Details for Dicranomyia (Dicranomyia) goritiensis

Name: Dicranomyia (Dicranomyia) goritiensis (Mik, 1864) Publication: Verh. Kais.-Kon. Zool.-Bot. Ges. Wien 14: 792 (as Limnobia) Status: Recognized taxon, Synonym(s): cornubiensis (Edwards, 1938). Classification: Family Limoniidae Subfamily Limoniinae Keys: Stary and Freidberg, 2007 (Limoniidae Israel); Stubbs and Kramer, 2016h; Stubbs, 2021 (British craneflies); Kolcsar, 2018a (Westpalaearctic species goritiensis group) habitus female hypopygium hypopygium hypopygium hypopygium plus 11 more images of hypopygium, wing, wing, wing, wing, wing, habitat, habitat, habitat, habitat and habitat. Distribution: Austria, Croatia, France (incl. Corsica), Great Britain, Greece (Karpathos, Kriti [Crete]), Ireland, Italy (incl. Sicily), Spain, Switzerland, Ukraine (Crimea); Morocco, Algeria; Georgia, Turkey (Asiatic part: see citations for provinces), Israel. Region(s): Westpalaearctic General note: For Italy check Stary and Oosterbroek, 1996, and citations below. For Morocco check Kettani and Oosterbroek, 2022a, and citations below. For Great Britain and Ireland check Stubbs, 2021, and citations below. Map: Koc, 2004 (Mugla); Podenas et al., 2006 (Switzerland) Figure references: Wing: Podenas et al., 2006; Mederos et al., 2019b Hypopygium: Podenas et al., 2006; Mederos et al., 2019b Immature stages Pupa: Hancock, 2014b; Robinson et al., 2016 Miscellaneous Hancock, 2014b (habitat); Cunningham, 2022 (habitat) Citations on biology (mainly from 2000 onward): Croatia Habitat. Kolcsar et al., 2015a: 32 (associated with moss and/or algae covered stones, mostly around waterfalls and rocky coast). Great Britain Habitat. Howe and Howe, 2001: 33, 43-45 (tufa-rich seepage on limestone cliffs). Habitat. Howe et al., 2001: 137, 143, 146 (seepages at coastal eroding soft clay cliffs). Habitat. Boyce, 2002: 11, 27 (review of seepage invertebrates in England, found at coastal stable cliff seepages, larvae occur in waterlogged vegetation around seepages that are overhanging the cliffssee paper for details). Habitat. Stubbs, 2003: 83, 86 (in Britain strictly confined to coastal cliffs; the required ecological conditions are generally highly localised where seepages, and more rarely tiny streamlets, provide a veneer of water flowing down vertical hard or, more rarely soft rock exposures; the paper includes further details on subhabitat preferences and examples of good/bad practice). Habitat. Hancock, 2008b: 1 (coastal locality: sitting and bobbing on tufa seepages; non coastal locality: a site where a waterfall flows over lime-rich rocks) Habitat. Stubbs, 2008b: 2 (confined to seepages on sea cliffs, mainly in the south and west coasts, distr). Biology. Kramer, 2009c: 6 (discussion on localities and habitat preferences in relation to the question: does D. goritiensis occur inland in the UK?; phenology: perhaps two emergences a year). Habitat. Irwin, 2010: 169 (a freshwater species of see cliff seepages that can develop in mud). Habitat. Stubbs, 2010c: 284 (found at salt and coastal grazing marshes). Habitat. Hancock, 2014b: 8 (larvae were collected from under a thickness of about one centimetre of a mixture of moss and filamentous algae covering the lower part of a sea cliff face over which water was trickling; adults were collected in an adjacent sea cave; see paper for further details). Habitat. Wolton and Drake, 2015: 9 (collected at a soft cliff seepage). Habitat. Robinson et al., 2016: 75 (the biology is largely unknown but larvae have been found in saturated grass tufts and around seepages on coastal cliffs, citing Stubbs, 1998, Boyce, 2002, Hancock, 2008; in this study larvae were found living inside clumps of Cladocera growing along with moss on the vertical rock faces through which water was trickling on Mingulays coastal cliffs and caves; the species is characteristic of stable cliff seepages). Habitat. Cunningham, 2017: 16 (collected at the active coastal chalky landslips at Ware Cliffs, Devon). Habitat. Boardman, 2018: 3 (loc(s) Isle of Wight, on slumping coastal