Details for Tipula (Platytipula) melanoceros

Name: Tipula (Platytipula) melanoceros Schummel, 1833 Publication: Beitr. Ent., Breslau 3: 75 (as Tipula) Status: Recognized taxon, Synonym(s): lineata Staeger, 1840. Classification: Family Tipulidae Subfamily Tipulinae Keys: Podeniene, 2001a (Platytipula larva Lithuania); Peeters en Oosterbroek, 2016b, 2016c (craneflies Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg) (in Dutch); Boardman, 2016 (craneflies Shropshire); Stubbs and Kramer, 2016d; Stubbs, 2021 (British craneflies) Variant spelling(s): melanoceras habitus male habitus male habitus male habitus male habitus male plus 37 more images of 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, hypopygium, hypopygium, hypopygium, hypopygium, ovipositor, ovipositor, ovipositor, ovipositor, ovipositor, ovipositor, ovipositor, wing, wing, wing, wing, habitat, habitat, habitat and habitat. Distribution: Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Czech Rep., Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Great Britain, Ireland, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Slovakia, Spain (north), Sweden, Switzerland, Ukraine; Russia: RUN, RUW, RUC;; Russia: ES (Yakutiya), FE (Magadan oblast, Amur basin). Note: see the manual for abbreviations: present-day Russia. Region(s): Westpalaearctic;; Eastpalaearctic General note: Added: Estonia (Remm, 1986). 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: Wing: Jancso et al., 2026 Hypopygium: Brighton, 2017; Jancso et al., 2026 Immature stages Larva: Podeniene, 2001a; Podeniene, 2003a Citations on biology (mainly from 2000 onward): Finland Habitat. Salmela, 2004: 4, 9 (typical for open or semi-open mire types). 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: 12, 22, 25-27, 52 (49) (ecology or habitat: peatland; phenology: very abundant in august, weeks 32-35). Habitat. Autio and Salmela, 2010: 49, 50 (habitats Aland Is, strongly prefers barren ombro-oligotrophic mires). Habitat. Salmela, 2011a: 1-28 (study on three wetland habitats: aapa mires, springs and headwater streams). Habitat. Salmela, 2012c: 15 (classified as a mire-dwelling species). Habitat. Autio et al., 2013: 1128, 1130 (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. Stubbs, 2003: 18 (restricted to flat boggy ground where water tends to stand, flora typically with Polytrichum commune and Juncus effusus). Habitat. Boyce, 2004: 32, 57, 62, 68, 72, 104 (apparently a stenotopic inhabitant of lowland and upland acid mires; larvae in shallow peaty pools). Habitat. Boardman, 2007: 24 (characteristic of boggy moorland, peat bog, and heathland mire edge; it can tolerate wet situations that dry out somewhat in summer). Habitat. Stubbs, 2010d: 442 (the larval site are semi-aquatic mosses). Habitat. Alexander, 2015: 3 (result of a study on sampling techniques in Cornwall, showing productive pitfall-trapping for moorland crane flies). Habitat. Boardman, 2017: 4 (valley mires, Dorset). Habitat. Brighton, 2017a: 6 (at an uncut lowland bog, Greater Manchester). Habitat. Brighton, 2017c: 30, 43 (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. Devlin et al., 2022: 35 (list of Tipulidae observations across Wales, 1976-2019, in paper on the impact of climate change; observations: 139; habitat: Bogs). Latvia Habitat. Spungis, 2008: 37 (raised bogs). Lithuania Habitat. Podeniene, 2001a: 81, 85 (larvae in sphagnum moss and loam of low-laying Carici-elongatae Alnetum marsh). Habitat. Podeniene, 2003a: 1-295 (larva, descr, figs, habitat) (in Lithuanian). Norway Habitat. Olsen and Andersen, 2022: 40 (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): Bulgaria Description. Jancso et al., 2026: 526-528 (diagnosis, fig(s)). Lithuania Immatures. Podeniene, 2001a: 81, 85 (key larva, figs). Immatures. Podeniene, 2003a: 1-295 (larva, descr, figs, habitat) (in Lithuanian). on distribution (mainly from 2000 onward): Austria Distribution. Vogtenhuber, 2011: 49 (checklist Austria, list of provinces). Distribution. Heiss et al., 2016: 73, 81 (loc(s) Karnten, distr). Bulgaria First record. Jancso et al., 2026: 526 (loc(s), distr, map). Czech Rep. Distribution. Stary, 2009k: webpage (checklist). Denmark Distribution. Petersen et al., 2001b: 162 (checklist). Finland Distribution. Salmela, 2004: 4, 9 (loc(s)). Distribution. Salmela and Ilmonen, 2005: 88-91 (loc(s)). Distribution. Salmela et al., 2007b: 46 (loc(s)). Distribution. Salmela, 2008: 12, 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. Salmela, 2012b: 241 (annotated list of Finnish crane flies). Distribution. Salmela and Petrasiunas, 2014: 