Details for Erioptera (Erioptera) verralli

Name: Erioptera (Erioptera) verralli Edwards, 1921 Publication: Trans. R. Ent. Soc. Lond. 1921: 212 (as Erioptera) Status: Recognized taxon, Synonym(s): nigripalpis Goetghebuer, 1920. Classification: Family Limoniidae Subfamily Chioneinae Keys: Boardman, 2016 (craneflies Shropshire); Stubbs and Kramer, 2016j; Stubbs, 2021 (British craneflies) Variant spelling(s): veralli hypopygium hypopygium hypopygium hypopygium hypopygium plus one additional image of ovipositor. Distribution: Belgium, Czech Rep., France, Germany, Great Britain, Italy (Trentino-Alto Adige), Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Switzerland, Ukraine (Carpathians). Region(s): Westpalaearctic General note: For Italy check Stary and Oosterbroek, 1996, and citations below. For Great Britain check Stubbs, 2021, and citations below. To be confirmed for Austria (in Palaearctic Catalogue (Savchenko et al., 1992)). Map: Podenas et al., 2006 (Switzerland); Boardman, 2007 (Shropshire); Kolcsar et al., 2017a (collecting sites Balcan region) Figure references: Hypopygium: Stary, 1974f; Podenas et al., 2006; Kolcsar et al., 2017a; Kramer and Langlois, 2019b; Kramer and Morris, 2022a Ovipositor: Stary, 1974f Citations on biology (mainly from 2000 onward): Germany Habitat. Reiff et al., 2015: 234 (loc(s) Baden-Wurttemberg with list of habitats). Great Britain Habitat. Godfrey, 1999: 78 (species of small wooded streams only). Habitat. Godfrey, 2001a: 14, 21-23 (as nigripalpis). Habitat. Crossley, 2003b: 60 (found along densely shaded streams with incised banks, almost exclusively on clay, citing Falk, 1991). Habitat. Stubbs, 2003: 101, 105-106 (confined to wet woodland, seemingly to well shaded streams in clay woodland; it occurs beside non-incised and incised streams, sometimes even along neglected ditched stream banks; larvae are assumed to be in wet mud at the edges of the streams or in the banks a short distance above the average water level; the paper includes further details on habitat management and examples of good/bad practice) (as nigripalpis). Habitat. Crossley, 2004: 154 (shaded streamsides in woods). Habitat. Boardman, 2007: 45 (said to require streams or gullies in woodland on limestone, or at least subject to some calcareous flushing). Habitat. Kramer, 2007b: 35 (collected at stream margins in forests). Habitat. Kramer, 2009f: 1 (a woodland seepage-stream species). Habitat. Cranston and Drake, 2010: 175 (Erioptera larvae can be found in marginal situations along standing waters [no species mentioned]). Habitat. Kramer, 2011j: 14 (rare at stream margins). 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). Habitat. Kramer and Langlois, 2019b: 229 (a species of shaded stream margins on calcareous soils). Hungary Habitat. Kolcsar and Soltesz, 2018: 168 (collected along a stream). Poland Phenology. Wiedenska, 2015a: 52 (on the flight activity of Limoniidae in the Kamienica Valley, Gorce National Park, Western Carpathians) (in Polish, tables also in English). Habitat. Wiedenska, 2017a: 15 (faunistic and habitat data of species from the Gorce NP) (in Polish). Romania Habitat. Kolcsar et al., 2017a: 27, 29, 44 (loc(s) Baiutl Mts, map; found around a small mountain stream in Spruce [Picea abies] dominated forest). on characters and taxonomy (mainly from 2000 onward): Country not relevant Characters. Gavryushin, 2011: 109 (comparison). Great Britain Characters. Kramer and Langlois, 2019b: 229 (char, figs). Characters. Kramer and Morris, 2022a: 8 (diagnosis, figs). on distribution (mainly from 2000 onward): Czech Rep. Distribution. Stary, 2009i: webpage (checklist). France First record. Kramer and Langlois, 2019a: 76 (record(s) Ravin de Valbois, Doubs (25)) [not recorded for the first time