Details for Geranomyia unicolor

Name: Geranomyia unicolor Haliday, 1833 Publication: Ent. Mag. 1: 155 (as Geranomyia) Status: Recognized taxon, Synonym(s): maculipennis Curtis, 1835; inmaculata Santos Abreu, 1923; umbratica Santos Abreu, 1923. Classification: Family Limoniidae Subfamily Limoniinae Keys: Stubbs and Kramer, 2016h; Stubbs, 2021 (British craneflies) habitus male habitus male habitus male habitus male habitus female plus 11 more images of habitus, habitus, body part(s), hypopygium, hypopygium, hypopygium, wing, wing, wing, habitat and habitat. Distribution: Belgium, France, Great Britain, Ireland, Portugal (incl. Azores [see citations] and Madeira), Spain (incl. Canary Is [Gran Canaria, La Palma, Tenerife]). Region(s): Westpalaearctic General note: For Canary Is, incl. key, check Jong, 1987b, and citations below. For Portugal check Oosterbroek et al., 2020, and citations below. For Great Britain and Ireland check Stubbs, 2021, and citations below. Biology: Saunders, 1930, Alexander, 1932f (habitat, marine). Figure references: Habitus: Whitehead and Oosterbroek, 2022 (copula); Mitchell, 2025 (male) Hypopygium: Stary, 2012 Immature stages Larva: Krivosheina and Krivosheina, 2011c Miscellaneous Whitehead and Oosterbroek, 2022 (habitat) Citations on biology (mainly from 2000 onward): Channel Is Habitat. Whitehead and Oosterbroek, 2022: 3 (collected at the foot of the cliff around the upper splash zone, see paper for further habitat details and figure). Country not relevant Biology. Cheng, 1976: 51-67 (marine insects; review on respiratory adaptations, citing various authors (especially Hinton) including original research; original photos of spiracular gills). Habitat. Krivosheina and Krivosheina, 2011c: 1-294 (larva: descr, figs, key) (in Russian, key also in English). France Biology. Quindroit, 2020a: 36, 45-48 (annotated list with information on abundancy and habitat of the Tipuloidea of the Pays de la Loire regoin, distr) (in French). Great Britain Habitat. Stubbs, 2003: 29, 39-40 (in the Dover area, it is mainly dependent on large fallen blocks on a wave-cut platform/upper shore where green algae are able to maintain themselves (rather than on the more scoured cliff base/platform); larvae feed in high tidal zone and splash zone on green algae and lichens; adults shelter in cliff nooks and on large boulders). Habitat. Stubbs, 2008b: 3 (rocky coasts). Habitat. Stubbs, 2010b: 278 (larvae feed on lichens and algae, especially Lichina pygmaea and Catenella repens and possibly Ulva, on the upper part of the shore; adults are best found sweeping over sheltered rocks at the top of the shore in mid-summer 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. Dickson, 2018: 110 (loc(s) Whale Island (SU6302), South Hampshire, in a moth trap at naval base in Portsmouth Harbour, possibly here on stone-walled docks and concrete pontoons). Ireland Habitat. Ashe et al., 2008: 10 (species of coastal cliffs and rocky shore-lines). Spain Habitat. Kolcsar et al., 2021b: 116 (rocky seashore). on characters and taxonomy (mainly from 2000 onward): Channel Is Figures. Whitehead and Oosterbroek, 2022: 2-3 (figs copula; loc(s) Alderney). Country not relevant Figures. Cheng, 1976: 51-67 (marine insects; review on respiratory adaptations, citing various authors (especially Hinton) including original research; original photos of spiracular gills). Immatures. Krivosheina and Krivosheina, 2011c: 1-294 (larva: descr, figs, key) (in Russian, key also in English). Characters. Stary, 2012: 276-278 (comparison, figs). Portugal Characters. Ferreira et al., 2021: 10 (barcoding based on material mentioned in Oosterbroek et al. 2020). on distribution (mainly from 2000 onward): Azores Distribution. Azores, 2024: (known from the islands Flores, Faial, Pico, Terceira, Sao Miguel). Belgium First record. Soors in litt., 2024: (first record for Belgium, West-Vlaanderen, Oostende - Havengebied, 6.VIII.2017 (see photos above). Channel Is Distribution. Whitehead and Oosterbroek, 2022: 2-3 (figs copula; loc(s) Alderney). France Distribution. Quindroit, 2020a: 36, 45-48 (annotated list with information on abundancy and habitat of the Tipuloidea of the Pays de la Loire regoin, distr) (in French). Distribution. Whitehead and Oosterbroek, 2022: 2-4 (review French records). Distribution. Quindroit and Lemoine, 2023: 13-14 (loc(s) Pas-de-Calais (62) as given in Poisson, 1932, distr). Distribution. Quindroit and Racine, 2025: 360 (table specifying the presence in the five departments of the Pays de la Loire region). Great Britain Distribution. Stubbs, 2003: 39 (distr in GB). Distribution. Kramer, 2011a: 3 (loc(s) Pembrokeshire). 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. Dickson, 2017: 94 (loc(s) Hampshire, VC 11) (as G. bezzii, see Dickson, 2018). Distribution. Dickson, 2018: 110 (loc(s) Whale Island (SU6302), South Hampshire, in a moth trap at naval base in Portsmouth Harbour, possibly here on stone-walled docks and concrete pontoons). Ireland Distribution. Ashe et al., 2008: 10-11 (additional Irish record(s), distr). Distribution. Chandler et al., 2008: 13 (checklist). Portugal Distribution. Eiroa and Baez, 2002a: 55 (checklist). Distribution. Eiroa, 2008a: 333 (a list of the terrestrial fungi, flora and fauna of Madeira and Selvagens archipelagos) (in Portuguese and English). Distribution. Vieira et al., 2010: 237 (a list of the terrestrial and marine biota from the Azores) (in Portuguese and English). Distribution. Oosterbroek et al., 2020: 332-333 (loc(s) Faro, first records for continental Portugal, distr). Spain Distribution. Eiroa and Baez, 2002a: 55 (checklist). Distribution. Baez and Garcia, 2004: 270 (lista de especies silvestres de Canarias). Distribution. Mederos, 2009: 180 (ckecklist Limoniidae La Palma). Distribution. Kolcsar et al., 2021b: 116 (loc(s) Lugo, first record for continental Spain). on flight period (mainly from 2000 onward): Belgium Soors in litt., 2024: month(s): 6, 8. Channel Is Whitehead and Oosterbroek, 2022: month(s): 6. France Quindroit, 2020a: month(s): 5. Quindroit and Lemoine, 2023: month(s): 8. Great Britain Dickson, 2017: month(s): 8. Dickson, 2018: month(s): 10. Ireland Ashe et al., 2008: month(s): 6. Portugal Oosterbroek et al., 2020: month(s): 10. Spain Kolcsar et al., 2021b: month(s): 8. on altitude (mainly from 2000 onward): Spain Kolcsar et al., 2021b: altitude: 7 m.