Details for Tipula (Acutipula) luna

Name: Tipula (Acutipula) luna Westhoff, 1879 Publication: Jber. Westf. ProvVer. Wiss. Kunst 8: 47 (as Tipula) Status: Recognized taxon. Classification: Family Tipulidae Subfamily Tipulinae Descriptive note: As new name for Tipula lunata: Meigen, 1818, not Linnaeus, 1758, misidentification. Neotype designation: Mannheims, 1959b. Type-material: Sinclair and Dorchin, 2010. Keys: Podeniene, 2001a (Acutipula larva Lithuania); Peeters en Oosterbroek, 2016b (craneflies Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg) (in Dutch); Boardman, 2016 (craneflies Shropshire); Stubbs and Kramer, 2016d; Stubbs, 2021 (British craneflies); Keresztes et al., 2018a (known Westpalaearctic larvae, fourth instars) habitus male habitus male habitus male habitus male habitus male plus 25 more images of habitus, habitus, habitus, habitus, habitus, habitus, body part(s), body part(s), body part(s), hypopygium, hypopygium, hypopygium, hypopygium, hypopygium, ovipositor, wing, wing, wing, habitat, habitat, habitat, habitat, habitat, habitat and habitat. Distribution: Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Rep., Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Montenegro, Netherlands, North Macedonia, Norway, Poland, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain (north), Sweden, Switzerland, Ukraine; Russia: RUN, RUW, RUC, RUS. Note: see the manual for abbreviations: present-day Russia. Region(s): Westpalaearctic General note: The record from Finland (Aland Is) in Autio and Salmela, 2010, refers to T. (A.) lunata (Autio in litt., dec 2010), later confirmed for the Aland Is by Viitanen, 2018. 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); Quindroit, 2020a (female); Kramer and Morris, 2021b (female); Tillier et al., 2023 (male) Hypopygium: Hofsvang et al., 2019 Ovipositor: Kramer and Morris, 2021b Immature stages Larva: Podeniene, 2001a; Podeniene, 2003a; Keresztes et al., 2018a Miscellaneous Heiss and Malec, 2023 (habitat) Citations on biology (mainly from 2000 onward): Belgium Biology. Peeters, 2023: 231 (loc(s) Botanic Garden Jean Massart, Brussels-Capital Region, common spring species of wet meadows, muddy ponds and lake margins). Denmark Habitat. Byriel and Rojas, 2017: 118 (among the 101 species in a study on cranefly hotspots in unmanaged and managed forests) (in Danish). Finland Habitat. Viitanen, 2018: 8-9 (one male collected at Aland Is, at a spring and nice grove [see habitat photo above by E. Viitanen], descr, distr, figs) (in Finnish). France Habitat. Dufour, 2003b: 86 (loc(s) with information on habitat(s)) (in French). Habitat. Tillier and Dehalleux, 2019: 154-155 (loc(s) with habitat info, summary habitat) (in French). Habitat. Quindroit, 2020a: 18, 45-48 (annotated list with information on abundancy and habitat of the Tipuloidea of the Pays de la Loire regoin, distr) (in French). Habitat. Quindroit, 2020b: 127 (loc(s) Nord (59) and Pas-de-Calais (62) with notes on habitats and distr) (in French). Habitat. Quindroit and Lemoine, 2021a: 26 (loc(s), resultats de deux campagnes de piegeage dans le Pas-de-Calais (62); see paper for details on habitat). Habitat. Labat, 2022: 52-67 (preliminary study on Diptera of riparian corridors at several localities in France; supplements: loc(s) Puy-de-Dome (63)) (in French). Habitat. Quindroit and Lemoine, 2022a: 15 (loc(s) Aisne (02), Oise (60) and Somme (80) with notes on habitats and distr) (in French). Germany Habitat. Schacht et al., 2001: 426 (abbreviated habitat information). Habitat. Heiss and Merkel-Wallner, 2013: 21-24 (loc(s) Bayern, table with Malaise trap habitats and species; see paper for details). Habitat. Heiss et al., 2017: 179-182 (overview of collecting methods and habitats). Habitat. Heiss, 2017a: 562, 566, 568, 571 (loc(s) Dinkelberg, Baden-Wurttemberg and table with details on presence