| Name: | Erioconopa trivialis (Meigen, 1818) | | Publication: | Syst. Beschr. 1: 112 (as Erioptera) | | Status: | Recognized taxon, Synonym(s): ?sericea (Macquart, 1826); parumpunctata (Storm, 1898); ciliaris (Schummel, 1829). | | Classification: | Family Limoniidae Subfamily Chioneinae
| | Descriptive note: | Synonymy of parumpunctata (Storm, 1898) after Stary in litt., 2018a. | | Keys: | Peeters en Oosterbroek, 2014c, 2016c (craneflies Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg) (in Dutch); Boardman, 2016 (craneflies Shropshire); Stubbs and Kramer, 2016j; Stubbs, 2021 (British craneflies) |  |  |  |  |  |
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plus 35 more images of habitus, habitus, habitus, habitus, habitus, habitus, body part(s), body part(s), body part(s), hypopygium, hypopygium, hypopygium, hypopygium, hypopygium, hypopygium, hypopygium, hypopygium, hypopygium, hypopygium, ovipositor, ovipositor, wing, wing, wing, wing, wing, habitat, habitat, habitat, habitat, habitat, habitat, habitat, habitat and habitat. | | | | Distribution: | Andorra, Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Rep., Denmark (incl. Faroe Is), Finland, France, Germany, Great Britain, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Ukraine; Russia: RUN, RUW, RUC, RUE, North Caucasus; Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Turkey (Asiatic part), Iran. Note: see the manual for abbreviations: present-day Russia. | | Region(s): | Westpalaearctic | | General note: | Added: Andorra (Geiger et al., 1994). 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. To be confirmed for Novaya Zemlya. | | Map: | Podenas et al., 2006 (Switzerland); Ashe et al., 2007b (Ireland); Boardman, 2007 (Shropshire) | Figure references: | Head: Oosterbroek et al., 2007 (head, antenna) Wing: Stary, 1976c; Podenas et al., 2006; Boardman, 2007 Hypopygium: Stary and Rozkosny, 1970a; Stary, 1974f; Stary, 1976a; Podenas et al., 2006; Kramer and Morris, 2022a Ovipositor: Stary, 1976c
Immature stages Larva: Podeniene, 2003a; Krivosheina and Krivosheina, 2011c
| | | | Citations | | | Bulgaria Habitat. Hubenov, 2025b: suppl: 4 (annotated list Diptera high Bulgarian mts, local distr, habitats and zoogeography). | | Czech Rep. Habitat. Stary and Vonicka, 2018: 54 (on Limoniidae and Pediciidae of two localities in northern Bohemia, with list of localities, altitudes and habitats). | | Finland Habitat. Salmela and Ilmonen, 2005: 89 (the occurrence in relation to the trophic status of mires within an open boreal mire system is investigated; found at an ombrotrophic site only). | | France Biology. Quindroit, 2020a: 26-27, 41, 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, 2020b: 135 (loc(s) Nord (59) and Pas-de-Calais (62) with notes on habitats and distr) (in French). Habitat. Quindroit, 2020b: 136 (loc(s) Nord (59) with notes on habitats and distr) (in French) (as E. diuturna, see Quindroit and Lemoine, 2023). 