Details for Limnophila (Limnophila) schranki
Name:Limnophila (Limnophila) schranki Oosterbroek, 1992
Publication:In: Savchenko et al., 1992, Cat. Pal. Dipt. 1: 224 (as Limnophila)
Status:Recognized taxon, Synonym(s): punctata (Schrank, 1781).
Classification:Family Limoniidae
Subfamily Limnophilinae
Descriptive note:As new name for Tipula punctata Schrank, 1781.
Keys:Peeters en Oosterbroek, 2014a, 2014c (craneflies Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg) (in Dutch); Boardman, 2016 (craneflies Shropshire); Stubbs and Kramer, 2016g; Stubbs, 2021 (British craneflies)
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Distribution:Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Rep., Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Great Britain, Hungary, Italy (incl. Sicily), Latvia, Lithuania, Montenegro, Netherlands, North Macedonia, Norway, Poland, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey (European part: Edirne, Kirklareli), Ukraine; Russia: RUN, RUW, RUC, North Caucasus; Georgia, Turkey (Asiatic part: Eskisehir, Usak);; Kazakhstan (northwest).
Note: see the manual for abbreviations: present-day Russia.
Region(s):Westpalaearctic;; Eastpalaearctic
General note:For Italy check Stary and Oosterbroek, 1996, and citations below. For Finland check Salmela, 2012b, 2012c, and citations below. For Norway check Olsen et al., 2018, and citations below. For Great Britain and Ireland check Stubbs, 2021, and citations below. To be confirmed for Russia: RUE (Middle Volga region) (in Chuzhekova, 2015, based on larvae only).
Map:Podenas et al., 2006 (Switzerland); Boardman, 2007 (Shropshire)
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references:
Habitus: Quindroit, 2020b (male); Quindroit, 2025a (sex?)
Wing: Podenas et al., 2006; Boardman, 2007; Ozgul and Koc, 2010; Kramer and Morris, 2022b
Hypopygium: Podenas et al., 2006; Ozgul and Koc, 2010; Kramer and Morris, 2022b

Immature stages
Larva: Alexander, 1920r (as punctata Schrank); Podeniene, 2002; Podeniene, 2003a
Citationson biology (mainly from 2000 onward):
Bulgaria
Habitat. Hubenov, 2025b: suppl: 3 (annotated list Diptera high Bulgarian mts, local distr, habitats and zoogeography).
Czech Rep.
Habitat. Stary et al., 2013b: 377 (on Limonidae from Vraz near Pisek, with general habitat description).
Habitat. Stary and Vonicka, 2018: 50 (on Limoniidae and Pediciidae of two localities in northern Bohemia, with list of localities, altitudes and habitats).
Finland
Habitat. Salmela and Vartija, 2007: 10 (quite common in brooks and rapids, citing Salmela, 2006).
Habitat. Kramer, 2012f: 4 (swept from Carex bed along river bank where streamlet from mire joined the river).
France
Habitat. Kramer, 2007a: 33 (collected in a marsh dominated by Equisetum).
Biology. Quindroit, 2020a: 32, 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: 137 (loc(s) Nord (59) and Pas-de-Calais (62) with notes on habitats and distr) (in French).
Habitat. Labat, 2022: 52-67 (preliminary study on Diptera of riparian corridors at several localities in France; supplements: loc(s) Cotes d Armor (22)) (in French).
Habitat. Quindroit and Lemoine, 2022a: 30 (loc(s) Aisne (02) with notes on habitats and distr) (in French).
Georgia
Habitat. Stary and Obona, 2020: 131 (loc(s); with list of localities, habitats and altitudes).
Germany
Habitat. Lehmann and Reusch, 2009: 122 (from around lowland springs).
Habitat. Dunk, 2018: 96 (loc(s) Bayern with list of habtats).
Great Britain
Habitat. Godfrey, 1999: 79 (species of rivers but not the major shoals).
Habitat. Godfrey, 2001a: 21, 23.
Habitat. Boardman, 2007: 66-67 (fly of shallow streams with fine sediment).
Habitat. Kramer, 2009f: 1 (a woodland seepage-stream species).
Habitat. Cranston and Drake, 2010: 175 (larvae can be found in marginal situations along flowing waters).