for France in Palaearctic Catalogue (Savchenko et al., 1992) as given in Quindroit, 2025a]). Distribution. Kramer and Langlois, 2019b: 229 (record(s) Ravin de Valbois, Doubs (25), loc(s), distr). Distribution. Kramer and Langlois, 2019b: 229-230 (record(s) Ravin de Valbois, Doubs (25), loc(s), distr). Distribution. Tissot et al., 2021: 208 (the Diptera of the Reserves Naturelles Nationales du Doubs (25), results of Malaise trapping since 2009) (in French). Germany Distribution. Schacht, 1999: 134 (checklist Bayern). Distribution. Reusch and Oosterbroek, 2000: 157 (checklist German Bundeslander). Distribution. Reusch et al., 2004: 113 (loc(s) Niedersachsen, known from four Bundeslander). Distribution. Schacht, 2005: 5 (checklist Bayern). Distribution. Schacht, 2010: 17 (checklist Diptera Bayern). Distribution. Reiff et al., 2015: 234 (loc(s) Baden-Wurttemberg with list of habitats). Distribution. Stuke, 2019: 142 (checklist Niedersachsen and Bremen with reference to original sources). Great Britain Distribution. Godfrey, 2001a: 14, 21-23 (recorded from sites in Shropshire and just over the country border in Montgmeryshire; see paper for details) (as nigripalpis). Distribution. Crossley, 2003b: 60 (loc(s) Sheffield). Distribution. Stubbs, 2003: 106 (distr in GB) (as nigripalpis). Distribution. Crossley, 2004: 154 (loc(s) Sheffield). Distribution. Boardman, 2007: 45 (loc(s), map). Distribution. Kramer, 2007b: 35 (loc(s) Leicestershire). Distribution. Kramer, 2009f: 1 (loc(s) Yorkshire). Distribution. Kramer, 2011j: 14 (loc(s) Leicestershire and Rutland (VC55)). Distribution. Hewitt, 2014: (provisional checklist Cumbrian Diptera). Distribution. Showers, 2016: 2 (loc(s) Northamptonshire). 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. Showers, 2017a: 4 (loc(s) Northamptonshire). Distribution. Kramer and Morris, 2022a: 8 (info on the species, on the distr and map of loc(s) Leicestershire and Rutland (VC55)). Hungary First record. Kolcsar and Soltesz, 2018: 168 (loc(s) Baranya county). Poland Distribution. Wiedenska, 2007a: 75 (checklist). Distribution. Wiedenska, 2015a: 52 (on the flight activity of Limoniidae in the Kamienica Valley, Gorce National Park, Western Carpathians) (in Polish, tables also in English). Distribution. Wiedenska, 2017a: 15 (faunistic and habitat data of species from the Gorce NP) (in Polish). Distribution. Obona et al., 2019a: 124 (records of Diptera from the Babia Gora Massif). 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: 27, 29, 44 (loc(s) Baiutl Mts, map; found around a small mountain stream in Spruce [Picea abies] dominated forest). Slovakia Distribution. Stary, 2009i: webpage (checklist). Switzerland Distribution. Podenas et al., 2006: 94, 250 (map, vertical distr per thermic level). on flight period (mainly from 2000 onward): France Kramer and Langlois, 2019b: month(s): 5. Kramer and Langlois, 2019b: month(s): 5. Germany Reusch et al., 2004: month(s): 5. Reiff et al., 2015: month(s): 10. Great Britain Godfrey, 2001a: month(s): 5. Crossley, 2003b: month(s): 5-6. Stubbs, 2003: month(s): 5. Crossley, 2004: month(s): 5-6. Kramer, 2007b: month(s): 10. Kramer, 2009f: month(s): 5. Kramer, 2011j: month(s): 5. Showers, 2016: month(s): 4. Showers, 2017a: month(s): 7. Hungary Kolcsar and Soltesz, 2018: month(s): 4. Poland Wiedenska, 2015a: month(s): 5-6. Obona et al., 2019a: month(s): 6. Wiedenska and Syratt, 2023: month(s): 6. Romania Kolcsar et al., 2017a: month(s): 6. Switzerland Podenas et al., 2006: month(s): 5-7. on altitude (mainly from 2000 onward): Germany Reusch et al., 2004: altitude: 115-120 m. Reiff et al., 2015: altitude: 671 m. Poland Obona et al., 2019a: altitude: 973 m. Wiedenska and Syratt, 2023: altitude: 1000 m. Romania Kolcsar et al., 2017a: altitude: 980 m.