Details for Pilaria decolor

Name: Pilaria decolor (Zetterstedt, 1851) Publication: Dipt. Scand. 10: 3824 (as Limnobia) Status: Recognized taxon, Synonym(s): unicolor (Zetterstedt, 1838). Classification: Family Limoniidae Subfamily Limnophilinae Descriptive note: As new name for Limnobia unicolor Zetterstedt, 1838. Keys: Boardman, 2016 (craneflies Shropshire); Stubbs and Kramer, 2016g; Stubbs, 2021 (British craneflies) habitus male habitus male hypopygium hypopygium hypopygium plus 9 more images of hypopygium, wing, wing, habitat, habitat, habitat, habitat, habitat and habitat. Distribution: Austria, Belarus, Czech Rep., Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Great Britain, Norway, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Sweden; Russia: RUN, RUW, RUE; Georgia. Note: see the manual for abbreviations: present-day Russia. Region(s): Westpalaearctic General note: Added: Austria (Strobl, 1895, 1901), Poland (Wiedenska, 1996), Great Britain (Stubbs, 1997c; Chandler, 1998). For Finland check Salmela, 2012b, 2012c, and citations below. For Norway check Olsen et al., 2018, and citations below. For Great Britain check Stubbs, 2021, and citations below. Map: Boardman, 2007 (Shropshire) Figure references: Hypopygium: Quindroit, 2021b Citations on biology (mainly from 2000 onward): 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. Kahanpaa and Salmela, 2007: 43-45, 48 (found at a small stream with a width of three to five meters, a riverbed of soft muddy sediments, and surrounded by fully grown but not particularly old Spruce [Picea abies] forest, small stands of old Birch [Betula] and Aspen [Populus tremula] are present but there is little dead wood available in the forest) (this is a summary of the available habitat information in Finnish). Biology. Salmela, 2008: 10, 24, 27, 50 (49) (ecology or habitat: swamp; phenology). Habitat. Autio and Salmela, 2010: 48 (habitats Aland Is). Habitat. Autio et al., 2013: 1128 (a wetland generalist, one of the species found in a study on species richness and rarity in a boreal mire). France Habitat. Quindroit, 2021b: 347 (from a marshland area, on a muddy ditch in a caducifoliae forest; see paper for details) (in French). Habitat. Quindroit, 2022a: 21, 27 (annotated list with information on abundancy and habitat of the Tipuloidea of the Pays de la Loire regoin, distr) (in French). Great Britain Habitat. Godfrey, 2000a: 22. Biology. Boardman, 2007: 72 (habitat: associated with lakeside and seepage carr; period of flight: very short, late july to mid august). Habitat. Boardman, 2017: 3 (fen and reedbed habitat, Surrey). Norway Habitat. Olsen and Andersen, 2021: 213 (loc(s) Innlandet, in former Hedmark, with habitats specified separately, for habitats see also Jonassen and Andersen, 2020). Romania Habitat. Kolcsar et al., 2021b: 212 (marshy meadow). Russia Habitat. Przhiboro, 2003: 364 (larvae in the water margin zone of an eutrophic lake; rearing). Habitat. Gavryushin in litt., 2011f: (collected in a boggy area with Pinus, mosses, Vaccinium oxycoccos, Ledum, Calluna). Habitat. Kolcsar et al., 2021b: 212-214 (loc(s) RUN and RUE [Gavryushin in litt., 2011: in the Arkhangelskaya oblast collected in a boggy area with Pinus, mosses, Vaccinium oxycoccos, Ledum, Calluna]). on characters and taxonomy (mainly from 2000 onward): Country not relevant Characters. Drake and Stubbs, 2014: 184-185 (comparison). on distribution (mainly from 2000 onward): Belarus First record. Kolcsar et al., 2021b: 211 (loc(s) Minsk region). Czech Rep. Distribution. Stary, 2009i: webpage (checklist). Denmark Distribution. Petersen and Jong, 2001b: 151 (because of neighbouring distribution likely to occur in Denmark). First record. Byriel and Rojas, 2017: 118 (among the 101 species in a study on cranefly hotspots in unmanaged and managed forests) (in Danish). 