Habitat. Boardman, 2011: 1 (always encountered close to water wheras this taken on a very dry limestone quarry bank).
Habitat. Stubbs, 2014b: 2 (loc(s) Scotland; see paper for details on habitat).
Habitat. Brighton, 2017c: 27, 37 (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. Hancock, 2018a: 9 (found near Loch Lomond along Endrick Water, notes on association with riverine sediments (ERS) habitats and early date of collecting (april 22)) (as punctata).
Habitat. Chandler and Alexander, 2020: 52 (loc(s) and habitat info East Sussex).
Latvia
Habitat. Salmela and Vartija, 2007: 10 (at a brook with relatively swift flow, sandy and stony bottom, mosses and riparian forest and a small brook surrounded by deciduous trees).
Lithuania
Habitat. Podeniene, 2001a: 83, 84 (larvae were found in the intertidal zone of a small river in silt and fallings, and in loam and fallings at the bottom of a channel).
Habitat. Podeniene and Gelhaus, 2002: 68 (larvae in the riparian zone of river, among roots of Carex).
Habitat. Podeniene, 2002: 297, 299, 303 (larvae were found in mud on the bank of small rivulet in mixed (Vaccinio-Piceion) forest and in riparian zones of small river).
Habitat. Podeniene, 2003a: 1-295 (larva, descr, figs, habitat) (in Lithuanian).
Habitat. Podeniene, 2003b: 10, 21, 22, 28 (larval habitat: sand and silt in riparian zone of small rivulets and littoral zone of lakes, mud (in springy slopes of lakes and rivers, on swampy riversides, in littoral zone of swampy lakes, in marshy meadows), clay in land-improvement channels, swamps at the bottom of karst pits in old deciduous forest).
Poland
Habitat. Wiedenska, 2014: 12 (on the occurence of Limoniidae in six selected plant communities in the Kamienica Valley, Gorce National Park, Western Carpathians; data based on Chaniecka and Wiedenska, 2006) (in Polish, habitat tables also in English).
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: 13 (faunistic and habitat data of species from the Gorce NP) (in Polish).
Romania
Habitat. Ujvarosi, 2005a: 245 (brooks, small river, swamp, moist soil, citing various sources).
Habitat. Ujvarosi and Poti, 2006: 256, 260 (habitat in Dupa Lunca marshland: predominantly swamp with bushes and trees).
Habitat. Ujvarosi et al., 2011b: 107 (loc(s) Dupa Lanca marshy area near Voslobeni) (in Hungarian, species list with habitat information in English).
Habitat. Kolcsar et al., 2013: 72 (loc(s) Cluj-Napoca and surroundings; list of habitats with altitudes).
Sweden
Habitat. Lindstrom and Fritz, 2015: 44, 47 (distributin and ecology in five fens in Hallands County) (in Schwedish).
on characters and taxonomy (mainly from 2000 onward):
Country not relevant
Characters. Podeniene and Gelhaus, 2010: 195 (comparison).
Phylogeny. Kania and Krzeminski, 2012: 46-52 (phylogeny Palaeopoecilostola: outgroup taxon) (as punctata).
Great Britain
Characters. Boardman, 2007: 66-67 (wing markings quite variable, figs).
Immatures. Reusch, 2007: 870 (pupae in coll. Beling).
Characters. Kramer and Morris, 2022b: 8 (diagnosis, figs).
Lithuania
Immatures. Podeniene, 2002: 297, 299, 303 (comparison).
Immatures. Podeniene, 2003a: 1-295 (larva, descr, figs, habitat) (in Lithuanian).
on distribution (mainly from 2000 onward):
Austria
Distribution. Reusch and Heiss, 2012: 323-332 (loc(s) Nat. Park Gesause, see PDF for months and altitudes).
Distribution. Vogtenhuber and Kofler, 2017: 139 (loc(s) Osttirol).
Bosnia-Herzegowina
Distribution. Oosterbroek and Simova-Tosic, 2004: 446 (review literature).
Bulgaria
Distribution. Hubenov, 2018a: 15 (on the Diptera of the Vitosha Mt; see paper for details on vegetation belts and local distr).
Distribution. Hubenov, 2021a: 30 (checklist with summary of distr in Bulgaria, references).
Distribution. Hubenov, 2025b: suppl: 3 (annotated list Diptera high Bulgarian mts, local distr, habitats and zoogeography).
