Details for Ctenophora (Cnemoncosis) festiva
Name:Ctenophora (Cnemoncosis) festiva Meigen, 1804
Publication:Klass. Beschr. 1: 88 (as Ctenophora)
Status:Recognized taxon.
Classification:Family Tipulidae
Subfamily Ctenophorinae
Keys:Oosterbroek et al., 2006 (Westpalaearctic Ctenophorinae); Peeters en Oosterbroek, 2013e (craneflies Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg) (in Dutch); Men and Huang, 2014 (World species Ctenophora)
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Distribution:Albania, Austria, Belgium, Croatia, Czech Rep., Denmark, France, Germany, Greece (Incl. Kerkyra [Corfu]), Hungary, Italy (north), Lithuania, Luxembourg, Netherlands, North Macedonia, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Switzerland, Ukraine; Russia: RUC, North Caucasus.
Note: see the manual for abbreviations: present-day Russia.
Region(s):Westpalaearctic
General note:Added: Lithuania (Podenas, 1995). For Portugal check Oosterbroek et al., 2020, and citations below. Listed for Poland in Palaearctic Catalogue (Oosterbroek and Theowald, 1992) but first official record in Kowalczyk et al., 2002. To be confirmed for Russia: SET and Transcaucasus (TC in Palaearctic Catalogue (Oosterbroek and Theowald, 1992) (see Lantsov, 2019a, 2019b).
Map:Korneev and Lantsov, 2009 (Ukraine); Kania et al., 2023 (Poland); Jentzsch et al., 2024 (Sachsen)
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references:
Habitus: Korneev and Lantsov, 2009 (male); Oosterbroek, 2012 (male, female); Malkiewicz et al., 2012 (male); Zurawlew et al., 2016 (female); Vogtenhuber and Kofler, 2017 (male (as ornata); Wermelinger, 2021 (male); Wiebel and Kessler, 2021 (female); Kania et al., 2023 (female); Kasai, 2023 (male); Quindroit and Lemoine, 2022a (female)
Head: Malkiewicz et al., 2012 (female head and antenna)
Hypopygium: Oosterbroek et al., 2006
Other figures: Oosterbroek et al., 2006 (abdomen male, female); Malkiewicz et al., 2012 (abdomen)
Citationson biology (mainly from 2000 onward):
Belgium
Biology. Peeters, 2023: 228 (loc(s) Botanic Garden Jean Massart, Brussels-Capital Region, common spring and autumn species, but in low numbers. Much recorded on the observation platforms due to its remarkable appearance; larvae develop in decaying wood of deciduous trees of old forests and orchards, see paper for further details).
France
Habitat. Dufour, 2003b: 84 (loc(s) with information on habitat(s)) (in French).
Habitat. Kramer, 2007a: 33 (collected in an old forest).
Habitat. Quindroit, 2020b: 124 (loc(s) Nord (59)) (in French).
Habitat. Quindroit and Lemoine, 2022a: 11 (loc(s) Aisne (02), Oise (60) and Somme (80) with notes on habitats and distr) (in French).
Germany
Habitat. Heiss et al., 2017: 159, 181-182 (overview of collecting methods and habitats).
Habitat. Heiss, 2017a: 562, 567, 570 (loc(s) Dinkelberg, Baden-Wurttemberg and table with details on presence in the various biotop-groups).
Biology. Zetzepfand, 2021: 28-29 (loc(s) Rheinland-Pfalz; also known after unpublished records from Hessen and Sachsen; literature review of distr and biology).
Netherlands
Biology. Peeters, 2023: 228 (common spring and autumn species, but in low numbers. Much recorded on the observation platforms due to its remarkable appearance; larvae develop in decaying wood of deciduous trees of old forests and orchards, see paper for further details).
Poland
Habitat. Malkiewicz et al., 2012: 120 (belongs to the saproxylic fauna, whose presence is connected with old forests and dying trees; all Ctenophora species are rare in Poland and most of them are listed in the Red List of Threatened Animals in Poland).
Romania
Habitat. Ujvarosi and Poti, 2006: 257, 260 (habitat in Dupa Lunca marshland: shrubs along rivers and streams).
