Details for Diogma glabrata
Name:Diogma glabrata (Meigen, 1818)
Publication:Syst. Beschr. 1: 142 (as Limnobia)
Status:Recognized taxon, Synonym(s): megacauda (Alexander, 1931).
Classification:Family Cylindrotomidae
Subfamily Cylindrotominae
Revision:Peus, 1952. Kolcsar et al., 2022.
Descriptive note:Synonymy: Gelhaus et al., 2007.
Keys:Nakamura, 2001 (Cylindrotomidae Honshu); Paramonov, 2006b (Eastpalaearctic Cylindrotomidae) (as ssp. megacauda) (in Russian); Gelhaus et al., 2007 (Cylindrotomidae Mongolia); Peeters en Oosterbroek, 2013d (craneflies Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg) (in Dutch); Boardman, 2016 (craneflies Shropshire); Stubbs and Kramer, 2016e; Stubbs, 2021 (British craneflies)
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Distribution:Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Czech Rep., Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Great Britain, Ireland, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Sweden, Switzerland; Russia: RUN, RUW, RUC, RUE;; Russia: WS (Altay), FE; Kazakhstan; Mongolia, Korea (North Korea or South Korea), Japan (Hokkaido, Honshu).
Note: see the manual for abbreviations: present-day Russia.
Region(s):Westpalaearctic;; Eastpalaearctic
General note:Added: Estonia (Lackschewitz, 1927a), Korea (Alexander, 1966f, as megacauda), Austria (Franz, 1990), Czech Rep. (Stary, 1997e), Ireland (Chandler, 1998), Lithuania (Podenas, 1995), Slovakia (Stary, 1997e), Switzerland (Dufour, 1998b). For Finland check Salmela, 2012b, 2012c, and citations below. For Great Britain and Ireland check Stubbs, 2021, and citations below. For Russia check Kolcsar et al., 2022 and citations below.
Map:Ashe et al., 2005b (Ireland); Boardman, 2007 (Shropshire); Kramer, 2013g (Great Britain); Kolcsar et al., 2018a (Romania); Kolcsar et al., 2022 (Russia FE and Japan)
Biology:Alexander, 1914i, 1920r (immature stages). Alexander, 1919e (habitat). Imada, 2020 (comprehensive overview of the biology and morphology of cylindrotomids, particularly their larval stages, providing original data on nine species).
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references:
Habitus: Feldmann, 1992; Dek, 2017 (female); Kolcsar et al., 2022 (male)
Head: Peus, 1952 (antenna); Kolcsar et al., 2022 (antenna)
Wing: Alexander, 1928d; Alexander, 1931d (as megacauda); Peus, 1952; Gelhaus et al., 2007; Kolcsar et al., 2022
Hypopygium: Peus, 1952; Paramonov, 2006b (as ssp. megacauda); Gelhaus et al., 2007; Ujvarosi et al., 2011a; Kolcsar et al., 2022
Ovipositor: Peus, 1952; Paramonov, 2006b (as ssp. megacauda); Gelhaus et al., 2007; Kolcsar et al., 2022
Other figures: Peus, 1952 (thorax); Kolcsar et al., 2022 (thorax)

Immature stages
Larva: Feldmann, 1992; Krivosheina and Krivosheina, 2011c; Salmela, 2024
Citationson biology (mainly from 2000 onward):
Belgium
Habitat. Tack et al., 2021: 117 (loc(s) Antwerpen, alle taxa biodiversiteit inventarisatie Bos t Ename, nat loofbos (in Dutch), see paper for description).
Country not relevant
Biology. Imada, 2020: 1156-1204, S1 (the paper is a detailed study, integrating previous and new data on the life history, host plants, rearing, larval mimicry, locomotion and ecomorphology of Cylindrotominae; see paper for details).
Denmark
Habitat. Petersen and Jong, 2001a: 146 (larvae feed on terrestrial mosses).
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. Autio and Salmela, 2010: 49 (habitats Aland Is).
France
Habitat. Nicolas, 2006: 68 (on findings in the Picardie or Ile-de-France) (in French).
