Pjotr Oosterbroek

Naturalis Biodiversity Center | NCB · Department of Terrestrial Zoology

For the first time, an overview is presented of the species of crane flies (Limoniidae and Tipulidae) known from the West Indies, with their distributions in the area that comprise the islands of the Caribbean Sea between the United States, the Isthmus of Panama, and South America. Of the 258 species of crane flies known from the West Indies, 206 a...

We record the first observation of gynandromorphy in the genus Rhipidia (Diptera: Limoniidae), in the species R. (R.) willistoniana (Alexander, 1929), from the island of Martinique in the West Indies. The adult crane fly shows polar gynandromorphy of the antenna and genitalia.

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...

The results of a first major inventory of the crane flies (Diptera: Tipuloidea) of the Lesser Antillean island of Martinique are presented here, based almost exclusively on pan trap sampling during 2018. A total of 27 species of crane flies were discovered, including four new species, Teucholabis (Teucholabis) carbetensis sp. nov., Atypophthalmus (...

The faunistic knowledge of the Diptera of Morocco recorded from 1787 to 2021 is summarized and updated in this first catalogue of Moroccan Diptera species. A total of 3057 species, classified into 948 genera and 93 families (21 Nematocera and 72 Brachycera), are listed. Taxa (superfamily, family, genus and species) have been updated according to cu...

The InBIO Barcoding Initiative (IBI) Diptera 02 dataset contains records of 412 crane fly specimens belonging to the Diptera families: Limoniidae, Pediciidae and Tipulidae. This dataset is the second release by IBI on Diptera and it greatly increases the knowledge on the DNA barcodes and distribution of crane flies from Portugal. All specimens were...

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 summarise the taxonomic and faunistic studies of European Limoniidae, which described new species and...

All species from continental Portugal of the dipterous families Limoniidae, Pediciidae and Tipulidae are presented including their distribution in Portugal and beyond. New records are added for the large majority of the species. In total 123 species are registered. Of these, 17 species of Limoniidae and 11 species of Tipulidae are recorded here for...

Ren, J.; Zhang, X.; Wang, C.; Li, Y.; Yang, D.; Oosterbroek, P. 2020a. Limoniidae. In: Yang, D.; Li, Z.; Liu, Q.F. et al. (eds). Species Catalogue of China, Vol. 2, Animals, Insecta (V), Diptera (1), Nematocera. Science Press, Beijing: 363-418.

Sixteen subgenera of the genus Tipula Linnaeus, 1758 (Diptera, Tipulidae, Tipulinae) have been recorded from Norway, and their distribution is surveyed in this paper. Notes on the flight period and habitats are also given. Ten species of Tipulidae are reported new to the Norwegian fauna: Ctenophora (Ctenophora) nigriceps (Tjeder, 1949), Dolichopeza...

Tipulidae of the Mercantour National Park (France): results of the All Taxa Biodiversity Inventory (ATBI) and synthesis of knowledge (Diptera). During the All Taxa Biodiversity Inventory performed in the Mercantour National Park (2009-2013), 47 species of Tipulidae were collected. Eleven species were new for the Mercantour National Park: Dictenidia...

This paper presents forty species of limoniid craneflies as new to the Norwegian fauna, and include also an updated and annotated checklist of species occurring in Norway, Sweden, Finland, Denmark and Iceland. For Norway, distributional data are given according to Strand regions. Comments are given on some species with doubtful records from Norway.

Intro to online Catalogue of the Craneflies of the World, online at ccw.naturalis.nl

This contribution gives a summary of the knowledge about the large insect group of Crane Flies (Diptera, superfamily Tipuloidea). The introduction briefly reviews the history of systematic and differentiating characters of the four families Cylindrotomidae, Limoniidae, Pediciidae and Tipu-lidae. For each family the number of species is specified fo...

In België zijn Tipulidae een tot voor kort minder onderzochte Dipterafamilie. Dankzij de verdeling van een laagdrempelig determinatiewerk (Peeters & Oosterbroek, 2013) en het uitgebreide validatorwerk op waarnemingen.be zijn de waarnemingen van deze interessante groep de laatste jaren exponentieel toegenomen. Resultaat van dit alles is ondermeer de...

Nuevos registros de la mosca endémica de la nieve Chionea (Sphaeconophilus) pyrenaea (Bourne, 1981) y actualización de la distribución de las especies de mosca de nieve en los Pirineos ABSTRACT.– Wingless snow flies Chionea spp are highly specialized winter active arthropods of the supranivean fauna, for which little is known yet about their life h...

