Details for Tipula (Vestiplex) balioptera

Name: Tipula (Vestiplex) balioptera Loew, 1863 Publication: Berl. Ent. Z. 7: 284 (as Tipula) Status: Recognized taxon, Synonym(s): perretti Alexander, 1928; bo Mannheims, 1967. Classification: Family Tipulidae Subfamily Tipulinae Revision: Starkevich et al., 2020b; Starkevich et al., 2025a. Descriptive note: Type-material and synonym: Starkevich, 2012a, Starkevich and Paramonov, 2016; Starkevich et al., 2020b; Starkevich et al., 2025a. Lectotype designation: Alexander, 1915h. Remark on female and identification in Alexander, 1927u, 1962n. Short description in Alexander, 1943k (reprint: 1966g). For references from East Palaearctic, as laccata and as tchukchi, see Starkevich and Paramonov, 2016 and Starkevich et al., 2025a. Keys: Starkevich et al., 2020b (Vestiplex Mongolia) habitus male habitus male body part(s) antenna hypopygium hypopygium plus 12 more images of hypopygium, hypopygium, hypopygium, hypopygium, hypopygium, hypopygium, hypopygium, hypopygium, ovipositor, ovipositor, ovipositor and ovipositor. Distribution: Canada, USA (Alaska and Nunavut to Alta, Man, Ont, Que and Nfld, south to Wis and Maine);; Finland, Norway, Sweden;; Russia: ES (Yakutiya); Mongolia. Note: see the manual for abbreviations: Canada and USA; present-day Russia. Region(s): Nearctic;; Westpalaearctic;; Eastpalaearctic General note: Added: Alaska (Alexander, 1945b, as: Russian America). All records for tchukchi from Finland, Norway and Sweden refer to balioptera (see Starkevich et al., 2025a). Map: Starkevich et al., 2020b (Mongolia) Figure references: Habitus: Starkevich et al., 2025a (male of perretti) Wing: Alexander, 1919e Hypopygium: Alexander, 1919e; Alexander, 1943k (also as perretti); Starkevich et al., 2020b; Starkevich et al., 2025a (also as male of perretti and male of bo) Ovipositor: Starkevich et al., 2020b; Starkevich et al., 2025a (female of bo) Citations on biology (mainly from 2000 onward): Finland Biology. Salmela, 2008: 12, 22, 29, 32, 42, 53 (49) (ecology or habitat: alpine, wet, caught in the vicinity of a small pond with seepages and sandy bottom, the species probably dwells in alpine wetlands and occurs in altitudes within and above the Birch [Betula] zone; conservation value indicator) (as tchukchi, see Starkevich et al., 2025a)). Habitat. Salmela, 2011a: 1-28 (study on three wetland habitats: aapa mires, springs and headwater streams; found in headwater streams only) (as tchukchi, see Starkevich et al., 2025a)). Habitat. Salmela et al., 2019: 531 (red list status, habitat types, threat factors) (as tchukchi). on characters and taxonomy (mainly from 2000 onward): Canada Revision. Starkevich et al., 2020b: 6-23, 28-32 (revision, type-mat, descr, key, figs). Revision. Starkevich et al., 2025a: 1-9 (type-mat, type-mat perretti, type-mat bo, synonymy, descr, figs). Country not relevant Phylogeny. Starkevich, 2012a: 1-219 (included in a taxonomic and phylogentic review of the subgenus Vestiplex based on morphological data, key, figs) (in Lithuanian, see Starkevich, 2012b for detailed English summary). on distribution (mainly from 2000 onward): Canada Distribution. Starkevich, 2012a: 205 (type-loc(s) Ont, loc(s) Ont, Que). Distribution. Starkevich and Paramonov, 2016: 82 (type-mat). Distribution. Starkevich et al., 2020b: 28 (type-loc(s), loc(s)). Distribution. Brodo et al., 2023: Table 1 & 4, page 18 (collected at Akimiski Island, Nunavut & distr in Canada, with details on its distribution in the Nearctic, especially Canada, incl. loc(s) for Man and Nfld). Distribution. Starkevich et al., 2025a: 3, 5 (type-loc(s), type-loc(s) peretti). Finland Distribution. Salmela, 2008: 12, 32, 41-42, 53 (49) (loc(s), only known from the subalpine subzone of the northern boreal ecoregion, review distr) (as tchukchi, see Starkevich et al., 2025a)). Distribution. Salmela, 2011a: 24 (loc(s) subalpine northern boreal Finland) (as tchukchi, see Starkevich et al., 2025a)). Distribution. Salmela, 2012b: 242 (annotated list of Finnish crane flies) (as tchukchi, see Starkevich et al., 2025a)). Distribution. Salmela and Petrasiunas, 2014: 35 (checklist Finnish Tipulomorpha) (as tchukchi, see Starkevich et al., 2025a)). Distribution. Salmela et al., 2019: 531 (red list status, habitat types, threat factors) (as tchukchi). First record. Starkevich et al., 2025a: 3-4 (loc(s) various provinces). Mongolia First record. Starkevich et al., 2020b: 28, 31 (loc(s), distr, map). Norway Distribution. Hofsvang et al., 2019: 144-145 (did not mentioned balioptera [as tchukchi] in the review of Norwegian Tipula species but listed it [as tchukchi] in the annotated checklist for Strand region TRI [confirmed as referring to balioptera by J. Salmela, pers. comm. march 2025: Troms, Skibotn, Veajetnibba S, leg. Antero Jarvinen, 24.VI.-16.VII. 2017 1 male, 16.VII.-19.VII. 2017 2 males 1 female, 19.VII.-12.VIII. 2017 1 male]). First record. Kolcsar et al., 2023a: 23 (loc(s) Troms; first official record for Westpalaearctic). First record. Starkevich et al., 2025a: 4-5 (loc(s) various provinces). Russia First record. Starkevich and Paramonov, 2016: 82 (loc(s) Russia ES). Sweden Distribution. Cederberg et al., 2010: webpage (red list status Sweden, map, distr) (as tchukchi, see Starkevich et al., 2025a)). Distribution. Starkevich et al., 2025a: 5 (type-loc(s) bo). USA Distribution. Starkevich, 2012a: 205 (loc(s) Alaska). Distribution. Starkevich et al., 2020b: 28 (loc(s) Alaska). on flight period (mainly from 2000 onward): Canada Starkevich, 2012a: month(s): 6-7. Starkevich et al., 2020b: month(s): 6-7. Brodo et al., 2023: month(s): 6-7. Finland Starkevich et al., 2025a: month(s): (6)-7. Mongolia Starkevich et al., 2020b: month(s): 7. Norway Hofsvang et al., 2019: month(s): (6) 7 (8). Kolcsar et al., 2023a: month(s): 7. Starkevich et al., 2025a: month(s): (6)-7-(8). Russia Starkevich and Paramonov, 2016: month(s): 7. Sweden Starkevich et al., 2025a: month(s): 7. USA Starkevich, 2012a: month(s): 7. Starkevich et al., 2020b: month(s): 6-7. on altitude (mainly from 2000 onward): Mongolia Starkevich et al., 2020b: altitude: 2190-2300 m. Norway Kolcsar et al., 2023a: altitude: 850 m.