Details for Prionocera pubescens
Name:Prionocera pubescens Loew, 1844
Publication:Stettin. Ent. Ztg 5: 170 (as Prionocera)
Status:Recognized taxon, Synonym(s): anderi Tjeder, 1948.
Classification:Family Tipulidae
Subfamily Tipulinae
Revision:Brodo, 1987.
Keys:Peeters en Oosterbroek, 2016b, 2016c (craneflies Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg) (in Dutch); Boardman, 2016 (craneflies Shropshire); Stubbs and Kramer, 2016c; Stubbs, 2021 (British craneflies)
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Distribution:Canada, USA (Alaska, Yukon, NWT, Alta and Man);; Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Czech Rep., Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Great Britain, Latvia, Lithuania, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Sweden, Switzerland, Ukraine; Russia: RUN, RUW, RUC, RUS;; Russia: WS, ES, FE [In Russia from Murmanskaya oblast and Black Sea to the Kolyma river, Altay and Amurskaya oblast); Kazakhstan (east); North Korea, China (Heilongjiang).
Note: see the manual for abbreviations: Canada and USA; present-day Russia.
Region(s):Nearctic;; Westpalaearctic;; Eastpalaearctic
General note:Added: Altay (Pilipenko, 1999). For Finland check Salmela, 2012b, 2012c, and citations below. For Norway check Hofsvang et al., 2019, and citations below. For Great Britain check Stubbs, 2021, and citations below.
Map:Boardman, 2007 (Shropshire); Malcolm, 2014 (Great Britain); MacDonald, 2018 (Scotland)
Citationson biology (mainly from 2000 onward):
China
Habitat. Paramonov and Pilipenko, 2021: 187 (meadow vegetation on the banks of water bodies among Willow [Salix] thickets and small-leaved trees).
Finland
Habitat. Salmela, 2004: 9 (mesothrophic fens).
Habitat. Salmela and Ilmonen, 2005: 88-91 (a common species; the occurrence in relation to the trophic status of mires within an open boreal mire system is investigated).
Biology. Salmela, 2008: 11, 22-26, 32, 52 (49) (ecology or habitat: peatland, especially abundant in rich Betula fens; phenology: showing great abundance in the early season, weeks 22-25).
Habitat. Autio and Salmela, 2010: 49, 50 (habitats Aland Is, to be found from avery kind of open mires).
Habitat. Salmela, 2011a: 1-28 (study on three wetland habitats: aapa mires, springs and headwater streams).
Habitat. Kramer, 2012f: 4 (from shaded mire at woodland boundary).
Habitat. Salmela, 2012c: 14 (classified as a mire-dwelling species).
Habitat. Autio et al., 2013: 1128, 1133 (species of fens and bogs, one of the species found in a study on species richness and rarity in a boreal mire).
Great Britain
Habitat. Denton, 2000: 36 (Sphagnum-Vaccinium bog fringed by Salix carr).
Habitat. Stubbs, 2003: 52, 55-56 (heathland pools; larvae are aquatic among Sphagnum and are assumed to eat the moss; the paper includes further details on subhabitat preferences and monitoring techniques).
Habitat. Boyce, 2004: 32, 66-68, 75, 78, 104 (a stenotopic inhabitant of lowland bogs; larvae probably associated with Sphagnum lawns).
Habitat. Boardman, 2011: 1 (found at a lowland raised).
Habitat. Boardman, 2012b: 1 (taken from a sphganum bog).
Habitat. Macdonald, 2014: 1-2 (highland species, frequents bogs with sphagnum moss and Carex sedges, and sometimes with carr).
Habitat. Brighton, 2017c: 30, 42 (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).
Biology. MacDonald, 2018: 211-217 (loc(s) Scottish Highland, map; following the discovery of a strong colony of Prionocera in north Scotland in 2013, visits to other sites with suitable habitat have confirmed it as widespread over much of the eastern part of Highland; it flies mainly in boggy pools, and is associated with the later stages of succession; it shares habitat with its much commoner congener Pr. turcica and several other craneflies, see paper for detailed habitat information; phenology).