Inleiding Steltmuggen (Limoniidae) vormen een familie binnen de Dip-tera waaraan in Nederland relatief weinig aandacht wordt besteed, wat mede te maken kan hebben met het gebrek aan goede determinatiewerken. Steltmuggen komen vooral voor in vochtige terreinen waar ze zijn aan te treffen tussen de ve-getatie en waarvan veel soorten tegen de avond zw...

P. 2013. The originally East Palaearctic crane fly Tipula (Platytipula) moiwana (Matsumura, 1916) (Diptera, Tipulidae) found in Oslo, an addition to the Norwegian fauna. Norwegian Journal of Entomology 60, 159–162. Females of the autumn crane fly Tipula (Platytipula) moiwana (Matsumura, 1916) were collected along the river Ljanselva in Oslo. This s...

A review is presented of the seven Western Palaearctic species of the genus Dolichopeza Curtis, 1825, which represent two subgenera: Dolichopeza (six species) and Oropeza Needham, 1908 (one species). A neotype is designated for the species D. (D.) nitida Mik, 1874, which is considered a senior synonym of D. graeca Mannheims, 1954, whereas D. nitida...

New replacement names are given for 18 species-group names in Limoniidae and 5 species-group names in Tipulidae. Another replacement name in Limoniidae (schineriana Alexander) is reinstated. In all cases the replacement names are necessary because the senior and junior homonyms are presently congeneric.

Distributional records are presented for 16 species of Limoniidae and 144 species of Tipulidae (Diptera), mainly based on material in the collection of the Zoological Museum, Amsterdam. The records are all from the Palaearctic and include new country records for 62 species, and other interesting new records for provinces or islands for 109 species....

Charles P. Alexander is the author of 11.755 insect taxa, the large majority of which are in the four families of craneflies (Diptera, Tipuloidea). After a short biography, an overview is presented of the number of taxa in relation to biogeographical regions, families, synonyms, etc. in craneflies (11.556 names) as well as in nine other families of...

On the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the birth of Bernhard Mannheims, we present a short biography, a complete bibliography and a list of the taxa of Diptera described or named by him.

The Tipulidae s.l.—craneflies—are one of the largest groups of the Diptera containing over 15,270 valid species and subspecies. The immatures of the majority of species live in aquatic or semiaquatic habitats. Some aquatic species live entirely submerged and lack functional spiracles, others come to the surface to take oxygen by using spiracles pos...

Records of altogether 85 species of the families Limoniidae, Pediciidae and Cylindrotomidae (Diptera) are published, based on the material from the collections of the Zoological Museum, Amsterdam, representing various additions to their distribution in West Palaearctic countries. For Euphylidorea crocotula (Séguy, 1941) a lectotype is designated an...

The relationships of the nematocerous families of Diptera are cladistieally analysed using the parsimony programs PAUP and Hennig86. An extensive review, as well as a data matrix, is presented for 98 almost exclusively morphological characters (larva, 56; pupa, 6; adult, 36). Four infraorders are recognized, viz, Ptychopteromorpha, Culicomorpha, Bl...

This review of the European species of the genus Chionea (Diptera, Limoniidae), in 2 subgenera, Chionea (2 species) and Sphaeconophilus (7 species) includes an illustrated key to the species and for each species a diagnosis, type material, synonymy, discussion and details about the countries from which the species is known or has been reported. C....

During the Diptera Stelviana project 23 species of Tipul idae have been co llected in the National Park Stilfserjoch (Ita lian Alps), increasing the number of species known from the Stelvi o region from 22 to 38. Most of the 16 species added to the region are well represented in other parts of northern Italy and central Europe and with a few except...

FIGURES 1 – 8. 1 – 2, Male terminalia, aedeagal complex, lateral. 1. Gonomyia (Gonomyia) tenella. 2. G. (G.) subtenella. 3 – 5, Male terminalia, gonostyli, dorsal. 3. Euphylidorea crocotula. 4. E. lineola. 5. E. dispar. 6 – 8, Male terminalia, aedeagal complex, dorsal. 6. E. crocotula. 7. E. lineola. 8. E. dispar.

An overview is presented of the Tipulidae and Limoniidae (Diptera, Nematocera, Crane-flies) of Greenland. Six species of Tipulidae are known. One of them, Tipula (Arctotipula) besselsoides Alexander, 1919, is new to Greenland. Tipula (Arctotipula) thulensis Alexander, 1946 and Tipula (Arctotipula) epios Alexander, 1969 are treated as new synonyms o...

