Details for Dicranota (Dicranota) bimaculata

Name: Dicranota (Dicranota) bimaculata (Schummel, 1829) Publication: Beitr. Ent., Breslau 1: 179 (as Limnobia) Status: Recognized taxon, Synonym(s): demissa (Haliday, 1833); stigmatella (Zetterstedt, 1838); finitima (Walker, 1848); secreta (Walker, 1856). Classification: Family Pediciidae Subfamily Pediciinae Keys: Peeters en Oosterbroek, 2014c, 2016c (craneflies Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg) (in Dutch); Boardman, 2016 (craneflies Shropshire); Stubbs and Kramer, 2016f; Stubbs, 2021 (British craneflies) habitus male habitus male habitus male habitus male habitus male plus 23 more images of habitus, body part(s), body part(s), hypopygium, hypopygium, hypopygium, hypopygium, hypopygium, wing, wing, wing, wing, habitat, habitat, habitat, habitat, habitat, habitat, habitat, habitat, habitat, habitat and habitat. Distribution: Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Rep., Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Great Britain, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Sweden, Switzerland, Ukraine; Russia: RUN, RUW, RUC, RUE, North Caucasus; Morocco;; Russia: WS (Tuva); Kazakhstan (east). Note: see the manual for abbreviations: present-day Russia. Region(s): Westpalaearctic;; Eastpalaearctic General note: Added: Hungary (Riedel, 1918b). For Italy check Stary and Oosterbroek, 1996, and citations below. For Finland check Salmela, 2012b, 2012c, and citations below. For Norway check Olsen et al., 2018, and citations below. For Great Britain and Ireland check Stubbs, 2021, and citations below. For Morocco check Kettani and Oosterbroek, 2022b, and citations below. To be confirmed for Russia: WS (Altay) (in Palaearctic Catalogue (Savchenko et al., 1992)). Map: Podenas et al., 2006 (Switzerland); Boardman, 2007 (Shropshire) Biology: Alexander, 1919e (habitat). Figure references: Wing: Alexander, 1927o; Podenas et al., 2006 Hypopygium: Stary and Rozkosny, 1970a; Podenas et al., 2006; Kramer and Morris, 2021a Immature stages Larva: Alexander, 1919e; Alexander, 1920r; Podeniene, 2003a Pupa: Alexander, 1919e; Alexander, 1920r Citations on biology (mainly from 2000 onward): Austria Habitat. Schultz et al., 2006: 351 (Hochmoor). Belarus Habitat. Paramonov, 2019a: 96 (loc(s) Berezinsky Biosphere Reserve, distr, habitats, citing various authors) (in Russian). Bulgaria Habitat. Hubenov, 2025b: suppl: 8 (annotated list Diptera high Bulgarian mts, local distr, habitats and zoogeography). Czech Rep. Habitat. Stary and Vonicka, 2018: 69 (on Limoniidae and Pediciidae of two localities in northern Bohemia, with list of localities, altitudes and habitats). Denmark Habitat. Byriel and Rojas, 2017: 118 (among the 101 species in a study on cranefly hotspots in unmanaged and managed forests) (in Danish). Finland Habitat. Salmela, 2001a: 145, 146, 152 (aquatic, in general running water species, citing Brinkmann, 1991). Habitat. Salmela and Vartija, 2007: 11 (common around springs and brooks, citing Salmela, 2006). Biology. Salmela, 2008: 12, 24-26, 33, 53 (49) (ecology or habitat: lotic; phenology). Habitat. Salmela, 2011a: 1-28 (study on three wetland habitats: aapa mires, springs and headwater streams; exclusively present in springs). Habitat. Kramer, 2012f: 2 (swept from Sphagnum-filled drainage ditches). France Habitat. Breil-Moubayed and Garrigue, 2014: 68 (in: Biocenoses aquatiques et subaquatiques de la vallee fluviale de la Massane. Etude diachronique; Pyrenees-Orientales (66)). Habitat. Quindroit, 2020a: 40, 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: 