Details for Tipula (Savtshenkia) subnodicornis

Name: Tipula (Savtshenkia) subnodicornis Zetterstedt, 1838 Publication: Insecta Lapp.: 844 (as Tipula) Status: Recognized taxon. Classification: Family Tipulidae Subfamily Tipulinae Descriptive note: Phylogeny: Jong, 1994c. Keys: Boardman, 2016 (craneflies Shropshire); Peeters en Oosterbroek, 2016c (craneflies Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg) (in Dutch); Stubbs and Kramer, 2016d; Stubbs, 2021 (British craneflies) habitus male habitus male habitus copula body part(s) head body part(s) head plus 18 more images of body part(s), hypopygium, hypopygium, hypopygium, ovipositor, wing, wing, habitat, habitat, habitat, habitat, habitat, habitat, habitat, habitat, habitat, habitat and habitat. Distribution: Andorra, Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Czech Rep., Denmark (incl. Faroe Is), Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Great Britain, Ireland, Italy (as far south as Toscana), Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Sweden, Switzerland, Ukraine; Russia: RUN, RUW, RUC;; Russia: WS (south), ES (south); Kazakhstan (east). Note: see the manual for abbreviations: present-day Russia. Region(s): Westpalaearctic;; Eastpalaearctic General note: 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) Biology: Dufour, 1992a (subalpine, ecology). Figure references: Immature stages Larva: Podeniene, 2003a Miscellaneous Mitchell, 2025 (habitat) Citations on biology (mainly from 2000 onward): Belarus Habitat. Paramonov and Sushko, 2010: 45-46 (loc(s), distr, about fauna of raised bogs, for details see paper) (in Russian). Bulgaria Habitat. Hubenov, 2025b: suppl: 2 (annotated list Diptera high Bulgarian mts, local distr, habitats and zoogeography). Country not relevant Biology. Gudin et al., 2022: 399 (paper includes an updated catalogue of dipteran hosts of Tachinidae with list of the tachinid species involved; of the host records from Diptera, most are from larvae of Tabanidae and Tipulidae, with a few occasional records in other families). Finland Habitat. Salmela, 2004: 4, 5, 9 (occasionally found from springs; main habitat in Finland are most likely open or semi-open ombro- and minerotrophic mires). Habitat. Salmela and Ilmonen, 2005: 89, 91 (a common species; the occurrence in relation to the trophic status of mires within an open boreal mire system is investigated). Habitat. Salmela and Autio, 2007b: 49 (common and widespread mire species). Biology. Salmela, 2008: 12, 22, 25-26, 32-33, 53 (49) (ecology or habitat: peatland; phenology: showing great abundance in the early season, weeks 22-25). Habitat. Salmela and Autio, 2009: 52 (encountered in the same localities as T. (Y.) moesta). Habitat. Autio and Salmela, 2010: 49, 50 (habitats Aland Is, strongly prefers barren ombro-oligotrophic mires, also found in wooded mire). Habitat. Salmela, 2011a: 1-28 (study on three wetland habitats: aapa mires, springs and headwater streams; among the most common species). Habitat. Kramer, 2012f: 2-5 (swept from moss/Vaccinium forest floor, Sphagnum-filled drainage ditches and shaded mire at woodland boundary). Habitat. Salmela, 2012c: 15 (classified as a mire-dwelling species). Habitat. Autio et al., 2013: 1128 (a mire generalist, one of the species found in a study on species richness and rarity in a boreal mire). France Habitat. Dufour, 2003a: 75 (limestone screes above tree limit). Habitat. Dufour, 2003b: 90 (loc(s) with information on habitat(s)) (in French). Habitat. Tillier and Oosterbroek, 2019: 236 (loc(s) and distr Mercantour; habitat: prairie alpine avec zones humides). Germany Habitat. Heiss and Merkel-Wallner, 2013: 21-24 (loc(s) Bayern, table with Malaise trap habitats and species; see paper for details). Great Britain Habitat. Coulson and Downie, 2000: 30 (areas of blanket bog which had many pools, typical Erica-Sphagnum mire). Habitat. Boyce, 2002: 13 (review of seepage invertebrates in England, found at woodland seepages; see paper for details). Biology. Stubbs, 2003: 12-18, 52 (habitat: blanket bogs, citing Coulson, 1962, including other details about the biology of the species); (important as a food resource for upland birds, referring to Coulson, 1962, and Butterfield and Coulson, 1975). Habitat. Boyce, 2004: 33, 71-72, 104 (an inhabitant of acid