Details for Tricyphona (Tricyphona) schummeli
Name:Tricyphona (Tricyphona) schummeli Edwards, 1921
Publication:Trans. R. Ent. Soc. Lond. 1921: 227 (as Tricyphona)
Status:Recognized taxon.
Classification:Family Pediciidae
Subfamily Pediciinae
Revision:Stary, 1994a.
Descriptive note:Redescription and type-material: Stary, 1994a.
Keys:Stary, 1994a (species related to livida); Boardman, 2016 (craneflies Shropshire); Stubbs and Kramer, 2016f; Stubbs, 2021 (British craneflies)
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Distribution:Albania, Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Czech Rep., Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Great Britain, Hungary, Ireland, Italy (Trentino-Alto Adige), Latvia, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Sweden, Switzerland, Ukraine; Russia: RUN, RUW, RUC, RUE, North Caucasus.
Note: see the manual for abbreviations: present-day Russia.
Region(s):Westpalaearctic
General note:Added: Switzerland (Stary and Geiger, 1998b). For Italy check Stary and Oosterbroek, 1996, and citations below. For Finland check Salmela, 2012b, 2012c, and citations below. For Norway check Olsen et al., 2018, and citations below. For Great Britain and Ireland check Stubbs, 2021, and citations below. Romania to be checked (see also Kolcsar, et al., 2012).
Map:Podenas et al., 2006 (Switzerland); Boardman, 2007 (Shropshire)
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references:
Habitus: Lundstrom and Fritz, 2015 (male)
Head: Podenas et al., 2006 (antenna)
Wing: Stary, 1968b; Podenas et al., 2006
Hypopygium: Stary, 1968b; Stary, 1994a; Podenas et al., 2006
Ovipositor: Stary, 1994a

Miscellaneous
Lundstrom and Fritz, 2015 (habitat)
Citationson biology (mainly from 2000 onward):
Bulgaria
Habitat. Hubenov, 2025b: suppl: 8 (annotated list Diptera high Bulgarian mts, local distr, habitats and zoogeography).
Czech Rep.
Habitat. Stary and Vonicka, 2018: 71-72 (on Limoniidae and Pediciidae of two localities in northern Bohemia, with list of localities, altitudes and habitats).
Finland
Habitat. Salmela, 2001a: 143-146, 152 (a spring species, often occurring in low numbers, citing various sources).
Biology. Salmela, 2008: 12, 24, 27, 33, 53 (49) (ecology or habitat: lotic, dweller of springs and cold headwater streams; phenology).
Habitat. Autio and Salmela, 2010: 49, 50 (habitats Aland Is).
France
Habitat. Quindroit, 2020a: 40, 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: 133 (loc(s) Nord (59) and Pas-de-Calais (62) with notes on habitats and distr) (in French).
Habitat. Quindroit, 2021a: 36 (loc(s), resultats d une campagne de piegeage dans le Pas-de-Calais (62); see paper for details on habitat).
Germany
Habitat. Lehmann and Reusch, 2009: 122 (from around lowland springs).
Habitat. Reusch and Hohmann, 2009: 130 (from spring brooks).
Great Britain
Habitat. Stubbs, 2003: 18 (a very local species, normally associated with acid sites; at Moor House on Calluna/Sphagnum moor and Juncus squarrosus moor).
Habitat. Boyce, 2004: 33, 62, 104 (chiefly found on upland blanket bogs).
Habitat. Boardman, 2007: 39 (associated with wet boggy woodland and Sphagnum mosses).
Habitat. Phillips, 2007: 150 (flushes with abundant Parnassia on hillside) (as Pedicia).
Habitat. Kramer, 2008a: 5 (at small stream in some Birch [Betula] woodland; a marsh species).
Habitat. Boardman, 2012b: 2 (swept from sheltered heather and cottongrass).
Habitat. Kramer, 2012h: 3 (Summer field meeting Scottish Highlands: found at marshes).
Habitat. Brighton, 2017c: 29, 40-41 (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).
Norway
Habitat. Olsen and Andersen, 2021: 218 (loc(s) Innlandet, in former Hedmark, with habitats specified separately, for habitats see also Jonassen and Andersen, 2020).