Switzerland
Habitat. Weibel and Kessler, 2021: 15 (in einem naturnahen Garten and in einem teils verwilderten Garten mit alten Obstbaumen (u.a. Sauerkirschen)).
Ukraine
Habitat. Korneev and Lantsov, 2009: 277 (Ukraine: habitat) (in Ukrainian).
on characters and taxonomy (mainly from 2000 onward):
Country not relevant
Key. Oosterbroek et al., 2006: 143-145 (key, figs, review literature).
Characters. Malkiewicz et al., 2012: 116-120 (illustrated comparison table with ornata) (in Polish).
Figures. Oosterbroek and Sluys, 2021: 9 (on probably the oldest color illustrations of craneflies, by Anselmus de Boodt, from around 1600 AD, picturing among others this species).
Germany
Characters. Drees, 2019: 50 (descr colouration).
Ukraine
Characters. Korneev and Lantsov, 2009: 277 (Ukraine: short descr, figs) (in Ukrainian).
on distribution (mainly from 2000 onward):
Austria
Distribution. Vogtenhuber, 2011: 44 (checklist Austria, list of provinces).
Distribution. Hellrigl, 2012: 119 (loc(s) Sudtirol).
Belgium
Distribution. Peeters, 2023: 228 (loc(s) Botanic Garden Jean Massart, Brussels-Capital Region, common spring and autumn species, but in low numbers. Much recorded on the observation platforms due to its remarkable appearance; larvae develop in decaying wood of deciduous trees of old forests and orchards, see paper for further details).
Country not relevant
Distribution. Oosterbroek et al., 2006: 143-145 (distr).
Croatia
Distribution. Simova-Tosic and Oosterbroek, 2003: 43 (review literature).
Czech Rep.
Distribution. Stary et al., 2005d: 35 (loc(s)).
Distribution. Stary, 2009k: webpage (checklist).
Denmark
Distribution not confirmed. Petersen et al., 2001b: 162 (by expert opinion likely to occur in Denmark).
First record. Kolcsar et al., 2023a: 14 (loc(s) South Denmark, see also photos above after male and female from the Natural History Museum of Denmark).
France
Distribution. Dufour, 2003b: 84 (loc(s) with information on habitat(s)) (in French).
Distribution. Kramer, 2007a: 33 (loc(s) Ain (01)).
Distribution. Kramer and Langlois, 2019a: 76 (record(s) Ravin de Valbois, Doubs (25)).
Distribution. Tillier and Dehalleux, 2019: 145 (new and published records Ile-de-France, loc(s) Seine-et-Marne (77), Yvelines (78), Essonne (91), Seine-Saint-Denis (93) and Val-d’Oise (95)).
Distribution. Quindroit, 2020a: 9, 12, 45-48 (annotated list of the Tipuloidea of Pays de la Loire) (in French).
Distribution. Quindroit, 2020b: 124 (loc(s) Nord (59)) (in French).
Distribution. Tissot et al., 2021: 217 (the Diptera of the Reserves Naturelles Nationales du Doubs (25), results of Malaise trapping since 2009) (in French).
Distribution. Quindroit and Lemoine, 2022a: 11 (loc(s) Aisne (02), Oise (60) and Somme (80) with notes on habitats and distr) (in French).
Distribution. Quindroit and Lemoine, 2022a: 34 (table specifying the presence in the five departments of the Hauts-de-France region).
Distribution. Quindroit, 2022a: 25-28 (additions to the annotated list of the Tipuloidea of Pays de la Loire as given in Quindroit, 2020a).
Distribution. Tillier et al., 2023: 169 (loc(s) Doubs (25), with list of altitude(s) and habitat(s)) (in French).
Distribution. Quindroit and Racine, 2025: 356 (table specifying the presence in the five departments of the Pays de la Loire region).
Germany
Distribution. Schacht et al., 2001: 423 (loc(s) Bayern).
Distribution. Heiss, 2003: 12 (checklist Thuringen).
Distribution. Schacht, 2005: 3 (checklist Bayern).
