Details for Chionea lutescens
Name:Chionea lutescens Lundstrom, 1907
Publication:Acta Soc. Fauna Flora Fenn. 29(8): 18 (as Chionea)
Status:Recognized taxon, Synonym(s): brevirostris Tahvonen, 1932; bohemica Kratochvil, 1936; besucheti (Bourne, 1979); jurassica (Bourne, 1979); arverna (Brunhes, 1986).
Classification:Family Limoniidae
Subfamily Chioneinae
Revision:Oosterbroek and Reusch, 2008.
Descriptive note:Lectotype designation and synonymy: Oosterbroek and Reusch, 2008.
Keys:Oosterbroek and Reusch, 2008 (European Chionea); Christian, 2009 (Chionea Austria); Peeters en Oosterbroek, 2014e (craneflies Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg) (in Dutch)
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Distribution:Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Czech Rep., Estonia, Finland, France (southeast), Germany, Lithuania, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia, Sweden (Ostergotland), Switzerland, Ukraine (near Kiev); Russia: RUW, RUC.
Note: see the manual for abbreviations: present-day Russia.
Region(s):Westpalaearctic
General note:For Finland check Salmela, 2012b, 2012c, and citations below. For Portugal check Oosterbroek et al., 2020, and citations below. Records from Denmark, Italy, Montenegro, Netherlands refer to other species; to be confirmed for Bosnia-Herzegovina, Hungary, Norway, Romania, Spain, Sweden (for details see Oosterbroek and Reusch, 2008).
Map:Podenas et al., 2006 (Switzerland) (but see remark in Oosterbroek and Reusch, 2008); D’Amico and Oosterbroek, 2013 (Portugal); Paramonov, 2018c (St Petersburg region); Paramonov, 2018d (Leningrad prov.)
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references:
Habitus: Barndt, 2004 (male, female); Sramek, 2006 (male, female); Paramonov, 2018c, 2018d (female)
Hypopygium: Stary and Rozkosny, 1970a; Oosterbroek and Reusch, 2008 (after Burghele-Balacesco, 1969; Savchenko, 1982g); Christian, 2009
Ovipositor: Oosterbroek and Reusch, 2008 (after Suss, 1982)
Other figures: Oosterbroek and Reusch, 2008 (femur hind leg, after Burghele-Balacesco, 1969)
Citationson biology (mainly from 2000 onward):
Austria
Biology. Thaler, 2002: 48 (habitats; altitudes; maximum activity in december-january).
Belarus
Habitat. Paramonov, 2019a: 95 (loc(s) Berezinsky Biosphere Reserve, distr, habitats, citing various authors) (in Russian).
Bulgaria
Habitat. Hubenov, 2025b: suppl: 3 (annotated list Diptera high Bulgarian mts, local distr, habitats and zoogeography).
Germany
Habitat. Barndt, 2004: 1-6 (habitat; review literature).
Habitat. Deichsel, 2004: 53 (mixed forest of Pinus and Quercus).
Habitat. Reusch and Hohmann, 2009: 129, 130 (from spring brooks but to be treated as terrestrial).
Habitat. Bellstedt et al., 2014: 5-14, 23 (loc(s) Thuringen, with habitat description and photo).
Habitat. Base, 2021: 677 (loc(s) Sachsen-Anhalt in relation to belgica, from the same habitats) (in German).
Lithuania
Habitat. Podenas and Visarcuk, 2006: 76 (peat bog and upland moore).
Russia
Biology. Paramonov, 2018c: 32, 388 (Red data book St Petersburg; fig adult male, short descr, local records, distr, map, habitats, data on bionomics) (in Russian).
Biology. Paramonov, 2018d: 11, 86-87 (Red data book Leningrad prov.; fig adult male, short descr, local records, distr, map, habitats, data on bionomics) (in Russian).
on characters and taxonomy (mainly from 2000 onward):
Austria
Key. Christian, 2009: 363-366 (key, figs).
Country not relevant
Characters. Barndt, 2004: 1-6 (characters, comparison, figs, review literature).
Characters. Frantsevich, 2004: 133-135 (structure of coxa, figs).
Phylogeny. Jong and Ciliberti, 2014: 563-589 (paper deals with the phylogeny (based on an extensive matrix of morphological characters), historical biogeography and ecological niche modelling at the species and species-group level; see paper for details).
Finland
Revision. Oosterbroek and Reusch, 2008: 173-183, 186-187, 195-201 (revision, type-mat, lectotype des, diagnosis, key, comparison, figs).
Russia
Description. Paramonov, 2018c: 32, 388 (Red data book St Petersburg; fig adult male, short descr, local records, distr, map, habitats, data on bionomics) (in Russian).
Description. Paramonov, 2018d: 11, 86-87 (Red data book Leningrad prov.; fig adult male, short descr, local records, distr, map, habitats, data on bionomics) (in Russian).
on distribution (mainly from 2000 onward):
Austria
Distribution. Thaler, 2002: 48 (loc(s)).
Distribution. Oosterbroek and Reusch, 2008: 199 (loc(s), distr).
