Details for Tipula (Yamatotipula) couckei

Name: Tipula (Yamatotipula) couckei Tonnoir, 1921 Publication: In: Goetghebuer and Tonnoir, 1921, Bull. Soc. Ent. Belg. 3: 118 (as Tipula) Status: Recognized taxon, Synonym(s): gracilenta Lackschewitz, 1923. Classification: Family Tipulidae Subfamily Tipulinae Descriptive note: Synonymy: Goetghebuer, 1923; Alexander, 1934a. Keys: Peeters en Oosterbroek, 2014d (craneflies Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg) (in Dutch); Boardman, 2016 (craneflies Shropshire); Stubbs and Kramer, 2016d; Stubbs, 2021 (British craneflies) habitus male habitus male habitus male habitus male habitus male plus 36 more images of habitus, habitus, habitus, habitus, habitus, habitus, habitus, habitus, body part(s), body part(s), body part(s), body part(s), body part(s), body part(s), hypopygium, hypopygium, hypopygium, hypopygium, hypopygium, hypopygium, ovipositor, ovipositor, wing, wing, wing, wing, habitat, habitat, habitat, habitat, habitat, habitat, habitat, habitat, habitat and habitat. Distribution: Albania, Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Czech Rep., Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Great Britain, Hungary, Ireland, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Sweden, Switzerland, Ukraine; Russia: RUN, RUW, RUC, RUE, RUS;; Russia: WS (Altay, Tuva), WS/ES (Krasnoyarskiy kray); Kazakhstan (east); Mongolia. Note: see the manual for abbreviations: present-day Russia. Region(s): Westpalaearctic;; Eastpalaearctic General note: Added: Ireland (Ashe et al., 1991). For Finland check Salmela, 2012b, 2012c, and citations below. For Norway check Hofsvang et al., 2019, and citations below. For Great Britain and Ireland check Stubbs, 2021, and citations below. Map: Ashe et al., 2007a (Ireland); Boardman, 2007 (Shropshire) Figure references: Habitus: Tillier and Dehalleux, 2019 (male); Kolcsar et al., 2023a (male) Hypopygium: Kramer and Morris, 2021b Immature stages Larva: Podeniene, 2003a Miscellaneous Hewitt et al., 2005 (habitat) 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). France Habitat. Tillier and Dehalleux, 2019: 172 (dans une graviere inonde, en sous-bois marecageux). Habitat. Quindroit, 2020a: 25, 45-48 (annotated list with information on abundancy and habitat of the Tipuloidea of the Pays de la Loire region, distr); see also Quindroit and Racine, 2025: 338 (habitat) (in French). Habitat. Quindroit, 2020b: 131 (loc(s) Pas-de-Calais (62) with notes on habitats and distr) (in French). Habitat. Quindroit and Lemoine, 2022a: 20 (loc(s) Oise (60) with notes on habitats and distr) (in French). Great Britain Habitat. Godfrey, 1999: 78 (species of rivers and lakes). Habitat. Godfrey, 2001a: 21, 23, 25. Habitat. Hewitt et al., 2005: 17, 23, 37, 46, 52 (indicator species of exposed riverine sediments habitats, incl. habitat colourphotos: found beside large streams, rivers, lakes, where there is a sandy or pebbly beach and some emergent vegetation such as Carex or Phalaris; larvae aquatic). Habitat. Boardman, 2007: 31 (breeds at the edges of lakes, ponds and rivers). Habitat. Kramer, 2008a: 6 (at river with plenty sandy and not so sandy shingle at an area with Lesser Spearwort (Ranunculus flammula)). Habitat. Cranston and Drake, 2010: 175 (larvae can be found in marginal situations along flowing waters). Habitat. Drake, 2010: 227-228 (found at exposed-riverine (ERS) sediments, as frequent in the open as in the shade, probably not a genuine ERS specialist but just needing sandy water margins for development). Habitat. Kramer, 2011j: 25 (a marsh and grassland species). Habitat. Stubbs, 2015: 26 (at the water