Details for Erioptera (Erioptera) griseipennis

Name: Erioptera (Erioptera) griseipennis Meigen, 1838 Publication: Syst. Beschr. 7: 23 (as Erioptera) Status: Recognized taxon, Synonym(s): gracilipes Loew, 1870. Classification: Family Limoniidae Subfamily Chioneinae Keys: Boardman, 2016 (craneflies Shropshire); Stubbs and Kramer, 2016j; Stubbs, 2021 (British craneflies) habitus male habitus male habitus male hypopygium hypopygium plus 3 more images of hypopygium, hypopygium and ovipositor. Distribution: Austria, Belgium, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Czech Rep., Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Great Britain, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Sweden, Switzerland, Ukraine; Russia: RUW, RUC. 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 Great Britain and Ireland check Stubbs, 2021, and citations below. Map: Podenas et al., 2006 (Switzerland); Ashe et al., 2007b (Ireland); Boardman, 2007 (Shropshire); Kolcsar et al., 2017a (collecting sites Balcan region) Figure references: Hypopygium: Stary and Rozkosny, 1970a; Stary, 1974f; Podenas et al., 2006; Kramer and Morris, 2022a Ovipositor: Stary, 1974f Citations on biology (mainly from 2000 onward): Bosnia-Herzegowina Habitat. Kolcsar et al., 2017a: 24 (collected in a boggy area around a small mountain stream). Bulgaria Habitat. Hubenov, 2025b: suppl: 4 (annotated list Diptera high Bulgarian mts, local distr, habitats and zoogeography). Denmark Habitat. Byriel and Rojas, 2017: 118 (among the 101 species in a study on cranefly hotspots in unmanaged and managed forests) (in Danish). Biology. Byriel et al., 2025a: (one of the 104 species, in the dataset belonging to Byriel et al., 2025b, on crane fly diversity in Danish forest wetlands, and how unmanaged forest swamps benefit saproxylic and soil-inhabiting crane fly communities; see papers for details). Finland Habitat. Salmela et al., 2019: 522 (red list status, habitat types, threat factors). France Habitat. Kramer and Withers, 2007: 159 (marshland species with larvae in the more or less saturated organic mud of lake margins and marshes). Biology. Quindroit, 2020a: 27, 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: 136 (loc(s) Nord (59) with notes on habitats and distr) (in French). Habitat. Quindroit, 2021a: 36 (loc(s), resultats d une campagne de piegeage dans le Pas-de-Calais (62); see paper for details on habitat). Habitat. Quindroit and Lemoine, 2022a: 26 (loc(s) Somme (80) with notes on habitats and distr) (in French). Great Britain Habitat. Godfrey, 2001a: 23. Habitat. Boardman, 2007: 43 (a lowland cranfly of clay soils, generally found adjacent to streams or gullies). Habitat. Cranston and Drake, 2010: 175 (Erioptera larvae can be found in marginal situations along standing waters [no species mentioned]). Biology. Drake, 2011a: 16, 24 (among the Diptera from a wet Alder [Alnus] wood in Devon, showing a single generation). Habitat. Brighton, 2017c: 25, 33 (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). Ireland Biology. Ashe and O'Connor, 2005: 271-272 (habitat: immatures are associated with wet margins and banks of streams and rivers; phenology). Russia Habitat. Paramonov and Korobkov, 2019: 92 (loc(s) RUC: Tverskaya oblast, distr, habitat, citing various authors) (in Russian). Sweden Habitat. Hamback et al., 2022: 64 (loc(s) Halland, distr) (in Swedish). on characters and taxonomy (mainly from 2000 onward): Country