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: 25 (loc(s) Aisne (02) and Oise (60 with notes on habitats and distr) (in French). | | Germany Habitat. Lehmann and Reusch, 2009: 122 (from around lowland springs). | | Great Britain Habitat. Godfrey, 2001a: 21. Habitat. Cole, 2002: 19 (found at a flooded clay-pit fed by a saline spring in the NE edge of Peterborough, numerous on 4 october mixed with a few E. diuturna). Habitat. Stubbs, 2003: 18 (a very common species in many open wet habitats; at Moor House on Calluna/Sphagnum moor and Juncus squarrosus moor, plus alluvial flushes). Habitat. Boardman, 2007: 42 (found in wet habitats including woodlands, marshes, mires and pond margins). Habitat. Phillips, 2007: 150 (pool on raised beach, cliffs, and flushes) (as Erioptera). Habitat. Kramer, 2009f: 1 (Sphagnum bog). Habitat. Kramer, 2011j: 13 (a frequent species of marsh and woodland). Habitat. Brighton, 2017c: 25, 32 (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. Hancock, 2018a: 9 (found near Loch Lomond along Endrick Water, notes on association with riverine sediments (ERS) habitats and early date of collecting (april 22)). Biology. Boardman, 2021b: 6-7 (on two different species of craneflies swarming at the same time by an isolated Oak [Quercus] tree at Clayhanger SSSI, Black Country, West Midlands; see paper for details, definition of swarming, citations and photo of swarming positions (photo reproduced above)). Habitat. Kramer and Morris, 2022a: 5 (info on the species, on the distr and map of loc(s) Leicestershire and Rutland (VC55); tends to be located in damp/wet areas). | | Ireland Habitat. Ashe et al., 2007b: 367-368 (larvae in peat soil of grassland planted on reclaimed blanket bog, citing Okely, 1979, and bred from rotten potatoes, citing Blackith and Blackith, 1989). | | Lithuania Habitat. Podeniene, 2003a: 1-295 (larva, descr, figs, habitat) (in Lithuanian). | | Norway Habitat. Olsen and Andersen, 2021: 208 (loc(s) Innlandet, in former Hedmark, with habitats specified separately, for habitats see also Jonassen and Andersen, 2020). | | Poland Habitat. Wiedenska, 2017a: 16 (faunistic and habitat data of species from the Gorce NP) (in Polish). | | Romania Habitat. Ujvarosi, 2005a: 245 (hot springs, swamps, moist soil, citing various sources). Habitat. Ujvarosi and Poti, 2006: 256, 260 (habitat in Dupa Lunca marshland: damp meadows). Habitat. Ujvarosi et al., 2011b: 106 (loc(s) Dupa Lanca marshy area near Voslobeni) (in Hungarian, species list with habitat information in English). | | Sweden Habitat. Lindstrom and Fritz, 2015: 44, 47 (distributin and ecology in five fens in Hallands County) (in Schwedish). | | | | Country not relevant Phylogeny. Michelsen, 1996: 101 (ingroup taxon in a study titled: Neodiptera: New insights into the adult morphology and higher level phylogeny of Diptera (Insecta)). Characters. Frantsevich, 2004: 133 (structure of coxa). Synonymy. Stary in litt., 2018a: (proposing to consider parumpunctata (Storm, 1898) as a synonym of trivialis in stead of symplectoides, based on the examination of material of both species and a translation of the Latin description of parumpunctata, kindly provided by Louis Boumans, november 2018). | | Great Britain Characters. Kramer and Morris, 2022a: 5 (diagnosis, figs). | | Lithuania Immatures. Podeniene, 2003a: 1-295 (larva, descr, figs, habitat) (in Lithuanian). | | | | Andorra Distribution. Eiroa and Baez, 2002a: 54 (checklist). | | Armenia Distribution. Obona et al., 2016: 139 (checklist). Distribution. Hakobyan and Jenderedjian, 2023: 1507 (annotated checklist of the craneflies of Armenia with refs, distr and flight period in Caucasus Ecoregion with refs). | | Austria Distribution. Reusch and Heiss, 2012: 314-322 (loc(s) Nat. Park Gesause, see PDF for months and altitudes). | | Azerbaijan Distribution. Snegovaya, 2021: 1141 (checklist