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). Finland Distribution. Kahanpaa and Salmela, 2007: 48 (loc(s)). Distribution. Salmela and Autio, 2007b: 49, 54 (loc(s)). Distribution. Salmela et al., 2007b: 45 (loc(s)). Distribution. Salmela, 2008: 10, 50 (49) (loc(s), known from all Finnish ecoregions). Distribution. Autio and Salmela, 2010: 48 (loc(s) Aland Is). Distribution. Salmela, 2012b: 239 (annotated list of Finnish crane flies). Distribution. Salmela and Petrasiunas, 2014: 28 (checklist Finnish Tipulomorpha). Distribution. Salmela et al., 2015: 106 (list of localities in extensive report on malaise-trapping of insects in conservation areas in Lapland in 2012–2014) (in Finnish). France First record. Quindroit, 2021b: 347 (loc(s) Loire-Atlantique (44), distr). Distribution. Quindroit, 2022a: 21, 27 (annotated list with information on abundancy and habitat of the Tipuloidea of the Pays de la Loire regoin, distr) (in French). Distribution. Quindroit and Racine, 2025: 359 (table specifying the presence in the five departments of the Pays de la Loire region). Germany Distribution. Reusch and Oosterbroek, 2000: 156 (checklist German Bundeslander). Great Britain Distribution. Godfrey, 2000a: 20, 22 (see paper for details of sites surveyed in Shropshire and into Wales). Distribution. Crossley, 2001: 194 (loc(s) Sheffield). Distribution. Boardman, 2007: 72 (loc(s), map). Distribution. Hewitt, 2014: (provisional checklist Cumbrian Diptera). Distribution. Boardman, 2017: 3 (fen and reedbed habitat, Surrey). Netherlands Misinterpretation. Jong and Oosterbroek, 2002b: 35 (checklist, review Dutch records, deleted for the Netherlands). Norway Distribution. Olsen et al., 2018: 160-161, 165 (annotated checklist Nordic countries and for Norway according to the Strand regions; remark on record(s) by Mannheims 1967 and Solem 1996). Distribution. Olsen and Andersen, 2021: 213 (loc(s) Innlandet, in former Hedmark, with habitats specified separately, for habitats see also Jonassen and Andersen, 2020). Poland Distribution. Wiedenska, 2007a: 76 (checklist). Distribution. Wiedenska, 2008: 45, 47 (loc(s) Parowy Janinowski nature reserve near Lodz) (in Polish). Distribution. Wiedenska, 2010: 135 (loc(s) Parku Krajobrazowego Wzniesien Lodzkich, Lodz). Romania First record. Kolcsar et al., 2021b: 212 (loc(s) Harghita). Russia First record. Przhiboro, 2003: 364 (loc(s) RUW: Pskov oblast). Distribution. Kolcsar et al., 2021b: 212-214 (loc(s) RUN and RUE [Gavryushin in litt., 2011: in the Arkhangelskaya oblast collected in a boggy area with Pinus, mosses, Vaccinium oxycoccos, Ledum, Calluna]). Slovakia Distribution. Stary, 2009i: webpage (checklist). on flight period (mainly from 2000 onward): Belarus Kolcsar et al., 2021b: month(s): 7. Finland Salmela, 2008: month(s): 7-8. France Quindroit, 2021b: month(s): 6. Quindroit, 2022a: month(s): 6. Great Britain Godfrey, 2000a: month(s): 6. Crossley, 2001: month(s): 7. Boardman, 2007: month(s): 7-8. Boardman, 2017: month(s): 7. Norway Olsen and Andersen, 2021: month(s): 7. Poland Wiedenska, 2008: month(s): 8. Romania Kolcsar et al., 2021b: month(s): 6. Russia Przhiboro, 2003: month(s): 3. Kolcsar et al., 2021b: month(s): 7-8. on altitude (mainly from 2000 onward): Belarus Kolcsar et al., 2021b: altitude: 156-161 m. Norway Olsen and Andersen, 2021: altitude: 737 m. Romania Kolcsar et al., 2021b: altitude: 764 m. Russia Kolcsar et al., 2021b: altitude: 19-510 m.