Catalogue of the Craneflies of the World: Dicranomyia (Melanolimonia) morio (Fabricius, 1787)

Catalogue of the Craneflies of the World

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

Details for Dicranomyia (Melanolimonia) morio

Name:

Dicranomyia (Melanolimonia) morio (Fabricius, 1787)

Publication:

Mantissa insect. 2: 324 (as Tipula)

Status:

Recognized taxon, Synonym(s): leucocephala (Meigen, 1818); argentea (Macquart, 1826); reperta (Walker, 1848); pauliani (Seguy, 1941).

Classification:

Family Limoniidae
Subfamily Limoniinae

Descriptive note:

Synonymy of argentea after Quindroit, 2025a.

Keys:

Podenas and Gelhaus, 2007 (Limoniinae Mongolia and nearby); Boardman, 2016 (craneflies Shropshire); Stubbs and Kramer, 2016h; Stubbs, 2021 (British craneflies); Stary, 2023 (males European Metalimonia)


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plus 24 more images of habitus, habitus, habitus, habitus, habitus, body part(s), hypopygium, hypopygium, hypopygium, hypopygium, hypopygium, hypopygium, hypopygium, hypopygium, hypopygium, wing, wing, wing, wing, wing, habitat, habitat, habitat and habitat.

Distribution:

Albania, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Rep., Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France (incl. Corsica), Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy (incl. Sicily), Latvia, Lithuania, Netherlands, North Macedonia, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Ukraine; Russia: RUN, RUW, RUE, North Caucasus; Morocco; Georgia, Azerbaijan, Turkey (Asiatic part: see citations for provinces), Iran;; Kazakhstan (east); Mongolia.
Note: see the manual for abbreviations: present-day Russia.

Region(s):

Westpalaearctic;; Eastpalaearctic

General note:

Added: Bulgaria (Stary and Krzeminski, 1993b). 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 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. Removed, as found in earlier CCW versions: Armenia (excluded for Armenia by Hakobyan and Jenderedjian, 2023).

Map:

Ozgul et al., 2006 (SW Turkey); Podenas et al., 2006 (Switzerland); Boardman, 2007 (Shropshire)

Figure
references:

Wing: Podenas et al., 2006; Podenas and Gelhaus, 2007; Kolcsar et al., 2023b
Hypopygium: Podenas et al., 2006; Podenas and Gelhaus, 2007; Kramer and Morris, 2022b; Kolcsar et al., 2023b

Citations

on biology (mainly from 2000 onward):

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

Finland
Biology. Salmela, 2008: 11, 26, 31, 51 (49) (ecology or habitat: swamp; details on habitat on page 31; phenology).

France
Habitat. Quindroit, 2020b: 134 (loc(s) Pas-de-Calais (62) with notes on habitats and distr) (in French).
Habitat. Herbrecht et al., 2021: 57 (loc(s) Loire-Atlantique (44) based on malaise-trapping with notes on habitats) (in French).
Habitat. Quindroit and Lemoine, 2021a: 23 (loc(s), resultats de deux campagnes de piegeage dans le Pas-de-Calais (62); see paper for details on habitat).
Habitat. Quindroit and Lemoine, 2022a: 22 (loc(s) Aisne (02) and Oise (60) with notes on habitats and distr) (in French).
Habitat. Quindroit, 2022a: 21-22, 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. Boardman, 2007: 79 (widespread from habitats such as shaded hedgerows, woodland rides, marshy meadows and even grassy field margins).
Habitat. Phillips, 2007: 150 (flushes with Parnassia on hillside) (as Limonia (Metalimnobia)).
Habitat. Kramer, 2011j: 22 (a species of marshland).
Habitat. Boardman, 2018: 3 (loc(s) Isle of Wight, on slumping coastal cliffs).
Habitat. Stubbs, 2018b: 2 (prefers meadow seepages).
Habitat. Wolton and Field, 2021: 212 (study on the impact of cattle on the insect fauna of woodlands; Diptera were sampled from trampled and untrampled areas of wet woodland using emergence traps; see paper for details).
Biology. Kramer and Morris, 2022b: 20 (info on the species, on the distr and map of loc(s) Leicestershire and Rutland (VC55); marsland species; bivoltine, spring and autumn).