Croatia
First record. Oosterbroek and Simova-Tosic, 2004: 446 (loc(s)).
Czech Rep.
Distribution. Stary et al., 2005a: 27 (loc(s)).
Distribution. Stary, 2009i: webpage (checklist).
Distribution. Stary et al., 2013b: 377 (on Limonidae from Vraz near Pisek, with general habitat description).
Distribution. Stary and Vonicka, 2018: 50 (on Limoniidae and Pediciidae of two localities in northern Bohemia, with list of localities, altitudes and habitats).
Denmark
Distribution. Petersen and Jong, 2001b: 150 (checklist).
Finland
Distribution. Salmela et al., 2007b: 45 (loc(s)).
Distribution. Kramer, 2012f: 4 (loc(s) Obb: Syote National Park).
Distribution. Salmela, 2012b: 238 (annotated list of Finnish crane flies).
Distribution. Salmela and Petrasiunas, 2014: 28 (checklist Finnish Tipulomorpha).
France
Distribution. Kramer, 2007a: 33 (loc(s) Isere (38)).
Distribution. Quindroit, 2020a: 32, 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: 137 (loc(s) Nord (59) and Pas-de-Calais (62) with notes on habitats and distr) (in French).
Distribution. Labat, 2021: 92 (on Diptera taxa recorded along the over-all length of the Dordogne River and some of its tributaries; see paper for the locality details) (in French).
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. Labat, 2022: 52-67 (preliminary study on Diptera of riparian corridors at several localities in France; supplements: loc(s) Cotes d Armor (22)) (in French).
Distribution. Quindroit and Lemoine, 2022a: 30 (loc(s) Aisne (02) with notes on habitats and distr) (in French).
Distribution. Quindroit and Lemoine, 2022a: 38 (table specifying the presence in the five departments of the Hauts-de-France region).
Distribution. Quindroit and Racine, 2025: 359 (table specifying the presence in the five departments of the Pays de la Loire region).
Georgia
Distribution. Stary and Obona, 2020: 131 (loc(s); with list of localities, habitats and altitudes).
Germany
Distribution. Schacht, 1999: 134 (checklist Bayern).
Distribution. Reusch and Oosterbroek, 2000: 156 (checklist German Bundeslander).
Distribution. Reusch and Bellstedt, 2001b: 72 (checklist Thuringen).
Distribution. Schacht, 2005: 5 (checklist Bayern).
Distribution. Lehmann and Reusch, 2009: 122 (loc(s) Niedersachsen).
Distribution. Hable et al., 2010b: 91 (loc(s) Bayern).
Distribution. Schacht, 2010: 17 (checklist Diptera Bayern).
Distribution. Dunk, 2018: 96 (loc(s) Bayern with list of habtats).
Distribution. Stuke, 2019: 143 (checklist Niedersachsen and Bremen with reference to original sources).
Great Britain
Distribution. Godfrey, 2001a: 21, 23 (recorded from sites in Shropshire and just over the country border in Montgmeryshire; see paper for details).
Distribution. Boardman, 2007: 66-67 (distr, map).
Distribution. Kramer, 2009f: 1 (loc(s) Yorkshire).
Distribution. Kramer, 2011g: 2 (loc(s) Devon).
Distribution. Kramer, 2011j: 19 (loc(s) Leicestershire and Rutland (VC55)).
Distribution. Kramer, 2013f: 1 (loc(s) Northamptonshire).
Distribution. Kramer, 2013i: 8 (checklist of species from Leigh Woods NNR, Bristol district).
Distribution. Hewitt, 2014: (provisional checklist Cumbrian Diptera).
Distribution. Stubbs, 2014b: 2 (loc(s) Scotland; see paper for details on habitat).
Distribution. Wolton et al., 2014: 27 (among Diptera associated with a hedge in Devon).
Distribution. Brighton, 2017c: 27, 37 (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. Hancock, 2018a: 9 (found near Loch Lomond along Endrick Water, notes on association with riverine sediments (ERS) habitats and early date of collecting (april 22)) (as punctata).
Distribution. Chandler and Alexander, 2020: 52 (loc(s) and habitat info East Sussex).
Distribution. Kramer and Morris, 2022b: 8 (info on the species, on the distr and map of loc(s) Leicestershire and Rutland (VC55)).
