Catalogue of the Craneflies of the World: Dicranomyia (Idiopyga) nigristigma Nielsen, 1919

Catalogue of the Craneflies of the World

(Diptera, Tipuloidea: Pediciidae, Limoniidae, Cylindrotomidae, Tipulidae)

Details for Dicranomyia (Idiopyga) nigristigma

Name:

Dicranomyia (Idiopyga) nigristigma Nielsen, 1919

Publication:

Ent. Meddr 13: 12 (as Dicranomyia)

Status:

Recognized taxon.

Classification:

Family Limoniidae
Subfamily Limoniinae

Keys:

Boardman, 2016 (craneflies Shropshire); Stubbs and Kramer, 2016h; Stubbs, 2021 (British craneflies)


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plus 9 more images of hypopygium, hypopygium, hypopygium, hypopygium, hypopygium, hypopygium, hypopygium, wing and wing.

Distribution:

Bulgaria, Czech Rep., Denmark, France, Germany, Great Britain, Italy (Trentino-Alto Adige), Latvia, Lithuania, Norway, Romania, Slovakia, Switzerland, Ukraine; Russia: RUC (Russia to be worked out further, see general note).
Note: see the manual for abbreviations: present-day Russia.

Region(s):

Westpalaearctic

General note:

Added: Bulgaria (Stary and Krzeminski, 1993b), Lithuania (Podenas, 1995). For Great Britain check Stubbs, 2021, and citations below. Savchenko, 1985b, 1989d did not discriminate between D. (I.) stigmatica and D. (I.) nigristigma; his figure of the hypopygium of stigmatica does refer to nigristigma, as illustrated in Mendl, 1985d; therefore, it seems obvious that the species does occur in the Ukraine (after drawing in Savchenko, 1985b) and that records Russia can refer to nigristigma, which has to be worked out.

Map:

Podenas et al., 2006 (Switzerland); Keresztes et al., 2021 (Romania)

Figure
references:

Wing: Podenas et al., 2006; Keresztes et al., 2021
Hypopygium: Mendl, 1985d; Podenas et al., 2006; Keresztes et al., 2021

Citations

on biology (mainly from 2000 onward):

Bulgaria
Habitat. Hubenov, 2025b: suppl: 7 (annotated list Diptera high Bulgarian mts, local distr, habitats and zoogeography).

Czech Rep.
Habitat. Stary and Vonicka, 2018: 65 (on Limoniidae and Pediciidae of two localities in northern Bohemia, with list of localities, altitudes and habitats).

Germany
Habitat. Lehmann and Reusch, 2009: 122 (from around lowland springs).

Great Britain
Habitat. Crossley, 2000b: 138 (collected in shady valley-side flushes).
Habitat. Crossley, 2001: 194 (collected in shady valley-side flushes).
Habitat. Stubbs, 2003: 101, 106-107 (confined to calcareous seepages in woodland such as wet calcareous peat or otherwise very humic base rich substrate; the shade of trees or shrubs would appear to be essential; larvae are semiquatic in peat or moss; D. nigristigma is ecologically distinct from D. stigmatica (non-calcareous); the paper includes further details on habitat management and examples of good/bad practice).
Habitat. Heaver, 2006: 78 (tufa flushes).
Habitat. Boardman, 2013a: 2 (swept from bottle sedge at the edge of a damned pool and also from seepages).
Habitat. Boardman, 2014a: 5 (loc(s) Shropshire; see paper for details on previous records and/or habitat).

Romania
Habitat. Keresztes et al., 2021: 31 (collected around some calcareous spring fens).

on characters and taxonomy (mainly from 2000 onward):

Country not relevant
Characters. Podenas and Gelhaus, 2001: 49 (comparison).

