Details for Discobola parvispinula

Name: Discobola parvispinula (Alexander, 1947) Publication: Ann. Ent. Soc. Am. 40: 350 (as Limonia) Status: Recognized taxon. Classification: Family Limoniidae Subfamily Limoniinae Keys: Ma, S. et al., 2025 (Chinese species) habitus male habitus male habitus male habitus male habitus male plus 25 more images of habitus, habitus, habitus, body part(s), body part(s), body part(s), hypopygium, hypopygium, hypopygium, hypopygium, hypopygium, ovipositor, ovipositor, wing, wing, wing, wing, wing, wing, wing, wing, wing, habitat, habitat and habitat. Distribution: Czech Rep., Lithuania, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Ukraine (Carpathians); Russia: RUN, RUC, RUE;; Russia: WS (Altay), WS/ES (Krasnoyarskiy kray), FE (Amurskaya oblast, Primorskiy kray, Sakhalin (incl. Kuril Is)); Kazakhstan (east); Mongolia, Japan (Honshu), China (Inner Mongolia). Note: see the manual for abbreviations: present-day Russia. Region(s): Westpalaearctic;; Eastpalaearctic General note: Added: Poland (Wiedenska, 1993), Lithuania (Podenas, 1995). Map: Ma, S. et al., 2025 (China) Figure references: Habitus: Ma, S. et al., 2025 (male); Oliveira and Eck, 2025 (male) Head: Ma, S. et al., 2025 Wing: Stary, 1974e; Ma, S. et al., 2025; Ma, S. et al., 2025 Hypopygium: Stary, 1974e; Polevoi et al., 2018; Ma, S. et al., 2025 Ovipositor: Ma, S. et al., 2025 Other figures: Ma, S. et al., 2025 (thorax, halter) Citations on biology (mainly from 2000 onward): Czech Rep. Habitat. Sevcik, 2006: 8 (rearing record; first record for this species from a fungus, Clavicorona pyxidata). Biology. Sevcik, 2010: 10 (on Czech and Slovak Diptera associated with fungi; review of published records; summary: members of this genus are generally considered saproxylic, but there are several rearing records from fungi for Discobola annulata (Linnaeus, 1758); discobola parvispinula was for the first time recorded from a named species of fungus by Sevcik (2006a). Lithuania Biology. Gorban and Podeniene, 2022: 5 (loc(s); reared from Oak [Quercus robur]; see paper for details). Mongolia Habitat. Oliveira and Eck, 2025: 149 (found on a shallow grassy hilltop next to the peatbogs of the Kurkh river valley). Poland Habitat. Wiedenska, 2007a: 75 (decayed wood). Russia Habitat. Polevoi et al., 2018: 3, 8 (poorly known, though associations with dead wood and wood-destroying fungi were reported (Sevcík 2006, Wiedenska 2007); this species emerged from a windthrown Aspen [Populus tremula], colonised by 15 species of macrofungi; see paper for details). Habitat. Paramonov and Korobkov, 2019: 95 (loc(s) RUC: Tverskaya oblast, distr, habitat, citing various authors) (in Russian) (in Paramonov and Pilipenko, 2016 as D. caesarea). Habitat. Dvorak et al., 2020: 5 (on Diptera collected in beer traps in the RUC: Mordoviya Rep.; collected in deciduous and mixed forests). Habitat. Polevoi in litt., 2020: (collected in Karelia, Kivach Nature Reserve, 2 km NW of central settlement, 62.28N:33.96E in an emergence trap on Aspen [Populus tremula]). on characters and taxonomy (mainly from 2000 onward): China Description. Ma, S. et al., 2025: 19-22 (descr male, female, barcoding, phylogeny, figs). Russia Characters. Polevoi et al., 2018: 7-8 (diagnosis, figs). on distribution (mainly from 2000 onward): China First record. Ma, S. et al., 2025: 4, 29 (loc(s) Inner Mongolia). Czech Rep. Distribution. Sevcik, 2006: 8 (loc(s)). Distribution. Stary, 2009i: webpage (checklist). Kazakhstan First record. Devyatkov, 2020a: 52 (loc(s) East Kazakhstan, distr) (in Russian). Lithuania Distribution. Pakalniskis et al., 2006: 19 (checklist). Distribution. Gorban and Podeniene, 2022: 5 (loc(s); reared from Oak [Quercus robur]; see paper for details). Mongolia First record. Oliveira and Eck, 2025: 143, 149 (loc(s) Khentii aimag, distr). Poland Distribution. Wiedenska, 2007a: 75 (checklist). Distribution. Wiedenska, 2008: 46, 48 (loc(s) Parowy Janinowski nature reserve near Lodz) (in Polish). Distribution. Wiedenska, 2010: 132 (loc(s) Parku Krajobrazowego Wzniesien Lodzkich, Lodz). Romania First record. Kolcsar et al., 2021b: 85 (loc(s) Harghita). Russia Distribution. Pilipenko and Sidorenko, 2006b: 148 (checklist Kedrovaya Pad, distr) (in Russian). Distribution. Gavryushin in litt., 2013b: (loc(s) Shikotan: Tserkovnaya Bay; first record for Kuril Is). Distribution. Gavryushin in litt., 2017b: (almost as common as annulata in RUC: Moscow and Kaluga [Kaluzhskaya oblast] regions in suitable habitats). Distribution. Paramonov, 2017a: 172 (loc(s) RUC: Chuvash Rep.) (in Russian). Distribution. Polevoi et al., 2018: 7-8 (loc(s) RUN: Kareliya, Kivach Nature Reserve and confirmed for Kareliya, distr). Distribution. Paramonov and Korobkov, 2019: 95 (loc(s) RUC: Tverskaya oblast, distr, habitat, citing various authors) (in Russian) (in Paramonov and Pilipenko, 2016 as D. caesarea). Distribution. Dvorak et al., 2020: 5 (on Diptera collected in beer traps in the RUC: Mordoviya Rep.; collected in deciduous and mixed forests). Distribution. Pilipenko et al., 2020: 361 (loc(s) RUC: Mordoviya Rep., distr). Distribution. Polevoi in litt., 2020: (collected in Karelia, Kivach Nature Reserve, 2 km NW of central settlement, 62.28N:33.96E in an emergence trap on Aspen [Populus tremula]). Distribution. Kolcsar et al., 2021b: 85-86 (loc(s) RUE: Bashkortostan Rep.). Slovakia Distribution. Stary, 2009i: webpage (checklist). on flight period (mainly from 2000 onward): China Ma, S. et al., 2025: month(s): 7-8. Czech Rep. Sevcik, 2006: month(s): 8. Sevcik, 2010: month(s): 8. Kazakhstan Devyatkov, 2020a: month(s): 8. Mongolia Oliveira and Eck, 2025: month(s): 8. Poland Wiedenska, 2008: month(s): 8. Romania Kolcsar et al., 2021b: month(s): 6, 8. Russia Gavryushin in litt., 2013b: month(s): 9. Paramonov, 2017a: month(s): 8. Polevoi et al., 2018: month(s): 7-8. Paramonov and Korobkov, 2019: month(s): 8-9. Dvorak et al., 2020: month(s): 9-10. Pilipenko et al., 2020: month(s): 8-9. Kolcsar et al., 2021b: month(s): 7-8. on altitude (mainly from 2000 onward): China Ma, S. et al., 2025: altitude: 685-1620 m. Kazakhstan Devyatkov, 2020a: altitude: 465 m. Mongolia Oliveira and Eck, 2025: altitude: 1100 m. Romania Kolcsar et al., 2021b: altitude: 757 m. Russia Kolcsar et al., 2021b: altitude: 494-607 m.