Details for Dicranomyia (Dicranomyia) halterata

Name: Dicranomyia (Dicranomyia) halterata Osten Sacken, 1869 Publication: Smithson. Misc. Collns 8(219): 71 (as Dicranomyia) Status: Recognized taxon, Synonym(s): cinereipennis Lundstrom, 1912. Classification: Family Limoniidae Subfamily Limoniinae Descriptive note: Short description in Alexander, 1943k (reprint: 1966g). For confusion with spinifera see Alexander, 1927c. Synonymy: Alexander, 1949m. Keys: Podenas and Gelhaus, 2007 (Limoniinae Mongolia and nearby); Stubbs and Kramer, 2016h; Stubbs, 2021 (British craneflies) habitus male hypopygium hypopygium wing habitat Distribution: Canada, USA (Alaska, Ont, Nfld, south to Calif, Colo, NMex and Pa);; Czech Rep., Finland, Great Britain, Lithuania, Norway, Sweden; Russia: RUN, RUW, RUS;; Russia: WS (north), ES (north), FE (north) (north Siberia eastward to Chukotkskiy AO and Magadan oblast); Kazakhstan (east); Mongolia. Note: see the manual for abbreviations: Canada and USA; present-day Russia. Region(s): Nearctic;; Westpalaearctic;; Eastpalaearctic General note: Added: Colo (Alexander, 1943a), NMex (Alexander, 1946e), Calif (Alexander, 1967k). For Finland check Salmela, 2012b, 2012c, and citations below. For Norway check Olsen et al., 2018, and citations below. For Great Britain check Stubbs, 2021, and citations below. Map: Alexander, 1967k (California) Biology: Alexander, 1925i, 1943k (reprint: 1966g), 1954a, 1962n (habitat). Young and Gelhaus, 2000 (phenology). Figure references: Wing: Alexander, 1919e Hypopygium: Alexander, 1943k (reprint: 1966g); Savchenko, 1989d; Podenas and Gelhaus, 2007 Citations on biology (mainly from 2000 onward): Finland Biology. Salmela, 2008: 11, 27, 51 (49) (ecology or habitat: lotic ?; phenology). Great Britain Habitat. Spilling, 2002: 11 (saltmarsh at Tarradale, Scotland). Habitat. Stubbs, 2008b: 3 (associated with brackish saltmarsh). Habitat. Irwin, 2010: 169 (a marine, estuarine or brackish species that can develop in mud). Mongolia Habitat. Gelhaus and Podenas, 2006: 289, 295 (habitat preference: 100% lotic). Habitat. Yadamsuren et al., 2015: 474 (in soil). Norway Habitat. Olsen and Andersen, 2021: 214 (loc(s) Innlandet, in former Hedmark, with habitats specified separately, for habitats see also Jonassen and Andersen, 2020). on characters and taxonomy (mainly from 2000 onward): Country not relevant Phylogeny. Boldgiv, 2006: 96-154 (one of the 84 morphological taxa from northern Mongolia in a consistency test of morphology based species identification of crane flies against DNA-barcoding identification using 536-base-pair sequence profiles of the COI gene, also known as the DNA barcode). Mongolia Key. Podenas and Gelhaus, 2007: 44 (key, figs). on distribution (mainly from 2000 onward): Canada Distribution. Brodo in litt., 2009: (not known from NWT and Nunavut). Distribution. Brodo et al., 2023: Table 1 & 4, page 21 (collected in far north Ont & distr in Canada, with details on its distribution in the Nearctic, especially Canada). Czech Rep. Distribution. Stary and Bartak, 2005: 243 (red list status Czech Rep.: endangered). Distribution. Stary, 2009i: webpage (checklist). Denmark Distribution not confirmed. Petersen and Jong, 2001b: 149 (by expert opinion and because of neighbouring distribution likely to occur in Denmark). Finland Distribution. Salmela, 2008: 11, 51 (49) (loc(s), known from all Finnish ecoregions). Distribution. Salmela, 2012b: 236 (annotated list of Finnish crane flies). Distribution. Salmela and Petrasiunas, 2014: 29 (checklist Finnish Tipulomorpha). Great Britain Distribution. Spilling, 2002: 11 (saltmarsh at Tarradale, Scotland). Distribution. Stubbs, 2008b: 3 (found towards the head of Loch Linne (Scottish west coast) and the head of the Moray Firth (Scottish east coast), distr). Kazakhstan First record. Devyatkov, 2013: 86 (loc(s) East Kazakhstan). Distribution. Devyatkov, 2020a: 50 (loc(s) East Kazakhstan, distr) (in Russian). Lithuania Distribution. Pakalniskis et al., 2006: 18 (checklist). Mongolia Distribution. Boldgiv, 2006: 153 (loc(s)). First record. Gelhaus and Podenas, 2006: 289, 295 (loc(s)). Distribution. Yadamsuren et al., 2015: 474 (loc(s) Mongolia). Norway Distribution. Olsen et al., 2018: 160-161 (annotated checklist Nordic countries and for Norway according to the Strand regions). Distribution. Olsen and Andersen, 2021: 214 (loc(s) Innlandet, in former Hedmark, with habitats specified separately, for habitats see also Jonassen and Andersen, 2020). Russia Distribution. Gavryushin in litt., 2011e: (loc(s) RUN: Murmanskaya oblast). Distribution. Paramonov, 2018b: 61 (loc(s) RUS: Saratovskaya oblast) (in Russian). USA Distribution. Brodo, 2025: 28-30 (one male among the specimens from Sitka, Alaska, from the Finnish Museum in Helsinki studied by Fenja Brodo; see paper for details). on flight period (mainly from 2000 onward): Canada Brodo et al., 2023: month(s): 6. Finland Salmela, 2008: month(s): 6-7. Great Britain Spilling, 2002: month(s): 5. Kazakhstan Devyatkov, 2013: month(s): 6. Devyatkov, 2020a: month(s): 6-7. Mongolia Gelhaus and Podenas, 2006: month(s): 7. Norway Olsen and Andersen, 2021: month(s): 8-10. Russia Gavryushin in litt., 2011e: month(s): 7. Paramonov, 2018b: month(s): 6-7. on altitude (mainly from 2000 onward): Kazakhstan Devyatkov, 2020a: altitude: 300-465 m. Mongolia Gelhaus and Podenas, 2006: altitude: 1645-1790 m. Norway Olsen and Andersen, 2021: altitude: 675-700 m. Russia Paramonov, 2018b: altitude: 302 m.