Sweden
Habitat. Lindstrom and Fritz, 2015: 20, 26, 39, 44, 49 (on distribution, ecology, habitat preference and habitat conservation in a method study and species inventory in five fens in Hallands County) (in Schwedish).
on characters and taxonomy (mainly from 2000 onward):
Great Britain
Characters. Boardman, 2007: 39 (characters).
on distribution (mainly from 2000 onward):
Austria
Distribution. Reusch and Heiss, 2012: 343-351 (loc(s) Nat. Park Gesause, see PDF for months and altitudes).
Bulgaria
Distribution. Hubenov, 2021a: 39 (checklist with summary of distr in Bulgaria, references).
Distribution. Hubenov, 2025b: suppl: 8 (annotated list Diptera high Bulgarian mts, local distr, habitats and zoogeography).
Czech Rep.
Distribution. Stary, 2009j: webpage (checklist).
Distribution. Stary and Vonicka, 2018: 71-72 (on Limoniidae and Pediciidae of two localities in northern Bohemia, with list of localities, altitudes and habitats).
Denmark
Distribution. Petersen et al., 2001: 157 (checklist).
Estonia
First record. Kolcsar et al., 2023a: 12 (loc(s)).
Finland
Distribution. Polevoi, 2001: 191 (loc(s)).
Distribution. Salmela, 2001a: 143-146, 152 (loc(s)).
Distribution. Salmela, 2008: 12, 53 (49) (loc(s), known from all Finnish ecoregions).
Distribution. Autio and Salmela, 2010: 49 (loc(s) Aland Is).
Distribution. Salmela, 2012b: 242 (annotated list of Finnish crane flies).
Distribution. Salmela and Petrasiunas, 2014: 24 (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. Quindroit, 2020a: 40, 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: 133 (loc(s) Nord (59) and Pas-de-Calais (62) with notes on habitats and distr) (in French).
Distribution. Quindroit, 2021a: 36 (loc(s), resultats d une campagne de piegeage dans le Pas-de-Calais (62); see paper for details on habitat).
Distribution. Quindroit and Lemoine, 2022a: 35 (table specifying the presence in the five departments of the Hauts-de-France region).
Distribution. Quindroit and Racine, 2025: 357 (table specifying the presence in the five departments of the Pays de la Loire region).
Germany
Distribution. Schacht, 1999: 131, 134 (loc(s), checklist Bayern).
Distribution. Reusch and Oosterbroek, 2000: 164 (checklist German Bundeslander).
Distribution. Reusch et al., 2004: 120 (loc(s) Baden-Wurttemberg and Schleswig-Holstein).
Distribution. Schacht, 2005: 4 (checklist Bayern).
Distribution. Lehmann and Reusch, 2009: 122 (loc(s) Niedersachsen).
Distribution. Reusch and Hohmann, 2009: 130 (loc(s) Sachsen-Anhalt).
Distribution. Schacht, 2010: 18 (checklist Diptera Bayern).
Distribution. Stuke, 2019: 163 (checklist Niedersachsen and Bremen with reference to original sources).
Great Britain
Distribution. Boyce, 2004: 33, 62, 104 (distr).
Distribution. Boardman, 2007: 39 (loc(s), map).
Distribution. Phillips, 2007: 150 (loc(s) Isle of Rum) (as Pedicia).
Distribution. Kramer, 2008a: 5 (loc(s) Scotland).
Distribution. Kramer, 2008d: 1-2 (historical and recent records Scotland).
Distribution. Skidmore, 2009: 125 (review of occurrence on the Western Isles of Scotland, distr).
Distribution. Boardman, 2012b: 2 (loc(s) Shropshire).
Distribution. Hewitt, 2014: (provisional checklist Cumbrian Diptera).
Distribution. Boardman, 2017: 3 (loc(s) Shropshire).
Distribution. Brighton, 2017c: 29, 40-41 (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. Cunningham, 2017: 16 (loc(s) Devon).
Distribution. Boardman, 2018: 3 (loc(s) Surrey).
Hungary
First record. Kolcsar and Soltesz, 2018: 172 (loc(s) Heves county).
Ireland
Distribution. Chandler et al., 2008: 8 (checklist).
Italy
Distribution. Podenas and Podeniene, 2008: 350, 353 (loc(s), annotated checklist South Tyrol [Prov. Bolzano]).
Netherlands
Distribution. Jong and Oosterbroek, 2002c: 37 (checklist).
Distribution. Hoven, 2024: 13 (loc(s) Limburg).