edge of a lake). Habitat. Brighton, 2017c: 31, 45 (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). Habitat. Kramer and Morris, 2021b: 13 (info on the species, on the distr and map of loc(s) Leicestershire and Rutland (VC55; apparently preferring to be in the vicinity of water (the larvae are aquatic) where there may be bare gravel). Lithuania Habitat. Podeniene, 2001a: 84, 86 (larvae were found in sand and leaf fallings on the bottom of a small spring, and under mosses on a springy slope). Habitat. Podeniene, 2003a: 1-295 (larva, descr, figs, habitat) (in Lithuanian). Habitat. Podeniene, 2003b: 12, 20-22, 29 (larval habitat: at the bottom of small rivers, hygropetrica, mud (in springy slopes of lakes and rivers, in bogs of low lying woody swamps), sand in littoral zone of lakes). Mongolia Habitat. Podenas et al., 2013: 120 (found in specialized aquatic habitat of vertical seeps, fauna hygropetrica). Netherlands Habitat. Oosterbroek and Jong, 2001: 110 (a variety of more open humid habitats, frequently near running water and/or with emergent vegetation such as Phalaris, Scirpus, or Carex, in Lithuania Podenas (1995) noted a marked preference for river banks and Alnus groves peppered with springs; larvae live in damp or wet soils, particularly on the banks of small rivers, citing various authors). Romania Habitat. Ujvarosi, 2003: 60 (moist meadows and near a peat bog). Habitat. Ujvarosi and Poti, 2006: 257, 260 (habitat in Dupa Lunca marshland: predominantly swamp with bushes and trees). Habitat. Ujvarosi et al., 2011b: 112 (loc(s) Dupa Lanca marshy area near Voslobeni) (in Hungarian, species list with habitat information in English). Russia Habitat. Saaya, 2010b: 1-17 (on the Tipulidae of Tuva: fauna, ecology and distribution) (in Russian). Habitat. Chuzhekova, 2015: 211, 240 (on macrozoobenthos communities in spring brooks of Middle Volga) (PhD thesis, in Russian, 242 pages; for English summary see Chuzhekova, 2016, 37 pages). Slovakia Habitat. Leskova, 2009: 116 ([larvae] occur on submerged roots, confirming their preference for woody debris as found by Cummins, 1986). on characters and taxonomy (mainly from 2000 onward): Country not relevant Characters. Men et al., 2020: 141-144 (descr female internal reproductive system, comparison, figs). Great Britain Characters. Kramer and Morris, 2021b: 30-31 (comparison with other Yamatotipula species, figs). Lithuania Immatures. Podeniene, 2003a: 1-295 (larva, descr, figs, habitat) (in Lithuanian). on distribution (mainly from 2000 onward): Austria Distribution. Vogtenhuber, 2011: 53 (checklist Austria, list of provinces). Distribution. Heiss et al., 2016: 79, 81 (loc(s) Burgenland and Niederosterreich, distr). Bulgaria Distribution. Hubenov, 2021a: 29 (listed for Bulgaria, without data, references). Czech Rep. Distribution. Stary et al., 2005d: 36 (loc(s)). Distribution. Stary, 2009k: webpage (checklist). Denmark Distribution. Petersen et al., 2001b: 162 (checklist). Finland Distribution. Salmela, 2012b: 242 (annotated list of Finnish crane flies). Distribution. Salmela and Petrasiunas, 2014: 35 (checklist Finnish Tipulomorpha). France Distribution. Tillier and Dehalleux, 2019: 172 (first records for Ile-de-France, loc(s) Seine-et-Marne (77) and Val-d’Oise (95)). Distribution. Quindroit, 2020a: 25, 45-48 (annotated list with information on abundancy and habitat of the Tipuloidea of the Pays de la Loire region, distr); see also Quindroit and Racine, 2025: 338 (habitat) (in French). Distribution. Quindroit, 2020b: 131 (loc(s) Pas-de-Calais (62) with notes on habitats and distr) (in French). Distribution. Labat, 2021: 93 (on Diptera taxa recorded