Habitat. Nicolas, 2006: 68 (on findings in the Picardie or Ile-de-France) (in French).
Habitat. Kramer and Withers, 2007: 160 (species with larvae feeding in wet mosses, citing Brindle, 1967).
Habitat. Kramer and Langlois, 2019a: 83 (on larval moss habitats in the Ravin de Valbois; see paper for details).
Habitat. Quindroit, 2020b: 133 (loc(s) Nord (59) and Pas-de-Calais (62) with notes on habitats and distr) (in French).
Habitat. Quindroit and Lemoine, 2022a: 32 (loc(s) Aisne (02) and Oise (60) with notes on habitats and distr) (in French).
Great Britain
Habitat. Drake, 2003a: 42 (swept from ephemeral pond).
Habitat. Hewitt et al., 2005: 37, 48 (found in damp woodlands, generally in the lowlands and usually associated with ancient deciduous woodlands; larvae develop in moss).
Habitat. Boardman, 2007: 34 (found in wet woodland).
Habitat. Kramer, 2009b: 5 (recorded from an ancient coppiced wood on calcareous clay).
Habitat. Stubbs, 2010d: 442 (larvae are green and have fleshy lobes that aid camouflage while living among mosses).
Habitat. Stubbs, 2010d: 442 (larvae live among mosses on stones and on woodland soil).
Habitat. Kramer, 2012h: 3 (Summer field meeting Scottish Highlands: found at marshes).
Habitat. Kramer, 2013g: 2 (sometimes present in good numbers, for example on the the foliage of Ranunculuc repens om the floodoplains by the river Wyre).
Habitat. Stubbs, 2014c: 3 (loc(s) NW Wales; see paper for details on habitat).
Habitat. Brighton, 2017c: 25, 32 (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. Stubbs, 2018b: 2 (prefers drier bits in wet scrub carr).
Latvia
Habitat. Kolcsar et al., 2022: 42 (collected at a small stream and in a Birch-Spruce [Betula- Picea] forest).
Lithuania
Biology. Gorban and Podeniene, 2022: 5, 8-9 (loc(s); reared from Linden [Tilia cordata], develop under mosses, reared from dead wood for the first time; see paper for details).
Luxembourg
Habitat. Vogtenhuber, 2007: 354 (Larven leber terrestrisch auf mehr oder weniger feuchem Moosrasen, vor allem auf Rhytidium squarrosum).
Mongolia
Habitat. Gelhaus et al., 2007: 60-66 (adults were found in floodplain grassy pools in a Birch [Betula] forest and at a small creek flowing through tall grass and logged Betula/Larix riparian forest, (larval habitats and feeding, citing Alexander, 1920r; Peus, 1952)).
Netherlands
Habitat. Dek, 2017: 232 (wet reed [Phragmites] land with Salix trees).
Norway
Habitat. Olsen and Andersen, 2021: 207 (loc(s) Innlandet, in former Hedmark, with habitats specified separately, for habitats see also Jonassen and Andersen, 2020).
Romania
Habitat. Kolcsar et al., 2018a: 111 (collected nera small brooks).
Russia
Habitat. Kolcsar et al., 2022: 43 (collected in a Pine [Pinus] forest with stream).
on characters and taxonomy (mainly from 2000 onward):
Country not relevant
Phylogeny. Michelsen, 1996: 101 (ingroup taxon in a study titled: Neodiptera: New insights into the adult morphology and higher level phylogeny of Diptera (Insecta)).
Immatures. Imada, 2020: 1156-1204 (descr immatures stages, figs).
Phylogeny. Kania-Klosok et al., 2021c: 10 (phylogeny and chronostratigraphy of Cylindrotomidae).
Characters. Conrow and Gelhaus, 2022: 138 (among the 45 species examined for wing interference patterns, 13 species were examined in more detail; see paper for details).
Revision. Kolcsar et al., 2022: 22-84 (descr, comparison, bar-coding, COI sequences, phylogeny, figs).
Great Britain
Immatures. Stubbs, 2010d: 442 (larvae are green and have fleshy lobes that aid camouflage while living among mosses).
Lithuania
Characters. Gelhaus et al., 2007: 66-67 (variability, figs).