in the various biotop-groups, mainly or exclusively found in open wet biotops). Habitat. Dunk, 2018: 79, 95 (loc(s) Bayern with list of habtats). Great Britain Habitat. Godfrey, 2001a: 23. Habitat. Boardman, 2007: 19-20 (found in wet meadows, muddy ponds and lake margins, carr and other wet places, often stands of rushes Juncus mark likely locations of this spring species). Habitat. Drake, 2011a: 26 (among the Diptera from a wet Alder [Alnus] wood in Devon). Habitat. Kramer, 2011j: 8, 24 (frequently encountered in marsland). Habitat. Kramer and Morris, 2021b: 18 (info on the species, on the distr and map of loc(s) Leicestershire and Rutland (VC55); typical of wet meadows and similar habitats with the larvae being found in the humus of marshy soils). Habitat. Devlin et al., 2022: 35 (list of Tipulidae observations across Wales, 1976-2019, in paper on the impact of climate change; observations: 259; habitat: Damp grasslands with Juncus into hills, middle uplands). Italy Habitat. Oosterbroek, 2002a: 106 (riparian forest with Fraxinus and Alnus). Lithuania Habitat. Podeniene, 2001a: 81, 83-86 (survey Lithuanian habitats; mostly under moss or in sand, silt, and fallings in littoral zones of rivers and lakes and in Alnus and Fagus forests). Habitat. Podeniene, 2002: 306 (larvae were found in mud of low-laying marsh (Alnetalia glutinosae) on boggy lakeshore). Habitat. Podeniene, 2003a: 1-295 (larva, descr, figs, habitat) (in Lithuanian). Habitat. Podeniene, 2003b: 12, 21, 22, 29 (larval habitat: sand and silt in riparian zone of small rivulets and in littoral zone of lakes, clay in land-improvement channels, mud in bogs of low lying woody swamps, mud on swampy riversides). Netherlands Biology. Peeters, 2023: 231 (common spring species of wet meadows, muddy ponds and lake margins). Romania Habitat. Ujvarosi, 2003: 57 (in coniferous forest and on bank of little brook in Fagus forest). Habitat. Ujvarosi and Poti, 2006: 257, 260 (habitat in Dupa Lunca marshland: shrubs along rivers and streams). Habitat. Ujvarosi et al., 2011b: 111 (loc(s) Dupa Lanca marshy area near Voslobeni) (in Hungarian, species list with habitat information in English). Russia Habitat. Chuzhekova, 2015: 210, 240 (on macrozoobenthos communities in spring brooks of Middle Volga) (PhD thesis, in Russian, 242 pages; for English summary see Chuzhekova, 2016, 37 pages). on characters and taxonomy (mainly from 2000 onward): Country not relevant Immatures. Lantsov, 2012a: 272 (comparison pupa). Characters. Young et al., 2013: 143 (comparison). Phylogeny. Keresztes et al., 2018a: 19 (phylogeny European species of Acutipula). Immatures. Keresztes et al., 2018a: 23 (key West Palaearctic Acutipula 4th instar larvae). Phylogeny. Podeniene et al., 2025: (phylogeny Eremotipula: outgroup taxon). Germany Characters. Young et al., 2013: 119, 145 (barcoding). Great Britain Characters. Boardman, 2007: 19-20 (characters). Lithuania Immatures. Podeniene, 2001a: 81, 83-86 (key larva, figs). Immatures. Podeniene, 2003a: 1-295 (larva, descr, figs, habitat) (in Lithuanian). on distribution (mainly from 2000 onward): Austria Distribution. Vogtenhuber, 2011: 46 (checklist Austria, list of provinces). Distribution. Aistleitner, 2015: 94 (loc(s) Vorarlberg). Distribution. Heiss et al., 2016: 69, 81 (loc(s) Oberosterreich). Distribution. Vogtenhuber and Kofler, 2017: 123 (loc(s) Osttirol, distr in Austria). Belgium Distribution. Martens et al., 2014: 114, 123 (loc(s) Oost-Vlaanderen). Distribution. Peeters, 2023: 231 (loc(s) Botanic Garden Jean Massart, Brussels-Capital Region, common spring species of wet meadows, muddy ponds and lake margins). Bosnia-Herzegowina Distribution. Simova-Tosic and Oosterbroek, 2003: 47 (review literature). Bulgaria First record. Keresztes et al., 2018a: supplement (loc(s)). Distribution. Kolcsar, 2018a: 10, appendix (loc(s)). Distribution. Hubenov, 2021a: (not yet listed in this checklist for Bulgaria). Croatia Distribution. Simova-Tosic and Oosterbroek, 2003: 47 (review literature). Czech Rep. Distribution. Stary et al., 2005d: 36 (loc(s)). Distribution. Stary, 2009k: webpage (checklist). Denmark Distribution. Petersen et al., 2001b: 162 (checklist). Estonia Distribution. Viitanen in litt., 2013: (for details see photo(s) above by Viitanen). Finland Misinterpretation. Autio and Salmela, 2010: 49 (loc(s) Aland Is) (repeated in Silfverberg, 2012). This record refers to T. (A.) lunata (Autio in litt., december 2012) (see also Salmela and Petrasiunas, 2014: 33). Distribution. Viitanen, 2018: 8 (previously reported from Finland based on a specimen from Terijoki on the Karelian Isthmus. Terijoki has not been within Finnish borders since the Second World War). First record. Viitanen, 2018: 8-9 (one male collected at Aland Is, at a spring and nice grove [see habitat photo above by E. Viitanen], descr, distr, figs) (in Finnish). France Distribution. Dufour, 2003b: 86 (loc(s) with information on habitat(s)) (in French). Distribution. Labat, 2013: 74 (on a sampling campaign on the Dordogne river sources, five Upper-Dordogne tributaries and a travertine, Auvergne, with information on the biocenotypes; see paper for details) (in French). Distribution. Tillier and Dehalleux, 2019: 154-155 (new and published records Ile-de-France, loc(s) Yvelines (78), Hauts-de-Seine (92), Seine-Saint-Denis (93), Val-de-Marne (94) and Val-d’Oise (95)). Distribution. Quindroit, 2020a: 18, 45-48 (annotated list with information on abundancy and habitat of the Tipuloidea of the Pays de la Loire regoin, distr) (in French). Distribution. Quindroit, 2020b: 127 (loc(s) Nord (59) and 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, 2021a: 26 (loc(s), resultats de deux campagnes de piegeage dans le Pas-de-Calais (62); see paper for details on habitat). Distribution. Labat, 2022: 52-67 (preliminary study on Diptera of riparian corridors at several localities in France; supplements: loc(s) Puy-de-Dome (63)) (in French). Distribution. Quindroit and Lemoine, 2022a: 15 (loc(s) Aisne (02), Oise (60) and Somme (80) with notes on habitats and distr) (in French). Distribution. Quindroit and Lemoine, 2022a: 34 (table specifying the presence in the five departments of the Hauts-de-France region). Distribution. Lemoine and Quindroit, 2023: 7 (loc(s) Haute-Marne (52)). Distribution. Tillier et al., 2023: 173 (loc(s) Doubs (25) and Haute-Saone (70), with list of altitude(s) and habitat(s)) (in French). Distribution. Quindroit and Racine, 2025: 356 (table specifying the presence in the five departments of the Pays de la Loire region). Germany Distribution. Schacht et al., 2001: 426 (loc(s) Bayern). Distribution. Heiss, 2003: 13 (checklist Thuringen). Distribution. Schacht, 2005: 3 (checklist Bayern). Distribution. Hable et al., 2010b: 89 (loc(s) Bayern). Distribution. Schacht, 2010: 38 (checklist Diptera Bayern). Distribution. Merkel-Wallner et al., 2011: 214 (loc(s) Bayern). Distribution. Heiss and Merkel-Wallner, 2013: 21-24 (loc(s) Bayern, table with Malaise trap habitats and species; see paper for details). Distribution. Dunk and Kraus, 2014: 168 (loc(s) Bayern). Distribution. Merkel-Wallner, 2014: 49 (loc(s) Bayern). Distribution. Heiss et al., 2017: 164 (loc(s) Thuringen). Distribution. Heiss, 2017a: 562, 566, 568, 571 (loc(s) Dinkelberg, Baden-Wurttemberg and table with details on presence in the various biotop-groups, mainly or exclusively found in open wet biotops). Distribution. Heiss, 2017b: 22 (checklist Tipulidae Thuringen). Distribution. Dunk, 2018: 79, 95 (loc(s) Bayern with list of habtats). Distribution. Keresztes et al., 2018a: supplement (loc(s) Bayern). Distribution. Heiss et al., 2019: 249-250 (annotated checklist of the Tipulidae of Niedersachsen and