Details for Dicranomyia (Dicranomyia) ventralis
Name:Dicranomyia (Dicranomyia) ventralis (Schummel, 1829)
Publication:Beitr. Ent., Breslau 1: 136 (as Limnobia)
Status:Recognized taxon, Synonym(s): simplex Brunetti, 1912; perserotina (Alexander, 1945); pristomera (Alexander, 1968).
Classification:Family Limoniidae
Subfamily Limoniinae
Descriptive note:Description based on type-material of simplex Brunetti in Joseph, 1976a. Synonymy: Alexander, 1970j.
Keys:Stary and Freidberg, 2007 (Limoniidae Israel); Boardman, 2016 (craneflies Shropshire); Stubbs and Kramer, 2016h; Stubbs, 2021 (British craneflies); Podenas et al., 2019a (Dicranomyia Korea)
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Distribution:Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Czech Rep., Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Great Britain, Greece (Kerkyra [Corfu]), Hungary, Ireland, Italy (incl. Sicily), Latvia, Lithuania, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey (European part: Kirklareli), Ukraine; Russia: RUN, RUW, RUC, RUE; Morocco, Egypt; Azerbaijan, Turkey (Asiatic part: Balikesir, Burdur), Israel, Iran;; Russia: WS, ES (Siberia eastward to Yakutiya); Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Afghanistan; North Korea, South Korea;; India (Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, W Bengal).
Note: see the manual for abbreviations: present-day Russia.
Region(s):Westpalaearctic;; Eastpalaearctic;; Oriental
General note:For Italy check Stary and Oosterbroek, 1996, and citations below. For Finland check Salmela, 2012b, 2012c, and citations below. For Norway check Olsen et al., 2018, 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 Estonia.
Map:Koc et al., 2006 (SW Turkey); Podenas et al., 2006 (Switzerland); Boardman, 2007 (Shropshire); Podenas et al., 2019a (Korea)
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references:
Head: Stary, 1966 (palp); Podenas et al., 2019a (antenna)
Wing: Podenas et al., 2019a
Hypopygium: Alexander, 1968d (as pristomera); Stary, 1966; Podenas et al., 2006; Podenas et al., 2019a

Immature stages
Larva: Podeniene, 2003a
Citationson biology (mainly from 2000 onward):
Belarus
Biology. Kolcsar et al., 2021b: 75 (loc(s) Minsk region [Gavryushin in litt., 2013: collected at the base of the stem of Carex, making typical rocking and shaking movements]).
Czech Rep.
Habitat. Stary et al., 2013b: 377 (on Limonidae from Vraz near Pisek, with general habitat description).
Finland
Biology. Salmela, 2008: 11, 20, 24, 28, 51 (49) (ecology or habitat: rich fen; phenology).
Habitat. Autio and Salmela, 2010: 48 (habitats Aland Is).
Habitat. Salmela, 2011a: 1-28 (study on three wetland habitats: aapa mires, springs and headwater streams; found in aapa mires only).
Habitat. Salmela, 2012c: 10 (classified as a mire-dwelling species).
France
Habitat. Quindroit and Lemoine, 2021a: 23, 24, 27 (loc(s), resultats de deux campagnes de piegeage dans le Pas-de-Calais (62); see paper for details on habitat) (first confirmation for France since apparently recorded for the first time for France in Palaearctic Catalogue (Savchenko et al., 1992)).
Habitat. Quindroit and Lemoine, 2022a: 22 (loc(s) Oise (60) with notes on habitats and distr) (in French).
Habitat. Quindroit, 2022a: 21, 28 (annotated list with information on abundancy and habitat of the Tipuloidea of the Pays de la Loire regoin, distr) (in French).
Great Britain
Habitat. Howe and Howe, 2001: 34, 44-45 (lagg and swamp vegetation).