Mongolia
Key. Gelhaus et al., 2007: 60-68 (variability, synonymy, key, comparison, figs).
Romania
Figures. Ujvarosi et al., 2011a: 49 (figs).
Russia
Key. Paramonov, 2006b: 887-889 (key, figs) (as subspecies megacauda) (in Russian).
on distribution (mainly from 2000 onward):
Austria
Distribution. Ujvarosi et al., 2011a: 49 (loc(s)).
Distribution. Aistleitner, 2015: 92 (loc(s) Vorarlberg).
Distribution. Vogtenhuber and Kofler, 2017: 138 (loc(s) Osttirol).
Belarus
First record. Kolcsar et al., 2022: 41 (loc(s) Brest oblast).
Belgium
Distribution. Tack et al., 2021: 117 (loc(s) Antwerpen, alle taxa biodiversiteit inventarisatie Bos t Ename, nat loofbos (in Dutch), see paper for description).
Distribution. Dek and Peeters, 2023a: 135 (loc(s) Botanic Garden Jean Massart, Brussels-Capital Region, rather common in the eastern half of Belgium).
Czech Rep.
Distribution. Stary et al., 2005c: 34 (loc(s)).
Distribution. Stary, 2009h: webpage (checklist).
Denmark
First record. Petersen and Jong, 2001a: 146 (checklist).
Distribution. Kolcsar et al., 2022: 41 (loc(s) [?locality]).
Estonia
Distribution. Kolcsar et al., 2022: 41 (loc(s) Ida-Viru county).
Finland
Distribution. Polevoi, 2001: 191 (loc(s)).
Distribution. Salmela et al., 2007b: 47 (loc(s)).
Distribution. Autio and Salmela, 2010: 49 (loc(s) Aland Is).
Distribution. Salmela, 2012b: 242 (annotated list of Finnish crane flies).
Distribution. Salmela and Petrasiunas, 2014: 31 (checklist Finnish Tipulomorpha).
Distribution. Kolcsar et al., 2022: 41 (loc(s) various prov.).
France
Distribution. Nicolas, 2006: 68 (on findings in the Picardie or Ile-de-France) (in French).
Distribution. Nicolas, 2006: 68 (on findings in the Picardie or Ile-de-France) (in French).
Distribution. Kramer and Withers, 2007: 160, 162 (loc(s) Ain (01)).
Distribution. Kramer, 2007a: 33 (loc(s) Ain (01)).
Distribution. Withers, 2008: 137 (loc(s) Ain (01)).
Distribution. Kramer and Langlois, 2019a: 76 (record(s) Ravin de Valbois, Doubs (25)).
Distribution. Quindroit, 2020a: 41 (rather common in northern France) (in French).
Distribution. Quindroit, 2020b: 133 (loc(s) Nord (59) and Pas-de-Calais (62) with notes on habitats and distr) (in French).
Distribution. Tissot et al., 2021: 204 (the Diptera of the Reserves Naturelles Nationales du Doubs (25), results of Malaise trapping since 2009) (in French).
Distribution. Quindroit and Lemoine, 2022a: 32 (loc(s) Aisne (02) and 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).
Germany
Distribution. Schacht, 2000: 310 (loc(s) Bayern).
Distribution. Schacht, 2005: 4 (checklist Bayern).
Distribution. Hable et al., 2010b: 90 (loc(s) Bayern).
Distribution. Schacht, 2010: 13 (checklist Diptera Bayern).
Great Britain
Distribution. Gibbs, 2002a: 1 (loc(s) Bristol Region).
Distribution. Drake, 2003a: 42 (loc(s) Herefordshire).
Distribution. Hewitt et al., 2005: 37, 48 (loc(s) Cumbria).
Distribution. Boardman, 2007: 34 (loc(s), map).
Distribution. Gibbs, 2009: 175 (loc(s) Shton Gate, Bristol, Sommerset (ST5469)).
Distribution. Kramer, 2009b: 5 (loc(s) Suffolk).
Distribution. Kramer, 2010b: 2 (loc(s) Bristol).
