Details for Ormosia (Ormosia) clavata
Name:Ormosia (Ormosia) clavata (Tonnoir, 1920)
Publication:In: Goetghebuer and Tonnoir, 1920, Bull. Soc. Ent. Belg. 2: 140 (as Rhypholophus)
Status:Recognized taxon.
Classification:Family Limoniidae
Subfamily Chioneinae
Variant spelling(s):clavatus
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habitus
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plus 11 more images of hypopygium, hypopygium, wing, habitat, habitat, habitat, habitat, habitat, habitat, habitat and habitat.
Distribution:Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Czech Rep., Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Italy (Aosta, Trentino-Alto Adige), Latvia, Lithuania, Norway, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Sweden, Switzerland, Ukraine (Carpathians); Russia: RUW, RUC, RUE.
Note: see the manual for abbreviations: present-day Russia.
Region(s):Westpalaearctic
General note:Added: Italy (Aosta) (Stary and Oosterbroek, 1996). For Finland check Salmela, 2012b, 2012c, and citations below. For Norway check Olsen et al., 2018, and citations below.
Map:Podenas et al., 2006 (Switzerland)
Figure
references:
Hypopygium: Stary and Rozkosny, 1970a; Podenas et al., 2006
Citationson biology (mainly from 2000 onward):
Bulgaria
Habitat. Hubenov, 2025b: suppl: 5 (annotated list Diptera high Bulgarian mts, local distr, habitats and zoogeography).
Country not relevant
Biology. Olsen et al., 2018: 141, 153 (known from a small variety of habitats: spring brooks (Reusch and Hohmann 2009), small mountain streams (Brinkmann 1991), raised bogs (Spungis 2008), calcareous Beech [Fagus] forest (Hovemeyer 1985, as Ormosia depilata), mixed forests especially near water (Krzeminski 1984); the period of flight is july-september; see table 1 for habitat information of the Norwegian locality(ties)).
Finland
Habitat. Rasimus, 2018: 17 (on saproxylic craneflies in the Tampere region) (in Finnish).
Germany
Habitat. Reusch and Hohmann, 2009: 129 (from spring brooks).
Latvia
Habitat. Spungis, 2008: 36 (raised bogs).
Poland
Habitat. Chaniecka and Wiedenska, 2006: 148 (occurrence in spring-, springbrook-, and/or bogspring plant communities) (in Polish).
Habitat. Wiedenska, 2007a: 76 (montane species).
Habitat. Wiedenska, 2014: 13 (on the occurence of Limoniidae in six selected plant communities in the Kamienica Valley, Gorce National Park, Western Carpathians) (in Polish, habitat tables also in English).
Phenology. Wiedenska, 2015a: 53 (on the flight activity of Limoniidae in the Kamienica Valley, Gorce National Park, Western Carpathians) (in Polish, tables also in English).
Habitat. Wiedenska, 2017a: 19 (faunistic and habitat data of species from the Gorce NP) (in Polish).
on characters and taxonomy (mainly from 2000 onward):
Country not relevant
Characters. Olsen et al., 2018: 141 (a dark brown species, to be recognized (as most Ormosia species) by the male hypopygium only: gonocoxite broad; outer gonostyle short, clubbed; inner gonostyle lobe-like, bent in the middle; fig).
on distribution (mainly from 2000 onward):
Austria
Distribution. Reusch and Heiss, 2012: 333-342 (loc(s) Nat. Park Gesause, see PDF for months and altitudes).
Bulgaria
Distribution. Hubenov, 2016: 48 (annotated checklist Diptera of the Rila Mountains based on data from the literature).
Distribution. Hubenov, 2017: 69 (on vertical distribution in the Pirin and Rila Mts; see paper for details on forests and subalpine-alpine zones, distr).
Distribution. Hubenov, 2021a: 34 (checklist with summary of distr in Bulgaria, references).
Distribution. Hubenov, 2025b: suppl: 5 (annotated list Diptera high Bulgarian mts, local distr, habitats and zoogeography).
Czech Rep.
Distribution. Stary et al., 2005a: 29 (loc(s)).
