Details for Pilaria nigropunctata

Name: Pilaria nigropunctata (Agrell, 1945) Publication: Opusc. Ent. 10: 25 (as Limnophila) Status: Recognized taxon. Classification: Family Limoniidae Subfamily Limnophilinae Keys: Stubbs and Kramer, 2016g; Stubbs, 2021 (British craneflies) habitus female body part(s) antenna body part(s) thorax hypopygium hypopygium plus 3 more images of hypopygium, wing and wing. Distribution: Czech Rep., Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Great Britain, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway, Poland, Slovakia, Sweden. Region(s): Westpalaearctic General note: Added: Lithuania (Podenas, 1995). For Finland check Salmela, 2012b, 2012c, and citations below. For Great Britain check Stubbs, 2021, and citations below. To be confirmed for Russia: RUC (see notes on record in Esin et al., 2023). Figure references: Head: Drake and Stubbs, 2014 (antenna) Hypopygium: Drake and Stubbs, 2014 Other figures: Drake and Stubbs, 2014 (thorax, head, antennae) 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. Salmela, 2012b: 227 (collected around shores of lotic waters with luxuriant riparian vegetation). France 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. Drake and Stubbs, 2014: 187 (British records were invariably from peat soils supporting valley mire with seepages or saturated peat, or foodplain mire with a high summer water table; the vegetation was unshaded, although it varied in height from low sedges to tall stands of reed, saw sedge and bog myrtle; see paper for more details). Habitat. Stubbs, 2014c: 2 (loc(s) NW Wales; see paper for details on habitat) (as Pilaria spec. see Drake and Stubbs, 2014). Habitat. Boardman, 2017: 3 (fen and reedbed habitat, Surrey). Habitat. Stubbs, 2017: 28 (Snowdonia National Park: extensive valley fens of Cors Geirch) on characters and taxonomy (mainly from 2000 onward): Country not relevant Characters. Drake and Stubbs, 2014: 184-186 (characters, comparison, figs). on distribution (mainly from 2000 onward): Czech Rep. Distribution. Stary, 2006c: 135 (loc(s), distr). Distribution. Stary, 2009i: webpage (checklist). Denmark Distribution not confirmed. Petersen and Jong, 2001b: 151 (by expert opinion and 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 First record. Salmela, 2012b: 227, 229, 239 (annotated list of Finnish crane flies; loc(s) Ta, Oa, Ab). Distribution. Salmela and Petrasiunas, 2014: 28 (checklist Finnish Tipulomorpha). France First record. Kolcsar et al., 2021b: 216 (loc(s) Maine-et-Loire (49) and Sarthe (72)). 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 First record. Drake and Stubbs, 2014: 188 (loc(s) Norfolk, Glamorganshire, Anglesey; see paper for possible unrecognized records from other areas). Distribution. Stubbs, 2014c: 2 (loc(s) NW Wales; see paper for details on habitat) (as Pilaria spec. see Drake and Stubbs, 2014). Distribution. Boardman, 2017: 3 (fen and reedbed habitat, Surrey). Distribution. Stubbs, 2017: 28 (Snowdonia National Park: extensive valley fens of Cors Geirch) Latvia First record. Kolcsar et al., 2021b: 216-217 (loc(s)). Lithuania Distribution. Pakalniskis et al., 2006: 24 (checklist). Norway First record. Kolcsar et al., 2021b: 217 (loc(s) Akershus). Poland Distribution. Wiedenska, 2007a: 76 (checklist). Russia Distribution not confirmed. Esin et al., 2023: Electronic Suppl. (loc(s) RUC, Mordoviya Rep.; to be confirmed, see notes on record). Slovakia Distribution. Stary, 2009i: webpage (checklist). on flight period (mainly from 2000 onward): Czech Rep. Stary, 2006c: month(s): 6. Denmark Byriel and Rojas, 2017: month(s): 6. Finland Salmela, 2012b: month(s): 6-7. France Kolcsar et al., 2021b: month(s): 6. Quindroit, 2022a: month(s): 6, 9. Great Britain Drake and Stubbs, 2014: month(s): 6-7, 9. Stubbs, 2014c: month(s): 7. Boardman, 2017: month(s): 7. Stubbs, 2017: month(s): 6. Latvia Kolcsar et al., 2021b: month(s): 7. Norway Kolcsar et al., 2021b: month(s): 6. on altitude (mainly from 2000 onward): France Kolcsar et al., 2021b: altitude: 50-55 m. Latvia Kolcsar et al., 2021b: altitude: 4 m. Norway Kolcsar et al., 2021b: altitude: 125 m.