Distribution. Boardman, 2012a: 1 (loc(s) Shropshire).
Distribution. Chandler, 2012: 16 (loc(s) Summer field meeting Scottish Highlands).
Distribution. Kramer, 2012h: 3 (loc(s) Summer field meeting Scottish Highlands).
Distribution. Kramer, 2013g: 2, 11 (loc(s) Lancaster, map GB).
Distribution. Kramer, 2013i: 6, 8 (checklist of species from Leigh Woods NNR, Bristol district).
Distribution. Hewitt, 2014: (provisional checklist Cumbrian Diptera).
Distribution. Stubbs, 2014c: 3 (loc(s) NW Wales; see paper for details on habitat).
Distribution. Wolton et al., 2014: 13, 26 (among Diptera associated with a hedge in Devon).
Distribution. Brighton, 2017c: 25, 32 (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, 2018f: 1 (loc(s) Staffordshire).
Distribution. Stubbs, 2018b: 2 (loc(s) Staffordshire).
Distribution. Cunningham, 2019: 16 (Widdow Deer Park, Devon).
Distribution. Morris, 2021: 10 (info on the species, on the distr and map of loc(s) Leicestershire and Rutland (VC55)).
Distribution. Cunningham, 2022: 28 (loc(s) Dartmoor, Devon).
Ireland
Distribution. Ashe et al., 2005b: 346-348 (review Irish records).
Distribution. Chandler et al., 2008: 7 (checklist).
Japan
Distribution. Imada, 2020: S1 (loc(s) Honshu).
Distribution. Kolcsar et al., 2022: 32, 41-42 (loc(s) Hokkaido, Honshu, distr, map).
Distribution. Kato and Yamauchi, 2024: 29 (loc(s) Toyama pref., Honshu).
Kazakhstan
First record. Devyatkov, 2021a: 50 (on the crane fly fauna of East and Northeast Kazakhstan) (in Russian).
Korea
Distribution. Podenas, 2013: 2 (literature overview of North and South Korean records).
Latvia
First record. Kolcsar et al., 2022: 42 (loc(s)).
Lithuania
Distribution. Pakalniskis et al., 2006: 17 (checklist).
Distribution. Gelhaus et al., 2007: 66-67 (loc(s)).
Distribution. Gorban and Podeniene, 2022: 5, 8-9 (loc(s); reared from Linden [Tilia cordata], develop under mosses, reared from dead wood for the first time; see paper for details).
Luxembourg
First record. Vogtenhuber, 2007: 354 (loc(s), distr).
Mongolia
First record. Gelhaus et al., 2007: 60-68 (loc(s), distr).
Netherlands
Distribution. Jong and Oosterbroek, 2002a: 26 (checklist).
Distribution. Dek, 2017: 232 (loc(s) Zeeland).
Norway
Distribution. Olsen and Andersen, 2021: 207 (loc(s) Innlandet, in former Hedmark, with habitats specified separately, for habitats see also Jonassen and Andersen, 2020).
Poland
Distribution. Skibinska and Chudzicke, 2007a: 74 (checklist).
Distribution. Soszynski et al., 2010: 171 (loc(s) Wzniesienia Lodzkie Landscape Park).
Romania
First record. Ujvarosi et al., 2011a: 49 (loc(s)).
Distribution. Kolcsar et al., 2018a: 110 (loc(s), map).
Distribution. Kolcsar, 2018a: appendix (loc(s)).
Russia
Distribution. Paramonov, 2004c: 69 (on the Cylindrotomidae fauna of the Asian part of Russia) (in Russian) (as glabrata megacauda).
Distribution. Paramonov, 2006b: 887-889 (distr) (as subspecies megacauda) (in Russian).
Distribution. Jakovlev et al., 2014: 310 (loc(s) RUN: Kareliya).
Distribution. Paramonov and Klepikov, 2014: 35 (loc(s) Yaroslavskaya oblast).
Distribution. Paramonov and Korobkov, 2019: 91 (loc(s) RUC: Tverskaya oblast, distr) (in Russian).