Distribution. Christian, 2009: 375-377 (loc(s), distr).
Belarus
First record. Paramonov, 2019a: 95 (loc(s) Berezinsky Biosphere Reserve, distr, habitats, citing various authors) (in Russian).
Belgium
Distribution. Oosterbroek and Reusch, 2008: 199 (loc(s), distr).
Bosnia-Herzegowina
Distribution. Oosterbroek and Simova-Tosic, 2004: 443 (loc(s)).
Bulgaria
Distribution. Oosterbroek and Reusch, 2008: 199 (in Burghele-Balacesco, 1969, but without locality data).
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. 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. Jong and Ciliberti, 2014: 563-589 (paper deals with the phylogeny (based on an extensive matrix of morphological characters), historical biogeography and ecological niche modelling at the species and species-group level; see paper for details).
Czech Rep.
Distribution. Stary et al., 2005a: 25 (loc(s)).
Distribution. Maca, 2008: 182 (loc(s) Bohemien forest).
Distribution. Oosterbroek and Reusch, 2008: 199 (loc(s), distr).
Distribution. Stary, 2009i: webpage (checklist).
Estonia
First record. Klesser et al., 2024: 10 (loc(s) [mentioned in phylogentic tree]).
Finland
Distribution. Salmela, 2001a: 144, 150 (loc(s)).
Distribution. Oosterbroek and Reusch, 2008: 197-199 (type-loc(s), loc(s), distr).
Distribution. Salmela, 2012b: 236 (annotated list of Finnish crane flies).
Distribution. Salmela and Petrasiunas, 2014: 24 (checklist Finnish Tipulomorpha).
France
Distribution. Oosterbroek and Reusch, 2008: 199-200 (loc(s), distr).
Distribution. D’Amico and Oosterbroek, 2013: 134 (review and map of distribution in SW Europe; not knownfurther south than the departments of Puy-de-Dome (63) and Isere (38)).
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. Barndt, 2004: 1-6 (loc(s), distr).
Distribution. Deichsel, 2004: 53 (loc(s), distr).
Distribution. Schacht, 2005: 4 (checklist Bayern).
Distribution. Barndt, 2008: 82 (loc(s) Brandenburg).
Distribution. Oosterbroek and Reusch, 2008: 200 (loc(s), distr).
Distribution. Schumann, 2008: (species recorded from Brandenburg, including Berlin, based on the literature with specification of period of years).
Distribution. Reusch and Hohmann, 2009: 129 (loc(s) Sachsen-Anhalt).
Distribution. Barndt, 2010: 289 (loc(s) Brandenburg).
Distribution. Schacht, 2010: 16 (checklist Diptera Bayern).
Distribution. Bellstedt et al., 2014: 5-14, 23 (loc(s) Thuringen, with habitat description and photo).
Distribution. Blick and Zaenker, 2016: 265-270 (loc(s) Bayern, review Bundeslander).
Distribution. Stuke, 2019: 141 (checklist Niedersachsen and Bremen with reference to original sources).
Distribution. Base, 2021: 677 (loc(s) Sachsen-Anhalt in relation to belgica, from the same habitats) (in German).
Distribution. Klesser et al., 2024: 10 (loc(s) Bayern, Niedersachsen, Sachsen, Sachsen-Anhalt [loc(s) mentioned in phylogentic tree]).
Italy
Distribution not confirmed. Podenas and Podeniene, 2008: 351 (annotated checklist South Tyrol [Prov. Bolzano]; after Oosterbroek and Reusch, 2008, all records from Italy refer to other species).
Lithuania
Distribution. Pakalniskis et al., 2006: 18 (checklist).
First record. Podenas and Visarcuk, 2006: 76 (loc(s)).
Distribution. Oosterbroek and Reusch, 2008: 200 (after Podenas and Visarcuk, 2006).
Montenegro
Distribution. Oosterbroek and Simova-Tosic, 2004: 443 (loc(s)).
Netherlands
Distribution not confirmed. Jong and Oosterbroek, 2002b: 34 (checklist, review Dutch records, not confirmed for the Netherlands).
Poland
Distribution. Wiedenska, 2007a: 74 (checklist).
Distribution. Oosterbroek and Reusch, 2008: 200 (loc(s), distr).
Distribution. Trojan, 2009: 207 (loc(s) central Poland).
Distribution. Wiedenska, 2010: 131 (loc(s) Parku Krajobrazowego Wzniesien Lodzkich, Lodz).
Distribution. Palaczyk and Klasa, 2021: 173 (list of Diptera in Catalogue of the fauna of the Ojcow National Park).
Portugal
First record. Eiroa and Baez, 2002a: 54, 56 (checklist, loc(s) Guarda).
Distribution. Oosterbroek and Reusch, 2008: 200 (loc(s), distr).
Distribution. D’Amico and Oosterbroek, 2013: 134 (review and map of distribution in SW Europe).
Distribution. Oosterbroek et al., 2020: 320 (known from Guarda only, distr).
