Details for Cheilotrichia (Cheilotrichia) meridiana

Name: Cheilotrichia (Cheilotrichia) meridiana Mendl, 1974 Publication: Fragm. Ent., Roma 9: 210 (as Cheilotrichia) Status: Recognized taxon. Classification: Family Limoniidae Subfamily Chioneinae Descriptive note: Type-material: Sinclair and Dorchin, 2010. body part(s) antenna hypopygium hypopygium ovipositor wing Distribution: Bulgaria, France, Italy (incl. Sicily);; Turkmenistan. Region(s): Westpalaearctic;; Eastpalaearctic General note: Added: Bulgaria (Stary and Krzeminski, 1993b). For Italy check Stary and Oosterbroek, 1996, and citations below. Figure references: Wing: Mendl, 1974b (orig descr) Hypopygium: Mendl, 1974b (orig descr) Ovipositor: Mendl, 1974b (orig descr) Citations on characters and taxonomy (mainly from 2000 onward): Country not relevant Characters. Podenas and Geiger, 2001: 15 (comparison). on distribution (mainly from 2000 onward): Bulgaria 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. Hubenov, 2021a: 32 (checklist with summary of distr in Bulgaria, references). on altitude (mainly from 2000 onward): Bulgaria Hubenov, 2017: altitude: 450-650 m. Hubenov, 2021a: altitude: 200-600 m.