34 (checklist Finnish Tipulomorpha). Distribution. Salmela et al., 2015: 108 (list of localities in extensive report on malaise-trapping of insects in conservation areas in Lapland in 2012–2014) (in Finnish). France Distribution. Tillier et al., 2023: 176 (loc(s) Haute-Saone (70), with list of altitude(s) and habitat(s)) and note on distribution in France) (in French). Germany Distribution. Schacht et al., 2001: 427 (loc(s) Bayern). Distribution. Heiss and Bellstedt, 2003: 225 (loc(s) Thuringen). Distribution. Heiss, 2003: 13 (checklist Thuringen). Distribution. Schacht, 2005: 3 (checklist Bayern). Distribution. Barndt, 2010: 225, 289 (loc(s) Brandenburg). Distribution. Schacht, 2010: 38 (checklist Diptera Bayern). Distribution. Heiss, 2017b: 23 (checklist Tipulidae Thuringen). Distribution. Heiss et al., 2019: 251 (loc(s); annotated checklist of the Tipulidae of Niedersachsen and Bremen, including the presence in the surrounding Bundeslandern and the Netherlands) (in German). Distribution. Heiss and Malec, 2023: 329 (annotated checklist Hessen). Great Britain Distribution. Chandler, 2003a: 16 (loc(s) Norfolk). Distribution. Boyce, 2004: 32, 57, 62, 68, 72, 104 (distr). Distribution. Corbet, 2004: 128 (loc(s) Durnbarnie Links, western Scotland). Distribution. Boardman, 2007: 24 (loc(s), map). Distribution. Phillips, 2007: 149 (loc(s) Isle of Rum). Distribution. Skidmore, 2009: 124 (review of occurrence on the Western Isles of Scotland, distr). Distribution. Hewitt, 2014: (provisional checklist Cumbrian Diptera). Distribution. Alexander, 2015: 3 (result of a study on sampling techniques in Cornwall, showing productive pitfall-trapping for moorland crane flies). Distribution. Boardman, 2017: 4 (valley mires, Dorset). Distribution. Brighton, 2017a: 6 (at an uncut lowland bog, Greater Manchester). Distribution. Brighton, 2017c: 30, 43 (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). Ireland Distribution. Ashe et al., 2007a: 298, 302, 322-323, 350, 353 (review Irish records and confirmed for Ireland, map). Distribution. Chandler et al., 2008: 6 (checklist). Latvia Distribution. Spungis, 2008: 37 (loc(s)). Lithuania Distribution. Podeniene, 2001a: 81, 85 (loc(s)). Distribution. Pakalniskis et al., 2006: 27 (checklist). Netherlands Distribution. Jong and Oosterbroek, 2002d: 41 (checklist). Distribution. Oosterbroek and Jong, 2020: 46 (Tipulidae Kaaistoep, Noord-Brabant). Norway Distribution. Hofsvang et al., 2019: 113-114, 142-143 (review Norwegian records, annotated checklist Nordic countries and for Norway according to the Strand regions). Distribution. Hofsvang, 2022: 24 (on loc(s) and altitude(s) of Tipulidae in southern Norway, as found in the literature, see paper for references) (in Norwegian). Distribution. Olsen and Andersen, 2022: 40 (loc(s) Innlandet, in former Hedmark, with habitats specified separately, for habitats see also Jonassen and Andersen, 2020). Poland Distribution. Skibinska and Chudzicke, 2007b: 78 (checklist). Russia Distribution. Humala and Polevoi, 1999: 111 (RUN: list of Diptera of the Karelian shore and islands of the White Sea) (in Russian). Distribution. Polevoi and Humala, 2005: 181 (RUN: list of Diptera of Vepsskaya Volost, Kareliya) (in Russian). Distribution. Polevoi and Humala, 2007: 135 (RUN: list of Diptera of Chukozero area, Kareliya) (in Russian). Distribution. Humala and Polevoi, 2009: 66 (loc(s) RUN: Kareliya) (in Russian). Distribution. Pilipenko, 2009a: 213 (annotated checklist Tipulidae Central European Territory, loc(s) RUC: Tverskaya oblast, Moskovskaya oblast, distr). Distribution. Paramonov and Pilipenko, 2016: 101 (loc(s) RUC: Tverskaya oblast) (in Russian). Slovakia Distribution. Stary, 2009k: webpage (checklist). Spain Distribution. Eiroa and Baez, 2002b: 80 (checklist). on flight period (mainly from 2000 onward): Austria Heiss et al., 2016: month(s): 8. Bulgaria Jancso et al., 2026: month(s): 8. Finland Salmela, 2008: month(s): 7-8. France Tillier et al., 2023: month(s): 10. Germany Schacht et al., 2001: month(s): 9. Heiss and Bellstedt, 2003: month(s): 8. Heiss et al., 2019: month(s): 9. Great Britain Chandler, 2003a: month(s): 10. Corbet, 2004: month(s): 9. Boardman, 2007: month(s): 7-9. Phillips, 2007: month(s): 8. Boardman, 2017: month(s): 9. Brighton, 2017a: month(s): 9. Norway Hofsvang et al., 2019: month(s): 7-9. Olsen and Andersen, 2022: month(s): 8. Russia Pilipenko, 2009a: month(s): 8-9. on altitude (mainly from 2000 onward): Bulgaria Jancso et al., 2026: altitude: 2150 m. Norway Hofsvang, 2022: altitude: 900-1220 m. Olsen and Andersen, 2022: altitude: 640-700 m.