flushes in the uplands). Habitat. Boardman, 2007: 29 (characteristic of boggy moorland, requiring wet ground such as cotton-grass moorland and rushy hillside seepages). Habitat. Horsfield, 2010: 189 (appears to be primarily a species of upland flushes and blanket mire and is commoner in the uplands than in the lowlands; can occur in huge numbers on blanket mire but ductions in populations can occur in warm and dry years due to the drying out of their wetland habitat). Habitat. Stubbs, 2010d: 442 (the larval site are semi-aquatic mosses on boggy ground). Habitat. Stubbs, 2014b: 1-2 (loc(s) Scotland; see paper for details on habitat). Biology. Stiles, 2016: 6 (introduction of a PhD project by William Styles (sic), a cranefly survey of Cambrian Mountains, Norh Wales: populations of long-palped craneflies (Tipula spp.) were very sparse; this is clearly a worrying sign for ecosystem health and functionality as one species alone within this group (Tipula subnodicornis) is understood to account for approximately 75% of annual aboveground invertebrate biomass for blanket bog habitat. There have been population declines and losses of species of conservation concern, such as the golden plover in the uplands; the loss of such an important prey group as the large bodied craneflies may at the least partly account for the recent observed declines in such breeding bird populations). Habitat. Brighton, 2017a: 5-6 (at an uncut lowland bog, Greater Manchester). Habitat. Brighton, 2017c: 31, 44 (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. Leftwich, 2017: 4-5 (appears to be restricted to the larger valley mire systems and would appear to be absent from the smaller preserves, such as those occurring within the Borough of Poole which were extensively surveyed during spring 2011; at Studland, the colony appears to occur strictly within the most open parts of the mire; in southern lowland Britain restricted to isolated valley mires). Phenology. Leftwich, 2017: 5 (flight period in Dorsel commenced in mid-march). Biology. Tschorsnig, 2017: 286 (host of Palaearctic Tachinidae, for species of Tachinidae, localities and references see paper). Phenology. MacDonald, 2018: 216 (on peak ativity in spring). Biology. Carter, 2021: 1-3 (PhD-project involving the rearing of Tipula paludosa and Tipula subnodicornis in containers, or microcosms, which allowed the development of the larvae to be followed in their appropriate habitats, in order to determine the impact of these tipulid larvae on greenhouse gas fluxes; see paper for details on methodology and succes of larval rearing). Biology. Kramer, 2022b: 12 (drawing attention to the work of Mathew Carroll [2012] from York Uni working on peat uplands; Mathew found that raising the water table by blocking drainage ditches significantly increased cranefly numbers; species identified during his study on moorland in Wales, the Pennines and the North York Moors were Tipula subnodicornis, Tricyphona immaculata, Molophilus ater, Ormosia pseudosimilis, Idioptera pulchella and Limonia dilutior). Ireland Habitat. Mitchell, 2025: 46 (Co Sligo, among some of the most abundant species on top of Benbulban Mountain; see habitat photo). Latvia Habitat. Spungis, 2008: 37 (raised bogs). Lithuania Habitat. Podeniene, 2003a: 1-295 (larva, descr, figs, habitat) (in Lithuanian). Netherlands Habitat. Oosterbroek and Jong, 2001: 108 (found in wet open habitats such as lowland and valley fens, moorlands, river banks, marshes on slopes, along plant-filled ponds, subalpine and alpine meadows, etc, citing various authors, the biology has been worked out in detail by Coulson (1962)). Norway Habitat. Olsen and Andersen, 2022: 41 (loc(s) Innlandet, in former Hedmark, with habitats specified separately, for habitats see also Jonassen and Andersen, 2020). Romania Habitat. Ujvarosi, 2003: 59 (mountanous peat bog). Russia Habitat. Lantsov, 2011c: 85 (ecology) (in Russian). on characters and taxonomy (mainly from 2000 onward): Country not relevant Phylogeny. Ahonen, 2007: 1-28 (included in phylogenetic analysis of Tipuloidea subfamilies relationships based on molecular data). Great Britain Characters. Leftwich, 2017: 5 (table showing differentiating characters, including flight behaviour, with Euphylidorea meigenii). Lithuania Immatures. Podeniene, 2003a: 1-295 (larva, descr, figs, habitat) (in Lithuanian). on distribution (mainly from 2000 onward): Andorra Distribution. Eiroa and Baez, 2002b: 80 (checklist). Austria Distribution. Vogtenhuber, 2011: 51 (checklist Austria, list of provinces). Distribution. Reusch and Heiss, 2012: 343-351 (loc(s) Nat. Park Gesause, see PDF for months and altitudes). Distribution. Aistleitner, 2015: 98 (loc(s) Vorarlberg). Distribution. Heiss et al., 2016: 76, 81 (loc(s) Oberosterreich and Vorarlberg). Belarus First record. Paramonov and Sushko, 2010: 45-46 (loc(s), distr, about fauna of raised bogs, for details see paper) (in Russian). Bulgaria Distribution. Hubenov, 2021a: 28 (checklist with summary of distr in Bulgaria, references). Distribution. Hubenov, 2025b: suppl: 2 (annotated list Diptera high Bulgarian mts, local distr, habitats and zoogeography). Czech Rep. Distribution. Stary, 2009k: webpage (checklist). Denmark Distribution. Petersen et al., 2001b: 163 (checklist). Finland Distribution. Polevoi, 2001: 191 (loc(s)). Distribution. Salmela, 2001a: 142, 149 (loc(s)). Distribution. Salmela, 2004: 4, 5, 9 (loc(s)). Distribution. Salmela and Ilmonen, 2005: 89, 91 (loc(s)). Distribution. Salmela and Autio, 2007b: 54 (loc(s)). Distribution. Salmela et al., 2007b: 46 (loc(s)). Distribution. Salmela, 2008: 12, 32, 53 (49) (loc(s), known from all Finnish ecoregions). Distribution. Salmela, 2011a: 24 (loc(s) subalpine northern boreal Finland). Distribution. Kramer, 2012f: 2-5 (loc(s) Obb: Syote National Park). Distribution. Salmela, 2012b: 241 (annotated list of Finnish crane flies). Distribution. Salmela, 2013: 18 (belongs to the most abundant and frequent cranefly species of Finland, see table above under Habitat). Distribution. Salmela and Petrasiunas, 2014: 35 (checklist Finnish Tipulomorpha). Distribution. Salmela et al., 2015: 109 (list of localities in extensive report on malaise-trapping of insects in conservation areas in Lapland in 2012–2014) (in Finnish). France Distribution. Dufour, 2003a: 75 (loc(s) Alpes-Maritimes (06)). Distribution. Dufour, 2003b: 90 (loc(s) with information on habitat(s)) (in French). Distribution. Tillier and Oosterbroek, 2019: 236 (loc(s) and distr Mercantour; habitat: prairie alpine avec zones humides). Distribution. Tillier et al., 2023: 178 (loc(s) Doubs (25) with list of altitude(s) and habitat(s)) (in French). Germany Distribution. Schacht et al., 2001: 428 (loc(s) Bayern). Distribution. Heiss and Bellstedt, 2003: 225 (loc(s) Thuringen). Distribution. Heiss, 2003: 14 (checklist Thuringen). Distribution. Schacht, 2005: 4 (checklist 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. Heiss et al., 2017: 170, 172 (loc(s) Thuringen). Distribution. Heiss, 2017b: 23 (checklist Tipulidae Thuringen). Distribution. Heiss et al., 2019: 255 (not known from Niedersachsen; see paper for details) (in German). Distribution. Stuke, 2019: 241 (checklist Niedersachsen and Bremen with reference to original sources). Distribution. Heiss and Malec, 2023: 330 (annotated checklist Hessen). Great Britain Distribution. Coulson and Downie, 2000: 30 (loc(s)on the Scottish Flows). Distribution. Crossley, 2003b: 60 (loc(s) Sheffield). Distribution. Stubbs, 2003: 32-33 (distr in GB). Distribution. Boyce, 2004: 33, 71-72, 104 (distr). Distribution. Boardman, 2007: 29 (loc(s), map). Distribution. Skidmore, 2009: 125 (review of occurrence on the Western Isles of Scotland, distr). Distribution. Kramer, 2012l: 147 (loc(s) Durham in the Wingate collection). Distribution. Hewitt, 2014: (provisional checklist Cumbrian Diptera). Distribution. Stubbs, 2014b: 1-2 (loc(s) Scotland; see paper for details on habitat). Distribution. Stiles, 2016: 6 (loc(s) Cambrian Mountains, Norh Wales). Distribution. Brighton, 2017a: 5-6 (at an uncut lowland bog, Greater Manchester). Distribution. Brighton, 2017c: 31, 44 (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. Leftwich, 2017: 4 (loc(s) Berkshire, Dorset, Hampshire, Surrey, distr). Distribution. Tschorsnig, 2017: 286 (host of Palaearctic Tachinidae, for species of Tachinidae, localities and references see paper). Distribution. Kramer, 2022b: 12 (drawing attention to the work of Mathew Carroll [2012] from York Uni working on peat uplands; Mathew found that raising the water table by blocking drainage ditches significantly