Netherlands
Habitat. Oosterbroek and Jong, 2001: 103-104 (an inhabitant of Sphagnum zones as can be present in a variety of habitats (lowland and valley fens, raised bogs, schwingmoors, heathlands, swampy lake shores in humid forests, boggy river banks), citing various sources).
Norway
Habitat. Olsen and Andersen, 2022: 38 (loc(s) Innlandet, in former Hedmark, with habitats specified separately, for habitats see also Jonassen and Andersen, 2020).
on characters and taxonomy (mainly from 2000 onward):
Country not relevant
Characters. Boardman, 2007: 14 (comparison).
Great Britain
Characters. Macdonald, 2014: 1-2 (characters to separate from turcica).
Characters. Perry, 2015: 90 (loc(s) Matley Bog (SU331072), New Forest Hants; numerous over a very restricted area and distinguished from P. turcica, which was widespread at the site, by its slight but consistently smaller size).
on distribution (mainly from 2000 onward):
Austria
Distribution. Vogtenhuber, 2011: 46 (checklist Austria, list of provinces).
China
First record. Paramonov and Pilipenko, 2021: 187 (loc(s) Heilongjiang).
Czech Rep.
Distribution. Martinovsky and Bartak, 2005: 245 (red list status Czech Rep.: critically endangered).
Distribution. Stary, 2009k: webpage (checklist).
Denmark
Distribution not confirmed. Petersen et al., 2001b: 162 (by expert opinion and because of neighbouring distribution likely to occur in Denmark).
First record. Bjerg, 2011: webpages (loc(s)).
Distribution. Salmela, 2012d: 121 (loc(s)).
Finland
Distribution. Salmela, 2004: 9 (loc(s)).
Distribution. Salmela and Ilmonen, 2005: 88-91 (loc(s)).
Distribution. Salmela, 2008: 11, 52 (49) (loc(s), known from all Finnish ecoregions).
Distribution. Autio and Salmela, 2010: 49 (loc(s) Aland Is).
Distribution. Salmela, 2011a: 24 (loc(s) subalpine northern boreal Finland).
Distribution. Kramer, 2012f: 4 (loc(s) Obb: Syote National Park).
Distribution. Salmela, 2012b: 240 (annotated list of Finnish crane flies).
Distribution. Salmela and Petrasiunas, 2014: 32 (checklist Finnish Tipulomorpha).
Distribution. Salmela et al., 2015: 107 (list of localities in extensive report on malaise-trapping of insects in conservation areas in Lapland in 2012–2014) (in Finnish).
France
Distribution. Tillier and Dehalleux, 2023: 32 (listed for Yvelines (78), Poigny-la-Foret after Bertrand, 1950).
Distribution. Tillier et al., 2023: 172-173 (loc(s) Haute-Saone (70), with list of altitude(s) and habitat(s)), known from three localities, one in Yvelines (Bertrand, 1950), one in Haute-Loire (Dufour and Brunhes, 1990) and one in Haute-Saone) (in French).
Germany
Distribution. Schacht et al., 2001: 425 (loc(s) Bayern).
Distribution. Schacht, 2005: 3 (checklist Bayern).
Distribution. Schacht, 2010: 38 (checklist Diptera Bayern).
Distribution. Heiss, 2019: 40, 44 (loc(s) and checklist Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, see paper for further details).
Great Britain
Distribution. Denton, 2000: 36 (loc(s) Hampshire).
Distribution. Stubbs, 2003: 55-56 (distr in GB).
Distribution. Boyce, 2004: 32, 66-68, 75, 78, 104 (distr).
Distribution. Crossley, 2004: 154 (loc(s) Sheffield).
Distribution. Boardman, 2007: 14 (loc(s), map; see Boardman, 2005d for habitat information and red data status in Shropshire).
Distribution. Anonymous, 2008b: 11 (loc(s) Shropshire: Preston Montford).
Distribution. Boardman, 2011: 1 (loc(s) Shropshire).
Distribution. Boardman, 2012b: 1 (loc(s) Shropshire).
Distribution. Kramer, 2012g: 2 (loc(s) New Forest).
Distribution. Macdonald, 2014: 1-2 (on the two sites known from Scotland, distr and map GB).
