Details for Dicranophragma (Brachylimnophila) adjunctum
Name:Dicranophragma (Brachylimnophila) adjunctum (Walker, 1848)
Publication:List Dipt. Colln Brit. Mus. 1: 40 (as Limnobia)
Status:Recognized taxon, Synonym(s): axillare (Strobl, 1906); brevifurcatum (Strobl, 1906); dimidiatum (Meijere, 1918); noscibile (Edwards, 1921).
Classification:Family Limoniidae
Subfamily Limnophilinae
Revision:Stary and Reusch, 2009.
Descriptive note:Species status after Ashe et al., 2005a; Stary and Reusch, 2009. Synonymy of brevifurcum and axillare: Stary, 2006b. Lectotype designation and synonymy: Stary and Reusch, 2009.
Keys:Stary and Freidberg, 2007 (Limoniidae Israel); Peeters en Oosterbroek, 2014c (craneflies Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg) (in Dutch); Boardman, 2016 (craneflies Shropshire); Peeters en Oosterbroek, 2016c (craneflies Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg) (in Dutch); Stubbs and Kramer, 2016g; Stubbs, 2021 (British craneflies); Mederos et al., 2020b (Dicranophragma (Brachylimnophila) Iberian Peninsula)
Variant spelling(s):adjuncta
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Distribution:Andorra, Belgium, Finland, France (incl. Corsica), Germany, Great Britain, Greece (Kriti [Crete]), Ireland, Italy (incl. Sicily), Lithuania, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Portugal, Romania, Spain, Switzerland, Turkey (European part: Istanbul, Kirklareli); Russia: RUC, North Caucasus; Morocco; Georgia, Turkey (Asiatic part: see citations for provinces), Cyprus, Lebanon, Israel.
Note: see the manual for abbreviations: present-day Russia.
Region(s):Westpalaearctic
General note:For Italy check Stary and Oosterbroek, 1996, and citations below. For Finland check Salmela, 2013, and citations below. For Portugal check Oosterbroek et al., 2020, and citations below. For Great Britain and Ireland check Stubbs, 2021, and citations below. For Morocco check Kettani and Oosterbroek, 2022a, and citations below.
Map:Ashe et al., 2005a (Ireland); Koc et al., 2006 (SW Turkey); Podenas et al., 2006 (Switzerland); Boardman, 2007 (Shropshire)
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references:
Wing: Podenas et al., 2006; Stubbs, 2021
Hypopygium: Parvu et al., 2006; Podenas et al., 2006; Stary and Reusch, 2009; Kramer and Morris, 2022b
Citationson biology (mainly from 2000 onward):
Cyprus
Habitat. Tillier, 2025b: 13 (loc(s); waterfall and stream).
France
Biology. Quindroit, 2020a: 35, 45-48 (annotated list with information on abundancy and habitat of the Tipuloidea of the Pays de la Loire regoin, distr) (in French).
Habitat. Quindroit, 2020b: 135 (loc(s) Pas-de-Calais (62) with notes on habitats and distr) (in French).
Habitat. Quindroit and Lemoine, 2021a: 25 (loc(s), resultats de deux campagnes de piegeage dans le Pas-de-Calais (62); see paper for details on habitat).
Habitat. Quindroit and Lemoine, 2022a: 29 (loc(s) Oise (60) and Somme (80) with notes on habitats and distr) (in French).
Habitat. Tillier, 2025d: 107 (loc(s) Tourbiere de Machais, Vosges (88); habitat info in the annexe (added to the pdf)) (in French).
Great Britain
Habitat. Godfrey, 2000a: 22.
Habitat. Godfrey, 2001a: 21, 23.
Habitat. Crossley, 2003b: 62 (by wet scrapes in a field).
Habitat. Boardman, 2007: 67 (wet mineral and peaty soils, especially wet meadows).
Habitat. Drake, 2011a: 24 (among the Diptera from a wet Alder [Alnus] wood in Devon).
Habitat. Kramer, 2011j: 18 (a locally common species of marshland).
Habitat. Chandler, 2015: 85 (collected at a small swampy wooded area) (as Neolimnomyia adjuncta).