133 (loc(s) Pas-de-Calais (62) with notes on habitats and distr) (in French). Habitat. Labat, 2022: 52-67 (preliminary study on Diptera of riparian corridors at several localities in France; supplements: loc(s) Cotes d Armor (22)) (in French). Habitat. Quindroit and Lemoine, 2022a: 31 (loc(s) Oise (60) with notes on habitats and distr) (in French). Georgia Biology. Carreno et al., 2018: 136-137 (on the thelastomatid nematode parasite Cephalobellus brevicaudatus in larvae of D. bimaculata, citing Leibersperger, 1960). Germany Habitat. Lehmann and Reusch, 2009: 122 (from around lowland springs). Great Britain Habitat. Godfrey, 2000a: 19. Habitat. Boardman, 2007: 35 (found in association with small lowland streams, Shropshire records are from dingle woodland). Habitat. Kramer, 2009g: 2 (collected at river margins in damp wooded valleys). Habitat. Cranston and Drake, 2010: 175 (Dicranota larvae can be found in marginal situations along flowing waters [except for D. lucidipennis, no species mentioned]). Habitat. Kramer, 2011j: 12, 25 (local species with aquatic larvae in streams). Habitat. Andrews, 2014: 8-9 (observations on the behaviour of males and females around, under bark and in chain saws gaps of Birch [Betula] stumps; see paper for details). Habitat. Bloxham, 2014: 82 (semi-aquatic larvae in stream beds and margins). Habitat. Brighton, 2017c: 29, 40 (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. Hancock, 2018a: 9 (found near Loch Lomond along Endrick Water, notes on association with riverine sediments (ERS) habitats and early date of collecting (april 22)). Biology. Harvey, 2021: 4 (brief notes on rearing records for craneflies; a pupa was found in wood of a Beech tree [Fagus sylvatica] c. 2 meters above the ground on 30 may 1998; loc Berkshire). Habitat. Kramer and Morris, 2021a: 3 (info on the species, on the distr and map of loc(s) Leicestershire and Rutland (VC55); associated with moist areas by streams). Hungary Habitat. Kolcsar and Keresztes, 2016: 120 (frequently collected around springs and small brooks). Latvia Habitat. Salmela and Vartija, 2007: 11 (at a small brook surrounded by deciduous trees). Lithuania Habitat. Podeniene, 2001b: 387 (larvae were found on the banks of small rivers, in sand and silt under Marchantia mosses). Habitat. Podeniene, 2002: 299, 301 (larvae were found in riparian zones of small river and in mud among roots of Phragmites and other plants on lake shore (littoral zone habitat Phragmitetalia)). Habitat. Podeniene, 2003a: 1-295 (larva, descr, figs, habitat) (in Lithuanian). Habitat. Podeniene, 2003b: 10, 21, 28 (larval habitat: sand and silt in riparian zone of small rivulets). Norway Habitat. Olsen and Andersen, 2021: 217 (loc(s) Innlandet, in former Hedmark, with habitats specified separately, for habitats see also Jonassen and Andersen, 2020). Romania Habitat. Kolcsar et al., 2013: 73 (loc(s) Cluj-Napoca and surroundings; list of habitats with altitudes). Russia Habitat. Przhiboro, 2003: 363 (larvae developing at the bottom of an oligotrophic lake in the littoral zone of 0,5-1 m, in the water margin zone only mature larvae were found; rearing). Habitat. Chuzhekova, 2015: 212, 241 (on macrozoobenthos communities in spring brooks of Middle Volga) (PhD thesis, in Russian, 242 pages; for English summary see Chuzhekova, 2016, 37 pages). Sweden Habitat. Fritz and Lindstrom, 2013: 27, 63 (on distribution, habitat preference and habitat conservation in nature reserved forest and tree habitats in Hallands County) (in Schwedish). Habitat. Lindstrom and Fritz, 2015: 44, 48, 49 (distributin