Contribution to the knowledge of Limoniidae (Diptera: Tipuloidea): first records of 244 species from various European countries

Abstract

Limoniidae is one of the most species rich Dipteran families, with 661 reported species in Europe. Despite the fact that the European limoniid crane fly fauna has been studied ever since Carolus Linnaeus, it is still poorly known.In this study we summarize the taxonomic and faunistic studies of European Limoniidae, which described new species and reported first country records, between 2010 and 2020. We also report occurrence data of 237 Limoniidae species which represent the first country records or conformational records from various European countries, as we report eight species from Albania, one from Austria, thirty-seven from Belarus, five from Belgium, two from Bulgaria, two from Estonia, six from Finland, seven from France, fourteen from Greece, seventeen from Hungary, two from Iceland, six from Italy, eleven from Latvia, one from Malta, nine from Montenegro, two from the Netherlands, ten from North Macedonia, forty-two from Norway, one from Poland, five from Portugal, twenty from Romania, thirty-eight from Serbia, one from Slovenia, five from Spain, and seven species from Sweden for the first time. From the European territory of Russia we report twenty-eight species from Central European Russia, seventy-three from East European Russia, fifteen from North European Russia, one from Northwest European Russia and seven from North Caucasus for the first time. Confirmatory records and corrigenda are also included.

Keywords

• biodiversity
• Catalogue of the Craneflies of the W