Habitat. Brighton, 2017c: 27, 36 (overall regional checklist Lancashire and Cheshire (VC58, 59 and 60) with notes on habitats and/or regional occurrence and/or status; see paper for details).
Habitat. Kramer and Morris, 2022b: 4 (info on the species, on the distr and map of loc(s) Leicestershire and Rutland (VC55); marshland species).
Biology. Wolton, 2022: 6-8 (on observations on the phenology and sex ratios of craneflies (Limoniidae) found in emergencetraps, showing phenology charts for six species of Limoniidae from four emergence traps running between the beginning of may and the end of october 2020 in a wet woodland at Locks Park Farm, Devon; see paper for details on this apparently bivoltine species).
Italy
Habitat. Stary and Reusch, 2009: 216 (forest above riverbanks).
Romania
Habitat. Ujvarosi et al., 2011b: 107 (loc(s) Dupa Lanca marshy area near Voslobeni) (in Hungarian, species list with habitat information in English).
on characters and taxonomy (mainly from 2000 onward):
Country not relevant
Synonymy. Ashe et al., 2005a: 315-317, 327, 335 (synonymy).
Synonymy. Stary, 2006b: 189-190 (synonymy axillare and brevifurcum).
Characters. Mederos et al., 2020b: 112-119 (comparison).
Characters. Beuk et al., 2026: 8-9 (comparison) (in Dutch).
Great Britain
Characters. Boardman, 2007: 67 (characters).
Revision. Stary and Reusch, 2009: 207-216 (revision, type-mat, lectotype des, systematic position, synonymy, descr, comparison, figs).
Characters. Kramer and Morris, 2022b: 4 (diagnosis, figs).
Israel
Key. Stary and Freidberg, 2007: 305, 311 (key).
on distribution (mainly from 2000 onward):
Andorra
First record. Oosterbroek, 2009c: 180 (loc(s)).
Belgium
Distribution. Dek and Peeters, 2023a: 136 (loc(s) Botanic Garden Jean Massart, Brussels-Capital Region, common in Belgium).
Cyprus
First record. Stary and Oosterbroek, 2008: 10 (loc(s), distr).
Distribution. Tillier, 2025b: 13 (loc(s); waterfall and stream).
Finland
First record. Salmela, 2013: 38 (Locality: FIN, Le: Enontekiö, Tarvantovaaran erämaa, Pulkanoja, 22.7.2009 J. Salmela leg., Malaise trap, 37 specimens, J. Starý det. (JES-20110108). These specimens were originally identified as D. separatum (Walker, 1848). New for Fennoscandia.).
Distribution. Salmela and Petrasiunas, 2014: 27 (checklist Finnish Tipulomorpha).
Distribution. Salmela et al., 2019: 521 (red list status).
France
Distribution. Kramer and Langlois, 2019a: 76 (record(s) Ravin de Valbois, Doubs (25)).
Distribution. Quindroit, 2020a: 35, 45-48 (annotated list with information on abundancy and habitat of the Tipuloidea of the Pays de la Loire regoin, distr) (in French).
Distribution. Quindroit, 2020b: 135 (loc(s) Pas-de-Calais (62) with notes on habitats and distr) (in French).
Distribution. Quindroit, 2020d: 328 (collected at the Golf de Vidauban, Vidauban, Var (83)).
Distribution. Quindroit and Lemoine, 2021a: 25 (loc(s), resultats de deux campagnes de piegeage dans le Pas-de-Calais (62); see paper for details on habitat).
Distribution. Tissot et al., 2021: 208 (the Diptera of the Reserves Naturelles Nationales du Doubs (25), results of Malaise trapping since 2009) (in French).
Distribution. Quindroit and Lemoine, 2022a: 29 (loc(s) Oise (60) and Somme (80) with notes on habitats and distr) (in French).
Distribution. Quindroit and Lemoine, 2022a: 37 (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. Quindroit and Racine, 2025: 358 (table specifying the presence in the five departments of the Pays de la Loire region).
Distribution. Tillier, 2025d: 107 (loc(s) Tourbiere de Machais, Vosges (88); habitat info in the annexe (added to the pdf)) (in French).