Habitat. Stubbs, 2003: 24, 28 (on grazing levels, ditch and pond margins with gentle shallow margins or cattle trampled berms provide most records; mildly brackish marsh is an important focus, but it also occurs on freshwater marsh on the coast and inland; bare mud needs to be exposed as tiny patches between vegetation; larvae are believed to be aquatic or semi-aquatic in fully saturated marginal substrate, and capable of withstanding some degree of submergence during flooding; they are assumed to be detritivore; the paper includes further details on monitoring techniques and examples of good/bad practice).
Habitat. Boardman, 2007: 79 (associated with water margins of foodplain lakes, and other situations where the summer water levels expose a vegetated shore of mud or peat).
Habitat. Drake, 2009: 54 (marsh and fens, usually by ditches or pools or in Cladium sedge beds).
Habitat. Cranston and Drake, 2010: 175 (larvae can be found in marginal situations along standing waters).
Habitat. Stubbs, 2014c: 3 (loc(s) NW Wales; see paper for details on habitat).
Habitat. Brighton, 2017c: 28, 39 (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, 2017: 28 (Snowdonia National Park: extensive valley fens of Cors Geirch)
Ireland
Habitat. Ashe and O'Connor, 2000: 50 (along shoreline of inland freshwater lake).
Lithuania
Habitat. Podeniene, 2003a: 1-295 (larva, descr, figs, habitat) (in Lithuanian).
Morocco
Habitat. Driauach and Belqat, 2016: 141 (loc(s) Rif Mts with list of habitats).
Netherlands
Habitat. Hop and Moonen, 2021: 37 (on the occurrence (rarity) in Dutch inland waters) (in Dutch).
Poland
Habitat. Wiedenska and Syratt, 2021: 429 (short descr, loc(s), distr, habitat) (in Polish).
Russia
Habitat. Przhiboro, 2003: 365 (upper littoral and water margin zones of two eutrophic lakes; rearing).
South Korea
Habitat. Podenas et al., 2019a: 70 (wet, swampy meadows and marshy banks of water bodies).
Sweden
Habitat. Hamback et al., 2022: 64 (loc(s) Halland with information on habitat and distr) (in Swedish).
on characters and taxonomy (mainly from 2000 onward):
Ireland
Characters. Ashe and O'Connor, 2000: 50 (characters: reduced mouthparts).
Israel
Key. Stary and Freidberg, 2007: 305, 331, 341-342 (key).
Lithuania
Immatures. Podeniene, 2003a: 1-295 (larva, descr, figs, habitat) (in Lithuanian).
North Korea
Description. Podenas et al., 2019a: 12-15, 68-70 (type-mat perserotina, descr, key, comparison, figs).
Poland
Characters. Wiedenska and Syratt, 2021: 429 (short descr, loc(s), distr, habitat) (in Polish).
on distribution (mainly from 2000 onward):
Azerbaijan
Distribution. Snegovaya, 2021: 1136-1137 (checklist with details on distr in Azerbaijan).
Belarus
First record. Kolcsar et al., 2021b: 75 (loc(s) Minsk region [Gavryushin in litt., 2013: collected at the base of the stem of Carex, making typical rocking and shaking movements]).
Bulgaria
Distribution. Hubenov, 2021a: 37 (checklist with summary of distr in Bulgaria, references).
Czech Rep.
Distribution. Stary, 2009i: webpage (checklist).
Distribution. Stary et al., 2013b: 377 (on Limonidae from Vraz near Pisek, with general habitat description).
Denmark
Distribution. Petersen and Jong, 2001b: 149 (checklist).
Egypt
First record. Stary and Freidberg, 2007: 342 (loc(s)).
Estonia
Distribution. Stary, 2004f: (Fauna Europaea: added ?Estonia).
Finland
Distribution. Salmela, 2002: 30-32 (loc(s) lake Iidesjarvi) (in Finnish).
Distribution. Salmela et al., 2007b: 46 (loc(s)).
Distribution. Salmela, 2008: 11, 51 (49) (loc(s), known from all Finnish ecoregions).
Distribution. Autio and Salmela, 2010: 48 (loc(s) Aland Is).
Distribution. Salmela, 2011a: 24 (loc(s) subalpine northern boreal Finland).