Hungary
Distribution. Toth, 2005: 169 (loc(s)).
Ireland
Distribution not confirmed. Chandler et al., 2008: 11 (checklist, not confirmed for Ireland) [the only Irish record being in Walker, 1856, as punctata].
Misinterpretation. Chandler, 2018b: 223 (removed from the Irish list).
Latvia
Distribution. Stary, 2004f: (Fauna Europaea: added Latvia).
Distribution. Salmela and Vartija, 2007: 10 (loc(s)).
Lithuania
Distribution. Podeniene, 2001a: 83, 84 (loc(s)).
Distribution. Podeniene and Gelhaus, 2002: 68 (loc(s)).
Distribution. Podeniene, 2002: 297, 299, 303 (loc(s)).
Distribution. Pakalniskis et al., 2006: 21 (checklist).
Montenegro
Distribution. Oosterbroek and Simova-Tosic, 2004: 446 (review literature).
Netherlands
Distribution. Jong and Oosterbroek, 2002b: 32 (checklist).
Distribution. Cuppen, 2009: 7 (loc(s) larval records).
North Macedonia
Distribution. Oosterbroek and Simova-Tosic, 2004: 446 (review literature).
Norway
Distribution. Olsen et al., 2018: 158-159 (annotated checklist Nordic countries and for Norway according to the Strand regions).
Poland
Distribution. Palaczyk, 2001: 269 (loc(s)) (as punctata).
Distribution. Wiedenska, 2007a: 75 (checklist).
Distribution. Wiedenska, 2010: 133 (loc(s) Parku Krajobrazowego Wzniesien Lodzkich, Lodz).
Distribution. Wiedenska, 2014: 12 (on the occurence of Limoniidae in six selected plant communities in the Kamienica Valley, Gorce National Park, Western Carpathians; data based on Chaniecka and Wiedenska, 2006) (in Polish, habitat tables also in English).
Distribution. Wiedenska, 2017a: 13 (faunistic and habitat data of species from the Gorce NP) (in Polish).
Distribution. Wiedenska and Syratt, 2023: 131 (loc(s) Bieszczady Mountains, distr and remarks).
Romania
Distribution. Ujvarosi and Poti, 2006: 256, 260 (loc(s) eastern Carpathians).
Distribution. Ujvarosi, 2007: 228-231 (checklist Limoniidae).
Distribution. Ujvarosi et al., 2011b: 107 (loc(s) Dupa Lanca marshy area near Voslobeni) (in Hungarian, species list with habitat information in English).
Distribution. Keresztes, 2012: 30 (loc(s) Rimetea area [Alba County]).
Distribution. Kolcsar et al., 2013: 72 (loc(s) Cluj-Napoca and surroundings; list of habitats with altitudes).
Russia
Distribution. Lantsov, 2003b: 60 (loc(s) Caucasus region, distr).
Distribution. Lantsov, 2003e: 82 (loc(s) Caucasus region, distr).
Distribution. Paramonov, 2006a: 152 (loc(s) RUC: Ulyanovskaya oblast, distr).
Distribution. Humala and Polevoi, 2009: 66 (loc(s) RUN: Kareliya) (in Russian).
Distribution not confirmed. Chuzhekova, 2015: 211, 240 (on macrozoobenthos communities in spring brooks of Middle Volga) (PhD thesis, in Russian, 242 pages; for English summary see Chuzhekova, 2016, 37 pages).
Distribution. Ruchin and Pilipenko, 2015: 58 (loc(s), checklist RUC: Mordoviya Rep.).
Distribution. Paramonov and Pilipenko, 2016: 98 (loc(s) RUC: Tverskaya oblast) (in Russian).
Distribution. Paramonov, 2018a: 183 (loc(s) RUC: Chuvash Rep., distr) (in Russian).
Distribution. Pilipenko et al., 2020: 358 (loc(s) RUC: Mordoviya Rep., distr).
Serbia
Distribution. Oosterbroek and Simova-Tosic, 2004: 446 (review literature).
Slovakia
Distribution. Stary, 2009d: 25 (loc(s) Polana area).
Distribution. Stary, 2009i: webpage (checklist).
Slovenia
Distribution. Oosterbroek and Simova-Tosic, 2004: 446 (review literature).