Norway
Distribution. Olsen et al., 2018: 152-153 (annotated checklist Nordic countries and for Norway according to the Strand regions).
Distribution. Olsen and Andersen, 2021: 218 (loc(s) Innlandet, in former Hedmark, with habitats specified separately, for habitats see also Jonassen and Andersen, 2020).
Poland
Distribution. Wiedenska, 2007b: 77 (checklist).
Romania
Distribution not confirmed. Ujvarosi and Stary, 2003: 49 (checklist Romania) (to be confirmed for Romania, see Kolcsar et al., 2012).
Misinterpretation. Ujvarosi, 2005a: 237, 248 (this record for Romania refers to livida, see Kolcsar et al., 2012).
Distribution not confirmed. Ujvarosi, 2007: 231-232 (checklist Pediciidae) (to be confirmed for Romania, see Kolcsar et al., 2012).
Misinterpretation. Kolcsar et al., 2012: 25 (record for Romania in Ujvarosi, 2005a refers to livida).
Russia
Distribution. Lantsov, 2003d: 84 (loc(s) Caucasus region, distr).
Distribution. Lantsov, 2003e: 77 (loc(s) Caucasus region, distr).
Distribution. Gavryushin in litt., 2011e: (loc(s) RUN: Murmanskaya oblast).
Distribution. Gavryushin in litt., 2015a: (loc(s) RUE: Bashkortostan Rep.).
Distribution. Humala and Polevoi, 2022: 33 (loc(s) RUN: Arkhangelskaya oblast).
Distribution. Kolcsar et al., 2023a: 12-13 (loc(s) RUC: Moskovskaya oblast).
Serbia
First record. Kolcsar et al., 2023a: 13 (loc(s)).
Slovakia
Distribution. Stary, 2009j: webpage (checklist).
Sweden
Distribution. Lindstrom and Fritz, 2015: 20, 26, 39, 44, 49 (on distribution, ecology, habitat preference and habitat conservation in a method study and species inventory in five fens in Hallands County) (in Schwedish).
Switzerland
Distribution. Podenas et al., 2006: 189, 359 (map, vertical distr per thermic level).
on flight period (mainly from 2000 onward):
Czech Rep.
Stary and Vonicka, 2018: month(s): (5)6-8.
Finland
Salmela, 2001a: month(s): 7-8.
Salmela, 2008: month(s): 7.
France
Quindroit, 2020a: month(s): 3.
Quindroit, 2020b: month(s): 4, 7.
Germany
Schacht, 1999: month(s): 5.
Reusch et al., 2004: month(s): 5-6.
Great Britain
Phillips, 2007: month(s): 8.
Kramer, 2008a: month(s): 6.
Boardman, 2012b: month(s): 6.
Boardman, 2017: month(s): 6.
Cunningham, 2017: month(s): 4.
Hungary
Kolcsar and Soltesz, 2018: month(s): 6.
Italy
Podenas and Podeniene, 2008: month(s): 6-9.
Netherlands
Hoven, 2024: month(s): 5.
Norway
Olsen and Andersen, 2021: month(s): 7-8(9).
Russia
Lantsov, 2003d: month(s): 7.
Lantsov, 2003e: month(s): 7.
Gavryushin in litt., 2011e: month(s): 7.
Gavryushin in litt., 2015a: month(s): 7.
Kolcsar et al., 2023a: month(s): 6.
Serbia
Kolcsar et al., 2023a: month(s): 6-7.
Switzerland
Podenas et al., 2006: month(s): 5-9.
on altitude (mainly from 2000 onward):
Bulgaria
Hubenov, 2021a: altitude: 1200 m.
Hubenov, 2025b: altitude: 1200 m.
Estonia
Kolcsar et al., 2023a: altitude: 40 m.
Germany
Reusch et al., 2004: altitude: 20-900 m.
Reusch and Hohmann, 2009: altitude: 842 m.
Italy
Podenas and Podeniene, 2008: altitude: 1220-2310 m.
Russia
Lantsov, 2003d: altitude: 914 m.
Lantsov, 2003e: altitude: 914 m.
Gavryushin in litt., 2015a: altitude: 607 m.
Kolcsar et al., 2023a: altitude: 200-220 m.
Serbia
Kolcsar et al., 2023a: altitude: 708-1550 m.

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