Distribution. Schacht, 2010: 38 (checklist Diptera Bayern).
Distribution. Jentzsch, 2016: 1053-1054 (on Ctenophorinae in Sachsen-Anhalt, extinct) (in German).
Distribution. Heiss et al., 2017: 159 (loc(s) Thuringen, review distr).
Distribution. Heiss, 2017a: 562, 567, 570 (loc(s) Dinkelberg, Baden-Wurttemberg and table with details on presence in the various biotop-groups).
Distribution. Heiss, 2017b: 21 (checklist Tipulidae Thuringen).
Distribution. Drees, 2019: 50 (loc(s) Nordrhein-Westfalen).
Distribution. Heiss et al., 2019: 247 (annotated checklist of the Tipulidae of Niedersachsen and Bremen, including the presence in the surrounding Bundeslandern and the Netherlands) (in German).
Distribution. Stuke, 2019: 238 (checklist Niedersachsen and Bremen with reference to original sources).
Distribution. Heiss, 2020: 128 (loc(s) Thuringen).
Distribution. Kohler and Niermann, 2020: 328 (loc(s) Thuringen).
Distribution. Zetzepfand, 2021: 28-29 (loc(s) Rheinland-Pfalz; also known after unpublished records from Hessen and Sachsen; literature review of distr and biology).
Distribution. Heiss and Malec, 2023: 315, 320 (loc(s) Hessen, review German records) (in German).
Distribution. Heiss and Malec, 2023: 328 (annotated checklist Hessen).
Distribution. Kehlmaier et al., 2023: 218 (loc(s) Saarland).
Distribution. Jentzsch et al., 2024: 2, 8 (loc(s) Sachsen, map).
Distribution. Jentzsch, 2024: 176 (loc(s) Sachsen and Thuringen).
Greece
Distribution. Oosterbroek, 2009c: 187 (new for Ioannina).
Italy
Distribution. Oosterbroek, 2008c: 340 (annotated checklist South Tyrol [Prov. Bolzano]).
Lithuania
Distribution. Pakalniskis et al., 2006: 25 (checklist).
Luxembourg
Distribution. Vogtenhuber, 2007: 351 (loc(s), distr).
Netherlands
Distribution. Jong and Oosterbroek, 2002d: 39 (checklist).
Distribution. Oosterbroek, 2012: 10-15 (distr in The Netherlands) (in Dutch).
Distribution. Oosterbroek, 2014: 258 (loc(s) Friesland).
Distribution. Oosterbroek and Dek, 2020: 17 (Limoniidae and Tipulidae Nationaal Park Hollandse Duinen in 2018, Zuid-Holland).
Distribution. Oosterbroek, 2022a: 6-13 (update on recent records (2012-2021) of Dutch Ctenophorinae) (in Dutch).
North Macedonia
Distribution. Simova-Tosic and Oosterbroek, 2003: 43 (review literature).
Norway
First record. Kolcsar et al., 2023a: 14 (loc(s) Aust-Agder).
Poland
First record. Kowalczyk et al., 2002: XX (first record for Poland) (paper not [yet] available).
Distribution. Soszynski et al., 2010: 171 (loc(s) Wzniesienia Lodzkie Landscape Park).
Distribution. Malkiewicz et al., 2012: 116-120 (second and third record for Poland) (in Polish).
Distribution. Zurawlew et al., 2016: 112-115 (loc(s) western Poland) (in Polish).
Distribution. Kania et al., 2023: 183-184 (loc(s), distr, review references, map) (in Polish).
Portugal
First record. Grosso-Silva and Soares-Vieira, 2011: 67 (loc(s) Porto).
Distribution. Oosterbroek et al., 2020: 337 (known from Porto only, distr).
Romania
First record. Thalhammer: 1899: XXX (loc(s)).
Distribution. Ujvarosi, 2003: 56 (review Romanian records, loc(s), distr).
Distribution. Ujvarosi and Poti, 2006: 257, 260 (loc(s) eastern Carpathians).
Distribution. Ujvarosi, 2007: 232-233 (checklist Tipulidae).