Spain
First record. Eiroa and Baez, 2002a: 55-56 (checklist, loc(s) Huesca).
Distribution. Keresztes et al., 2022: 194 (loc(s) Asturias and review distribution in Spain) (in Spanish).
Sweden
Distribution. Fritz and Lindstrom, 2013: 62 (loc(s) Hallands County) (in Schwedish).
Distribution. Lindstrom and Fritz, 2015: 44, 47 (distributin and ecology in five fens in Hallands County) (in Schwedish).
Switzerland
Distribution. Podenas et al., 2006: 142, 276 (map, vertical distr per thermic level).
Turkey
First record. Ozgul and Koc, 2010: 46-48 (loc(s) Usak).
Distribution. Bilgin et al., 2015: 6, 8 (loc(s) Eskisehir, distr) (in Turkish).
Distribution. Koc et al., 2016: 11 (provinces Marmara region).
on flight period (mainly from 2000 onward):
Austria
Vogtenhuber and Kofler, 2017: month(s): 5.
Czech Rep.
Stary et al., 2005a: month(s): 3-5.
Stary et al., 2013b: month(s): 4-5.
Stary and Vonicka, 2018: month(s): 4-6.
Finland
Kramer, 2012f: month(s): 6.
France
Kramer, 2007a: month(s): 6.
Quindroit, 2020a: month(s): 3-4.
Quindroit, 2020b: month(s): 3-5.
Quindroit and Lemoine, 2022a: month(s): 4-5.
Georgia
Stary and Obona, 2020: month(s): 4.
Germany
Dunk, 2018: month(s): 5.
Great Britain
Godfrey, 2001a: month(s): 5.
Boardman, 2007: month(s): 3-6.
Kramer, 2009f: month(s): 5.
Kramer, 2011j: month(s): 4-5.
Kramer, 2013f: month(s): 5.
Stubbs, 2014b: month(s): 6.
Hancock, 2018a: month(s): 4.
Chandler and Alexander, 2020: month(s): 5.
Kramer and Morris, 2022b: month(s): 3-5.
Latvia
Salmela and Vartija, 2007: month(s): 5.
Poland
Wiedenska, 2015a: month(s): 5-6.
Wiedenska, 2017a: month(s): 5-6.
Wiedenska and Syratt, 2023: month(s): 5.
Romania
Ujvarosi et al., 2011b: month(s): 5-6.
Kolcsar et al., 2013: month(s): 4-6.
Russia
Lantsov, 2003b: month(s): 5.
Lantsov, 2003e: month(s): 5.
Paramonov, 2006a: month(s): 5.
Ruchin and Pilipenko, 2015: month(s): 5.
Paramonov and Pilipenko, 2016: month(s): 5-6.
Paramonov, 2018a: month(s): 5.
Pilipenko et al., 2020: month(s): 5.
Slovakia
Stary, 2009d: month(s): 5-6.
Spain
Eiroa and Baez, 2002a: month(s): 6.
Keresztes et al., 2022: month(s): 6.
Switzerland
Podenas et al., 2006: month(s): 5-6.
Turkey
Ozgul and Koc, 2010: month(s): 5.
on altitude (mainly from 2000 onward):
Austria
Vogtenhuber and Kofler, 2017: altitude: 690-900 m.
Bulgaria
Hubenov, 2018a: altitude: 870-880 m.
Hubenov, 2021a: altitude: 70-1000 m.
Hubenov, 2025b: altitude: 70-1000 m.
France
Kramer, 2007a: altitude: 1025 m.
Labat, 2021: altitude: 119 m.
Georgia
Stary and Obona, 2020: altitude: 665-1150 m.
Poland
Wiedenska, 2017a: altitude: 680-1010 m.
Wiedenska and Syratt, 2023: altitude: 600-950 m.
Romania
Ujvarosi and Poti, 2006: altitude: 670 m.
Russia
Lantsov, 2003b: altitude: 500-914 m.
Lantsov, 2003e: altitude: 500-914 m.
Slovakia
Stary, 2009d: altitude: 630-870 m.
Spain
Eiroa and Baez, 2002a: altitude: 1650 m.
Keresztes et al., 2022: altitude: 1485 m.
Turkey
Ozgul and Koc, 2010: altitude: 955 m.

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