Details for Idiocera (Idiocera) alexanderiana

Name: Idiocera (Idiocera) alexanderiana (Lackschewitz, 1940) Publication: Annln Naturh. Mus. Wien 50: 53 (as Gonomyia) Status: Recognized taxon. Classification: Family Limoniidae Subfamily Chioneinae Keys: Stary, 2020b (Europe, males Idiocera (Idiocera)) (see also modfication in Quindroit and Racine, 2025) body part(s) antenna body part(s) head and thorax hypopygium hypopygium wing plus 2 more images of wing and habitat. Distribution: Albania, France (incl. Corsica), Italy (Emilia-Romagna), Romania; Turkey (Asiatic part: Kutahya). Region(s): Westpalaearctic General note: Added: Italy (Emilia-Romagna) (Stary and Oosterbroek, 1996). For France check Quindroit, 2022a, and citations below. Figure references: Head: Quindroit and Racine, 2025 Wing: Quindroit and Racine, 2025 Hypopygium: Quindroit and Racine, 2025 Other figures: Quindroit and Racine, 2025 (thorax) Miscellaneous Quindroit and Racine, 2025 (habitat) Citations on biology (mainly from 2000 onward): France Habitat. Quindroit, 2022a: 17, 26 (annotated list with information on abundancy and habitat of the Tipuloidea of the Pays de la Loire region, distr); see also Quindroit and Racine, 2025: 338 (habitat) (in French) (material from Loiret (45) and Maine-et-Loire (49) was listed before by Kolcsar et al., 2021b under I. sziladyi as new for France). Habitat. Quindroit, 2022a: 17, 26 (annotated list with information on abundancy and habitat of the Tipuloidea of the Pays de la Loire region, distr); see also Quindroit and Racine, 2025: 338 (habitat) (in French) (material from Loiret (45) and Maine-et-Loire (49) was listed before by Kolcsar et al., 2021b under I. sziladyi as new for France). on characters and taxonomy (mainly from 2000 onward): Country not relevant Characters. Stary, 2020b: 179 (comparison). Characters. Quindroit, 2022a: 17 (characters and comparison with sziladyi). Characters. Quindroit and Racine, 2025: 338-339, 354-355 (comparison with I. sziladyi, incl figs and key) (in French). on distribution (mainly from 2000 onward): France Distribution. Quindroit, 2022a: 17, 26 (annotated list with information on abundancy and habitat of the Tipuloidea of the Pays de la Loire region, distr); see also Quindroit and Racine, 2025: 338 (habitat) (in French) (material from Loiret (45) and Maine-et-Loire (49) was listed before by Kolcsar et al., 2021b under I. sziladyi as new for France). Distribution. Quindroit, 2022a: 17, 26 (annotated list with information on abundancy and habitat of the Tipuloidea of the Pays de la Loire region, distr); see also Quindroit and Racine, 2025: 338 (habitat) (in French) (material from Loiret (45) and Maine-et-Loire (49) was listed before by Kolcsar et al., 2021b under I. sziladyi as new for France). Distribution. Quindroit and Racine, 2025: 358 (table specifying the presence in the five departments of the Pays de la Loire region). Romania Distribution. Ujvarosi, 2007: 228-231 (checklist Limoniidae). Turkey First record. Ozgul and Koc, 2012: 747 (first record for Turkey, prov. Kutahya). on flight period (mainly from 2000 onward): France Quindroit, 2022a: month(s): 6, 8-9. Quindroit, 2022a: month(s): 6, 8-9. Turkey Ozgul and Koc, 2012: month(s): 7-8. on altitude (mainly from 2000 onward): Turkey Ozgul and Koc, 2012: altitude: 785-902 m.