Details for Dicranomyia (Glochina) sericata
Name:Dicranomyia (Glochina) sericata (Meigen, 1830)
Publication:Syst. Beschr. 6: 280 (as Glochina)
Status:Recognized taxon, Synonym(s): ?grisea (Macquart, 1826); glabrata (Walker, 1856); croatica (Egger, 1863).
Classification:Family Limoniidae
Subfamily Limoniinae
Keys:Boardman, 2016 (craneflies Shropshire); Stubbs and Kramer, 2016h; Stubbs, 2021 (British craneflies); Mederos, 2023b (Dicranomyia (Glochina) Iberian Peninsula
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plus 13 more images of body part(s), body part(s), hypopygium, hypopygium, hypopygium, hypopygium, hypopygium, hypopygium, hypopygium, hypopygium, hypopygium, wing and habitat.
Distribution:Albania, Austria, Belgium, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Rep., France (incl. Corsica), Germany, Great Britain, Greece (incl. Kriti [Crete], Mykonos, Rodos [Rhodes]), Hungary, Ireland, Italy (incl. Sardinia, Sicily), Malta, Netherlands, North Macedonia, Portugal, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Spain (incl. Balearic Is [Mallorca]), Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey (European part: widespread), Ukraine (Carpathians, Crimea); Russia: RUN; Morocco; Azerbaijan, Turkey (Asiatic part: widespread), Israel.
Note: see the manual for abbreviations: present-day Russia.
Region(s):Westpalaearctic
General note:Added: Ireland (Ashe et al., 1998a). For Italy check Stary and Oosterbroek, 1996, and citations below. For Spain check Eiroa and Carles-Tolra, 2019, 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.
Map:Koc, 2004 (Mugla); Podenas et al., 2006 (Switzerland); Boardman, 2007 (Shropshire)
Figure
references:
Habitus: Quindroit and Lemoine, 2021b (male)
Hypopygium: Stary, 1971d; Podenas et al., 2006; Showers, 2020a; Kramer and Morris, 2022b
Citationson biology (mainly from 2000 onward):
France
Biology. Quindroit, 2020a: 35, 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 and Lemoine, 2021b: 6 (loc(s) Pas-de-Calais (62); see paper for habitat description) (in French).
Habitat. Quindroit and Lemoine, 2022a: 22 (loc(s) Oise (60) with notes on habitats and distr) (in French).
Germany
Habitat. Dau, 2013: 42, Anhang 1: 32 (among species found in Salzquellen in Schleswig-Holstein) (as croatica).
Great Britain
Habitat. Stubbs, 2003: 49, 50 (scrub edge only).
Habitat. Boardman, 2007: 79 (a cranefly of calcareous soils).
Habitat. Boardman, 2008: 8 (collected at a great big piece of carboniferous limestone).
Habitat. Stubbs, 2008b: 3 (widespread on calcareous soils).
Habitat. Ismay and Ismay, 2010: 209 (found at hedges and scrub margins along dry grassland on calcareous areas).
Habitat. Kramer, 2011j: 21 (a grassland species).
Habitat. Wolton and Drake, 2015: 9 (collected at a soft cliff seepage).
Habitat. Boardman, 2017: 3 (limestone quarry, Shropshire).
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. Showers, 2020a: 3-5 (review loc(s) Northamptonshire, appearing to have a very limited range, being associated with the inferior oolite group of Jurassic limestone in the Rockingham Forest area; see paper for details of localities and habitats).
Habitat. Kramer and Morris, 2022b: 20 (info on the species, on the distr and map of loc(s) Leicestershire and Rutland (VC55); a calcareous grassland species).
Greece
Habitat. Kramer, 2004: 20, 21 (found at a lake margin and damp copse).
Netherlands
Habitat. Beuk, 2019: 294, 296 (many foreign records giving details about the sites where the species was found concern limestone or calcareous soils; it is thus not surprising that the species was found in the southern part of the Dutch Province of Limburg, habitat photo).
Portugal
Habitat. Stary, 2014b: 91 (collected along rivers).
Russia
Habitat. Krivosheina, N.P., 2009a: 125-133 (review Russian xylophilous Limoniidae, mainly inhabiting bark and wood of decomposing trees, with new original data on larval biology [found in litter and the upper layer of soil]) (in Russian).
Spain
Habitat. Hancock, 2020: 97 (swept along river bank).