Bremen, including the presence in the surrounding Bundeslandern and the Netherlands) (in German). Distribution. Heiss, 2019: 36, 44 (loc(s) and checklist Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, see paper for further details). Distribution. Stuke, 2019: 240 (checklist Niedersachsen and Bremen with reference to original sources). Distribution. Heiss et al., 2021: 239 (found in cave(s) in Bayern, see paper on details of which part of the cave(s)) (in German). Distribution. Kehlmaier et al., 2021: 84 (loc(s) Baden-Wurttemberg). Distribution. Heiss and Malec, 2023: 316 (loc(s) Hessen). Distribution. Heiss and Malec, 2023: 329 (annotated checklist Hessen). Great Britain Distribution. Godfrey, 2001a: 23 (recorded from sites in Shropshire and just over the country border in Montgmeryshire; see paper for details). Distribution. Boardman, 2007: 19-20 (loc(s), map). Distribution. Skidmore, 2009: 124 (review of occurrence on the Western Isles of Scotland, distr). Distribution. Drake, 2011a: 26 (loc(s) Devon). Distribution. Kramer, 2011j: 8 (loc(s) Leicestershire and Rutland (VC55)). Distribution. Hewitt, 2014: (provisional checklist Cumbrian Diptera). Distribution. Wolton et al., 2014: 26 (among Diptera associated with a hedge in Devon). Distribution. Drake, 2016: 22 (study on the relative importance to Diptera of pasture and ditch margins on Catcott Reserve, Somerset). 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). Misinterpretation. Brighton, 2018c: 3 (new for the Outer Hebrides) (the photo illustrating the record shows a male of Tipula (Tipula) oleracea (most likely given the date, early july) or T. (T.) paludosa; see also Brighton, 2020a). Distribution. Brighton, 2020a: 9 (on two records from the west coast of Skye (NM394814) by Stephen Bungard and identified by Murdo Macdonald, on the 2nd [of june] and from a small islet just off Muck (NG187397) on the 26th; they were the first records since 1990 of the species from the Inner Hebrides). Distribution. Kramer and Morris, 2021b: 18 (info on the species, on the distr and map of loc(s) Leicestershire and Rutland (VC55); typical of wet meadows and similar habitats with the larvae being found in the humus of marshy soils). Hungary Distribution. Toth, 2005: 169 (loc(s)). Ireland Distribution. Ashe et al., 2007a: 301, 315-316, 342, 352 (review Irish records, map). Distribution. Chandler et al., 2008: 5 (checklist). Italy Distribution. Oosterbroek, 2002a: 106 (loc(s)). Distribution. Terzani et al., 2012: 306 (known from Riserva naturale Camaldoli (Arezzo), citing Oosterbroek, 2005). Lithuania Distribution. Podeniene, 2001a: 81, 83-86 (loc(s)). Distribution. Podeniene, 2002: 306 (loc(s)). Distribution. Pakalniskis et al., 2006: 27 (checklist). Montenegro Distribution. Simova-Tosic and Oosterbroek, 2003: 47 (review literature). Netherlands Distribution. Jong and Oosterbroek, 2002d: 40 (checklist, history Dutch records). Distribution. Oosterbroek, 2014: 258 (loc(s) Friesland). Distribution. Barendregt, 2015: 9 (loc(s) prov. Groningen). Distribution. Hoven, 2018: 16 (loc(s) Zeeland). Distribution. Hoven, 2019: 22 (loc(s) Gaasterland). Distribution. Steenis, 2019: 18 (loc(s) Noord-Brabant, Biesbosch). Distribution. Oosterbroek and Dek, 2020: 18 (Limoniidae and Tipulidae Nationaal Park Hollandse Duinen in 2018, Zuid-Holland). Distribution. Hoven, 2024: 15 (loc(s) Limburg). North Macedonia Distribution. Simova-Tosic and Oosterbroek, 2003: 47 (review literature). Norway First record. Hofsvang et al., 2019: 104-105, 142-143 (review Norwegian records, annotated checklist Nordic countries and for Norway according to the Strand regions). Poland Distribution. Skibinska and Chudzicke, 2007b: 77 (checklist). Romania First record. Erhan and Theowald, 1961: XXX (loc(s)). Distribution. Ujvarosi, 2003: 57 (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: 111 (loc(s) Dupa Lanca marshy area near Voslobeni) (in Hungarian, species list with habitat information in English). Distribution. Torok et al., 2014: 18 (checklist Romania). Distribution. Keresztes et al., 2018a: supplement (loc(s) larvae). Russia Distribution. Pilipenko, 2009a: 209 (annotated checklist Tipulidae Central European Territory, loc(s) RUC: Tverskaya oblast, Moskovskaya oblast, distr). Distribution. Jakovlev et al., 2014: 310 (loc(s) RUN: Kareliya). Distribution. Chuzhekova, 2015: 210, 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: 69 (loc(s) RUS: Saratovskaya oblast) (in Russian). Distribution. Paramonov and Pilipenko, 2016: 101 (loc(s) RUC: Tverskaya oblast) (in Russian). Distribution. Paramonov, 2018a: 185 (loc(s) RUC: Chuvash Rep., distr) (in Russian). Distribution. Viitanen, 2018: 8 (previously reported from Finland based on a specimen from Terijoki on the Karelian Isthmus. Terijoki has not been within Finnish borders since the Second World War). Distribution. Pilipenko et al., 2020: 364 (loc(s) RUC: Mordoviya Rep., distr). Serbia Distribution. Simova-Tosic and Oosterbroek, 2003: 47 (review literature). Slovakia Distribution. Stary, 2009g: 43 (loc(s) Polana area). Distribution. Stary, 2009k: webpage (checklist). Slovenia Distribution. Simova-Tosic and Oosterbroek, 2003: 47 (review literature). Spain Distribution. Eiroa and Baez, 2002b: 79 (checklist). Sweden Distribution. Fritz and Lindstrom, 2013: 63 (loc(s) Hallands County) (in Schwedish). on flight period (mainly from 2000 onward): Austria Aistleitner, 2015: month(s): 5-6. Heiss et al., 2016: month(s): 5. Vogtenhuber and Kofler, 2017: month(s): 6. Belgium Martens et al., 2014: month(s): 5-6. Peeters, 2023: month(s): 5. Bulgaria Keresztes et al., 2018a: month(s): 6-7. Kolcsar, 2018a: month(s): 5-7. Czech Rep. Stary et al., 2005d: month(s): 4-6. Estonia Viitanen in litt., 2013: month(s): 5. Finland Viitanen, 2018: month(s): 6. France Dufour, 2003b: month(s): 6. Tillier and Dehalleux, 2019: month(s): 4-6. Quindroit, 2020a: month(s): 4-6. Quindroit, 2020b: month(s): 4-6. Quindroit and Lemoine, 2022a: month(s): 4-5. Lemoine and Quindroit, 2023: month(s): 5. Tillier et al., 2023: month(s): 4-6(7). Germany Schacht et al., 2001: month(s): 5-6. Heiss and Merkel-Wallner, 2013: month(s): 5-6. Heiss et al., 2017: month(s): 5-6. Heiss, 2017a: month(s): 4-6. Dunk, 2018: month(s): 5-7. Keresztes et al., 2018a: month(s): 5. Heiss, 2019: month(s): 5-6. Heiss et al., 2021: month(s): 6. Kehlmaier et al., 2021: month(s): 6. Heiss and Malec, 2023: month(s): 5-6. Great Britain Godfrey, 2001a: month(s): 5. Kramer, 2011j: month(s): 5-6. Brighton, 2020a: month(s): 6. Kramer and Morris, 2021b: month(s): 4-8. Ireland Ashe et al., 2007a: month(s): 4-8. Lithuania Podeniene, 2001a: month(s): 5-7. Netherlands Barendregt, 2015: month(s): 5. Hoven, 2018: month(s): 5. Hoven, 2019: month(s): 5. Oosterbroek and Dek, 2020: month(s): 5. Hoven, 2024: month(s): 5. Norway Hofsvang et al., 2019: month(s): 5-6. Romania Ujvarosi, 2003: month(s): 5. Ujvarosi et al., 2011b: month(s): 5-6. Russia Pilipenko, 2009a: month(s): 5-6. Paramonov, 2015: month(s): 6. Paramonov and Pilipenko, 2016: month(s): 6. Paramonov, 2018a: month(s): 5-6. Pilipenko et al., 2020: month(s): 5. Slovakia Stary, 2009g: month(s): 6. on altitude (mainly from 2000 onward): Austria Aistleitner, 2015: altitude: 420-1400 m. Vogtenhuber and Kofler, 2017: altitude: 1350 m. Bulgaria Keresztes et al., 2018a: altitude: 1547-1561 m. Kolcsar, 2018a: altitude: 1067-1583 m. France Dufour, 2003b: altitude: 1120 m. Labat, 2021: altitude: 580-1358 m. Germany Merkel-Wallner et al., 2011: altitude: <700-799 m. Keresztes et al., 2018a: altitude: 570 m. Heiss et al., 2021: altitude: 449 m. Romania Ujvarosi, 2003: altitude: 1300 m. Ujvarosi and Poti, 2006: altitude: 670 m. Keresztes et al., 2018a: altitude: 470-801 m.