Details for Dicranota (Paradicranota) subtilis
Name:Dicranota (Paradicranota) subtilis Loew, 1870
Publication:Jahrb. Kais.-Kon. Gel. Ges. Krakau 41: 17 (as Dicranota)
Status:Recognized taxon.
Classification:Family Pediciidae
Subfamily Pediciinae
Descriptive note:Loew, 1870, is a short description in Latin, a full description is given in Loew, 1871, Beschr. europ. Dipt. 2: 18.
Keys:Boardman, 2016 (craneflies Shropshire); Stubbs and Kramer, 2016f; Stubbs, 2021 (British craneflies)
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Distribution:Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Rep., Denmark, Finland, France (incl. Corsica), Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Lithuania, Montenegro, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey (European part: Kirklareli), Ukraine; Russia: RUN (Murmanskaya oblast), North Caucasus; Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Turkey (Asiatic part: see citations for provinces).
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, 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. To be confirmed for Iceland (in Palaearctic Catalogue (Savchenko et al., 1992)).
Map:Podenas et al., 2006 (Switzerland); Boardman, 2007 (Shropshire)
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references:
Wing: Podenas et al., 2006; Mederos et al., 2018; Kolcsar et al., 2023b
Hypopygium: Mendl, 1987b; Podenas et al., 2006; Mederos et al., 2018; Kramer and Morris, 2021a; Kolcsar et al., 2023a; Kolcsar et al., 2023b

Miscellaneous
Rasimus, 2021a (habitat); Quindroit, 2023 (habitat)
Citationson biology (mainly from 2000 onward):
Bulgaria
Habitat. Hubenov, 2025b: suppl: 8 (annotated list Diptera high Bulgarian mts, local distr, habitats and zoogeography).
Czech Rep.
Habitat. Stary and Vonicka, 2018: 70 (on Limoniidae and Pediciidae of two localities in northern Bohemia, with list of localities, altitudes and habitats).
Finland
Habitat. Salmela et al., 2015: 42 (extensive report on malaise-trapping of insects in conservation areas in Lapland in 2012–2014) (in Finnish).
Habitat. Salmela et al., 2019: 521 (red list status, habitat types, threat factors).
France
Habitat. Kramer, 2007a: 33 (at small river with beautiful limestone seepage).
Habitat. Kramer, 2008c: 12 (collected at a limestone wooded stream-filled gorge, the stream can be torrential with moss covered boulders, and there are seepages from the steep sides of the limstone gorge).
Georgia
Habitat. Stary and Obona, 2020: 130 (loc(s); with list of localities, habitats and altitudes).
Germany
Habitat. Ruckert, 2005: 47, 53 (found in a study on the association with the type of source: limnokrene, rheokrene, or helokrene in Schlesig-Holstein; see paper for details, as well as Anhang A2-A10).
Biology. Wittrock, 2005: 46, 49, 53, 84, Anhang (appendix) (found in a study on the source fauna in a Beech [Betula] forest (wird als krenophil angegeben, ihre Larven sind haufig in feuchten Ufergebieten von Quellen zu finden (Mendl 1978); fur das Tiefland gibt es bisher keine Angaben, vermutlich kann Dicranota (P.) subtilis auch hier als krenophil angesehen werden); summer emergence, winter emergence (subdominant), exact date of emergence in the appendix; krenophil; helokrene (winter dominance), rheokrene (winter subdominance) and limnokrene).
Habitat. Reusch and Schrankel, 2006: 181 (Quellbereichen; Larven aquatisch, in Quellbereichen, Bachen und kleinen Flussen; Larven zoophag).
Habitat. Ruckert et al., 2007: 56 (Krenophil) (see also Ruckert et al., 2006).
Habitat. Lehmann and Reusch, 2009: 122 (from around lowland springs).
Habitat. Reusch and Hohmann, 2009: 130 (from spring brooks).
Great Britain
Habitat. Godfrey, 1999: 78 (species of exposed riverine sediments).
Habitat. Godfrey, 2000a: 19, 21.
Habitat. Godfrey, 2001a: 21, 23.
