Details for Dactylolabis (Dactylolabis) longicauda

Name: Dactylolabis (Dactylolabis) longicauda Alexander, 1922 Publication: Insecutor Inscit. Menstr. 10: 184 (as Dactylolabis) Status: Recognized taxon, Synonym(s): ?flavidipennis Alexander, 1922; megastylata Alexander, 1930. Classification: Family Limoniidae Subfamily Dactylolabinae Descriptive note: Synonymy and type-material: Kato, 2023b. Keys: Kato, 2023b (Dactylolabis Japan) habitus male habitus male habitus male hypopygium hypopygium plus 3 more images of ovipositor, wing and wing. Distribution: Japan (Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu, Nansei Is [= Ryukyu Is] (Yakushima)). 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). To be confirmed for Russia: Sakhalin. Map: Kato, 2023b Biology: Alexander, 1930l (habitat) (as megasylata). Figure references: Habitus: Nakamura, 2005 (male); Nakamura, 2018b (male); Kato, 2023b (male) Wing: Nakamura, 2005; Nakamura, 2018b; Kato, 2023b Hypopygium: Kato, 2023b Ovipositor: Kato, 2023b Citations on biology (mainly from 2000 onward): Japan Habitat. Kato and Yamauchi, 2023: 5 (mixed forest of evergreens, conifers and broad-leaf old growth). Habitat. Kato and Kawase, 2025: 9 (loc(s) Honshu); habitat info (in Japanese). on characters and taxonomy (mainly from 2000 onward): Country not relevant Characters. Devyatkov, 2019a: 174 (comparison) (in Russian). Japan Revision. Kato, 2023b: 234-239 (type-mat, descr, key, comparison, figs). on distribution (mainly from 2000 onward): Japan Distribution. Kato and Yamauchi, 2023: 5 (loc(s) Yakushima Is). Distribution. Kato, 2023a: 7 (loc(s) Honshu) (in Japanese). Distribution. Kato, 2023b: 234-235 (type-loc(s) longicauda from Honshu, type-loc(s) megastylata from Yakushima, loc(s) Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu, Yakushima, map). Distribution. Kato and Kawase, 2024: 6 (loc(s) Koka city, Shiga, Honshu) (in Japanese). Distribution. Kato, 2024b: 3-4 (records from Tokamachi city, Honshu) (in Japanese). Distribution. Kato and Kawase 2025: 15 (annotated checklist of the Gifu prefecture, Honshu). Distribution. Kato and Kawase, 2025: 9 (loc(s) Honshu); habitat info (in Japanese). on flight period (mainly from 2000 onward): Japan Kato and Yamauchi, 2023: month(s): 6. Kato, 2023a: month(s): 5. Kato, 2023b: month(s): 4-6. Kato and Kawase, 2024: month(s): 5. Kato, 2024b: month(s): 5. Kato and Kawase, 2025: month(s): 5. on altitude (mainly from 2000 onward): Japan Kato and Yamauchi, 2023: altitude: 1200 m. Kato, 2023b: altitude: 38-1530 m.