Details for Dolichopeza (Dolichopeza) hirsuticauda

Name: Dolichopeza (Dolichopeza) hirsuticauda Savchenko, 1968 Publication: Ent. Obozr. 47: 914 (as Dolichopeza) Status: Recognized taxon, Synonym(s): schahriari Theowald, 1978. Classification: Family Tipulidae Subfamily Dolichopezinae Revision: Oosterbroek and Lantsov, 2011. Keys: Oosterbroek and Lantsov, 2011 (Westpalaearctic Dolichopeza) hypopygium hypopygium ovipositor Distribution: Russia: North Caucasus; Georgia, Azerbaijan, Turkey (Asiatic part: Bolu), Iran (north). Note: see the manual for abbreviations: present-day Russia. Region(s): Westpalaearctic General note: For distribution see Oosterbroek and Lantsov, 2011. Figure references: Hypopygium: Oosterbroek and Lantsov, 2011 Ovipositor: Oosterbroek and Lantsov, 2011 Citations on biology (mainly from 2000 onward): Country not relevant Biology. Oosterbroek and Lantsov, 2011: 276-277 (the period of flight is from the end of april until mid september; the usual habitats are swampy and mossy forest glades, sheer cliffs around waterfalls overgrown with moss and liverworts, damp mountain gorges and dense shrub thickets along the banks of mountain torrents and streams; D. hirsuticauda takes on the wing in the evening shortly after sunset, which is also the time when the crane flies emerge from the pupae; newly emerged crane flies are characteristically watery green until their integuments harden; during the day the adults are relatively inactive and usually remain concealed in the shade of bushes and rocks, citing Savchenko 1968e). on characters and taxonomy (mainly from 2000 onward): Azerbaijan Revision. Oosterbroek and Lantsov, 2011: 271, 274-277 (review, type-mat, synonymy, diagnosis, key, figs). on distribution (mainly from 2000 onward): Azerbaijan Distribution. Oosterbroek and Lantsov, 2011: 277 (type-loc(s)). Distribution. Snegovaya, 2021: 1149 (checklist with details on distr in Azerbaijan). Georgia Distribution. Lantsov, 2000b: 147 (on the species composition of crane flies of Abkhazia) (in Russian). Distribution. Oosterbroek and Lantsov, 2011: 277 (type-loc(s), loc(s); known from Ajaria and Abkhazia). Iran Distribution. Oosterbroek and Lantsov, 2011: 277 (type-loc(s) schahriari, loc(s)). Russia Distribution. Oosterbroek and Lantsov, 2011: 277 (type-loc North Caucasus: Krasnodarskiy kray). Turkey Distribution. Oosterbroek and Lantsov, 2011: 277 (loc(s) Bolu). on flight period (mainly from 2000 onward): Azerbaijan Oosterbroek and Lantsov, 2011: month(s): 4-5. Georgia Lantsov, 2000b: month(s): 7-8. Oosterbroek and Lantsov, 2011: month(s): 5-6. Iran Oosterbroek and Lantsov, 2011: month(s): 6-7. Russia Oosterbroek and Lantsov, 2011: month(s): 5. Turkey Oosterbroek and Lantsov, 2011: month(s): 7. on altitude (mainly from 2000 onward): Azerbaijan Oosterbroek and Lantsov, 2011: altitude: 150-1500 m. Georgia Oosterbroek and Lantsov, 2011: altitude: 500-850 m. Iran Oosterbroek and Lantsov, 2011: altitude: 780-1400 m. Turkey Oosterbroek and Lantsov, 2011: altitude: 400 m.