Habitat. Heaver, 2006: 78 (tufa flushes).
Habitat. Boardman, 2007: 36 (prefers small streams in woodland, lowland as well as upland).
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. Brighton, 2017c: 29 (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, 2021a: 4 (info on the species, on the distr and map of loc(s) Leicestershire and Rutland (VC55); species of fast-flowing streams).
Greece
Habitat. Kramer, 2004: 20, 21 (found at a stream margin).
Hungary
Habitat. Kolcsar and Keresztes, 2016: 121 (prefers habitats around small brooks and springs).
Poland
Habitat. Wiedenska, 2007b: 77 (montane species).
Habitat. Wiedenska, 2014: 15 (on the occurence of Pediciidae in six selected plant communities in the Kamienica Valley, Gorce National Park, Western Carpathians) (in Polish, habitat tables also in English).
Phenology. Wiedenska, 2015a: 54 (on the flight activity of Limoniidae in the Kamienica Valley, Gorce National Park, Western Carpathians) (in Polish, tables also in English).
Habitat. Wiedenska, 2017a: 26 (faunistic and habitat data of species from the Gorce NP) (in Polish).
Romania
Habitat. Parvu, 2004: 187 (spring).
Habitat. Ujvarosi, 2005a: 247 (brooks, small rivers, swamps, moist soil, citing various sources).
Spain
Habitat. Mederos et al., 2018: 92-93 (loc(s) Asturias, Huesca; from caves).
Habitat. Mederos, 2023a: 483 (collected in several caves in the north of the Iberian peninsular) (in Spanish).
on characters and taxonomy (mainly from 2000 onward):
Country not relevant
Characters. Devyatkov, 2023b: 153 (comparison).
Great Britain
Characters. Kramer and Morris, 2021a: 4 (diagnosis, figs).
on distribution (mainly from 2000 onward):
Armenia
Distribution. Obona et al., 2016: 137, 140 (loc(s), checklist).
Distribution. Hakobyan and Jenderedjian, 2023: 1517 (annotated checklist of the craneflies of Armenia with refs, distr and flight period in Caucasus Ecoregion with refs).
Austria
Distribution. Reusch and Heiss, 2012: 333-342 (loc(s) Nat. Park Gesause, see PDF for months and altitudes).
Azerbaijan
Distribution. Snegovaya, 2021: 1153 (checklist with details on distr in Azerbaijan).
Bulgaria
Distribution. Hubenov, 2015: 222 (annotated list Diptera Pirin Mt, loc(s), faunistics and zoogeography).
Distribution. Hubenov, 2017: 71 (on vertical distribution in the Pirin and Rila Mts; see paper for details on forests and subalpine-alpine zones, distr).
Distribution. Hubenov, 2018a: 17 (on the Diptera of the Vitosha Mt; see paper for details on vegetation belts and local 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., 2023b: 30 (loc(s)).
Czech Rep.
Distribution. Stary et al., 2005b: 32 (loc(s)).
Distribution. Stary, 2009c: 97 (loc(s) Bohemia).
Distribution. Stary, 2009j: webpage (checklist).
Distribution. Stary and Vonicka, 2018: 70 (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).
Finland
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).
Distribution. Salmela et al., 2015: 42 (extensive report on malaise-trapping of insects in conservation areas in Lapland in 2012–2014) (in Finnish).
Distribution. Salmela et al., 2019: 521 (red list status, habitat types, threat factors).
France
Distribution. Kramer, 2007a: 33 (loc(s) Savoie (73)).
Distribution. Kramer, 2008c: 12 (loc(s) Savoie (73)).
Georgia
Distribution. Stary and Obona, 2020: 130 (loc(s); with list of localities, habitats and altitudes).
Germany
Distribution. Schacht, 1999: 134 (checklist Bayern).
Distribution. Reusch and Oosterbroek, 2000: 163 (checklist German Bundeslander).
Distribution. Reusch and Bellstedt, 2001b: 76 (checklist Thuringen).
Distribution. Ruckert, 2005: 47, 53 (found in a study on the association with the type of source: limnokrene, rheokrene, or helokrene in Schlesig-Holstein; see paper for details, as well as Anhang A2-A10).
