Details for Erioptera (Erioptera) divisa

Name: Erioptera (Erioptera) divisa (Walker, 1848) Publication: List Dipt. Colln Brit. Mus. 1: 55 (as Limnobia) Status: Recognized taxon, Synonym(s): macrophthalma Loew, 1871. Classification: Family Limoniidae Subfamily Chioneinae Keys: Boardman, 2016 (craneflies Shropshire); Stubbs and Kramer, 2016j; Stubbs, 2021 (British craneflies) habitus female hypopygium hypopygium hypopygium hypopygium plus 6 more images of hypopygium, wing, wing, habitat, habitat and habitat. Distribution: Austria, Belgium, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Czech Rep., Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Great Britain, Greece (Olympos Mts), Italy, Lithuania, Montenegro, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Sweden, Switzerland, Ukraine; Russia: RUW, RUC, North Caucasus; Georgia. Note: see the manual for abbreviations: present-day Russia. Region(s): Westpalaearctic General note: 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 check Stubbs, 2021, and citations below. Map: Podenas et al., 2006 (Switzerland); Boardman, 2007 (Shropshire); Kolcsar et al., 2017a (collecting sites Balcan region) Biology: Alexander, 1920r (as macrophthalma Loew) (pupal period). Figure references: Wing: Podenas et al., 2006 Hypopygium: Stary, 1968b; Stary, 1974f; Podenas et al., 2006; Kramer and Morris, 2022a Immature stages Larva: Podeniene, 2002; Podeniene, 2003a; Podeniene, 2009; Krivosheina and Krivosheina, 2011c Citations on biology (mainly from 2000 onward): Bulgaria Habitat. Hubenov, 2025b: suppl: 3 (annotated list Diptera high Bulgarian mts, local distr, habitats and zoogeography). Country not relevant Habitat. Kolcsar et al., 2017a: 24 (found at muddy shores of mountain streams). 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). France Habitat. Quindroit, 2020b: 135-136 (loc(s) Nord (59) with notes on habitats and distr) (in French). Great Britain Habitat. Boardman, 2007: 42 (said to prefer richer damp soils, and as such has declined due to modern agricultural drainage). Habitat. Cranston and Drake, 2010: 175 (Erioptera larvae can be found in marginal situations along standing waters [no species mentioned]). Habitat. Whiteley, 2010: 3 (species of seepages with shallow water and mud). Greece Habitat. Kolcsar et al., 2017a: 23 (collected from a high mountainous area, about 2000 m). Lithuania Habitat. Podeniene, 2002: 296-299 (larvae were found in mud and leaf litter in low-laying forest marsh (Carici elongatae-Alnetum) and in mud on the bank of small rivulet in mixed (Vaccinio-Piceion) forest; adults at boggy shores of lakes, low-laying marshes and riversides). Habitat. Podeniene, 2003a: 1-295 (larva, descr, figs, habitat) (in Lithuanian). Habitat. Podeniene, 2003b: 10, 18, 21, 22, 28 (larval habitat: mud (in springy slopes of lakes and rivers, in bogs of low lying woody swamps, on swampy riversides)). Habitat. Podeniene, 2009: 137 (semi-aquatic species preferring organic rich mud nearby water reservoirs). Romania Habitat. Ujvarosi, 2005a: 245 (swamps, moist soil, citing various sources). on characters and taxonomy (mainly from 2000 onward): Country not relevant Characters. Frantsevich, 2004: 133 (structure of coxa). Great Britain Characters. Kramer and Morris, 2022a: 6 (diagnosis, figs). Lithuania Immatures. Podeniene, 2002: 296-299 (descr larva, comparison, figs). Immatures. Podeniene, 2003a: 1-295 (larva, descr, figs, habitat) (in Lithuanian). Immatures. Podeniene, 2003b: 10, 18, 21, 22, 28 (discriminating larval characters). on distribution (mainly from 2000 onward): Austria Distribution. Reusch and Heiss, 2012: 314-322 (loc(s) Nat. Park Gesause, see PDF for months and altitudes). Bosnia-Herzegowina Distribution. Oosterbroek and Simova-Tosic, 2004: 443 (review literature). Bulgaria 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. Kolcsar et al., 2017a: 25, 32 (3 loc(s), map). Distribution. Hubenov, 2021a: 31 (checklist with summary of distr in Bulgaria, references). Distribution. Hubenov, 2025b: suppl: 3 (annotated list Diptera high Bulgarian mts, local distr, habitats and zoogeography). Country not relevant Distribution. Kolcsar et al., 2017a: 33 (known to have a restricted montane distribution in the Carpathians). 