Sweden
Habitat. Kolcsar et al., 2021b: 72 (loc(s) Gotland [Andersson in litt., 2020: collected at a coastal cliff edge with seeping spring water in lime tuff springs, see photo(s) above]).
Turkey
Biology. Koc, 2004: 105-106, 116-118, 153 (habitat; phenology) (in Turkish).
on characters and taxonomy (mainly from 2000 onward):
Great Britain
Characters. Boardman, 2007: 79 (characters).
Characters. Kramer and Morris, 2022b: 20 (diagnosis, figs).
Netherlands
Characters. Beuk, 2019: 293-296 (characters, figs).
Portugal
Characters. Ferreira et al., 2021: 9 (barcoding based on material mentioned in Oosterbroek et al. 2020).
on distribution (mainly from 2000 onward):
Azerbaijan
Distribution. Snegovaya, 2021: 1137 (checklist with details on distr in Azerbaijan).
Bosnia-Herzegowina
Distribution. Oosterbroek and Simova-Tosic, 2004: 447 (review literature).
Bulgaria
Distribution. Hubenov, 2021a: 37 (checklist with summary of distr in Bulgaria, references).
Croatia
Distribution. Oosterbroek and Simova-Tosic, 2004: 447 (review literature).
Czech Rep.
Distribution. Stary and Bartak, 2005: 243 (red list status Czech Rep.: critically endangered).
Distribution. Stary, 2009i: webpage (checklist).
France
Distribution. Quindroit, 2020a: 35, 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 and Lemoine, 2021b: 6 (loc(s) Pas-de-Calais (62); see paper for habitat description) (in French).
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. Lemoine and Quindroit, 2023: 8 (loc(s) Haute-Marne (52), Seine-et-Marne (77)).
Distribution. Quindroit and Racine, 2025: 360 (table specifying the presence in the five departments of the Pays de la Loire region).
Germany
Distribution. Reusch and Oosterbroek, 2000: 161 (checklist German Bundeslander).
Distribution. Reusch and Bellstedt, 2001a: 268 (red list status Thuringen).
Distribution. Reusch and Bellstedt, 2001b: 75 (checklist Thuringen).
Distribution. Dau, 2013: 42, Anhang 1: 32 (among species found in Salzquellen in Schleswig-Holstein) (as croatica).
Great Britain
Distribution. Boardman, 2007: 79 (loc(s), map).
Distribution. Boardman, 2008: 8 (loc(s) Shropshire).
Distribution. Stubbs, 2008b: 3 (widespread in southern and Midland England, distr).
Distribution. Boardman, 2011: 1 (limestone specialist).
Distribution. Boardman, 2011: 1 (loc(s) Shropshire).
Distribution. Kramer, 2011j: 21 (loc(s) Leicestershire and Rutland (VC55)).
Distribution. Kramer, 2013i: 7 (associated with limestone quarries).
Distribution. Kramer, 2013i: 7, 8 (loc(s), checklist of species from Leigh Woods NNR, Bristol district).
Distribution. Hewitt, 2014: (provisional checklist Cumbrian Diptera).
Distribution. Wolton and Drake, 2015: 9 (loc(s) Devon).
Distribution. Boardman, 2017: 3 (limestone quarry, Shropshire).
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. Showers, 2020a: 3-5 (loc(s) Northamptonshire, appearing to have a very limited range,
Distribution. Showers, 2020a: 3-5 (review loc(s) Northamptonshire, appearing to have a very limited range, being associated with the inferior oolite group of Jurassic limestone in the Rockingham Forest area; see paper for details of localities and habitats).
Distribution. Kramer and Morris, 2022b: 20 (info on the species, on the distr and map of loc(s) Leicestershire and Rutland (VC55); a calcareous grassland species).
Greece
Distribution. Kramer, 2004: 20, 21 (loc(s) Peloponnisos).
Distribution. Oosterbroek, 2009c: 181 (new for Mykonos).
Ireland
Distribution. Chandler, 2004a: 137 (listed as Irish, based on Ashe et al., 1998a).
Distribution. Chandler et al., 2008: 13 (checklist).
Israel
First record. Stary, 2014c: 155 (loc(s) Israel).
Italy
Distribution. Podenas, 2011: 864 (loc(s) Sardinia, distr).
Malta
First record. Ebejer, 2015: 52 (loc(s) Malta).