Distribution. Schacht, 2005: 4 (checklist Bayern).
Distribution. Wittrock, 2005: 46 (loc(s) Schleswig-Holstein (Die untersuchten Quellen liegen im Kreis Plon (ostliches Hugelland Schleswig-Holstein) in einem Buchenwald [Betula forest] namens Menhorst am nord-ostlichen Ufer des Vierersees)).
Distribution. Reusch and Schrankel, 2006: 181 (loc(s) Bayern, Nationalpark Berchtesgaden, distr).
Distribution. Ruckert et al., 2007: 56 (loc(s) Schleswig-Holstein).
Distribution. Lehmann and Reusch, 2009: 122 (loc(s) Niedersachsen).
Distribution. Reusch and Hohmann, 2009: 130 (loc(s) Sachsen-Anhalt).
Distribution. Schacht, 2010: 16 (checklist Diptera Bayern).
Distribution. Stuke, 2019: 163 (checklist Niedersachsen and Bremen with reference to original sources).
Great Britain
Distribution. Godfrey, 2000a: 19, 21 (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. Heaver, 2006: 78 (loc(s) Yorkshire, Lancashire).
Distribution. Boardman, 2007: 36 (loc(s), map).
Distribution. Kramer, 2009f: 1 (loc(s) Yorkshire).
Distribution. Skidmore, 2009: 125 (review of occurrence on the Western Isles of Scotland, distr).
Distribution. Kramer, 2011j: 12 (loc(s) Leicestershire and Rutland (VC55)).
Distribution. Hewitt, 2014: (provisional checklist Cumbrian Diptera).
Distribution. Brighton, 2017c: 29 (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. Cunningham, 2018: 21 (loc(s) Devon).
Distribution. Kramer and Morris, 2021a: 4 (info on the species, on the distr and map of loc(s) Leicestershire and Rutland (VC55); species of fast-flowing streams).
Greece
First record. Kramer, 2004: 20, 21 (loc(s) Peloponnisos).
Hungary
First record. Kolcsar and Keresztes, 2016: 121 (loc(s), distr).
Ireland
Distribution. Chandler et al., 2008: 8 (checklist).
Italy
Distribution. Podenas and Podeniene, 2008: 350, 353 (loc(s), annotated checklist South Tyrol [Prov. Bolzano]).
Lithuania
Distribution. Pakalniskis et al., 2006: 24 (checklist).
Montenegro
Distribution. Oosterbroek and Simova-Tosic, 2004: 442 (review literature).
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).
Poland
Distribution. Wiedenska, 2007b: 77 (checklist).
Distribution. Wiedenska, 2010: 136 (loc(s) Parku Krajobrazowego Wzniesien Lodzkich, Lodz).
Distribution. Wiedenska, 2014: 15 (on the occurence of Pediciidae in six selected plant communities in the Kamienica Valley, Gorce National Park, Western Carpathians) (in Polish, habitat tables also in English).
Distribution. Wiedenska, 2017a: 26 (faunistic and habitat data of species from the Gorce NP) (in Polish).
Distribution. Zoralski et al., 2024: 16 (loc(s) Polish Carpatians) (in Polish).
Portugal
First record. Kolcsar et al., 2023a: 11 (loc(s) Guarda).
Romania
Distribution. Ujvarosi and Stary, 2003: 49 (loc(s), checklist).
Distribution. Parvu, 2004: 187 (loc(s)).
Distribution. Ujvarosi, 2007: 231-232 (checklist Pediciidae).
Distribution. Kolcsar et al., 2012: 25 (checklist Romania).
Russia
Distribution. Lantsov, 2012d: 339 (loc(s) North Caucasus, distr
Distribution. Kolcsar et al., 2023a: 11 (loc(s) RUN: Murmanskaya oblast).
Serbia
Distribution. Oosterbroek and Simova-Tosic, 2004: 442 (review literature).
Distribution. Gavryushin in litt., 2015b: (loc(s) Serbia).
Slovakia
Distribution. Stary, 2009e: 40 (loc(s) Polana area).