Ireland
Habitat. Ashe et al., 2008: 10 (a marsh species).

Morocco
Habitat. Driauach and Belqat, 2016: 141 (loc(s) Rif Mts with list of habitats).

Poland
Phenology. Wiedenska, 2015a: 54 (on the flight activity of Limoniidae in the Kamienica Valley, Gorce National Park, Western Carpathians) (in Polish, tables also in English).
Habitat. Wiedenska, 2017a: 22 (faunistic and habitat data of species from the Gorce NP) (in Polish).

Portugal
Habitat. Stary, 2014b: 91 (collected at brooks, springs and marhes).

Romania
Habitat. Ujvarosi, 2005a: 244 (swamps, moist soil, citing various sources).
Habitat. Ujvarosi and Poti, 2006: 256 (habitat in Dupa Lunca marshland: damp meadows).
Habitat. Ujvarosi et al., 2011b: 108 (loc(s) Dupa Lanca marshy area near Voslobeni) (in Hungarian, species list with habitat information in English).

Russia
Habitat. Kolcsar et al., 2021b: 62 (Tatarstan Rep.: spring).

Turkey
Habitat. Ozgul et al., 2006: 212 (collected in a shady, damp area in a forest of Pinus pinea).

on characters and taxonomy (mainly from 2000 onward):

Country not relevant
Characters. Podenas et al., 2019a: 42 (comparison).

Great Britain
Characters. Boardman, 2007: 79 (characters).
Characters. Kramer and Morris, 2022b: 20 (diagnosis, figs).

Mongolia
Key. Podenas and Gelhaus, 2007: 51 (key, figs).

on distribution (mainly from 2000 onward):

Albania
First record. Kolcsar et al., 2021b: 61 (loc(s)).

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. Snegovaya, 2021: 1137 (checklist with details on distr in Azerbaijan).

Bulgaria
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: 37 (checklist with summary of distr in Bulgaria, references).
Distribution. Hubenov, 2025b: suppl: 7 (annotated list Diptera high Bulgarian mts, local distr, habitats and zoogeography).

Croatia
First record. Kolcsar et al., 2023b: 15-17 (loc(s)).

Czech Rep.
Distribution. Stary et al., 2005a: 26 (loc(s)).
Distribution. Stary, 2009i: webpage (checklist).

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

Estonia
Distribution. Stary, 2004f: (Fauna Europaea: added Estonia).

Finland
Distribution. Salmela, 2008: 11, 51 (49) (loc(s), known from all Finnish ecoregions).
Distribution. Salmela, 2012b: 237 (annotated list of Finnish crane flies).
Distribution. Salmela and Petrasiunas, 2014: 30 (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, 2020b: 134 (loc(s) Pas-de-Calais (62) with notes on habitats and distr) (in French).
Distribution. Herbrecht et al., 2021: 57 (loc(s) Loire-Atlantique (44) based on malaise-trapping with notes on habitats) (in French).
Distribution. Quindroit and Lemoine, 2021a: 23 (loc(s), resultats de deux campagnes de piegeage dans le Pas-de-Calais (62); see paper for details on habitat).
Distribution. Quindroit and Lemoine, 2022a: 22 (loc(s) Aisne (02) and 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: 21-22, 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: 360 (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: 5 (checklist Bayern).
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. Hewitt et al., 2005: 37 (loc(s) Cumbria) (as Limonia).
Distribution. Boardman, 2007: 79 (distr, map).
Distribution. Phillips, 2007: 150 (loc(s) Isle of Rum) (as Limonia (Metalimnobia)).
Distribution. Skidmore, 2009: 129 (review of occurrence on the Western Isles of Scotland, distr).
Distribution. Kramer, 2011j: 22 (loc(s) Leicestershire and Rutland (VC55)).
Distribution. Hewitt, 2014: (provisional checklist Cumbrian Diptera).
Distribution. Wolton et al., 2014: 26 (among Diptera associated with a hedge in Devon).
Distribution. Drake, 2016: 20 (study on the relative importance to Diptera of pasture and ditch margins on Catcott Reserve, Somerset).
Distribution. Brighton, 2017c: 28 (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. Boardman, 2018: 3 (loc(s) Isle of Wight, on slumping coastal cliffs).
Distribution. Stubbs, 2018b: 2 (loc(s) Staffordshire).
Distribution. Kramer and Morris, 2022b: 20 (info on the species, on the distr and map of loc(s) Leicestershire and Rutland (VC55); marsland species; bivoltine, spring and autumn).