Distribution. Kolcsar et al., 2022: 32, 42-43 (loc(s) RUW: Novgorodskaya oblast, Leningradskaya oblast, RUC: Moskovskaya oblast, Tverskaya oblast, Yaroslavskaya oblast, RUE: Samarskaya oblast), WS (Altay), FE (Amurskaya oblast, Magadan oblast, Primorskiy kray, Sakhalin, Kuril Is, distr, map).
Slovakia
Distribution. Stary, 2009f: 42 (loc(s) Polana area).
Distribution. Stary, 2009h: webpage (checklist).
Sweden
First record. Stary and Oosterbroek, 2008: 19 (loc(s), distr).
Distribution. Fritz and Lindstrom, 2013: 63 (loc(s) Hallands County) (in Schwedish).
on flight period (mainly from 2000 onward):
Austria
Ujvarosi et al., 2011a: month(s): 8.
Aistleitner, 2015: month(s): 7.
Vogtenhuber and Kofler, 2017: month(s): 7-8.
Belarus
Kolcsar et al., 2022: month(s): 8.
Belgium
Dek and Peeters, 2023a: month(s): 6-8.
Czech Rep.
Stary et al., 2005c: month(s): 7.
Denmark
Kolcsar et al., 2022: month(s): 7.
Estonia
Kolcsar et al., 2022: month(s): 7.
Finland
Kolcsar et al., 2022: month(s): 7.
France
Nicolas, 2006: month(s): 9.
Kramer and Withers, 2007: month(s): 11.
Kramer, 2007a: month(s): 6.
Quindroit, 2020b: month(s): 7-8.
Quindroit and Lemoine, 2022a: month(s): 7.
Germany
Schacht, 2000: month(s): 7-8.
Great Britain
Gibbs, 2002a: month(s): 7.
Drake, 2003a: month(s): 7.
Gibbs, 2009: month(s): 7.
Chandler, 2012: month(s): 7.
Kramer, 2012h: month(s): 7.
Kramer, 2013g: month(s): 7.
Stubbs, 2014c: month(s): 7.
Kramer, 2018f: month(s): 6.
Stubbs, 2018b: month(s): 6.
Cunningham, 2019: month(s): 7.
Ireland
Ashe et al., 2005b: month(s): 6-8.
Japan
Kolcsar et al., 2022: month(s): 7-9.
Kato and Yamauchi, 2024: month(s): 8-9.
Kazakhstan
Devyatkov, 2021a: month(s): 7.
Latvia
Kolcsar et al., 2022: month(s): 7.
Mongolia
Gelhaus et al., 2007: month(s): 7.
Norway
Olsen and Andersen, 2021: month(s): 6-7.
Romania
Ujvarosi et al., 2011a: month(s): 6-7.
Kolcsar et al., 2018a: month(s): 7.
Kolcsar, 2018a: month(s): 6-7.
Russia
Paramonov and Klepikov, 2014: month(s): 6.
Paramonov and Korobkov, 2019: month(s): 7.
Kolcsar et al., 2022: month(s): 6-8.
Slovakia
Stary, 2009f: month(s): 7.
Sweden
Stary and Oosterbroek, 2008: month(s): 7.
on altitude (mainly from 2000 onward):
Austria
Aistleitner, 2015: altitude: 580 m.
Vogtenhuber and Kofler, 2017: altitude: 640-760 m.
Belarus
Kolcsar et al., 2022: altitude: 160 m.
Finland
Kolcsar et al., 2022: altitude: 1-210 m.
Japan
Kolcsar et al., 2022: altitude: 716-1990 m.
Kato and Yamauchi, 2024: altitude: 1120 m.
Kazakhstan
Devyatkov, 2021a: altitude: 465 m.
Latvia
Kolcsar et al., 2022: altitude: 4 m.
Mongolia
Gelhaus et al., 2007: altitude: 943-1480 m.
Romania
Ujvarosi et al., 2011a: altitude: 939-1300 m.
Kolcsar et al., 2018a: altitude: 860-1200 m.
Kolcsar, 2018a: altitude: 650-1300 m.
Russia
Kolcsar et al., 2022: altitude: 13-700 m.
Slovakia
Stary, 2009f: altitude: 560-650 m.

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