Distribution. Torok et al., 2014: 17 (checklist Romania).
Russia
Misinterpretation. Pilipenko, 2002: 282 (refers to fastuosa; see Pilipenko, 2009a).
difirs Paramonov, 2015: 69 (loc(s) RUS: Saratovskaya oblast) (in Russian).
Distribution. Lantsov, 2019a: 54-55 (accurate data on the distribution in southern Russia and the Caucasus in particular are not available) (in Russian, English translation in Lantsov, 2019b).
Distribution. Kolcsar et al., 2023a: 14 (loc(s) North Caucasus: Krasnodarskiy kray).
Serbia
Distribution. Simova-Tosic and Oosterbroek, 2003: 43 (review literature, loc(s)).
Slovakia
Distribution. Stary, 2009k: webpage (checklist).
Slovenia
Distribution. Simova-Tosic and Oosterbroek, 2003: 43 (review literature).
Spain
Distribution. Eiroa and Baez, 2002b: 79 (checklist).
Distribution. Carles-Tolra, 2010: 56 (loc(s) Barcelona). [P. Oosterbroek pers. comm. sept 2021: also known from the Pyrenees and Zamora.]
Switzerland
Distribution. Dufour and Merz, 2012: 355 (annotated checklist canton Geneva).
Distribution. Weibel and Kessler, 2021: 15 (loc(s) canton Schaffhausen, conservation status, distr).
Ukraine
Distribution. Korneev and Lantsov, 2009: 277 (Ukraine: map, distr) (in Ukrainian).
Distribution. Kavurka et al., 2018: 29-30 (loc(s) Ukraine) (in Ukrainian).
Distribution. Kasai, 2023: 31-32 (loc(s) Donetsk Region, Red List species) (in Ukrainian).
on flight period (mainly from 2000 onward):
Austria
Hellrigl, 2012: month(s): 6.
Belgium
Peeters, 2023: month(s): 6.
Denmark
Kolcsar et al., 2023a: month(s): 5-6.
France
Dufour, 2003b: month(s): 6.
Kramer, 2007a: month(s): 6.
Tillier and Dehalleux, 2019: month(s): 5-8.
Quindroit, 2020a: month(s): 4-6.
Quindroit, 2020b: month(s): 6.
Quindroit and Lemoine, 2022a: month(s): 5-7.
Tillier et al., 2023: month(s): 5.
Germany
Schacht et al., 2001: month(s): 4-7.
Heiss et al., 2017: month(s): 6.
Heiss, 2017a: month(s): 6.
Drees, 2019: month(s): 7.
Zetzepfand, 2021: month(s): 4.
Heiss and Malec, 2023: month(s): 5.
Kehlmaier et al., 2023: month(s): 6.
Jentzsch et al., 2024: month(s): 3, 5-7.
Jentzsch, 2024: month(s): 6-7.
Netherlands
Oosterbroek, 2012: month(s): 4-9.
Oosterbroek and Dek, 2020: month(s): 6.
Poland
Malkiewicz et al., 2012: month(s): 5, 7.
Zurawlew et al., 2016: month(s): 4-6.
Kania et al., 2023: month(s): 5.
Portugal
Grosso-Silva and Soares-Vieira, 2011: month(s): 6.
Romania
Ujvarosi, 2003: month(s): 5.
Russia
Paramonov, 2015: month(s): 6-7.
Kolcsar et al., 2023a: month(s): 6.
Spain
Carles-Tolra, 2010: month(s): 5.
Switzerland
Weibel and Kessler, 2021: month(s): 5.
Ukraine
Kavurka et al., 2018: month(s): 5.
on altitude (mainly from 2000 onward):
France
Dufour, 2003b: altitude: 220 m.
Norway
Kolcsar et al., 2023a: altitude: 82 m.
Romania
Ujvarosi and Poti, 2006: altitude: 670 m.
Russia
Paramonov, 2015: altitude: 302 m.
Kolcsar et al., 2023a: altitude: 300 m.
Switzerland
Weibel and Kessler, 2021: altitude: 410-450 m.

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