with details on distr in Azerbaijan). | | Belarus First record. Kolcsar et al., 2021b: 99 (loc(s) Vitebsk). | | Belgium Distribution. Martens et al., 2014: 114, 124 (loc(s) Oost-Vlaanderen). | | Bulgaria Distribution. Hubenov, 2015: 220 (annotated list Diptera Pirin Mt, loc(s), faunistics and zoogeography). Distribution. Hubenov, 2016: 48 (annotated checklist Diptera of the Rila Mountains based on data from the literature). Distribution. Hubenov, 2017: 68 (on vertical distribution in the Pirin and Rila Mts; see paper for details on forests and subalpine-alpine zones, distr). Distribution. Hubenov, 2021a: 32 (checklist with summary of distr in Bulgaria, references). Distribution. Hubenov, 2025b: suppl: 4 (annotated list Diptera high Bulgarian mts, local distr, habitats and zoogeography). | | Channel Is Distribution. Stubbs, 2022b: 5 (on a collection of craneflies from Jersey, collected between 1985 and 2002 by Tony Warne). | | Croatia Distribution. Oosterbroek and Simova-Tosic, 2004: 443 (review literature). | | Czech Rep. Distribution. Stary et al., 2005a: 26 (loc(s)). Distribution. Stary, 2009i: webpage (checklist). Distribution. Stary and Vonicka, 2018: 54 (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). | | Finland Distribution. Salmela, 2002: 30-32 (loc(s) lake Iidesjarvi) (in Finnish). Distribution. Salmela and Ilmonen, 2005: 89 (loc(s)). Distribution. Salmela and Autio, 2007b: 54 (loc(s)). Distribution. Salmela, 2010a: 12 (survey fauna Tahmela spring in city of Tampere) (in Finnish). Distribution. Salmela, 2012b: 237 (annotated list of Finnish crane flies). Distribution. Salmela and Petrasiunas, 2014: 24 (checklist Finnish Tipulomorpha). | | France Distribution. Quindroit, 2020a: 26-27, 41, 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, 2020b: 135 (loc(s) Nord (59) and Pas-de-Calais (62) with notes on habitats and distr) (in French). Distribution. Quindroit, 2020b: 136 (loc(s) Nord (59) with notes on habitats and distr) (in French) (as E. diuturna, see Quindroit and Lemoine, 2023). 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: 25 (loc(s) Aisne (02) and Oise (60 with notes on habitats and distr) (in French). Distribution. Quindroit and Lemoine, 2022a: 35 (table specifying the presence in the five departments of the Hauts-de-France region). Distribution. Quindroit, 2022a: 25-28 (additions to the annotated list of the Tipuloidea of Pays de la Loire as given in Quindroit, 2020a). Distribution. Quindroit and Racine, 2025: 357 (table specifying the presence in the five departments of the Pays de la Loire region). | | Germany Distribution. Schacht, 1999: 134 (checklist Bayern). Distribution. Reusch and Oosterbroek, 2000: 157 (checklist German Bundeslander). Distribution. Reusch and Bellstedt, 2001b: 73 (checklist Thuringen). Distribution. Schacht, 2005: 5 (checklist Bayern). Distribution. Lehmann and Reusch, 2009: 122 (loc(s) Niedersachsen). Distribution. Hable et al., 2010b: 91 (loc(s) Bayern). Distribution. Schacht, 2010: 16 (checklist Diptera Bayern). Distribution. Stuke, 2019: 142 (checklist Niedersachsen and Bremen with reference to original sources). | | Great Britain Distribution. Godfrey, 2001a: 21 (recorded from sites in Shropshire and just over the country border in Montgmeryshire; see paper for details). Distribution. Cole, 2002: 19 (found at a flooded clay-pit fed by a saline spring in the NE edge of Peterborough, numerous