along the over-all length of the Dordogne River and some of its tributaries; see paper for the locality details) (in French). Distribution. Quindroit and Lemoine, 2022a: 20 (loc(s) Oise (60) with notes on habitats and distr) (in French). Distribution. Quindroit and Lemoine, 2022a: 35 (table specifying the presence in the five departments of the Hauts-de-France region). Distribution. Quindroit, 2022a: 25-28 (additions to the annotated list of the Tipuloidea of Pays de la Loire as given in Quindroit, 2020a). Distribution. Lemoine and Quindroit, 2023: 6 (loc(s) Nievre (58)). Distribution. Tillier et al., 2023: 179 (loc(s) Jura (39) with list of altitude(s) and habitat(s)) (in French). Distribution. Quindroit and Racine, 2025: 357 (table specifying the presence in the five departments of the Pays de la Loire region). Germany Distribution. Schacht et al., 2001: 429 (loc(s) Bayern). Distribution. Heiss and Bellstedt, 2003: 226 (loc(s) Thuringen). Distribution. Heiss, 2003: 14 (checklist Thuringen). Distribution. Schacht, 2005: 4 (checklist Bayern). Distribution. Schacht, 2010: 38 (checklist Diptera Bayern). Distribution. Heiss, 2017b: 23 (checklist Tipulidae Thuringen). Distribution. Heiss et al., 2019: 254 (loc(s); annotated checklist of the Tipulidae of Niedersachsen and Bremen, including the presence in the surrounding Bundeslandern and the Netherlands) (in German). Distribution. Kehlmaier et al., 2021: 84 (loc(s) Baden-Wurttemberg). Distribution. Heiss and Malec, 2023: 330 (annotated checklist Hessen). Great Britain Distribution. Denton, 2000: 36 (loc(s) Cumbria). Distribution. Godfrey, 2001a: 21, 23, 25 (recorded from sites in Shropshire and just over the country border in Montgmeryshire; see paper for details). Distribution. Hewitt et al., 2005: 17, 23, 37, 46, 52 (loc(s) Cumbria). Distribution. Boardman, 2007: 31-32 (loc(s), map). Distribution. Kramer, 2007d: 1 (loc(s) Scotland). Distribution. Kramer, 2008a: 6 (loc(s) Scotland). Distribution. Kramer, 2011j: 11 (loc(s) Leicestershire and Rutland (VC55)). Distribution. Kramer, 2013a: 2 (loc(s) Lancashire). Distribution. Kramer, 2013g: 2 (loc(s) Lancaster). Distribution. Hewitt, 2014: (provisional checklist Cumbrian Diptera). Distribution. Stubbs, 2015: 26 (loc(s) Nottingham). Distribution. Brighton, 2017c: 31, 45 (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: 214 (loc(s) Scottish Highland). Distribution. Kramer and Morris, 2021b: 13 (info on the species, on the distr and map of loc(s) Leicestershire and Rutland (VC55; apparently preferring to be in the vicinity of water (the larvae are aquatic) where there may be bare gravel). Hungary Distribution. Toth, 2001a: 378 (literature records Somogy county). Ireland Distribution. Ashe et al., 2007a: 302, 338-339, 342, 355 (review Irish records, map). Distribution. Chandler et al., 2008: 7 (checklist). Kazakhstan Distribution. Devyatkov, 2008: 139 (loc(s) East Kazakhstan, distr) (in Russian). Distribution. Devyatkov, 2022b: 28 (loc(s) East Kazakhstan, distr) (in Russian). Lithuania Distribution. Podeniene, 2001a: 84, 86 (loc(s)). Distribution. Pakalniskis et al., 2006: 29 (checklist). Distribution. Men et al., 2020: 136 (loc(s) Varena district). Mongolia First record. Podenas et al., 2013: 120 (new for Mongolia, without further data). Netherlands First record. Theowald, 1952c: 148 (XXX). Distribution. Oosterbroek and Jong, 2001: 110 (review Dutch records). Distribution. Jong and Oosterbroek, 2002d: 42 (checklist). Distribution. Wielink and Spijkers, 2013: 210 (loc(s) Noord-Brabant, at light). Distribution. Oosterbroek and Jong, 2020: 46 (Tipulidae Kaaistoep, Noord-Brabant). Norway