Details for Achyrolimonia monacantha

Name: Achyrolimonia monacantha (Alexander, 1924) Publication: Philipp. J. Sci. 24: 553 (as Limonia) Status: Recognized taxon. Classification: Family Limoniidae Subfamily Limoniinae Revision: Podenas, 2016c. Keys: Podenas and Gelhaus, 2007 (Limoniinae Mongolia and nearby) hypopygium ovipositor wing Distribution: Russia: FE (Primorskiy kray); South Korea, Japan (Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu, Nansei Is [= Ryukyu Is] (Yakushima)), China (Sichuan). Note: see the manual for abbreviations: present-day Russia. Region(s): Eastpalaearctic General note: The borderline between the Palaearctic and Oriental regions runs through the Ryukyu islands, south of Yakushima island (for details see Kato et al., 2020b; Kato, 2021b). Biology: Alexander, 1930l (habitat). Figure references: Wing: Podenas, 2016c Hypopygium: Alexander, 1924n (orig descr); Podenas and Gelhaus, 2007; Podenas, 2016c Ovipositor: Podenas, 2016c Citations on biology (mainly from 2000 onward): Japan Habitat. Kato and Yamauchi, 2023: 11 (loc(s) Yakushima Is with list of habitats). South Korea Biology. Podenas, 2016c: 50 (slopes of a mountainous stream covered with deciduous trees and shrubs; the species is attracted to light). on characters and taxonomy (mainly from 2000 onward): East Palaearctic Key. Podenas and Gelhaus, 2007: 29 (key, figs). South Korea Description. Podenas, 2016c: 48-50 (descr, key, figs). on distribution (mainly from 2000 onward): Japan Distribution. Kato and Yamauchi, 2023: 11 (loc(s) Yakushima Is with list of habitats). Distribution. Kato, 2023a: 22 (loc(s) Honshu) (in Japanese). Distribution. Kato and Endo, 2025: 17 (loc(s) Honshu and Kyushu) (in Japanese). Distribution. Kato and Kawase 2025: 16 (annotated checklist of the Gifu prefecture, Honshu). Distribution. Kato and Kawase, 2025: 10 (loc(s) Honshu; habitat info (in Japanese). Russia Distribution. Pilipenko and Sidorenko, 2006b: 146 (checklist Kedrovaya Pad, distr) (in Russian). Distribution. Pilipenko, 2009c: 333 (loc(s) Lazovsky Nature Reserve, Primorskiy kray). South Korea First record. Podenas, 2016c: 50-51 (loc(s)). on flight period (mainly from 2000 onward): Japan Kato and Yamauchi, 2023: month(s): 11-12. Kato, 2023a: month(s): 5, 7, 9-10. Kato and Endo, 2025: month(s): 4-5. Kato and Kawase, 2025: month(s): 4. Russia Pilipenko, 2009c: month(s): 6. South Korea Podenas, 2016c: month(s): 4. on altitude (mainly from 2000 onward): Japan Kato and Yamauchi, 2023: altitude: 150-250 m. South Korea Podenas, 2016c: altitude: 446 m.