Tipula (Lunatipula) helvola Loew, 1873

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 (Lunatipula) helvola Loew, 1873

MATERIAL EXAMINED (6 ♂♂, 14 ♀♀). Poznań Lakeland (Pojezierze Poznańskie). Poznań, Cytadela Park, gully, UTM XU30, 12 VII 2021, 1 ♀, leg. det. M. Syratt. Siewierz Basin (Kotlina Siewierza). Eagle’s Nests Landscape Park (Park Krajobrazowy Orlich Gniazd): Chechło, Centuria river, UTM CA97 , 6 VII 2021, 1 ♂, leg. det. M. Syratt. Olkusz Upland (Wyżyna Olkuska). Ojców National Park buffer zone: Biały Kościół – Iwiny , Stodoliska gully, UTM DA15, 27 VI 2021, 1 ♂, 1 ♀, leg. det. M. Syratt; Ojców National Park buffer zone: Biały Kościół – Kresy , forest-meadow ecotone, UTM DA16, 27 VI 2021, 1 ♀, leg. det. M. Syratt; Ojców National Park buffer zone: Prądnik Korzkiewski , Prądnik river , UTM DA15, 27 VI 2021, 1 ♂, leg. det. M. Syratt; Ojców National Park buffer zone: Smardzowice

– Peperówka , forest- meadow ecotone, UTM DA16, 26 VI 2021, 3 ♀♀, leg. det. M. Syratt ; Ojców National Park buffer zone: Pod Świerki gully, UTM DA15, 27 VI 2021, 1 ♂, leg. det. M. Syratt. Karkonosze Mts. Karpacz , drainage ditch in pine forest near Władysław Orkan St. , 585-600 m a.s.l., UTM WS52, 16 VIII 2021, 1 ♂, leg. det. M. Syratt ; Karpacz , pine forest near Jan Kasprowicz St., 630 m a.s.l., UTM WS52, 15 VIII 2021, 1 ♂, 3 ♀♀, leg. det. M. Syratt ; Karpacz , Skałka stream, pine forest, 620 m a.s.l., UTM WS52, 1 ♀, leg. det. M. Syratt. Beskid Wyspowy Mts. Szczebel Mt. massif, pine forest, 415 m a.s.l., UTM DA20, 2 VIII 2021, 2 ♀♀, leg. det. M. Syratt. Beskid Mały Mts. Mucharz , UTM CA91 , 6 VIII 1978, 2 ♀♀, leg. W. Krzemiński, det. J. Martinovský , coll. ISEA PAS.

A widespread West-Palaearctic species, seemingly increasing in abundance and range e.g. in Great Britain, possibly due to climate change ( Stubbs 2021).

T. (L.) helvola has been previously reported from Warsaw on the CCW (Stolarczyk in litt., after Oosterbroek 2022). The records presented herein are the first from Poland published in a journal.

Citing various authors, Oosterbroek and de Jong (2001) indicate dry woodland as the preferred habitat, noting that adults usually occur in the damper areas of such environments. This is reflected in the types of habitats where the examined material was collected from; most specimens were found in the immediate vicinity of rivers or humid gullies, and in the instances where “pine forest” is indicated as the habitat in the Karkonosze and Beskid Wyspowy mountains, a stream was always present nearby. Flight period in Europe is from May to September.

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