Distribution. Ebejer and Gatt, 2021: 18 (checklist of the Diptera of Malta).
Morocco
First record. Gavryushin in litt., 2012d: (loc(s) High Atlas, N. Vikhrev leg.).
Distribution. Driauach et al., 2013: 188 (review Limoniidae records of Morocco, loc(s)).
Netherlands
First record. Beuk, 2019: 293-296 (loc(s) ENCI-quarry, Maastricht, Limburg).
North Macedonia
Distribution. Oosterbroek and Simova-Tosic, 2004: 447 (review literature).
Portugal
First record. Stary, 2014b: 91 (loc(s) Faro).
Distribution. Oosterbroek et al., 2020: 331 (loc(s) Castelo Branco, also known from Faro, distr).
Romania
Distribution. Ujvarosi, 2007: 228-231 (checklist Limoniidae).
Russia
First record. Krivosheina, N.P., 2009a: 130 (RUN: Vologodskaya oblast) (in Russian).
Serbia
Distribution. Oosterbroek and Simova-Tosic, 2004: 447 (review literature).
Slovakia
Distribution. Stary, 2009i: webpage (checklist).
Spain
Distribution. Eiroa and Baez, 2002a: 55-56 (checklist, loc(s)).
Distribution. Stary, 2014b: 91 (loc(s) Malaga).
Distribution. Eiroa and Carles-Tolra, 2019: 132 (loc(s) Tarragona, list of Spanish provinces, distr) (in Spanish).
Distribution. Hancock, 2020: 97 (loc(s) Jaen, Cazorla National Park).
Sweden
First record. Kolcsar et al., 2021b: 72 (loc(s) Gotland [Andersson in litt., 2020: collected at a coastal cliff edge with seeping spring water in lime tuff springs, see photo(s) above]).
Switzerland
Distribution. Podenas et al., 2006: 161, 229 (map, vertical distr per thermic level).
Distribution. Dufour and Merz, 2012: 354 (annotated checklist canton Geneva).
Turkey
Distribution. Koc, 2004: 105-106, 116-118, 153 (loc(s), distr, map) (in Turkish).
Distribution. Koc et al., 2005b: 616 (checklist).
Distribution. Ozgul et al., 2009: 63 (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).
on flight period (mainly from 2000 onward):
France
Quindroit, 2020a: month(s): 3-4.
Quindroit and Lemoine, 2021b: month(s): 4.
Quindroit and Lemoine, 2022a: month(s): 5.
Lemoine and Quindroit, 2023: month(s): 4-5.
Great Britain
Boardman, 2007: month(s): 5-6.
Boardman, 2008: month(s): 4.
Boardman, 2011: month(s): 4.
Boardman, 2011: month(s): 4.
Kramer, 2011j: month(s): 5.
Wolton and Drake, 2015: month(s): 4.
Boardman, 2017: month(s): 5.
Showers, 2020a: month(s): 4-5.
Kramer and Morris, 2022b: month(s): 4-6.
Greece
Kramer, 2004: month(s): 4.
Israel
Stary, 2014c: month(s): 4.
Italy
Podenas, 2011: month(s): 3-4.
Malta
Ebejer, 2015: month(s): 2-3.
Morocco
Gavryushin in litt., 2012d: month(s): 5.
Netherlands
Beuk, 2019: month(s): 4.
Portugal
Stary, 2014b: month(s): 3-4.
Oosterbroek et al., 2020: month(s): 5.
Spain
Eiroa and Baez, 2002a: month(s): 3-4.
Stary, 2014b: month(s): 3-4.
Eiroa and Carles-Tolra, 2019: month(s): 4.
Hancock, 2020: month(s): 5-6.
Sweden
Kolcsar et al., 2021b: month(s): 5.
Switzerland
Podenas et al., 2006: month(s): 4-5.
Turkey
Koc, 2004: month(s): 3-4.
on altitude (mainly from 2000 onward):
Bulgaria
Hubenov, 2021a: altitude: 0-15 m.
Greece
Kramer, 2004: altitude: 875 m.
Morocco
Gavryushin in litt., 2012d: altitude: 2000 m.
Portugal
Stary, 2014b: altitude: 27-75 m.
Sweden
Kolcsar et al., 2021b: altitude: 5-25 m.
Turkey
Koc, 2004: altitude: 0-682 m.

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