Distribution. Salmela, 2012b: 236 (annotated list of Finnish crane flies).
Distribution. Salmela and Petrasiunas, 2014: 29 (checklist Finnish Tipulomorpha).
Distribution. Salmela et al., 2015: 101 (list of localities in extensive report on malaise-trapping of insects in conservation areas in Lapland in 2012–2014) (in Finnish).
France
Distribution. Quindroit and Lemoine, 2021a: 23, 24, 27 (loc(s), resultats de deux campagnes de piegeage dans le Pas-de-Calais (62); see paper for details on habitat) (first confirmation for France since apparently recorded for the first time for France in Palaearctic Catalogue (Savchenko et al., 1992)).
Distribution. Quindroit and Lemoine, 2022a: 22 (loc(s) Oise (60) with notes on habitats and distr) (in French).
Distribution. Quindroit and Lemoine, 2022a: 37 (table specifying the presence in the five departments of the Hauts-de-France region).
Distribution. Quindroit, 2022a: 21, 28 (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. Schacht, 1999: 135 (checklist Bayern).
Distribution. Reusch and Oosterbroek, 2000: 161 (checklist German Bundeslander).
Distribution. Reusch and Bellstedt, 2001b: 75 (checklist Thuringen).
Distribution. Schacht, 2005: 4 (checklist Bayern).
Distribution. Schacht, 2010: 16 (checklist Diptera Bayern).
Distribution. Stuke, 2019: 141 (checklist Niedersachsen and Bremen with reference to original sources).
Great Britain
Distribution. Howe and Howe, 2001: 34, 44-45 (see paper for details on loc(s) in which of the eight vice-counties visited).
Distribution. Stubbs, 2003: 28 (distr in GB).
Distribution. Boardman, 2007: 79 (loc(s), map).
Distribution. Drake, 2009: 54 (loc(s) Norfolk fens).
Distribution. Skidmore, 2009: 129 (review of occurrence on the Western Isles of Scotland, distr).
Distribution. Kramer, 2010b: 2 (loc(s) Norfolk).
Distribution. Drake, 2014: 22 (loc(s) Gwynedd).
Distribution. Hewitt, 2014: (provisional checklist Cumbrian Diptera).
Distribution. Stubbs, 2014c: 3 (loc(s) NW Wales; see paper for details on habitat).
Distribution. Brighton, 2017c: 28, 39 (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, 2017: 28 (Snowdonia National Park: extensive valley fens of Cors Geirch)
Greece
First record. Oosterbroek, 2009c: 180 (loc(s) Kerkyra [Corfu]).
India
Distribution. Ilango, 2009: 118 (Fauna of Tamil Nadu).
Ireland
First record. Ashe and O'Connor, 2000: 50 (loc(s), distr).
Distribution. Chandler, 2004a: 137 (listed as Irish, based on Ashe and O'Connor, 2000).
Distribution. Chandler et al., 2008: 13 (checklist).
Israel
First record. Stary and Freidberg, 2007: 305, 331, 341-342 (loc(s), distr).
Kazakhstan
Distribution. Devyatkov, 2019b: 247 (loc(s) Pavlodarskaya oblast, distr) (in Russian).
Distribution. Devyatkov, 2020a: 51 (loc(s) East Kazakhstan, distr) (in Russian).
Korea
Distribution. Podenas, 2013: 15 (literature overview of North and South Korean records).
Lithuania
Distribution. Pakalniskis et al., 2006: 18 (checklist).
Morocco
First record. Driauach and Belqat, 2016: 141 (loc(s) Rif Mts with list of habitats).
Distribution. Kettani and Oosterbroek, 2022a: 26 (annotated checklist, with review loc(s) and/or references).
Distribution. Kettani and Oosterbroek, 2022a: 26 (annotated checklist, with review loc(s) and/or references).
Netherlands
Distribution. Jong and Oosterbroek, 2002b: 33 (checklist).