Distribution. Hofsvang et al., 2019: 136, 144-145 (review Norwegian records, annotated checklist Nordic countries and for Norway according to the Strand regions). Poland Distribution. Skibinska and Chudzicke, 2007b: 78 (checklist). Romania First record. Erhan, 1959: XXX (loc(s)). Distribution. Ujvarosi, 2003: 60 (review Romanian records, loc(s), distr). Distribution. Ujvarosi and Poti, 2006: 257, 260 (loc(s) eastern Carpathians). Distribution. Ujvarosi, 2007: 232-233 (checklist Tipulidae). Distribution. Ujvarosi et al., 2011b: 112 (loc(s) Dupa Lanca marshy area near Voslobeni) (in Hungarian, species list with habitat information in English). Distribution. Torok et al., 2014: 19 (checklist Romania). Russia Distribution. Paramonov, 2006a: 149 (loc(s) RUC: Ulyanovskaya oblast, distr). Distribution. Humala and Polevoi, 2009: 66 (loc(s) RUN: Kareliya) (in Russian). Distribution. Pilipenko, 2009a: 218 (annotated checklist Tipulidae Central European Territory, loc(s) RUC, distr). Distribution. Saaya, 2010b: 1-17 (on the Tipulidae of Tuva: fauna, ecology and distribution) (in Russian). Distribution. Paramonov, 2011: 41-43 (loc(s)) RUE: Mariy El Rep.). Distribution. Paramonov, 2012a: 111 (loc(s) RUE: Mariy El Rep.). Distribution. Chuzhekova, 2015: 211, 240 (on macrozoobenthos communities in spring brooks of Middle Volga) (PhD thesis, in Russian, 242 pages; for English summary see Chuzhekova, 2016, 37 pages). Distribution. Paramonov, 2015: 70 (RUS: Saratovskaya oblast, citing Savchenko, 1961) (in Russian). Distribution. Ruchin and Pilipenko, 2015: 59 (loc(s), checklist RUC: Mordoviya Rep.). Distribution. Paramonov and Pilipenko, 2016: 101 (loc(s) RUC: Tverskaya oblast) (in Russian). Distribution. Saaya, 2020: 248 (loc(s) Krasnoyarskiy kray, Western Sayan Range; distr). Slovakia Distribution. Leskova, 2009: 114 (frequency, loc(s)). Distribution. Stary, 2009k: webpage (checklist). Slovenia First record. Kolcsar et al., 2023a: 24 (loc(s); see photos above by D. Janevic). on flight period (mainly from 2000 onward): Austria Heiss et al., 2016: month(s): 5-6, 8. Czech Rep. Stary et al., 2005d: month(s): 4-5. France Tillier and Dehalleux, 2019: month(s): 4, 6-7. Quindroit, 2020a: month(s): 4-9. Quindroit, 2020b: month(s): 9. Quindroit and Lemoine, 2022a: month(s): 6. Lemoine and Quindroit, 2023: month(s): 5. Tillier et al., 2023: month(s): 5. Germany Schacht et al., 2001: month(s): 5, 7. Heiss and Bellstedt, 2003: month(s): 8. Heiss et al., 2019: month(s): 8. Kehlmaier et al., 2021: month(s): 6. Great Britain Denton, 2000: month(s): 7. Godfrey, 2001a: month(s): 5. Kramer, 2007d: month(s): 6. Kramer, 2008a: month(s): 6. Kramer, 2011j: month(s): 5-7. Kramer, 2013g: month(s): 7. Stubbs, 2015: month(s): 7. MacDonald, 2018: month(s): 7-8. Kramer and Morris, 2021b: month(s): 3, 5-7. Ireland Ashe et al., 2007a: month(s): 5-6, 8-9. Kazakhstan Devyatkov, 2008: month(s): 5-8. Devyatkov, 2022b: month(s): 5-9. Lithuania Men et al., 2020: month(s): 5. Netherlands Oosterbroek and Jong, 2001: month(s): 4-8. Wielink and Spijkers, 2013: month(s): 8. Norway Hofsvang et al., 2019: month(s): 6-8. Romania Ujvarosi, 2003: month(s): 7. Ujvarosi et al., 2011b: month(s): 6. Russia Paramonov, 2006a: month(s): 5. Pilipenko, 2009a: month(s): 5-8. Paramonov, 2011: month(s): 5-6. Paramonov, 2012a: month(s): 8. Ruchin and Pilipenko, 2015: month(s): 5. Paramonov and Pilipenko, 2016: month(s): 8. Saaya, 2020: month(s): 7. Slovenia Kolcsar et al., 2023a: month(s): 4. on altitude (mainly from 2000 onward): France Labat, 2021: altitude: 13-179 m. Kazakhstan Devyatkov, 2022b: altitude: 141-1564 m. Romania Ujvarosi and Poti, 2006: altitude: 670 m.