Details for Dicranoptycha prolongata

Name: Dicranoptycha prolongata Alexander, 1938 Publication: Philipp. J. Sci. 67: 139 (as Dicranoptycha) Status: Recognized taxon. Classification: Family Limoniidae Subfamily Limoniinae Revision: Xu et al., 2023a. Descriptive note: Type-material: Yang, X., 1991. Keys: Podenas and Gelhaus, 2007 (Limoniinae Mongolia and nearby); Podenas et al., 2015a (Dicranoptycha Korea); Podenas et al., 2020d (Dicranoptycha Korea); Xu et al., 2023a (Dicranoptycha China) habitus male habitus male habitus male habitus copula body part(s) antenna plus 9 more images of body part(s), body part(s), hypopygium, hypopygium, hypopygium, ovipositor, ovipositor, wing and wing. Distribution: Russia: FE (Khabarovskiy kray, Primorskiy kray); North Korea, South Korea, China (Beijing). Note: see the manual for abbreviations: present-day Russia. Region(s): Eastpalaearctic Figure references: Habitus: Podenas et al., 2015a (male, copula); Xu et al., 2023a (male) Head: Podenas et al., 2015a; Xu et al., 2023a Wing: Alexander, 1938p (orig descr); Podenas and Byun, 2015a; Xu et al., 2023a Hypopygium: Alexander, 1938p (orig descr); Podenas and Gelhaus, 2007; Podenas and Byun, 2015a; Xu et al., 2023a Ovipositor: Podenas and Byun, 2015a; Xu et al., 2023a Other figures: Podenas et al., 2015a (thorax); Xu et al., 2023a (thorax) Citations on biology (mainly from 2000 onward): Russia Habitat. Podenas and Byun, 2014a: 175 (according to Savchenko (1983), adults are found in grassy vegetation in very diferent forests, but prevailing in dryer forests). on characters and taxonomy (mainly from 2000 onward): China Description. Xu et al., 2023a: 8-11 (descr, key, remarks, figs). Country not relevant Characters. Podenas et al., 2015a: 259-261 (figs male, mating pair, thorax showing terminology). East Palaearctic Key. Podenas and Gelhaus, 2007: 14 (key, figs). North Korea Taxonomy. Podenas and Byun, 2014a: 173-175 (revision, figs) (according to V. Pilipenko (pers. comm., october 2022) referring to an undescribed species but see remark in Xu et al., 2023a, page 11 (figures given above adjusted accordingly)). on distribution (mainly from 2000 onward): China First record. Xu et al., 2023a: 10 (loc(s) Beijing). Korea Distribution. Podenas, 2013: 17 (literature overview of North and South Korean records). North Korea Distribution. Podenas and Byun, 2014a: 175, 181 (paratype-loc(s), loc(s), map) (according to V. Pilipenko (pers. comm., october 2022) referring to an undescribed species but see remark in Xu et al., 2023a, page 11). Russia Distribution. Pilipenko and Sidorenko, 2006b: 148 (checklist Kedrovaya Pad, distr) (in Russian). Distribution. Pilipenko, 2009c: 332 (loc(s) Lazovsky Nature Reserve, Primorskiy kray). Distribution. Devyatkov and Dubatolov, 2025: 35 (loc(s) Khabarovskiy kray, Bolshekhekhtsirsky Nature Reserve, distr) (in Russian). South Korea Distribution. Podenas and Byun, 2014a: 175, 181 (loc(s), map) (according to V. Pilipenko (pers. comm., october 2022) referring to an undescribed species but see remark in Xu et al., 2023a, page 11). on flight period (mainly from 2000 onward): China Xu et al., 2023a: month(s): 6, 9. Russia Pilipenko, 2009c: month(s): 6-9. Devyatkov and Dubatolov, 2025: month(s): 9. on altitude (mainly from 2000 onward): China Xu et al., 2023a: altitude: 1143-1206 m. Russia Devyatkov and Dubatolov, 2025: altitude: 100 m.