cliffs). Habitat. Kramer, 2018h: 3 (soft cliffs of Devon). Habitat. Wolton, 2018a: 4 (collected inland (Dartmoor, Devon) at a very small disused quarry by sweeping a sheltered vertical rock face streaming with water and covered with bryophytes; see paper for details; the species is just about always found on steep seepages and flushed rock faces not far from the coastline). Habitat. Cunningham, 2019: 16 (at the ecologically rich shifting ecosystem of undercliffs between Axmouth and Lyme Regis, East Devon). Habitat. Cunningham, 2022: 27 (loc(s) Prawle Point, Devon, collected at a rock face with water flushing its surface, habitat photo). Habitat. Wolton in litt., 2022: (A cranefly of the south western coasts, breeding on steep moss and algal-covered rock faces with water constantly flushing over the surface. It is only known from two inland sites in the UK, one of these being on Dartmoor, at Meldon Aplite Quarry. No information is available on trends in range or abundance of this fly in Devon.  No patches of suitable habitat are known to have been lost in recent years, and the fly is frequently encountered where its specific habitat requirements are met, so the population is probably stable. Nonetheless, the species is at risk from coastal development, changes in water chemistry as from septic tank discharges, and from recreational pressures such as rock climbing). Greece Habitat. Stary and Oosterbroek, 2008: 12 (dry river valley; spring and irrigation valley). Morocco Habitat. Driauach and Belqat, 2016: 140 (loc(s) Rif Mts with list of habitats). Spain Habitat. Hancock, 2020: 97 (collected by wet rocks on side stream, and in Malaise trap). Turkey Biology. Koc, 2004: 101, 111, 116-118, 153 (habitat; phenology) (in Turkish). on characters and taxonomy (mainly from 2000 onward): Country not relevant Characters. Podenas et al., 2019a: 23 (comparison). Great Britain Immatures. Hancock, 2014b: 8 (description and figure of pupae). Immatures. Robinson et al., 2016: 75 (description and figure of pupae). Israel Key. Stary and Freidberg, 2007: 305, 331, 337 (key). on distribution (mainly from 2000 onward): Croatia Distribution. Oosterbroek and Simova-Tosic, 2004: 447 (review literature). Distribution. Kolcsar et al., 2015a: 32 (loc(s), distr). Georgia First record. Oosterbroek, 2009c: 180 (loc(s)). Great Britain Distribution. Howe and Howe, 2001: 33, 43-45 (see paper for details on loc(s) in which of the eight vice-counties visited). Distribution. Howe et al., 2001: 137, 143, 146 (loc(s) Dorset). Distribution. Boyce, 2002: 11, 27 (review of seepage invertebrates in England, found at coastal stable cliff seepages, larvae occur in waterlogged vegetation around seepages that are overhanging the cliffssee paper for details). Distribution. Stubbs, 2003: 86 (distr in GB). Distribution. Hancock, 2008b: 1 (loc(s) Scotland, one coastal and one not coastal) Distribution. Stubbs, 2008b: 2 (confined to seepages on sea cliffs, mainly in the south and west coasts, distr). Distribution. Kramer, 2009c: 6 (discussion on localities and habitat preferences in relation to the question: does D. goritiensis occur inland in the UK?; phenology: perhaps two emergences a year). Distribution. Skidmore, 2009: 128 (review of occurrence on the Western Isles of Scotland, distr). Distribution. Hancock, 2014b: 8 (larvae and adults were collected at uninhabited Mingulay Is, Outer Hebrides). Distribution. Hewitt, 2014: (provisional checklist Cumbrian Diptera). Distribution. Wolton and Drake, 2015: 9 (loc(s) Devon). Distribution. Robinson et al., 2016: 74-75, 80 (list of terrestrial invertebrates of Mingulay Is, new for Outer Hebrides, distr in GB). Distribution. Cunningham, 2017: 16 (collected at the active coastal chalky landslips at Ware Cliffs, Devon). Distribution. Boardman, 2018: 3 (loc(s) Isle of Wight, on slumping coastal cliffs). Distribution. Kramer, 2018h: 3 (soft cliffs of Devon). Distribution. Wolton, 2018a: 4 (on an inland record from Dartmoor, Devon, apparently the second inland record for Great Britain; see paper for details) Distribution. Wolton, 