Russia
Distribution. Oosterbroek and Reusch, 2008: 200 (after Savcheno, 1982g, 1989d).
Distribution. Paramonov and Pilipenko, 2016: 96 (loc(s) RUC: Tverskaya oblast) (in Russian).
Distribution. Paramonov, 2016: 130 (loc(s) RUC: Chuvash Rep., distr) (in Russian).
Distribution. Paramonov, 2017b: 174-175 (loc(s) RUC: Chuvash Rep., included in Red Book of Chuvash Rep.) (in Russian).
Distribution. Paramonov, 2018a: 183 (loc(s) RUC: Chuvash Rep., distr) (in Russian).
Distribution. Paramonov, 2018c: 32, 388 (Red data book St Petersburg; fig adult male, short descr, local records, distr, map, habitats, data on bionomics) (in Russian).
Distribution. Paramonov, 2018d: 11, 86-87 (Red data book Leningrad prov.; fig adult male, short descr, local records, distr, map, habitats, data on bionomics) (in Russian).
Slovakia
Distribution. Oosterbroek and Reusch, 2008: 200 (loc(s), distr).
Distribution. Stary, 2009i: webpage (checklist).
Slovenia
Distribution. Oosterbroek and Simova-Tosic, 2004: 443 (Jeselnica in Stary, 1969b, might refer to Jesenice in Slovenia).
Spain
Distribution. Eiroa and Baez, 2002a: 54 (checklist).
Distribution. Oosterbroek and Reusch, 2008: 201 (likely to occur in Spain).
Distribution. D’Amico and Oosterbroek, 2013: 134 (review and map of distribution in SW Europe.; likely to occur in Spain and the Pyrenees).
Sweden
First record. Hagvar et al., 2010: 171-172 (loc(s) Ostergotland, distr).
Switzerland
Distribution. Podenas et al., 2006: 89, 209 (figs, map, vertical distr per thermic level) (as lutescens and as besucheti) (but see remark in Oosterbroek and Reusch, 2008).
Distribution. Oosterbroek and Reusch, 2008: 200 (loc(s), distr).
Ukraine
Distribution. Oosterbroek and Reusch, 2008: 200 (after Savcheno, 1982g).
on flight period (mainly from 2000 onward):
Belarus
Paramonov, 2019a: month(s): 10-12, 2.
Bulgaria
Hubenov, 2016: month(s): 11-4.
Czech Rep.
Stary et al., 2005a: month(s): 11-5.
Maca, 2008: month(s): 3, 10, 12.
Oosterbroek and Reusch, 2008: month(s): 10-3, 5.
Finland
Salmela, 2001a: month(s): 10.
Oosterbroek and Reusch, 2008: month(s): 10-1.
France
Oosterbroek and Reusch, 2008: month(s): 9, 12-2.
Germany
Barndt, 2004: month(s): 10-3.
Deichsel, 2004: month(s): 12-3.
Oosterbroek and Reusch, 2008: month(s): 11-5.
Bellstedt et al., 2014: month(s): 4.
Lithuania
Podenas and Visarcuk, 2006: month(s): 9-11.
Poland
Oosterbroek and Reusch, 2008: month(s): 3.
Trojan, 2009: month(s): 12.
Portugal
Eiroa and Baez, 2002a: month(s): 10.
Oosterbroek and Reusch, 2008: month(s): 10.
Russia
Paramonov and Pilipenko, 2016: month(s): 1.
Paramonov, 2016: month(s): 11.
Paramonov, 2018a: month(s): 12.
Spain
Oosterbroek and Reusch, 2008: month(s): 10.
Sweden
Hagvar et al., 2010: month(s): 1.
Switzerland
Podenas et al., 2006: month(s): 10, 12.
Oosterbroek and Reusch, 2008: month(s): 11-2, 6.
on altitude (mainly from 2000 onward):
Austria
Thaler, 2002: altitude: 700-1990 m.
Oosterbroek and Reusch, 2008: altitude: 550-2200 m.
Christian, 2009: altitude: 550-2200 m.
Belgium
Oosterbroek and Reusch, 2008: altitude: 600-700 m.
Bulgaria
Oosterbroek and Reusch, 2008: altitude: 600-700 m.
Hubenov, 2016: altitude: 2000 m.
Hubenov, 2017: altitude: 2000 m.
Hubenov, 2021a: altitude: 2000 m.
Hubenov, 2025b: altitude: 2000 m.
Czech Rep.
Oosterbroek and Reusch, 2008: altitude: 200-680 m.
France
Oosterbroek and Reusch, 2008: altitude: up to 1700 m.
Germany
Barndt, 2004: altitude: 40-160 m.
Reusch and Hohmann, 2009: altitude: 657 m.
Bellstedt et al., 2014: altitude: 780-812 m.
Blick and Zaenker, 2016: altitude: 1275-1302 m.
Slovakia
Oosterbroek and Reusch, 2008: altitude: 180-1350 m.
Switzerland
Oosterbroek and Reusch, 2008: altitude: 400-1600 m.

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