Details for Cheilotrichia (Empeda) fuscohalterata

Name: Cheilotrichia (Empeda) fuscohalterata (Strobl, 1906) Publication: Mems R. Soc. Esp. Hist. Nat. 3: 413 (as Empeda) Status: Recognized taxon, Synonym(s): mendli Stary, 1987. Classification: Family Limoniidae Subfamily Chioneinae Descriptive note: Lectotype designation, species status and synonymy: Stary, 2006b; treated before as a synonym of cinerascens. Type-material: Chvala, 2008. habitus male habitus copula habitus copula body part(s) antenna body part(s) head and antenna plus 5 more images of body part(s), hypopygium, hypopygium, hypopygium and hypopygium. Distribution: France, Italy (Sardinia), Portugal, Spain (incl. Canary Is [Tenerife]); Morocco. Region(s): Westpalaearctic General note: For Italy check Stary and Oosterbroek, 1996 (as mendli). For Portugal check Oosterbroek et al., 2020, and citations below. For Morocco check Kettani and Oosterbroek, 2022a, and citations below. Figure references: Head: Stary, 1987a (as mendli) (antenna) Hypopygium: Stary, 1987a (as mendli) Citations on biology (mainly from 2000 onward): France Habitat. Quindroit and Racine, 2025: 336 (annotated list with information on abundancy and habitat of the Tipuloidea of the Pays de la Loire region, distr) (in French). Habitat. Paupe et al., 2026: appendices ecological traits & Diptera commuity (among the about 500 species of Diptera in a study examining the effects of Oak [Quercus] decline, a process that alters canopy structure and resource availability, on canopy-dwelling species across 30 Oak stands in six French forests; see paper for details). Morocco Habitat. Driauach and Belqat, 2016: 134 (loc(s) Rif Mts with list of habitats). on characters and taxonomy (mainly from 2000 onward): Spain Taxonomy. Stary, 2006b: 191-192 (type-mat, lectotype des, species status, synonymy, characters). on distribution (mainly from 2000 onward): Canary Is Distribution. Stary, 2014b: 84 (loc(s) Malaga and Tenerife, first record for Canary Is). France First record. Gros in litt., 2015: (Alpes-Maritimes (06), for details see photo(s) above by P. Gros). Distribution. Quindroit and Racine, 2025: 336 (annotated list with information on abundancy and habitat of the Tipuloidea of the Pays de la Loire region, distr) (in French). Distribution. Quindroit and Racine, 2025: 357 (table specifying the presence in the five departments of the Pays de la Loire region). Distribution. Paupe et al., 2026: appendices ecological traits & Diptera commuity (among the about 500 species of Diptera in a study examining the effects of Oak [Quercus] decline, a process that alters canopy structure and resource availability, on canopy-dwelling species across 30 Oak stands in six French forests; see paper for details). Morocco First record. Driauach and Belqat, 2016: 134 (loc(s) Rif Mts with list of habitats). Distribution. Kettani and Oosterbroek, 2022a: 20 (annotated checklist, with review loc(s) and/or references). Portugal Distribution. Eiroa and Baez, 2002a: 54 (checklist) (as mendli). Distribution. Oosterbroek et al., 2020: 320 (known from Viana do Castelo only, distr). Spain Distribution. Stary, 2006b: 191-192 (type-loc(s), distr). on flight period (mainly from 2000 onward): Canary Is Stary, 2014b: month(s): 2-3. France Gros in litt., 2015: month(s): 9. Quindroit and Racine, 2025: month(s): 11. on altitude (mainly from 2000 onward): France Gros in litt., 2015: altitude: 35 m. Morocco Driauach and Belqat, 2016: altitude: 44-1202 m.