The European families of the Diptera presents an identification key and family descriptions of all 132 families of Diptera (midges, mosquitoes, gnats, true flies) occurring in Europe. For the extensive identification key a new combination of important characters is employed, enabling relatively easy identification of families which are aberrant or...

A description, with figures, is presented of the new species Tipula (Lunatipula) murati from Turkey. The species belongs to the acuminata group sensu Mannheims, 1963, and its position within this species group is discussed.

A description, with figures, is presented of Tipula (Lunatipula) cillibema sp. n., a species from the province Mugla, Southwestern Turkey. The species is close to T. (L.) imbecilla Loew, from areas near Rhodos. Both species are assigned to the macroselene group sensu Mannheims (1965), and their position within this species group is discussed.

Eginia ocypterata (Meigen) was recorded from The Nether-lands by Van der Wulp & De Meijere already in 1898. Never-theless, it has been listed for the country as 'not present' (Oosterbroek 1981), and as 'could not be confirmed' (Prijs 2002). Therefore, it seems appropriate to publish the Dutch localities from which the species is known and to discus...

Kommentierte Liste der Arten der Familien Pediciidae, Limoniidae und Cylindrotomidae Sloveniens, Kroatiens, Bosnien-Herzegovinas, Serbiens, Montenegros und Mazedoniens sowie Ergiinzungen zu den Tipulidae (Insecta, Diptera)] by Pjotr OOSTERBROEK and Duska SIMOVA-TOSIC Amsterdam (The Netherlands) Belgrade (Serbia) Abstract A list is given of the 207...

A revised checkli st of Turki sh cran e fli es of the fa mily Tipulidae (Diptera) is presented, com-pri sing 130 taxa. Nine species are recorded from Turkey for the first time. The list states whether the species are known from the As iatic (128 taxa) or European (17 taxa) part of Turkey, as well as whether they are endemic (53 taxa) or have their...

Sasakawa, M. & von Tschirnhaus, M. (1998) Agromyzidae (Leaf-mining flies). - Pp. 121-122 in: Oosterbroek, Pjotr (ed): Fauna malesiana Handbook 1. - XI + 227 pp.; Brill, Leiden etc. [En.] ISBN: 9789004110533.

Six new species of Tipula, subgenus Lunatipula, are described from Israel and Turkey. The new species from Israel are detruncata, fini, substernalis and meronensis. The first two species are members of the angelica complex. T. (L.) substernalis is the sister species of sternalis. T. (L.) meronensis belong to the kybele complex. Within this complex...

The relationships of the nematocerous families of Diptera are cladistically analysed using the parsimony programs PAUP and Hennig86. An extensive review, as well as a data matrix, is presented for 98 almost exclusively morphological characters (larva, 56; pupa, 6; adult, 36). Four infraorders are recognized,viz. Ptychopteromorpha, Culicomorpha, Ble...

Conservation of the Earth's diversity is one of the most important and daunting challenges faced by biologists and politicians alike. The challenge has been taken up and declarations of intent issued, but there remains a basic problem of defining what we are trying to conserve, and why. This collection of essays reflects the wide range of views tha...

Biogeographic characteristic of nine taxon-area-cladograms of various Circum-Mediterranean terrestrial animal groups are compared. Correlation with palaeogeograhic reconstructions suggests Oligocene and especially Miocene diversification within these groups. The oldest faunal elements are found in the western part of the region which dates from wel...

Of all the many definitions for para- and polyphyly, those proposed within the Farris 1974 Model have been adopted as fully acceptable by various phylogeneticists. Close examination of this model shows that it is not always consistent, identical groupings turn out to be paraphyletic in one case and polyphyletic in another. New definitions which cir...

A review is presented of the 26 species of Tipulidae known from the region covered by the Turkish province of Hatay in the north to Israel in the south. Three species, Tipula (Lunatipula) freidbergi, T. (L.) kaplani, and T. (Savtshenkia) ornata are described as new and a short discussion is presented on the recognized subspecies of T. (L.) peliosti...

A discussion is presented about specimens that are morphologically intermediate between Nephrotoma ferruginea (Fab.) and N. suturalis suturalis (Loew). The specimens came from far outside the present ranges of these two species, namely Kerrville, Texas. It is concluded that the specimens might represent a population of hybrids. It is further estima...

Subspeciation in the circumpolar Nephrotoma lundbecki is discussed for a population from south of the Laurentide Ice Sheet, described here as N.l. alexanderi. For 18 nearctic Nephrotoma species new distribution records are presented, mainly from the northern Nearctic, adding considerably to our knowledge of the distribution of these species. Includ...