2018b: 17 (one of the nine Diptera species for which Devon is of special importance). Distribution. Cunningham, 2019: 16 (at the ecologically rich shifting ecosystem of undercliffs between Axmouth and Lyme Regis, East Devon). Distribution. Cunningham, 2022: 27 (loc(s) Prawle Point, Devon, collected at a rock face with water flushing its surface, habitat photo). Distribution. Wolton in litt., 2022: (A cranefly of the south western coasts, breeding on steep moss and algal-covered rock faces with water constantly flushing over the surface. It is only known from two inland sites in the UK, one of these being on Dartmoor, at Meldon Aplite Quarry. No information is available on trends in range or abundance of this fly in Devon.  No patches of suitable habitat are known to have been lost in recent years, and the fly is frequently encountered where its specific habitat requirements are met, so the population is probably stable. Nonetheless, the species is at risk from coastal development, changes in water chemistry as from septic tank discharges, and from recreational pressures such as rock climbing). Greece Distribution. Stary and Oosterbroek, 2008: 12 (loc(s) Karpathos, distr). Ireland Distribution. Ashe et al., 2008: 9 (additional Irish record(s), distr). Distribution. Ashe et al., 2008: 9 (numerous at water-drips on a rocky seacliff face). Distribution. Chandler et al., 2008: 13 (checklist). Israel First record. Stary and Freidberg, 2007: 305, 331, 337 (loc(s), distr). Morocco Distribution. Gavryushin in litt., 2012d: (loc(s) High Atlas, N. Vikhrev leg.). Distribution. Driauach et al., 2013: 188 (review Limoniidae records of Morocco, loc(s)). Distribution. Driauach and Belqat, 2016: 140 (loc(s) Rif Mts with list of habitats). Distribution. Taybi et al., 2021: 118 (loc(s) Oriental region of Morocco). Distribution. Kettani and Oosterbroek, 2022a: 25 (annotated checklist, with review loc(s) and/or references). Spain Distribution. Eiroa and Baez, 2002a: 55 (checklist). Distribution. Mederos et al., 2019b: 208-209 (loc(s) Cuenca, distr). Distribution. Eiroa et al., 2020: 248 (loc(s) Teruel and distr Spanish provinces). Distribution. Hancock, 2020: 97 (loc(s) Jaen, Cazorla National Park). Switzerland Distribution. Podenas et al., 2006: 156, 217 (map, vertical distr per thermic level). Turkey First record. Koc, 2004: 101, 111, 116-118, 153 (loc(s), distr, map) (in Turkish). Distribution. Ozgul et al., 2009: 63 (survey provinces SW Turkey). Distribution. Bilgin et al., 2015: 6 (loc(s) Eskisehir, distr) (in Turkish). Distribution. Koc et al., 2016: 11 (provinces Marmara region). Distribution. Provinces Asiatic part, 2025: (known from Balikesir, Bursa, Eskisehir, Isparta, Mugla) on flight period (mainly from 2000 onward): Croatia Kolcsar et al., 2015a: month(s): 4-7, 9-10. Georgia Oosterbroek, 2009c: month(s): 8. Great Britain Howe and Howe, 2001: month(s): 6. Stubbs, 2003: month(s): 4-9. Hancock, 2008b: month(s): 6-7. Kramer, 2009c: month(s): 5-6, 8-9. Wolton and Drake, 2015: month(s): 4. Cunningham, 2017: month(s): 6. Wolton, 2018a: month(s): 5. Cunningham, 2019: month(s): 5. Cunningham, 2022: month(s): 4. Greece Stary and Oosterbroek, 2008: month(s): 4. Ireland Ashe et al., 2008: month(s): 6. Ashe et al., 2008: month(s): 6. Israel Stary and Freidberg, 2007: month(s): 7. Morocco Gavryushin in litt., 2012d: month(s): 5. Driauach and Belqat, 2016: month(s): 4-5, 11. Taybi et al., 2021: month(s): 4. Spain Mederos et al., 2019b: month(s): 10. Eiroa et al., 2020: month(s): 7. Hancock, 2020: month(s): 5-6. Switzerland Podenas et al., 2006: month(s): 6, 10. Turkey Koc, 2004: month(s): 5. on altitude (mainly from 2000 onward): Croatia Kolcsar et al., 2015a: altitude: 55-265 m. Great Britain Hancock, 2008b: altitude: not coastal: 200-250 m. Wolton, 2018a: altitude: 280 m. Greece Stary and Oosterbroek, 2008: altitude: 300-600 m. Morocco Gavryushin in litt., 2012d: altitude: 2000-2600 m. Driauach and Belqat, 2016: altitude: 124-1674 m. Spain Eiroa et al., 2020: altitude: 1317 m. Turkey Koc, 2004: altitude: 950 m.