and ecology in five fens in Hallands County) (in Schwedish). on characters and taxonomy (mainly from 2000 onward): Country not relevant Characters. Frantsevich, 2004: 133-134 (structure of coxa). Great Britain Characters. Kramer and Morris, 2021a: 3 (diagnosis, figs). Lithuania Immatures. Podeniene, 2003a: 1-295 (larva, descr, figs, habitat) (in Lithuanian). on distribution (mainly from 2000 onward): Austria Distribution. Schultz et al., 2006: 351 (loc(s)). Distribution. Reusch and Heiss, 2012: 333-342 (loc(s) Nat. Park Gesause, see PDF for months and altitudes). Azerbaijan Distribution not confirmed. Snegovaya, 2021: 1133 (previous records could not be confirmed and not included in the checklist of the craneflies of Azerbaijan). Belarus Distribution. Paramonov, 2019a: 96 (loc(s) Berezinsky Biosphere Reserve, distr, habitats, citing various authors) (in Russian). Bulgaria Distribution. Hubenov, 2016: 49 (annotated checklist Diptera of the Rila Mountains based on data from the literature). Distribution. Hubenov, 2017: 70 (on vertical distribution in the Pirin and Rila Mts; see paper for details on forests and subalpine-alpine zones, distr). Distribution. Hubenov, 2021a: 38 (checklist with summary of distr in Bulgaria, references). Distribution. Hubenov, 2025b: suppl: 8 (annotated list Diptera high Bulgarian mts, local distr, habitats and zoogeography). Croatia First record. Kolcsar et al., 2015a: 26 (loc(s), distr). Czech Rep. Distribution. Stary, 2009j: webpage (checklist). Distribution. Stary and Vonicka, 2018: 69 (on Limoniidae and Pediciidae of two localities in northern Bohemia, with list of localities, altitudes and habitats). Denmark Distribution. Petersen et al., 2001: 157 (checklist). Estonia Distribution. Stary, 2004g: (Fauna Europaea: added Estonia). Finland Distribution. Salmela, 2001a: 145, 146, 152 (loc(s)). Distribution. Salmela et al., 2007b: 46 (loc(s)). Distribution. Salmela, 2008: 12, 53 (49) (loc(s), known from all Finnish ecoregions). Distribution. Salmela, 2010a: 13 (survey fauna Tahmela spring in city of Tampere) (in Finnish). Distribution. Salmela, 2011a: 24 (loc(s) subalpine northern boreal Finland). Distribution. Kramer, 2012f: 2 (loc(s) Obb: Syote National Park). Distribution. Salmela, 2012b: 242 (annotated list of Finnish crane flies). Distribution. Salmela and Petrasiunas, 2014: 23 (checklist Finnish Tipulomorpha). Distribution. Salmela et al., 2015: 101 (list of localities in extensive report on malaise-trapping of insects in conservation areas in Lapland in 2012–2014) (in Finnish). France Distribution. Breil-Moubayed and Garrigue, 2014: 68 (in: Biocenoses aquatiques et subaquatiques de la vallee fluviale de la Massane. Etude diachronique; Pyrenees-Orientales (66)). Distribution. Quindroit, 2020a: 40, 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: 133 (loc(s) Pas-de-Calais (62) with notes on habitats and distr) (in French). Distribution. Tissot et al., 2021: 210 (the Diptera of the Reserves Naturelles Nationales du Doubs (25), results of Malaise trapping since 2009) (in French). Distribution. Labat, 2022: 52-67 (preliminary study on Diptera of riparian corridors at several localities in France; supplements: loc(s) Cotes d Armor (22)) (in French). Distribution. Quindroit and Lemoine, 2022a: 31 (loc(s) Oise (60) with notes on habitats and distr) (in French). Distribution. Quindroit and Lemoine, 2022a: 35 (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: 357 (table specifying the presence in the five departments of the Pays de la Loire region). Germany Distribution. Schacht, 1999: 134 (checklist Bayern). Distribution. Reusch and Oosterbroek, 2000: 163 (checklist German Bundeslander). Distribution. Reusch and Bellstedt, 2001b: 75 (checklist Thuringen). Distribution. Schacht, 2005: 4 (checklist Bayern). Distribution. Schumann, 2008: (species recorded from Brandenburg, including Berlin, after material present in the Museum fur Naturkunde in Berlin with specification of period of years). Distribution. Lehmann and Reusch, 2009: 121-122 (loc(s) Niedersachsen). Distribution. Stuke, 2019: 163 (checklist Niedersachsen and Bremen with reference to original sources). Distribution. Base, 2021: 674 (loc(s) Sachsen-Anhalt). Distribution. Jentzsch, 2024: 176 (loc(s) Sachsen). Great Britain Distribution. Kramer, 1999a: 31 (loc(s) Dorset). Distribution. Godfrey, 2000a: 19 (see paper for details of sites surveyed in Shropshire and into Wales). Distribution. Hewitt et al., 2005: 38 (loc(s) Cumbria). Distribution. Boardman, 2007: 35 (loc(s), map). Distribution. Kramer, 2009g: 2 (loc(s) Swansea). Distribution. Kramer, 2011a: 3 (loc(s) Pembrokeshire). Distribution. Kramer, 2011j: 12 (loc(s) Leicestershire and Rutland (VC55)). Distribution. Kramer, 2013i: 6, 8 (loc(s), checklist of species from Leigh Woods NNR, Bristol district). Distribution. Andrews, 2014: 8 (loc(s) Yorkshire). Distribution. Bloxham, 2014: 82 (loc(s) West Bromwich). Distribution. Hewitt, 2014: (provisional checklist Cumbrian Diptera). Distribution. Brighton, 2017c: 29, 40 (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. Hancock, 2018a: 9 (found near Loch Lomond along Endrick Water, notes on association with riverine sediments (ERS) habitats and early date of collecting (april 22)). Distribution. Showers, 2018c: 4 (loc(s) Northampshire). Distribution. Harvey, 2021: 4 (brief notes on rearing records for craneflies; a pupa was found in wood of a Beech tree [Fagus sylvatica] c. 2 meters above the ground on 30 may 1998; loc Berkshire). Distribution. Kramer and Morris, 2021a: 3 (info on the species, on the distr and map of loc(s) Leicestershire and Rutland (VC55); associated with moist areas by streams). Hungary Distribution. Kolcsar and Keresztes, 2016: 120 (loc(s), distr). Ireland Distribution. Alexander, 2007: 175 (loc(s) Baronscourt Park, Co. Tyrone (H3682), and also at Great Deer Park of Glenarm, Co. Antrim (D3011), new to the Northern Ireland List). Distribution. Chandler et al., 2008: 7 (checklist). Italy Distribution. Rivosecchi and Maltzeff, 2011: 16 (loc(s) Roma). Kazakhstan First record. Devyatkov, 2021d: 336 (loc(s) East Kazakhstan, distr) (in Russian). Latvia First record. Salmela and Vartija, 2007: 11 (loc(s)). Lithuania Distribution. Podeniene, 2001b: 387 (loc(s)). Distribution. Podeniene, 2002: 299, 301 (loc(s)). Distribution. Pakalniskis et al., 2006: 24 (checklist). Morocco Distribution. Gavryushin in litt., 2012d: (loc(s) High Atlas, N. Vikhrev leg.; confirmation for Morocco). Distribution. Driauach et al., 2013: 189 (review Limoniidae records of Morocco, loc(s)). Distribution. Kettani and Oosterbroek, 2022b: 27-28 (annotated checklist, with review loc(s) and/or references). Netherlands Distribution. Jong and Oosterbroek, 2002c: 36 (checklist). Norway Distribution. Olsen et al., 2018: 152-153 (annotated checklist Nordic countries and for Norway according to the Strand regions). Distribution. Olsen and Andersen, 2021: 217 (loc(s) Innlandet, in former Hedmark, with habitats specified separately, for habitats see also Jonassen and Andersen, 2020). Poland Distribution. Wiedenska, 2007b: 77 (checklist). Distribution. Wiedenska, 2010: 136 (loc(s) Parku