not relevant Characters. Gavryushin, 2011: 109 (comparison). Great Britain Characters. Kramer and Morris, 2022a: 7 (diagnosis, figs). on distribution (mainly from 2000 onward): Bosnia-Herzegowina First record. Kolcsar et al., 2017a: 24, 26, 35 (loc(s) Boracko Lake, map). Bulgaria Distribution. Hubenov, 2015: 220 (annotated list Diptera Pirin Mt, loc(s), faunistics and zoogeography). Distribution. Hubenov, 2017: 68 (on vertical distribution in the Pirin and Rila Mts; see paper for details on forests and subalpine-alpine zones, distr). Distribution. Hubenov, 2021a: 31 (checklist with summary of distr in Bulgaria, references). Distribution. Hubenov, 2025b: suppl: 4 (annotated list Diptera high Bulgarian mts, local distr, habitats and zoogeography). Czech Rep. Distribution. Stary et al., 2005a: 27 (loc(s)). Distribution. Stary, 2009i: webpage (checklist). Denmark Distribution. Petersen and Jong, 2001b: 149 (checklist). Distribution. Byriel et al., 2025a: (one of the 104 species, in the dataset belonging to Byriel et al., 2025b, on crane fly diversity in Danish forest wetlands, and how unmanaged forest swamps benefit saproxylic and soil-inhabiting crane fly communities; see papers for details). Estonia Distribution. Stary, 2004f: (Fauna Europaea: added Estonia). Finland Distribution. Salmela, 2012b: 237 (annotated list of Finnish crane flies). Distribution. Salmela and Petrasiunas, 2014: 25 (checklist Finnish Tipulomorpha). Distribution. Salmela et al., 2019: 522 (red list status, habitat types, threat factors). France Distribution. Kramer and Withers, 2007: 159, 162 (loc(s) Ain (01)). Distribution. Withers, 2008: 137 (loc(s) Ain (01)). Distribution. Quindroit, 2020a: 27, 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: 136 (loc(s) Nord (59) with notes on habitats and distr) (in French). Distribution. Quindroit, 2021a: 36 (loc(s), resultats d une campagne de piegeage dans le Pas-de-Calais (62); see paper for details on habitat). Distribution. Tissot et al., 2021: 208 (the Diptera of the Reserves Naturelles Nationales du Doubs (25), results of Malaise trapping since 2009) (in French). Distribution. Quindroit and Lemoine, 2022a: 26 (loc(s) Somme (80) with notes on habitats and distr) (in French). Distribution. Quindroit and Lemoine, 2022a: 36 (table specifying the presence in the five departments of the Hauts-de-France region). Distribution. Quindroit and Racine, 2025: 358 (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: 157 (checklist German Bundeslander). Distribution. Reusch and Bellstedt, 2001b: 73 (checklist Thuringen). Distribution. Reusch et al., 2004: 113 (loc(s) Brandenburg). Distribution. Schacht, 2005: 5 (checklist Bayern). Distribution. Schumann, 2008: (species recorded from Brandenburg, including Berlin, based on the literature with specification of period of years). Distribution. Hable et al., 2010b: 91 (loc(s) Bayern). Distribution. Schacht, 2010: 16 (checklist Diptera Bayern). Distribution. Stuke, 2019: 142 (checklist Niedersachsen and Bremen with reference to original sources). Great Britain Distribution. Godfrey, 2001a: 23 (recorded from sites in Shropshire and just over the country border in Montgmeryshire; see paper for details). Distribution. Boardman, 2007: 43-44 (loc(s), map). Distribution. Kramer, 2009f: 1 (loc(s) Yorkshire). Distribution. Skidmore, 2009: 126 (review of occurrence on the Western Isles of Scotland, distr). Distribution. Drake, 2011a: 24 (loc(s) Devon). Distribution. Kramer, 2011j: 14 (loc(s) Leicestershire and Rutland (VC55)). Distribution. Kramer, 2013f: 1 (loc(s) Northamptonshire). Distribution. Hewitt, 2014: (provisional checklist Cumbrian Diptera). Distribution. Wolton et al., 2014: 26 (among Diptera associated with a hedge in Devon, caught in emergence trap). Distribution. Brighton, 2017c: 25, 33 (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 and Morris, 2022a: 7 (info on the species, on the distr and map of loc(s) Leicestershire and Rutland (VC55)). Ireland First record. Ashe and O'Connor, 2005: 271-272 (loc(s), distr). Distribution. Ashe et al., 2007b: 361, 370, 402 (review Irish records, map). Distribution. Chandler et al., 2008: 9 (checklist). Lithuania Distribution. Pakalniskis et al., 2006: 19 (checklist). Netherlands Distribution. Jong and Oosterbroek, 2002b: 28 (checklist). Distribution. Stary, 2020a: 45 (Limoniidae Kaaistoep, Noord-Brabant). Norway First record. Kolcsar et al., 2021b: 102-103 (loc(s) Akershus and Oslo). Poland Distribution. Wiedenska, 2007a: 75 (checklist). Distribution. Wiedenska, 2010: 132 (loc(s) Parku Krajobrazowego Wzniesien Lodzkich, Lodz). Distribution. Wiedenska and Syratt, 2023: 134 (loc(s) Bieszczady Mountains, distr and remarks). Romania Distribution. Ujvarosi, 2007: 228-231 (checklist Limoniidae). Distribution. Kolcsar et al., 2017a: 26, 35 (7 loc(s), map). Russia Distribution. Paramonov and Korobkov, 2019: 92 (loc(s) RUC: Tverskaya oblast, distr, habitat, citing various authors) (in Russian). Distribution. Esin et al., 2023: Electronic Suppl. (loc(s) RUC, Mordoviya Rep.). Slovakia Distribution. Stary, 2009d: 27 (loc(s) Polana area). Distribution. Stary, 2009i: webpage (checklist). Slovenia Distribution. Oosterbroek and Simova-Tosic, 2004: 443 (review literature). Sweden Distribution. Hamback et al., 2022: 64 (loc(s) Halland, distr) (in Swedish). Switzerland Distribution. Podenas et al., 2006: 93, 247 (map, vertical distr per thermic level). Distribution. Dufour and Merz, 2012: 353 (annotated checklist canton Geneva). on flight period (mainly from 2000 onward): Bosnia-Herzegowina Kolcsar et al., 2017a: month(s): 5. Bulgaria Hubenov, 2015: month(s): 6. Czech Rep. Stary et al., 2005a: month(s): 5-6. France Kramer and Withers, 2007: month(s): 4-5. Quindroit, 2020a: month(s): 4. Quindroit, 2020b: month(s): 4-5. Quindroit and Lemoine, 2022a: month(s): 5. Germany Reusch et al., 2004: month(s): 6. Great Britain Godfrey, 2001a: month(s): 5. Kramer, 2009f: month(s): 5. Kramer, 2011j: month(s): 5. Kramer, 2013f: month(s): 5. Ireland Ashe and O'Connor, 2005: month(s): 5. Ashe et al., 2007b: month(s): 5-6. Norway Kolcsar et al., 2021b: month(s): 6. Poland Wiedenska and Syratt, 2023: month(s): 6-7. Romania Kolcsar et al., 2017a: month(s): 5-7. Russia Paramonov and Korobkov, 2019: month(s): 6. Esin et al., 2023: month(s): 7. Slovakia Stary, 2009d: month(s): 5-7. Switzerland Podenas et al., 2006: month(s): 5-9. on altitude (mainly from 2000 onward): Bosnia-Herzegowina Kolcsar et al., 2017a: altitude: 400 m. Bulgaria Hubenov, 2015: altitude: 1000 m. Hubenov, 2017: altitude: 1000 m. Hubenov, 2021a: altitude: 1000 m. Hubenov, 2025b: altitude: 1000 m. Germany Reusch et al., 2004: altitude: 80 m. Norway Kolcsar et al., 2021b: altitude: 0.5-347 m. Poland Wiedenska and Syratt, 2023: altitude: 500-650 m. Romania Kolcsar et al., 2017a: altitude: 860-1590 m. Slovakia Stary, 2009d: altitude: 630-870 m.