Details for Achyrolimonia basispina

Name: Achyrolimonia basispina (Alexander, 1924) Publication: Philipp. J. Sci. 24: 554 (as Limonia) Status: Recognized taxon. Classification: Family Limoniidae Subfamily Limoniinae Keys: Podenas and Gelhaus, 2007 (Limoniinae Mongolia and nearby); Podenas et al., 2015c, Podenas, 2016c (Achyrolimonia Korea) body part(s) antenna hypopygium wing wing Distribution: Russia: FE (Primorskiy kray, Sakhalin (Kuril Is)); South Korea, Japan (Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku), China (Sichuan). Note: see the manual for abbreviations: present-day Russia. Region(s): Eastpalaearctic Map: Podenas et al., 2015 (Korea) Figure references: Head: Podenas et al., 2015 (antenna) Wing: Podenas et al., 2015; Podenas, 2016c Hypopygium: Alexander, 1924n (orig descr); Podenas and Gelhaus, 2007; Podenas et al., 2015 (same in Podenas, 2016c) Immature stages Larva: Krivosheina, N.P., 2011c; Krivosheina and Krivosheina, 2011c Pupa: Krivosheina, N.P., 2011c Citations on biology (mainly from 2000 onward): Azerbaijan Habitat. Krivosheina, N.P., 2009a: 125-133 (review Russian xylophilous Limoniidae, mainly inhabiting bark and wood of decomposing trees, with new original data on larval biology [found in soft fruiting bodies of agaric and other fungi]) (in Russian). Country not relevant Habitat. Krivosheina and Krivosheina, 2011c: 1-294 (larva: loc(s), descr, figs, biology, key) (in Russian, key also in English). Habitat. Krivosheina, N.P., 2011c: 966-975 (larvae were found at the bases of the old basidiomata of the xylotrophic fungus Ganoderma lipsiense (= applanatum) on the Maple [Acer] and Elm [Ulmus], also in Aspen [Populus tremula] logs lying on the ground, further details are given; larvae and pupae of the species always inhabit filmy tubes outwardly densely covered with stuck particles of the substrate). Japan Biology. Sueyoshi et al., 2007: 247-257 (loc(s) Honshu; on host abundance of limoniid flies of Agaricales (gill mushrooms) and Aphyllophorales (non-gilled fungi) and the importance of these flies as phoronts of mites inhabiting these fungal orders; see paper for details on fungal species and forest types). South Korea Habitat. Podenas et al., 2015c: 66-67 (deciduous forest at river side; larvae are devloping in mushrooms and rotten wood of Asp [Populus] and Alder [Alnus], citing Savchenko, 1983). on characters and taxonomy (mainly from 2000 onward): Country not relevant Immatures. Krivosheina and Krivosheina, 2011c: 1-294 (larva: loc(s), descr, figs, biology, key) (in Russian, key also in English). East Palaearctic Key. Podenas and Gelhaus, 2007: 29 (key, figs). Russia Immatures. Krivosheina, N.P., 2011c: 966-975 (descr larva, pupa, key, comparison, figs). South Korea Description. Podenas et al., 2015c: 64-66 (descr, key, figs). Characters. Podenas, 2016c: 48 (key, figs). on distribution (mainly from 2000 onward): Country not relevant Distribution. Krivosheina and Krivosheina, 2011c: 1-294 (larva: loc(s), descr, figs, biology, key) (in Russian, key also in English). Japan Distribution. Sueyoshi et al., 2007: 247-257 (loc(s) Honshu; on host abundance of limoniid flies of Agaricales (gill mushrooms) and Aphyllophorales (non-gilled fungi) and the importance of these flies as phoronts of mites inhabiting these fungal orders; see paper for details on fungal species and forest types). Distribution. Kato and Endo, 2025: 17 (loc(s) Honshu) (in Japanese). Russia Distribution. Pilipenko and Sidorenko, 2006b: 146 (checklist Kedrovaya Pad, distr) (in Russian). Distribution. Krivosheina, N.P., 2011c: 966-975 (loc(s) Primorskiy kray). South Korea First record. Podenas et al., 2015c: 67, 92 (loc(s), distr, map). on flight period (mainly from 2000 onward): Japan Kato and Endo, 2025: month(s): 7. South Korea Podenas et al., 2015c: month(s): 8. on altitude (mainly from 2000 onward): Japan Kato and Endo, 2025: altitude: 400 m. South Korea Podenas et al., 2015c: altitude: 233 m.