Krajobrazowego Wzniesien Lodzkich, Lodz). Distribution. Palaczyk and Klasa, 2021: 173 (list of Diptera in Catalogue of the fauna of the Ojcow National Park). Distribution. Wiedenska and Syratt, 2023: 150 (loc(s) Bieszczady Mountains, distr and remarks). Romania Distribution. Ujvarosi and Stary, 2003: 49 (checklist Romania). Distribution. Kolcsar et al., 2012: 25 (checklist Romania). Distribution. Kolcsar et al., 2013: 73 (loc(s) Cluj-Napoca and surroundings; list of habitats with altitudes). Russia Distribution. Zaika and Saaya, 2002: 124 (first record for Tuva, no further details). Distribution. Przhiboro, 2003: 363 (loc(s) NW Russia). Distribution. Humala and Polevoi, 2008: 132 (loc(s) RUN: Kareliya). Distribution. Khazeeva, 2010: 709 (loc(s) North Caucasus). Distribution. Gavryushin in litt., 2011e: (loc(s) RUN: Murmanskaya oblast). Distribution. Gavryushin in litt., 2012e: (loc(s) RUE: Bashkortostan Rep.). Distribution. Paramonov, 2012a: 111 (loc(s) RUE: Mariy El Rep.). Distribution. Chuzhekova, 2015: 212, 241 (on macrozoobenthos communities in spring brooks of Middle Volga) (PhD thesis, in Russian, 242 pages; for English summary see Chuzhekova, 2016, 37 pages). Slovakia Distribution. Stary, 2009e: 39 (loc(s) Polana area). Distribution. Stary, 2009j: webpage (checklist). Sweden Distribution. Fritz and Lindstrom, 2013: 27, 63 (on distribution, habitat preference and habitat conservation in nature reserved forest and tree habitats in Hallands County) (in Schwedish). Distribution. Lindstrom and Fritz, 2015: 44, 48, 49 (distributin and ecology in five fens in Hallands County) (in Schwedish). Switzerland Distribution. Podenas et al., 2006: 181, 346 (map, vertical distr per thermic level). on flight period (mainly from 2000 onward): Bulgaria Hubenov, 2016: month(s): 7. Croatia Kolcsar et al., 2015a: month(s): 5, 10. Czech Rep. Stary and Vonicka, 2018: month(s): 5-6. Finland Salmela, 2001a: month(s): 5, 8. Salmela, 2008: month(s): 6-8. Kramer, 2012f: month(s): 6. France Quindroit, 2020a: month(s): 10. Quindroit, 2020b: month(s): 4. Quindroit and Lemoine, 2022a: month(s): 10. Germany Base, 2021: month(s): 6-7. Jentzsch, 2024: month(s): 6-7. Great Britain Godfrey, 2000a: month(s): 6. Kramer, 2009g: month(s): 7. Kramer, 2011j: month(s): 4-5. Kramer, 2013i: month(s): 6. Andrews, 2014: month(s): 7. Hancock, 2018a: month(s): 4. Showers, 2018c: month(s): 6. Hungary Kolcsar and Keresztes, 2016: month(s): 4, 7. Ireland Alexander, 2007: month(s): 6. Kazakhstan Devyatkov, 2021d: month(s): 5, 8-9. Latvia Salmela and Vartija, 2007: month(s): 5. Morocco Gavryushin in litt., 2012d: month(s): 5. Norway Olsen and Andersen, 2021: month(s): 7. Poland Wiedenska and Syratt, 2023: month(s): 6. Romania Kolcsar et al., 2013: month(s): 4-5, 9. Russia Przhiboro, 2003: month(s): 7. Gavryushin in litt., 2011e: month(s): 7. Gavryushin in litt., 2012e: month(s): 8. Paramonov, 2012a: month(s): 8. Slovakia Stary, 2009e: month(s): 5. Switzerland Podenas et al., 2006: month(s): 5-6, 8-9. on altitude (mainly from 2000 onward): Bulgaria Hubenov, 2016: altitude: 1876 m. Hubenov, 2017: altitude: 1876 m. Hubenov, 2021a: altitude: 1876 m. Hubenov, 2025b: altitude: 1876 m. Croatia Kolcsar et al., 2015a: altitude: 720 m. Kazakhstan Devyatkov, 2021d: altitude: 300-498 m. Morocco Gavryushin in litt., 2012d: altitude: 1750-2000 m. Kettani and Oosterbroek, 2022b: altitude: 1800 m. Norway Olsen and Andersen, 2021: altitude: 678 m. Poland Wiedenska and Syratt, 2023: altitude: 600-650 m. Russia Gavryushin in litt., 2012e: altitude: 505-607 m. Slovakia Stary, 2009e: altitude: 630-780 m.