increased cranefly numbers; species identified during his study on moorland in Wales, the Pennines and the North York Moors were Tipula subnodicornis, Tricyphona immaculata, Molophilus ater, Ormosia pseudosimilis, Idioptera pulchella and Limonia dilutior). Ireland Distribution. Ashe et al., 2007a: 302, 328-329, 354 (review Irish records, map). Distribution. Chandler et al., 2008: 6 (checklist). Distribution. Mitchell, 2025: 46 (Co Sligo, among some of the most abundant species on top of Benbulban Mountain; see habitat photo). Italy Distribution. Oosterbroek, 2008c: 342 (annotated checklist South Tyrol [Prov. Bolzano]). Kazakhstan First record. Devyatkov, 2021c: 297 (loc(s) East Kazakhstan, distr) (in Russian). Distribution. Devyatkov, 2022b: 27 (loc(s) East Kazakhstan, distr) (in Russian). Latvia Distribution. Spungis, 2008: 37 (loc(s)). Liechtenstein First record. Aistleitner, 2015: 98 (loc(s)). Lithuania Distribution. Pakalniskis et al., 2006: 29 (checklist). Netherlands First record. Oosterbroek and Theowald, 1992: 147 (NL). Distribution. Oosterbroek and Jong, 2001: 108 (review Dutch records). Distribution. Jong and Oosterbroek, 2002d: 42 (checklist). Norway Distribution. Hofsvang et al., 2019: 125-126, 144-145 (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: 41 (loc(s) Innlandet, in former Hedmark, with habitats specified separately, for habitats see also Jonassen and Andersen, 2020). Poland First record. Kolcsar et al., 2023a: 23 (loc(s) Lesser Poland). Romania First record. Erhan and Theowald, 1961: XXX (loc(s)). Distribution. Ujvarosi, 2003: 59 (review Romanian records, loc(s), distr). Distribution. Ujvarosi, 2007: 232-233 (checklist Tipulidae). Distribution. Torok et al., 2014: 19 (checklist Romania). Russia Distribution. Humala and Polevoi, 2009: 66 (loc(s) RUN: Kareliya) (in Russian). Distribution. Pilipenko, 2009a: 216 (annotated checklist Tipulidae Central European Territory, loc(s) RUC: Moskovskaya oblast, distr). Distribution. Lantsov, 2011c: 85 (loc(s) RUN: Arkhangelskaya oblast, Nenetskiy AO, distr) (in Russian). Distribution. Barkalov and Saaya, 2014: 65 (references Altay) (in Russian). Distribution. Paramonov and Pilipenko, 2016: 101 (loc(s) RUC: Tverskaya oblast) (in Russian). Serbia Distribution. Simova-Tosic and Oosterbroek, 2003: 55 (review literature). Slovakia Distribution. Stary, 2009g: 45 (loc(s) Polana area). Distribution. Stary, 2009k: webpage (checklist). Slovenia Distribution. Simova-Tosic and Oosterbroek, 2003: 55 (review literature). 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): 6. Heiss et al., 2016: month(s): 6. Belarus Paramonov and Sushko, 2010: month(s): 8-9. Finland Salmela, 2001a: month(s): 5-6. Salmela, 2008: month(s): 6-7. Kramer, 2012f: month(s): 6. France Dufour, 2003b: month(s): 6-7. Tillier and Oosterbroek, 2019: month(s): 7. Tillier et al., 2023: month(s): 6. Germany Schacht et al., 2001: month(s): 5. Heiss and Bellstedt, 2003: month(s): 5. Great Britain Crossley, 2003b: month(s): 4. Boardman, 2007: month(s): 4-5. Stubbs, 2014b: month(s): 6. Brighton, 2017a: month(s): 4. Ireland Ashe et al., 2007a: month(s): 5-6. Mitchell, 2025: month(s): 5. Kazakhstan Devyatkov, 2021c: month(s): 6. Devyatkov, 2022b: month(s): 6. Liechtenstein Aistleitner, 2015: month(s): 5. Netherlands Oosterbroek and Jong, 2001: month(s): 4-9. Norway Hofsvang et al., 2019: month(s): 6-7. Olsen and Andersen, 2022: month(s): 5-6(7). Poland Kolcsar et al., 2023a: month(s): 6. Romania Ujvarosi, 2003: month(s): 6. Russia Pilipenko, 2009a: month(s): 5. Lantsov, 2011c: month(s): 7. Paramonov and Pilipenko, 2016: month(s): 5. Slovakia Stary, 2009g: month(s): 5. on altitude (mainly from 2000 onward): Austria Aistleitner, 2015: altitude: 1720 m. Bulgaria Hubenov, 2021a: altitude: 1500 m. Hubenov, 2025b: altitude: 1500 m. France Dufour, 2003a: altitude: above 2200 m. Dufour, 2003b: altitude: 2100-2400 m. Tillier and Oosterbroek, 2019: altitude: 2550 m. Germany Heiss and Bellstedt, 2003: altitude: 800 m. Merkel-Wallner et al., 2011: altitude: <700-1299 m. Ireland Mitchell, 2025: altitude: 526 m. Kazakhstan Devyatkov, 2022b: altitude: 1765-2032 m. Liechtenstein Aistleitner, 2015: altitude: 1400 m. Norway Hofsvang, 2022: altitude: 900-1450 m. Poland Kolcsar et al., 2023a: altitude: 1780 m. Romania Ujvarosi, 2003: altitude: 1100 m.