Romania
Characters. Keresztes et al., 2021: 32 (characters, comparison, figs).

on distribution (mainly from 2000 onward):

Bulgaria
Distribution. Hubenov, 2018a: 16 (on the Diptera of the Vitosha Mt; see paper for details on vegetation belts and local distr).
Distribution. Hubenov, 2021a: 37 (listed for Bulgaria, without data, references).
Distribution. Hubenov, 2025b: suppl: 7 (annotated list Diptera high Bulgarian mts, local distr, habitats and zoogeography).

Country not relevant
Distribution. Podenas and Gelhaus, 2001: 49 (distr).

Czech Rep.
Distribution. Stary, 2009i: webpage (checklist).
Distribution. Stary and Vonicka, 2018: 65 (on Limoniidae and Pediciidae of two localities in northern Bohemia, with list of localities, altitudes and habitats).

Denmark
Distribution. Petersen and Jong, 2001b: 149 (checklist).

Germany
Distribution. Schacht, 1999: 135 (checklist Bayern).
Distribution. Reusch and Oosterbroek, 2000: 161 (checklist German Bundeslander).
Distribution. Reusch et al., 2004: 117 (loc(s) Niedersachsen, otherwise only known from Bayern).
Distribution. Schacht, 2005: 5 (checklist Bayern).
Distribution. Lehmann and Reusch, 2009: 122-123 (loc(s) Niedersachsen).
Distribution. Hable et al., 2010b: 91 (loc(s) Bayern).
Distribution. Schacht, 2010: 16 (checklist Diptera Bayern).
Distribution. Stuke, 2019: 141 (checklist Niedersachsen and Bremen with reference to original sources).

Great Britain
Distribution. Crossley, 2000b: 138 (loc(s) Sheffield).
Distribution. Crossley, 2001: 194 (loc(s) Sheffield).
Distribution. Stubbs, 2003: 106 (distr in GB).
Distribution. Crossley, 2004: 155 (loc(s) Sheffield).
Distribution. Heaver, 2006: 78 (loc(s) Yorkshire).
Distribution. Boardman, 2013a: 2 (loc(s) Shropshire).
Distribution. Boardman, 2014a: 5 (loc(s) Shropshire; see paper for details on previous records and/or habitat).

Italy
First record. Podenas and Podeniene, 2008: 347, 351 (loc(s), annotated checklist South Tyrol [Prov. Bolzano]).

Latvia
First record. Paramonov in litt., 2025a: (identified among material of D. stigmatica, see reference for details).

Lithuania
Distribution. Pakalniskis et al., 2006: 18 (checklist).

Norway
First record. Kolcsar et al., 2021b: 63 (loc(s) Akershus).

Romania
First record. Keresztes et al., 2021: 31-32 (loc(s) Apuseni Mountains, distr, map).

Russia
Distribution. Pilipenko in litt., 2025: (loc(s) RUC, Moskovskaya oblast, Solnechnogorsk district, 3.X.1995) (recorded in Kolcsar, 2021b as Dicr. stigmatica).

Slovakia
Distribution. Stary, 2009d: 35 (loc(s) Polana area).
Distribution. Stary, 2009i: webpage (checklist).

Switzerland
Distribution. Podenas et al., 2006: 163, 225 (map).

on flight period (mainly from 2000 onward):

Czech Rep.
Stary and Vonicka, 2018: month(s): 9-10.

Germany
Reusch et al., 2004: month(s): 9.

Great Britain
Crossley, 2001: month(s): 8.
Stubbs, 2003: month(s): 8.
Crossley, 2004: month(s): 8-9.
Boardman, 2013a: month(s): 8.

Italy
Podenas and Podeniene, 2008: month(s): 6-7, 9.

Latvia
Paramonov in litt., 2025a: month(s): 8-9.

Norway
Kolcsar et al., 2021b: month(s): 9.

Romania
Keresztes et al., 2021: month(s): 9-10.

Russia
Pilipenko in litt., 2025: month(s): 10.

Slovakia
Stary, 2009d: month(s): 10.