Germany
Distribution. Reusch and Oosterbroek, 2000: 156 (checklist German Bundeslander).
Distribution. Reusch et al., 2004: 111 (loc(s) Baden-Wurttemberg, so far only known from Schleswig-Holstein whereas Nordrhein-Westfalen could not be confirmed).
Distribution. Stary and Reusch, 2009: 215 (loc(s), distr).
Great Britain
Distribution. Godfrey, 2000a: 20, 22 (see paper for details of sites surveyed in Shropshire and into Wales).
Distribution. Godfrey, 2001a: 21, 23 (recorded from sites in Shropshire and just over the country border in Montgmeryshire; see paper for details).
Distribution. Crossley, 2003b: 62 (loc(s) Sheffield).
Distribution. Boardman, 2007: 67 (distr, map).
Distribution. Skidmore, 2009: 127 (review of occurrence on the Western Isles of Scotland, distr).
Distribution. Stary and Reusch, 2009: 215 (type-loc(s), loc(s), distr).
Distribution. Drake, 2011a: 24 (loc(s) Devon).
Distribution. Kramer, 2011j: 18 (loc(s) Leicestershire and Rutland (VC55)).
Distribution. Kramer, 2013i: 8 (checklist of species from Leigh Woods NNR, Bristol district).
Distribution. Hewitt, 2014: (provisional checklist Cumbrian Diptera).
Distribution. Wolton et al., 2014: 26 (among Diptera associated with a hedge in Devon, caught in emergence trap).
Distribution. Chandler, 2015: 90 (loc(s) Bushy Park, Middlesex) (as Neolimnomyia adjuncta).
Distribution. Brighton, 2017c: 27, 36 (overall regional checklist Lancashire and Cheshire (VC58, 59 and 60) with notes on habitats and/or regional occurrence and/or status; see paper for details).
Distribution. Kramer and Morris, 2022b: 4 (info on the species, on the distr and map of loc(s) Leicestershire and Rutland (VC55); marshland species).
Distribution. Wolton, 2022: 6-8 (on observations on the phenology and sex ratios of craneflies (Limoniidae) found in emergencetraps, showing phenology charts for six species of Limoniidae from four emergence traps running between the beginning of may and the end of october 2020 in a wet woodland at Locks Park Farm, Devon; see paper for details on this apparently bivoltine species).
Greece
First record. Stary and Reusch, 2009: 215-216 (loc(s) Kriti [Crete], distr).
Ireland
Distribution. Ashe et al., 2005a: 315-317, 327, 335 (review Irish records).
Distribution. Ashe et al., 2008: 13 (additional Irish record(s), distr).
Distribution. Chandler et al., 2008: 12 (checklist).
Israel
First record. Stary and Freidberg, 2007: 305, 311 (loc(s), distr).
Italy
Distribution. Stary and Reusch, 2009: 215-216 (loc(s) Sicily, distr).
Lithuania
First record. Pakalniskis et al., 2000: 6 (checklist) (details in Podenas and Pakalniskis, 2000).
Distribution. Podenas and Pakalniskis, 2000: 22 (loc(s)).
Distribution. Pakalniskis et al., 2006: 22 (checklist).
Luxembourg
First record. Stary and Reusch, 2009: 216 (loc(s), distr).
Morocco
First record. Parvu et al., 2006: 273 (loc(s)).
Distribution. Driauach et al., 2013: 188 (review Limoniidae records of Morocco, loc(s)).
Distribution. Kettani and Oosterbroek, 2022a: 24 (annotated checklist, with review loc(s) and/or references).
Netherlands
Distribution. Jong and Oosterbroek, 2002b: 32 (checklist).
Distribution. Stary, 2020a: 45 (Limoniidae Kaaistoep, Noord-Brabant).
Portugal
First record. Oosterbroek et al., 2020: 325-326 (recorded for four provinces, distr).
Romania
Distribution. Parvu, 2004: 184 (loc(s)).
Distribution. Ujvarosi and Poti, 2006: 260 (loc(s) eastern Carpathians).