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). Estonia Distribution. Stary, 2004f: (Fauna Europaea: added Estonia). Finland Distribution. Salmela et al., 2007b: 45 (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: 25 (checklist Finnish Tipulomorpha). France Distribution. Quindroit, 2020b: 135-136 (loc(s) Nord (59) 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). 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. Schacht, 2010: 16 (checklist Diptera Bayern). Distribution. Stuke, 2019: 142 (checklist Niedersachsen and Bremen with reference to original sources). Distribution. Kehlmaier et al., 2023: 209 (loc(s) Saarland). Great Britain Distribution. Boardman, 2007: 42 (map). Distribution. Whiteley, 2010: 3 (loc(s) Derbyshire and/or Nottinghamshire). Distribution. Kramer, 2011j: 13 (loc(s) Leicestershire and Rutland (VC55)). Distribution. Brighton, 2017c: 25 (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. Kramer and Morris, 2022a: 6 (info on the species, on the distr and map of loc(s) Leicestershire and Rutland (VC55)). Greece First record. Kolcsar et al., 2017a: 23, 25, 32 (loc(s) Olympos Mts, map). Italy Distribution. Podenas and Podeniene, 2008: 352 (omitted for South Tyrol [Prov. Bolzano] but known from the region after e.g. Lackschewitz, 1940a; see also Stary and Oosterbroek, 1996). Lithuania Distribution. Podeniene, 2002: 296-299 (loc(s)). Distribution. Pakalniskis et al., 2006: 19 (checklist). Montenegro Distribution. Oosterbroek and Simova-Tosic, 2004: 443 (review literature). Netherlands Distribution. Jong and Oosterbroek, 2002b: 28 (checklist). Norway Distribution. Olsen et al., 2018: 154-155 (annotated checklist Nordic countries and for Norway according to the Strand regions). Poland Distribution. Wiedenska, 2007a: 75 (checklist). Distribution. Wiedenska and Syratt, 2023: 134 (loc(s) Bieszczady Mountains, distr and remarks). Romania Distribution. Ujvarosi, 2007: 228-231 (checklist Limoniidae). Distribution. Kolcsar et al., 2017a: 25, 32 (6 loc(s), map). Russia Distribution. Lantsov, 2016: 165-170 (on craneflies from Arkhyz, Karachay-Cherkessia Rep., North Caucasus) (in Russian). Distribution. Kolcsar et al., 2021b: 100-101 (loc(s) RUC: Moskovskaya oblast). Slovakia Distribution. Stary, 2009d: 27 (loc(s) Polana area). Distribution. Stary, 2009i: webpage (checklist). Switzerland Distribution. Podenas et al., 2006: 93, 245 (map, vertical distr per thermic level). Distribution. Dufour and Merz, 2012: 353 (annotated checklist canton Geneva). on flight period (mainly from 2000 onward): Bulgaria Hubenov, 2016: month(s): 7. Kolcsar et al., 2017a: month(s): 7-8. Czech Rep. Stary et al., 2005a: month(s): 7-8. Stary and Vonicka, 2018: month(s): (5)6, 9. France Quindroit, 2020b: month(s): 5. Germany Kehlmaier et al., 2023: month(s): 6. Great Britain Whiteley, 2010: month(s): 7. Kramer, 2011j: month(s): 7. Greece Kolcsar et al., 2017a: month(s): 7. Lithuania Podeniene, 2002: month(s): 5-8. Poland Wiedenska and Syratt, 2023: month(s): 7, 9. Romania Kolcsar et al., 2017a: month(s): 6-9. Russia Kolcsar et al., 2021b: month(s): 6. Slovakia Stary, 2009d: month(s): 5-7, 9. Switzerland Podenas et al., 2006: month(s): 6-10. on altitude (mainly from 2000 onward): Bulgaria Hubenov, 2016: altitude: 1700-2389 m. Hubenov, 2017: altitude: 1700-2389 m. Kolcsar et al., 2017a: altitude: 1306-1956 m. Hubenov, 2021a: altitude: 1700-2389 m. Hubenov, 2025b: altitude: 1700-2389 m. Czech Rep. Stary and Vonicka, 2018: altitude: 868-900 m. Greece Kolcsar et al., 2017a: altitude: 2003 m. Poland Wiedenska and Syratt, 2023: altitude: 650-750 m. Romania Kolcsar et al., 2017a: altitude: 750-1590 m. Russia Kolcsar et al., 2021b: altitude: 220 m. Slovakia Stary, 2009d: altitude: 630-780 m.