Tipula (Yamatotipula) lateralis Meigen, 1804

Syratt, Maksymilian, 2022, Tipula Linnaeus, 1758 (Diptera: Tipulidae) species new to Poland with notes on the distribution of a further four species, Dipteron (Oxford, England) 38 (4), pp. 1-12 : 1-12

Tipula (Yamatotipula) lateralis Meigen, 1804

MATERIAL EXAMINED (4 ♂♂, 4 ♀♀). Drwęca Valley (Dolina Drwęcy). Bratian , UTM DE02, 26 VII 1980, 1 ♂, leg. N. Nadachowski, det. J. Martinovský, coll. ISEA PAS. Kraków Bridge (Pomost Krakowski). Kraków – Bronowice Małe, Rudawa river, UTM DA14, 29 IX 2020, 1 ♂, 1 ♀, leg. det. M. Syratt; Kraków – Mydlniki, Wapiennik, drainage ditch, UTM DA14, 3 IX 2020, 1 ♂, 1 ♀, leg. det. M. Syratt; Kraków – Wola Justowska, ad lucem, UTM DA14, 6 VIII 1985, 1 ♀; 9 VIII 1985, 1 ♀, leg. J. Kozielec, det. M. Syratt, coll. ISEA PAS. Bochnia Foothills (Podgórze Bocheńskie). Niepołomice Forest near Szarów, UTM DA43, 21 V 1978, 1 ♂, leg. W. Krzemiński, det. J. Martinovský, coll. ISEA PAS .

Widespread and common in the Western Palearctic, as well as being reported from East

Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan.

T. (Y.) lateralis has been recorded from numerous sites in Poland ( Schummel 1833, Nowicki 1864, Grzegorzek 1873, Czwalina 1893, Riedel 1919, Demel 1922, Savchenko 1961, Sakwa 1962, Szczęsny 1974). Listed from Poland in the CCW ( Oosterbroek 2022), the species is absent from Krzemiński’s checklist (1991) and listed as doubtful and requiring confirmation in the latest checklist ( Skibińska et Chudzicka 2007).

An ecologically flexible species, being ubiquitous provided there is a lack of shade and a presence of wet sediment needed for the larvae. Margins of rivers, streams, ponds and lakes, as well as gravel pits, ditches, marshes, coastal landslips, rich fens, seepages in meadows, moors and limestone screes are all suitable habitats ( Dufour 1986, 2003, Autio et Salmela 2010, Stubbs 2021). Larva have been found at the bottom of small rivers, hygropetrica, sand and silt in the riparian zone of small rivulets and large rivers and in the littoral zone of lakes, mud on the slopes of lakes and rivers and in bogs, clay, and mosses on the banks of rivulets and land-improvement channels ( Podėnienė 2003). Under laboratory conditions T. (Y.) lateralis larvae preferred to feed on Alnus glutinosa (L.) Gaertn. leaves over Quercus faginea Lam. and Eucalyptus globulus Labill. leaves ( Graça 2001, citing Canhoto et Graça 1992, 1995). Lekking behaviour has been observed in adult males ( Smith 2018). Flight period is from March to September.

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