Distribution. Ujvarosi et al., 2011b: 107 (loc(s) Dupa Lanca marshy area near Voslobeni) (in Hungarian, species list with habitat information in English).
Russia
Distribution. Paramonov and Pilipenko, 2016: 98 (loc(s) RUC: Tverskaya oblast, distr) (in Russian).
Spain
Distribution. Eiroa and Baez, 2002a: 55 (checklist).
Distribution. Stary, 2006b: 189-190 (type-loc(s) of axillaris and brevifurca, distr).
Distribution. Keresztes et al., 2022: 194 (loc(s) Asturias and review distribution in Spain) (in Spanish).
Switzerland
Distribution. Podenas et al., 2006: 143, 304 (map, vertical distr per thermic level).
Distribution. Stary and Reusch, 2009: 216 (loc(s), distr).
Distribution. Dufour and Merz, 2012: 354 (annotated checklist canton Geneva).
Turkey
First record. Koc et al., 2006: 19-21 (loc(s), distr, map).
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. Akpinar and Ozgul, 2023: 55 (loc(s) Aksaray).
Distribution. Provinces Asiatic part, 2026: (known from Balikesir, Burdur, Canakkale, Eskisehir, Isparta, Mugla, Sakarya).
on flight period (mainly from 2000 onward):
Andorra
Oosterbroek, 2009c: month(s): 7.
Cyprus
Stary and Oosterbroek, 2008: month(s): 10.
Tillier, 2025b: month(s): 4.
Finland
Salmela, 2013: month(s): 7.
France
Quindroit, 2020a: month(s): 5.
Quindroit, 2020b: month(s): 4, 9.
Quindroit and Lemoine, 2022a: month(s): 4-5, 9.
Tillier, 2025d: month(s): 7-8.
Germany
Reusch et al., 2004: month(s): 8.
Stary and Reusch, 2009: month(s): 8.
Great Britain
Godfrey, 2000a: month(s): 6.
Godfrey, 2001a: month(s): 5.
Crossley, 2003b: month(s): 5, 9.
Boardman, 2007: month(s): 5-6, 9-10.
Stary and Reusch, 2009: month(s): 9.
Kramer, 2011j: month(s): 5-7.
Chandler, 2015: month(s): 8.
Kramer and Morris, 2022b: month(s): 5-10.
Greece
Stary and Reusch, 2009: month(s): 5.
Ireland
Ashe et al., 2005a: month(s): 5-7, 9-10.
Ashe et al., 2008: month(s): 6, 8.
Israel
Stary and Freidberg, 2007: month(s): 4.
Italy
Stary and Reusch, 2009: month(s): 10.
Lithuania
Podenas and Pakalniskis, 2000: month(s): 7.
Luxembourg
Stary and Reusch, 2009: month(s): 7.
Morocco
Parvu et al., 2006: month(s): 4.
Portugal
Oosterbroek et al., 2020: month(s): 5-6.
Romania
Parvu, 2004: month(s): 6-7.
Ujvarosi et al., 2011b: month(s): 5-6.
Russia
Paramonov and Pilipenko, 2016: month(s): 6, 8.
Spain
Keresztes et al., 2022: month(s): 8.
Switzerland
Podenas et al., 2006: month(s): 4-10.
Stary and Reusch, 2009: month(s): 9.
Turkey
Koc et al., 2006: month(s): 4, 6, 9.
on altitude (mainly from 2000 onward):
Andorra
Oosterbroek, 2009c: altitude: 1600 m.
Cyprus
Stary and Oosterbroek, 2008: altitude: 500-700 m.
France
Tillier, 2025d: altitude: 980-985 m.
Germany
Reusch et al., 2004: altitude: 595 m.
Stary and Reusch, 2009: altitude: 595 m.
Italy
Stary and Reusch, 2009: altitude: 600 m.
Luxembourg
Stary and Reusch, 2009: altitude: 200 m.
Romania
Ujvarosi and Poti, 2006: altitude: 670 m.
Spain
Keresztes et al., 2022: altitude: 500-1236 m.
Turkey
Koc et al., 2006: altitude: 10-1353 m.

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