on 4 october mixed with a few E. diuturna). Distribution. Hewitt et al., 2005: 38 (loc(s) Cumbria) (as Erioptera). Distribution. Boardman, 2007: 42 (loc(s), map). Distribution. Phillips, 2007: 150 (loc(s) Isle of Rum) (as Erioptera). Distribution. Skidmore, 2008a: 59 (loc(s) Tiree, Western Isles, Scotland). Distribution. Skidmore, 2008b: 68 (loc(s) Kerrera, Western Isles, Scotland). Distribution. Kramer, 2009f: 1 (loc(s) Yorkshire). Distribution. Skidmore, 2009: 126 (review of occurrence on the Western Isles of Scotland, distr). Distribution. Hancock, 2011a: 2 (loc(s) Tiree and Coll, Southern Inner Hebrides). Distribution. Kramer, 2011j: 13 (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. Chandler, 2015: 89 (loc(s) Bushy Park, Middlesex). Distribution. Brighton, 2016: 4 (loc(s) Cotterill Clough, Cheshire). Distribution. Drake, 2016: 12, 20 (study on the relative importance to Diptera of pasture and ditch margins on Catcott Reserve, Somerset). Distribution. Brighton, 2017c: 25, 32 (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. Hancock, 2018a: 9 (found near Loch Lomond along Endrick Water, notes on association with riverine sediments (ERS) habitats and early date of collecting (april 22)). Distribution. Boardman, 2021b: 6-7 (on two different species of craneflies swarming at the same time by an isolated Oak [Quercus] tree at Clayhanger SSSI, Black Country, West Midlands; see paper for details, definition of swarming, citations and photo of swarming positions (photo reproduced above)). Distribution. Kramer and Morris, 2022a: 5 (info on the species, on the distr and map of loc(s) Leicestershire and Rutland (VC55); tends to be located in damp/wet areas). | | Iceland Distribution. Olsen in litt., 2018: (collected in Iceland in july 2018). | | Ireland Distribution. Ashe et al., 2007b: 359, 361, 366-368, 402 (review Irish records, map). Distribution. Chandler et al., 2008: 9 (checklist). | | Italy Distribution. Podenas and Podeniene, 2008: 352 (omitted for South Tyrol [Prov. Bolzano] but known from the region after e.g. Mannheims, 1964; see also Stary and Oosterbroek, 1996). | | Latvia Distribution. Stary, 2004f: (Fauna Europaea: added Latvia). | | Lithuania Distribution. Pakalniskis et al., 2006: 19 (checklist). | | Netherlands Distribution. Jong and Oosterbroek, 2002b: 28 (checklist). Distribution. Steenis, 2019: 15 (loc(s) Noord-Brabant, Biesbosch). Distribution. Oosterbroek and Dek, 2020: 16 (Limoniidae and Tipulidae Nationaal Park Hollandse Duinen in 2018, Zuid-Holland). Distribution. Stary, 2020a: 45 (Limoniidae Kaaistoep, Noord-Brabant). | | Norway Distribution. Olsen et al., 2018: 154-155 (annotated checklist Nordic countries and for Norway according to the Strand regions). Distribution. Olsen and Andersen, 2021: 208 (loc(s) Innlandet, in former Hedmark, with habitats specified separately, for habitats see also Jonassen and Andersen, 2020). | | Poland Distribution. Wiedenska, 2007a: 75 (checklist). Distribution. Wiedenska, 2017a: 16 (faunistic and habitat data of species from the Gorce NP) (in Polish). Distribution. Wiedenska and Syratt, 2023: 136 (loc(s) Bieszczady Mountains, distr and remarks). | | Romania Distribution. Ujvarosi and Poti, 2006: 256, 260 (loc(s) eastern Carpathians). Distribution. Ujvarosi, 2007: 228-231 (checklist Limoniidae). Distribution. Ujvarosi et al., 2011b: 106 (loc(s) Dupa Lanca marshy area near Voslobeni) (in