Records on New and Little-Known Larvae of the Family Limoniidae (Diptera, Nematocera) from Lithuania

New faunistic records of the genus Erioptera Meigen (Limoniidae, Diptera, Insecta) from Europe

“…Scale bars: 0.2 mm European Atlantic and Continental climatic zone, including mountainous areas (Oosterbroek 2017). The species is known to prefer the sandy riparian zone of rivers (Godfrey 1999, Podeniene 2002. Romanian specimens were collected around small brooks (which periodically dry out).…”

“…Some members of the genus are uncommon and others are abundant species of different aquatic or semi-aquatic habitats (Salmela 2001, Ujvárosi 2005, Podeniene 2009. The known larvae are detritivorous, living in various substrates like mud, sand, and wet leaf litter among streams and rivers banks, and lake shores (Podeniene 2002(Podeniene , 2009. Larva of Erioptera (Mesocyphona) bivittata (Loew, 1873) can tolerate high salinity and are found around saline-influenced lakes and coastal marshes (Stubbs 2003, Podeniene 2009.…”

New Limoniinae crane flies (Diptera: Limoniidae) of Korea

“…End of female abdomen cone-likely narrowed with three pairs of sclerotised dorsal hooks. Cauda of male abdomen rounded with additional three pairs of sclerotised dorsal hooks (Cramer, 1968;Podeniene, 2002).…”