Hungary
First record. Savchenko et al., 1992: 349 (H).
Distribution. Stary, 2001b: 202 (loc(s), first documented record for Hungary, distr).

Ireland
Distribution. Ashe et al., 2008: 10 (additional Irish record(s), distr).
Distribution. Chandler et al., 2008: 13 (checklist).

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

Kazakhstan
First record. Devyatkov, 2020a: 51 (loc(s) East Kazakhstan, distr) (in Russian).

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

Mongolia
First record. Podenas and Gelhaus, 2007: 51 (new for Mongolia [and East Palaearctic], no further details.

Morocco
Distribution. Driauach et al., 2013: 189 (review Limoniidae records of Morocco, loc(s)).
Distribution. 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).

Netherlands
Distribution. Jong and Oosterbroek, 2002b: 33 (checklist).

North Macedonia
First record. Kolcsar et al., 2021b: 61-62 (loc(s)).

Norway
Distribution. Olsen et al., 2018: 162-163 (annotated checklist Nordic countries and for Norway according to the Strand regions).

Poland
Distribution. Wiedenska, 2007a: 74 (checklist).
Distribution. Wiedenska, 2015a: 54 (on the flight activity of Limoniidae in the Kamienica Valley, Gorce National Park, Western Carpathians) (in Polish, tables also in English).
Distribution. Wiedenska, 2017a: 22 (faunistic and habitat data of species from the Gorce NP) (in Polish).
Distribution. Wiedenska and Syratt, 2023: 146 (loc(s) Bieszczady Mountains, distr and remarks).

Portugal
First record. Stary, 2014b: 91 (loc(s) Faro).
Distribution. Oosterbroek et al., 2020: 332 (loc(s) Aveiro, also known from Faro, distr).

Romania
Distribution. Ujvarosi and Poti, 2006: 256 (loc(s) eastern Carpathians).
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. Keresztes et al., 2021: 32 (collected in the Apuseni Mountains).

Russia
Distribution. Kolcsar et al., 2021b: 62 (loc(s) RUE: Bashkortostan Rep. and Tatarstan Rep.).

Serbia
First record. Kolcsar et al., 2021b: 62-63 (loc(s)).

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

Slovenia
Distribution. Oosterbroek and Simova-Tosic, 2004: 447 (review literature).

Spain
First record. Stary and Oosterbroek, 2008: 13 (loc(s) Avila, Granada, distr).
Distribution. Mederos et al., 2025b: 161 (loc(s) Gerona, distr).

Sweden
Distribution. Salmela, 2010b: 134 (loc(s) Malmo).

Switzerland
Distribution. Podenas et al., 2006: 163, 225 (map, vertical distr per thermic level).

Turkey
First record. Ozgul et al., 2006: 212 (loc(s), map).
Distribution. Ozgul et al., 2009: 63 (survey provinces SW Turkey).
Distribution. Koc et al., 2016: 11 (provinces Marmara region).
Distribution. Provinces Asiatic part, 2025: (known from Aydin, Balikesir, Kocaeli, Mugla).

on flight period (mainly from 2000 onward):

Albania
Kolcsar et al., 2021b: month(s): 6.

Azerbaijan
Stary et al., 2018: month(s): 6.

Croatia
Kolcsar et al., 2023b: month(s): 8-9.

Finland
Salmela, 2008: month(s): 6-7.

France
Quindroit, 2020b: month(s): 4.
Quindroit and Lemoine, 2022a: month(s): 4, 7-9.
Quindroit, 2022a: month(s): 9.

Great Britain
Boardman, 2007: month(s): 4-5, 8-9.
Phillips, 2007: month(s): 8.
Kramer, 2011j: month(s): 5, 8-9.
Stubbs, 2018b: month(s): 6.
Kramer and Morris, 2022b: month(s): 4-5, 8-10.

Hungary
Stary, 2001b: month(s): 6.

Ireland
Ashe et al., 2008: month(s): 6.

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

Kazakhstan
Devyatkov, 2020a: month(s): 5.

Morocco
Driauach and Belqat, 2016: month(s): 4-6.