Hungarian, species list with habitat information in English). | | Russia Distribution. Polevoi and Humala, 2005: 181 (RUN: list of Diptera of Vepsskaya Volost, Kareliya) (in Russian). Distribution. Humala and Polevoi, 2009: 66 (loc(s) RUN: Kareliya) (in Russian). Distribution. Gavryushin in litt., 2011e: (loc(s) RUN: Murmanskaya oblast). Distribution. Ruchin and Pilipenko, 2015: 57 (checklist RUC: Mordoviya Rep.). Distribution. Lantsov, 2016: 165-170 (on craneflies from Arkhyz, Karachay-Cherkessia Rep., North Caucasus) (in Russian). Distribution. Paramonov and Pilipenko, 2016: 96 (loc(s) RUC: Tverskaya oblast) (in Russian). Distribution. Pilipenko et al., 2020: 357 (loc(s) RUC: Mordoviya Rep., distr). Distribution. Kolcsar et al., 2021b: 99-100 (loc(s) RUE: Bashkortostan Rep.). | | Slovakia Distribution. Stary, 2009d: 27 (loc(s) Polana area). Distribution. Stary, 2009i: webpage (checklist). | | Slovenia Distribution. Oosterbroek and Simova-Tosic, 2004: 443 (review literature). | | Spain Distribution. Eiroa and Baez, 2002a: 54 (checklist). | | Sweden Distribution. Salmela, 2010b: 133 (loc(s) Malmo). Distribution. Lindstrom and Fritz, 2015: 44, 47 (distributin and ecology in five fens in Hallands County) (in Schwedish). | | Switzerland Distribution. Podenas et al., 2006: 92, 244 (map, vertical distr per thermic level). | | Turkey Distribution. Koc et al., 2005b: 616 (checklist). Distribution. Akpinar and Ozgul, 2023: 55 (loc(s) Aksaray [other provinces to be worked out]). | | | | Belarus Kolcsar et al., 2021b: month(s): 5. | | Belgium Martens et al., 2014: month(s): 5-8. | | Bulgaria Hubenov, 2015: month(s): 8. Hubenov, 2016: month(s): 8. | | Channel Is Stubbs, 2022b: month(s): 6. | | Czech Rep. Stary et al., 2005a: month(s): 5. Stary and Vonicka, 2018: month(s): 5-7, 9-10. | | France Quindroit, 2020a: month(s): 5, 10. Quindroit, 2020b: month(s): 4, 10. Quindroit, 2020b: month(s): 4, 10. Quindroit and Lemoine, 2022a: month(s): 4-6. | | Great Britain Godfrey, 2001a: month(s): 5. Cole, 2002: month(s): 10. Boardman, 2007: month(s): 4-5, 9-10. Phillips, 2007: month(s): 8. Skidmore, 2008a: month(s): 6. Skidmore, 2008b: month(s): 6. Kramer, 2009f: month(s): 5. Hancock, 2011a: month(s): 6. Kramer, 2011j: month(s): 5-6, 10. Chandler, 2015: month(s): 6, 10. Hancock, 2018a: month(s): 4. Boardman, 2021b: month(s): 8. | | Ireland Ashe et al., 2007b: month(s): 4-10. | | Netherlands Oosterbroek and Dek, 2020: month(s): 4-5, 9. | | Norway Olsen and Andersen, 2021: month(s): 7(-9). | | Poland Wiedenska, 2017a: month(s): 6, 9. Wiedenska and Syratt, 2023: month(s): 6. | | Romania Ujvarosi et al., 2011b: month(s): 5. | | Russia Gavryushin in litt., 2011e: month(s): 7. Paramonov and Pilipenko, 2016: month(s): 6. Pilipenko et al., 2020: month(s): 9. Kolcsar et al., 2021b: month(s): 8. | | Slovakia Stary, 2009d: month(s): 5-7. | | Switzerland Podenas et al., 2006: month(s): 5-10. | | | | Bulgaria Hubenov, 2015: altitude: 1900-2000 m. Hubenov, 2016: altitude: 2389 m. Hubenov, 2017: altitude: 1900-2389 m. Hubenov, 2021a: altitude: 1700-2389 m. Hubenov, 2025b: altitude: 1700-2389 m. | | Poland Wiedenska, 2017a: altitude: 800-980 m. Wiedenska and Syratt, 2023: altitude: 750 m. | | Romania Ujvarosi and Poti, 2006: altitude: 670 m. | | Russia Kolcsar et al., 2021b: altitude: 494-531 m. | | Slovakia Stary, 2009d: altitude: 850-870 m. |
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