 2014: 36 (loc(s) Yaroslavskaya oblast).
Distribution. Paramonov and Pilipenko, 2016: 99 (loc(s) RUC: Tverskaya oblast) (in Russian).
Distribution. Kolcsar et al., 2021b: 33 (loc(s) RUE: Bashkortostan Rep.).
Slovakia
Distribution. Stary, 2009i: webpage (checklist).
Slovenia
Distribution. Oosterbroek and Simova-Tosic, 2004: 447 (review literature).
Spain
Distribution. Eiroa and Baez, 2002a: 55 (checklist).
Distribution. Baez and Garcia, 2004: 270 (lista de especies silvestres de Canarias).
Distribution. Stary and Oosterbroek, 2008: 12 (loc(s) mainland, distr).
Distribution. Mederos, 2009: 180 (ckecklist Limoniidae La Palma).
Distribution. Stary, 2014b: 89 (loc(s) Mallorca, first record for Balearic Is).
Distribution. Mederos et al., 2019b: 208 (loc(s) Barcelona, 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: 95 (loc(s) Jaen, Cazorla National Park).
Switzerland
Distribution. Podenas et al., 2006: 155, 214 (map, vertical distr per thermic level).
Distribution. Stary, 2009a: 56 (loc(s)).
Distribution. Dufour and Merz, 2012: 354 (annotated checklist canton Geneva).
Turkey
First record. Koc, 2004: 100-101, 111, 116-118, 153 (loc(s), distr, map) (in Turkish).
Distribution. Ozgul et al., 2009: 63 (survey provinces SW Turkey).
Distribution. Koc et al., 2016: 11 (provinces Marmara region).
Distribution. Akpinar and Ozgul, 2023: 55 (loc(s) Aksaray).
Distribution. Provinces Asiatic part, 2024: (known from Aydin, Bursa, Canakkale, Mugla).
on flight period (mainly from 2000 onward):
Azerbaijan
Stary et al., 2018: month(s): 5.
Stary and Obona, 2020: month(s): 5, 10.
Belgium
Dek and Peeters, 2023a: month(s): 5.
Bulgaria
Hubenov, 2015: month(s): 6.
Channel Is
Stubbs, 2022b: month(s): 6.
Croatia
Kolcsar et al., 2015a: month(s): 4, 6-8, 10.
Kolcsar et al., 2023b: month(s): 6-8, 10.
Czech Rep.
Stary et al., 2005a: month(s): 5-6.
Stary and Vonicka, 2018: month(s): 5-7.
France
Kramer and Langlois, 2019b: month(s): 6.
Quindroit, 2020b: month(s): 3-5, 8.
Georgia
Stary and Obona, 2020: month(s): 4-5.
Germany
Stary, 2009a: month(s): 5.
Great Britain
Godfrey, 2000a: month(s): 6.
Godfrey, 2001a: month(s): 5.
Hancock, 2002: month(s): 6.
Corbet, 2004: month(s): 7.
Boardman, 2007: month(s): 4-11.
Anonymous, 2010a: month(s): 10.
Kramer, 2011j: month(s): 4.
Chandler, 2015: month(s): 7.
Greece
Kramer, 2004: month(s): 4.
Israel
Stary and Freidberg, 2007: month(s): 3-10.
Stary, 2014c: month(s): 4-5, 8, 10.
Italy
Stary, 2009a: month(s): 5.
Malta
Ebejer, 2015: month(s): 4, 7.
Morocco
Gavryushin in litt., 2012d: month(s): 5.
Driauach and Belqat, 2016: month(s): 2, 4-5, 12.
Poland
Stary, 2009a: month(s): 4.
Wiedenska, 2015a: month(s): 5-8.
Wiedenska, 2017a: month(s): 6-8.
Wiedenska and Syratt, 2023: month(s): 6, 8-9.
Portugal
Stary, 2014b: month(s): 4-5.
Oosterbroek et al., 2020: month(s): 6.
Romania
Ujvarosi et al., 2011b: month(s): 5-6.
Kolcsar et al., 2013: month(s): 4-6, 9.
Russia
Paramonov and Klepikov, 2014: month(s): 7-8.
Paramonov and Pilipenko, 2016: month(s): 6, 8.
Kolcsar et al., 2021b: month(s): 8.
Spain
Stary and Oosterbroek, 2008: month(s): 3-4.
Stary, 2014b: month(s): 5.
Mederos et al., 2019b: month(s): 5.
Hancock and Hewitt, 2020: month(s): 6.
Hancock, 2020: month(s): 5-6.
Switzerland
Podenas et al., 2006: month(s): 4-11.
Stary, 2009a: month(s): 9.
Turkey
Koc, 2004: month(s): 8.
on altitude (mainly from 2000 onward):
Azerbaijan
Stary et al., 2018: altitude: 896 m.
Stary and Obona, 2020: altitude: 905-1500 m.
Bulgaria
Hubenov, 2015: altitude: 1200-1700 m.
Hubenov, 2017: altitude: 1200-1700 m.
Hubenov, 2021a: altitude: 400-1700 m.
Croatia
Kolcsar et al., 2015a: altitude: 55-720 m.
Kolcsar et al., 2023b: altitude: 545-720 m.
Georgia
Stary and Obona, 2020: altitude: 475-930 m.
Germany
Reusch and Hohmann, 2009: altitude: 550-842 m.
Greece
Kramer, 2004: altitude: 875 m.
Israel
Stary, 2014c: altitude: 365-385 m.
Italy
Stary, 2009a: altitude: 700 m.
Morocco
Gavryushin in litt., 2012d: altitude: 1000-2050 m.
Driauach and Belqat, 2016: altitude: 36-1807 m.
Kettani and Oosterbroek, 2022a: altitude: 1000-1250 m.
Poland
Wiedenska, 2017a: altitude: 930-1060 m.
Wiedenska and Syratt, 2023: altitude: 600-700 m.
Portugal
Stary, 2014b: altitude: 50-870 m.
Russia
Kolcsar et al., 2021b: altitude: 552 m.
Spain
Stary, 2014b: altitude: 65-115 m.
Turkey
Koc, 2004: altitude: 670-775 m.

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