Distribution. Stary, 2009j: webpage (checklist).
Spain
First record. Mederos and Eiroa, 2015: 267 (loc(s) Lerida).
Distribution. Mederos et al., 2018: 92-93 (loc(s) Asturias, Huesca; from caves).
Distribution. Mederos, 2023a: 483 (collected in several caves in the north of the Iberian peninsular) (in Spanish).
Switzerland
Distribution. Podenas et al., 2006: 185, 354 (map, vertical distr per thermic level).
Turkey
First record. Ozgul and Koc, 2016: 781 (loc(s) various provinces in NW Turkey, checklist Turkish Pedicidae with provinces).
Distribution. Provinces Asiatic part, 2025: (known from Balikesir, Bursa, Canakkale, Eskisehir).
on flight period (mainly from 2000 onward):
Armenia
Obona et al., 2016: month(s): 8-9.
Bulgaria
Hubenov, 2015: month(s): 6.
Croatia
Kolcsar et al., 2023b: month(s): 4, 10.
Czech Rep.
Stary et al., 2005b: month(s): 5.
Stary, 2009c: month(s): 9.
Stary and Vonicka, 2018: month(s): 5-6, 9.
France
Kramer, 2007a: month(s): 6.
Kramer, 2008c: month(s): 5.
Georgia
Stary and Obona, 2020: month(s): 4-5, 10.
Germany
Reusch and Schrankel, 2006: month(s): 9.
Great Britain
Godfrey, 2000a: month(s): 6.
Godfrey, 2001a: month(s): 5.
Kramer, 2009f: month(s): 5.
Kramer, 2011j: month(s): 5.
Greece
Kramer, 2004: month(s): 4.
Hungary
Kolcsar and Keresztes, 2016: month(s): 5.
Italy
Podenas and Podeniene, 2008: month(s): 5-6, 9-10.
Poland
Wiedenska, 2014: month(s): 8-9.
Wiedenska, 2015a: month(s): 8.
Wiedenska, 2017a: month(s): 6, 8-9.
Portugal
Kolcsar et al., 2023a: month(s): 5.
Romania
Parvu, 2004: month(s): 7.
Russia
Lantsov, 2012d: month(s): 8.
Kolcsar et al., 2023a: month(s): 7.
Serbia
Gavryushin in litt., 2015b: month(s): 5, 7, 9.
Slovakia
Stary, 2009e: month(s): 5-6, 9.
Spain
Mederos et al., 2018: month(s): 3, 8.
Switzerland
Podenas et al., 2006: month(s): 5-6, 8-11.
Turkey
Ozgul and Koc, 2016: month(s): 4-5, 10.
on altitude (mainly from 2000 onward):
Armenia
Obona et al., 2016: altitude: 1376-1949 m.
Bulgaria
Hubenov, 2015: altitude: 1230-1350 m.
Hubenov, 2017: altitude: 1230-1350 m.
Hubenov, 2018a: altitude: 1400-1420 m.
Hubenov, 2021a: altitude: 1200-1400 m.
Hubenov, 2025b: altitude: 1200-1400 m.
Croatia
Kolcsar et al., 2023b: altitude: 720 m.
Georgia
Stary and Obona, 2020: altitude: 1195-1565 m.
Germany
Reusch and Schrankel, 2006: altitude: 1100-1170 m.
Reusch and Hohmann, 2009: altitude: 825 m.
Greece
Kramer, 2004: altitude: 875 m.
Italy
Podenas and Podeniene, 2008: altitude: 1220 m.
Poland
Wiedenska, 2017a: altitude: 800-1180 m.
Portugal
Kolcsar et al., 2023a: altitude: 1240 m.
Romania
Ujvarosi and Stary, 2003: altitude: 700 m.
Russia
Lantsov, 2012d: altitude: 2404 m.
Kolcsar et al., 2023a: altitude: 180 m.
Serbia
Gavryushin in litt., 2015b: altitude: 1030-1550 m.
Spain
Mederos and Eiroa, 2015: altitude: 1450 m.
Turkey
Ozgul and Koc, 2016: altitude: 385-897 m.

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