Contribution to the Knowledge of Cylindrotomidae, Pediciidae and Tipulidae (Diptera: Tipuloidea): First Records of 86 Species from Various European Countries

Abstract

The superfamily Tipuloidea contains the following cranefly families: Cylindrotomidae, Limoniidae, Pediciidae and Tipulidae, with 1267 species known in Europe. Recent studies have increased our knowledge regarding these families substantially, but craneflies still represent an understudied group, even in Europe. A previous paper focused on European Limoniidae, summarizing the faunistic and taxonomic papers concerning the family between 2010 and 2020, and reported additional new country records. In this study, the focus is on the other three cranefly families: Cylindrotomidae, Pediciidae and Tipulidae, summarizing taxonomic and faunistic studies concerning these families in Europe between 2010 and 2022. Also presented are 204 occurrence records belonging to one Cylindrotomidae, 23 Pediciidae and 62 Tipulidae species, which represent first country records from various European countries: three from Albania, three from Belarus, one from Belgium, three from Bosnia and Herzegovina, 13 from Bulgaria, two from Cyprus, two from Denmark, three from Estonia, one from Finland, two from Greece, three from Italy, one from Montenegro, one from North Macedonia, six from Norway, six from Poland, four from Portugal, seven from Serbia, four from Slovenia, two from Spain and one from Sweden, and three from the European territory of Russia. In addition of species known already from Russia, six are presented as new from Central European Russia, 26 from East European Russia, six from North Caucasus and six from North European Russia.

New records for the Western Balkans cranefly fauna (Diptera, Tipuloidea) with the description of a new Baeoura Alexander (Diptera, Limoniidae)

“…As many other publications have previously demonstrated, the biodiversity of the Balkans remains insufficiently investigated, and the local fauna consists of far more species than what is currently reported (e.g., Ivković et al 2013 ; Kvifte et al 2013 ; Pont and Ivković 2013 ; Ivković and Plant 2015 ; Ivković and Pont 2015 ; Ivković et al 2016 ; Kvifte and Ivković 2018 ; Keresztes et al 2018b ). Despite historical and more recent publications ( Bilalli et al 2021 ; de Jong et al 2021 ; Kolcsár et al 2015a , b , 2017a , b , 2018a , b , 2023 ; Keresztes et al 2018a , b ; Starý 2012 ) the cranefly fauna of the Western Balkans is still poorly known. In this study we report two species for the first time from Albania, eight from Bosnia and Herzegovina, twelve from Croatia, and seven from Slovenia.…”

“…In the last decade, our knowledge of the distribution of European craneflies has increased, but nonetheless craneflies are still considered a poorly known insect group. Apart from a few better-studied countries, like the Czech Republic, Finland, or the United Kingdom, the fauna of many countries is still poorly investigated and it is relatively easy to find new or unreported cranefly species (Kolcsár et al 2021(Kolcsár et al , 2023.…”

“…The rivers and streams of Western Balkans are mostly in good or excellent condition and therefore the nickname of this area is “the Blue Heart of Europe” ( https://www.balkanrivers.net/en ). The Western Balkans are still unexplored and understudied ( Kolcsár et al 2023 ), especially when it comes to aquatic insect fauna. Therefore, there are many new described species in the last decade, especially regarding Diptera (e.g., Ivković et al 2012 ; Kvifte et al 2013 ; Pont and Ivković 2013 ; Andersen et al 2016 ; Kvifte and Ivković 2018 ).…”

“…Therefore, there are many new described species in the last decade, especially regarding Diptera (e.g., Ivković et al 2012 ; Kvifte et al 2013 ; Pont and Ivković 2013 ; Andersen et al 2016 ; Kvifte and Ivković 2018 ). For craneflies, the following publications have dealt with the Western Balkans fauna in the last decade: Bilalli et al (2021) , de Jong et al (2021) , Kolcsár et al (2015a , b , 2017a , b , 2018a , b , 2023 ), Keresztes et al (2018a , b ), and Starý (2012) .…”