Distribution. Perry, 2015: 90 (loc(s) Matley Bog (SU331072), New Forest Hants; numerous over a very restricted area and distinguished from P. turcica, which was widespread at the site, by its slight but consistently smaller size).
Distribution. Boardman, 2017: 3 (loc(s) Cheshire).
Distribution. Brighton, 2017c: 30, 42 (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. MacDonald, 2018: 211-217 (loc(s) Scottish Highland, map; following the discovery of a strong colony of Prionocera in north Scotland in 2013, visits to other sites with suitable habitat have confirmed it as widespread over much of the eastern part of Highland; it flies mainly in boggy pools, and is associated with the later stages of succession; it shares habitat with its much commoner congener Pr. turcica and several other craneflies, see paper for detailed habitat information; phenology).
Kazakhstan
First record. Devyatkov, 2008: 138 (loc(s) East Kazakhstan, distr) (in Russian).
Distribution. Devyatkov, 2022b: 25 (loc(s) East Kazakhstan, distr) (in Russian).
Korea
Distribution. Podenas, 2013: 30 (literature overview of North and South Korean records).
Lithuania
Distribution. Pakalniskis et al., 2006: 26 (checklist).
Netherlands
First record. Theowald, 1954d: 194 (XXX).
Distribution. Oosterbroek and Jong, 2001: 103-104 (review Dutch records).
Distribution. Jong and Oosterbroek, 2002d: 40 (checklist).
North Korea
First record. Brodo, 2012: 184 (loc(s)).
Norway
Distribution. Hofsvang, 2016: 137 (review records from HOI and AK).
Distribution. Hofsvang et al., 2019: 140-141 (annotated checklist Nordic countries and for Norway according to the Strand regions).
Distribution. Olsen and Andersen, 2022: 38 (loc(s) Innlandet, in former Hedmark, with habitats specified separately, for habitats see also Jonassen and Andersen, 2020).
Poland
Distribution. Skibinska and Chudzicke, 2007b: 77 (checklist).
Russia
Distribution. Paramonov, 2006a: 148-149 (loc(s) RUC: Ulyanovskaya oblast, distr).
Distribution. Humala and Polevoi, 2009: 66 (loc(s) RUN: Kareliya) (in Russian).
Distribution. Pilipenko, 2009a: 208 (annotated checklist Tipulidae Central European Territory, loc(s) RUC: Moskovskaya oblast, Ulyanovskaya oblast, distr).
Distribution. Barkalov and Saaya, 2014: 62 (references Altay) (in Russian).
USA
First record. Brodo, 2012: 184 (loc(s) Alaska).
on flight period (mainly from 2000 onward):
China
Paramonov and Pilipenko, 2021: month(s): 5.
Denmark
Salmela, 2012d: month(s): 6.
Finland
Salmela, 2008: month(s): 6-8.
Kramer, 2012f: month(s): 6.
France
Tillier and Dehalleux, 2023: month(s): 5.
Tillier et al., 2023: month(s): 4-5.
Germany
Schacht et al., 2001: month(s): 5.
Great Britain
Denton, 2000: month(s): 5.
Crossley, 2004: month(s): 5-6.
Boardman, 2007: month(s): 4-8.
Boardman, 2011: month(s): 4.
Boardman, 2012b: month(s): 5.
Kramer, 2012g: month(s): 5.
Macdonald, 2014: month(s): 5-6.
Perry, 2015: month(s): 5.
Boardman, 2017: month(s): 5.
MacDonald, 2018: month(s): 4-6, in Wales and England 4-8.
Kazakhstan
Devyatkov, 2008: month(s): 5.
Devyatkov, 2022b: month(s): 5.
Netherlands
Oosterbroek and Jong, 2001: month(s): 4-7.
North Korea
Brodo, 2012: month(s): 7.
Norway
Hofsvang, 2016: month(s): 5.
Olsen and Andersen, 2022: month(s): 5-6.
USA
Brodo, 2012: month(s): 6.
on altitude (mainly from 2000 onward):
China
Paramonov and Pilipenko, 2021: altitude: 51 m.
Kazakhstan
Devyatkov, 2022b: altitude: 465 m.
North Korea
Brodo, 2012: altitude: 1097 m.

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