Details for Nephrotoma hirsuticauda

Name: Nephrotoma hirsuticauda Alexander, 1924 Publication: Philipp. J. Sci. 24: 597 (as Nephrotoma) Status: Recognized taxon. Classification: Family Tipulidae Subfamily Tipulinae Keys: Liu, 2011 (Chinese genera Tipulidae, species groups Nephrotoma, species hirsuticauda group) (in Chinese); Men et al., 2015b (Nephrotoma mainland China); Liu et al., 2017 (Nephrotoma Qinling Mts) (in Chinese); Wang, X. et al., 2025 (Nephrotoma NW China) hypopygium hypopygium hypopygium ovipositor Distribution: Russia: WS (Khakasiya Rep.), ES (southern half), FE (Amurskaya oblast, Khabarovskiy kray, Primorskiy kray, Sakhalin (incl. Kuril Is)); Mongolia (north), North Korea, South Korea, Japan (Hokkaido, Honshu), China (see citations for provinces). Note: see the manual for abbreviations: present-day Russia. Region(s): Eastpalaearctic Figure references: Hypopygium: Oosterbroek, 1985a; Men et al., 2023b Ovipositor: Oosterbroek, 1985a Citations on biology (mainly from 2000 onward): Russia Habitat. Saaya and Dragan, 2022: 95, 96 (collected in a swampy meadow and foodplains, details on p. 96). on characters and taxonomy (mainly from 2000 onward): China Taxonomy. Liu, 2011: 193 (short descr, comparison) (in Chinese). Description. Liu et al., 2017: 49 (short descr) (in Chinese). Description. Men et al., 2023b: 257 (descr, comparison, figs). Japan Characters. Baek and Bae, 2017: 23 (diagnosis modified after original description). on distribution (mainly from 2000 onward): China Distribution. Yang, D. and Gao, 2005: 711 (loc(s) Gansu, Ningxia, distr). Distribution. Liu, 2011: 193 (loc(s) Gansu, distr) (in Chinese). Distribution. Liu et al., 2017: 49 (loc(s) Shaanxi, distr Chinese provinces) (in Chinese). Distribution. Men et al., 2023b: 257 (loc(s) Heilongjiang). Distribution. Provinces Eastpalaearctic part, 2026: (known from Gansu, Heilongjiang, Ningxia, Shaanxi; Inner Mongolia (in Yao et al., 1991 and Liu, 2011) is not mentioned in Yang and Goa, 2005 or Liu et al., 2017). Korea Distribution. Podenas, 2013: 28 (literature overview of North and South Korean records). North Korea Distribution. Jung et al., 2011: 44 (revised checklist Korean aquatic insects) (in Korean). Russia Distribution. Saaya and Dragan, 2022: 95 (loc(s) Khakasiya Rep., first record for WS, distr). Distribution. Devyatkov and Dubatolov, 2025: 38 (loc(s) Khabarovskiy kray, Bolshekhekhtsirsky Nature Reserve, distr) (in Russian). South Korea Distribution. Jung et al., 2011: 44 (revised checklist Korean aquatic insects) (in Korean). Distribution. Jo, 2012: 71 (checklist Tipulidae South Korea, unconfirmed). First record. Baek and Bae, 2017: 23 (listed for South Korea, without further information). on flight period (mainly from 2000 onward): China Yang, D. and Gao, 2005: month(s): 7. Liu, 2011: month(s): 7. Liu et al., 2017: month(s): 6-8. Men et al., 2023b: month(s): 5. Russia Saaya and Dragan, 2022: month(s): 7. Devyatkov and Dubatolov, 2025: month(s): 6, 8-9. on altitude (mainly from 2000 onward): China Yang, D. and Gao, 2005: altitude: 800 m. Liu, 2011: altitude: 800 m. Liu et al., 2017: altitude: 1070-2057 m. Russia Saaya and Dragan, 2022: altitude: 295-296 m. Devyatkov and Dubatolov, 2025: altitude: 60-80 m.