North Korea
Distribution. Podenas et al., 2019a: 68, 105 (type-loc(s) perserotina, map).
Norway
Distribution. Olsen et al., 2018: 160-161 (annotated checklist Nordic countries and for Norway according to the Strand regions).
Poland
Distribution. Wiedenska, 2007a: 74 (checklist).
Distribution. Wiedenska, 2010: 131 (loc(s) Parku Krajobrazowego Wzniesien Lodzkich, Lodz).
Distribution. Wiedenska and Syratt, 2021: 429 (short descr, loc(s), distr, habitat) (in Polish).
Romania
Distribution. Ujvarosi, 2007: 228-231 (checklist Limoniidae).
Russia
Distribution. Przhiboro, 2003: 365 (loc(s) NW 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: 75 (loc(s) RUE: Bashkortostan Rep.).
Slovakia
Distribution. Stary, 2009i: webpage (checklist).
South Korea
First record. Podenas et al., 2019a: 68, 105 (loc(s) map).
Spain
Distribution. Eiroa and Baez, 2002a: 55 (checklist).
Sweden
Distribution. Salmela, 2010b: 133 (loc(s) Malmo).
Distribution. Hamback et al., 2022: 64 (loc(s) Halland with information on habitat and distr) (in Swedish).
Switzerland
Distribution. Podenas et al., 2006: 160, 232 (map, vertical distr per thermic level).
Turkey
First record. Koc et al., 2006: 19-21 (loc(s), distr, map).
Distribution. Ozgul et al., 2009: 63 (survey provinces SW Turkey).
Distribution. Koc et al., 2016: 11 (provinces Marmara region).
on flight period (mainly from 2000 onward):
Belarus
Kolcsar et al., 2021b: month(s): 7.
Czech Rep.
Stary et al., 2013b: month(s): (8-10).
Egypt
Stary and Freidberg, 2007: month(s): 4.
Finland
Salmela, 2008: month(s): 8.
France
Quindroit and Lemoine, 2022a: month(s): 6-7.
Quindroit, 2022a: month(s): 10.
Great Britain
Howe and Howe, 2001: month(s): 6.
Boardman, 2007: month(s): 8-9.
Drake, 2009: month(s): 5-7, 9.
Drake, 2014: month(s): 7.
Stubbs, 2014c: month(s): 7.
Stubbs, 2017: month(s): 6.
Greece
Oosterbroek, 2009c: month(s): 5.
Ireland
Ashe and O'Connor, 2000: month(s): 9.
Israel
Stary and Freidberg, 2007: month(s): 1, 3, 10.
Kazakhstan
Devyatkov, 2019b: month(s): 5-6, 9.
Devyatkov, 2020a: month(s): 7, 9-10.
Morocco
Driauach and Belqat, 2016: month(s): 4.
North Korea
Podenas et al., 2019a: month(s): 11.
Poland
Wiedenska and Syratt, 2021: month(s): 8.
Russia
Przhiboro, 2003: month(s): 7, 9.
Paramonov and Klepikov, 2014: month(s): 9.
Paramonov and Pilipenko, 2016: month(s): 6, 8-9.
Kolcsar et al., 2021b: month(s): 8.
South Korea
Podenas et al., 2019a: month(s): 6.
Switzerland
Podenas et al., 2006: month(s): 7.
Turkey
Koc et al., 2006: month(s): 9.
on altitude (mainly from 2000 onward):
Belarus
Kolcsar et al., 2021b: altitude: 151 m.
Bulgaria
Hubenov, 2021a: altitude: 100-200 m.
Kazakhstan
Devyatkov, 2019b: altitude: 126-438 m.
Devyatkov, 2020a: altitude: 294-396 m.
Morocco
Driauach and Belqat, 2016: altitude: 34 m.
North Korea
Podenas et al., 2019a: altitude: 366 m.
Russia
Kolcsar et al., 2021b: altitude: 505 m.
South Korea
Podenas et al., 2019a: altitude: 16 m.
Turkey
Koc et al., 2006: altitude: 856 m.

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