Distribution. Stary, 2009i: webpage (checklist).
Denmark
Distribution. Petersen and Jong, 2001b: 151 (because of neighbouring distribution likely to occur in Denmark).
Estonia
Distribution. Stary, 2004f: (Fauna Europaea: added Estonia).
Finland
Distribution. Salmela et al., 2007b: 37, 45 (abundance, loc(s)).
Distribution. Salmela, 2010a: 12 (survey fauna Tahmela spring in city of Tampere) (in Finnish).
Distribution. Salmela, 2012b: 239 (annotated list of Finnish crane flies).
Distribution. Salmela and Petrasiunas, 2014: 26 (checklist Finnish Tipulomorpha).
Distribution. Rasimus, 2018: 17 (on saproxylic craneflies in the Tampere region) (in Finnish).
Germany
Distribution. Schacht, 1999: 135 (checklist Bayern).
Distribution. Reusch and Oosterbroek, 2000: 159 (checklist German Bundeslander).
Distribution. Reusch and Bellstedt, 2001b: 74 (checklist Thuringen).
Distribution. Schacht, 2005: 6 (checklist Bayern).
Distribution. Reusch and Hohmann, 2009: 129 (loc(s) Sachsen-Anhalt).
Distribution. Schacht, 2010: 17 (checklist Diptera Bayern).
Distribution. Stuke, 2019: 145 (checklist Niedersachsen and Bremen with reference to original sources).
Italy
Distribution. Podenas and Podeniene, 2008: 349, 352 (loc(s), annotated checklist South Tyrol [Prov. Bolzano]).
Latvia
Distribution. Stary, 2004f: (Fauna Europaea: added Latvia).
Distribution. Spungis, 2008: 36 (loc(s)).
Lithuania
Distribution. Pakalniskis et al., 2006: 23 (checklist).
Norway
First record. Olsen et al., 2018: 141, 156-157 (loc(s) in five regions; distr; annotated checklist Nordic countries and for Norway according to the Strand regions).
Poland
Distribution. Chaniecka and Wiedenska, 2006: 148 (loc(s)).
Distribution. Wiedenska, 2007a: 76 (checklist).
Distribution. Wiedenska, 2014: 13 (on the occurence of Limoniidae in six selected plant communities in the Kamienica Valley, Gorce National Park, Western Carpathians) (in Polish, habitat tables also in English).
Distribution. Wiedenska, 2017a: 19 (faunistic and habitat data of species from the Gorce NP) (in Polish).
Romania
Distribution. Ujvarosi, 2007: 228-231 (checklist Limoniidae).
Russia
Distribution. Kolcsar et al., 2021b: 190-191 (loc(s) RUC and RUE).
Slovakia
Distribution. Stary, 2009i: webpage (checklist).
Sweden
Distribution. Salmela, 2010b: 133 (loc(s) Malmo).
Switzerland
Distribution. Podenas et al., 2006: 114, 312 (map, vertical distr per thermic level).
on flight period (mainly from 2000 onward):
Bulgaria
Hubenov, 2016: month(s): 9.
Italy
Podenas and Podeniene, 2008: month(s): 7-10.
Norway
Olsen et al., 2018: month(s): 7-9.
Poland
Wiedenska, 2014: month(s): 8.
Wiedenska, 2015a: month(s): 7-9.
Wiedenska, 2017a: month(s): 7-8.
Russia
Kolcsar et al., 2021b: month(s): 7-8.
Switzerland
Podenas et al., 2006: month(s): 7-9.
on altitude (mainly from 2000 onward):
Bulgaria
Hubenov, 2016: altitude: 1230-1390 m.
Hubenov, 2017: altitude: 1230-1390 m.
Hubenov, 2021a: altitude: 1230-1390 m.
Hubenov, 2025b: altitude: 1230-1390 m.
Germany
Reusch and Hohmann, 2009: altitude: 435 m.
Italy
Podenas and Podeniene, 2008: altitude: 1220 m.
Poland
Wiedenska, 2017a: altitude: 600-1180 m.
Russia
Kolcsar et al., 2021b: altitude: 220-765 m.

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