Details for Ormosia (Ormosia) depilata
Name:Ormosia (Ormosia) depilata Edwards, 1938
Publication:Trans. Soc. Brit. Ent. 5: 134 (as Ormosia)
Status:Recognized taxon.
Classification:Family Limoniidae
Subfamily Chioneinae
Keys:Stubbs and Kramer, 2016j; Stubbs, 2021 (British craneflies)
Ormosia (Ormosia) depilata : habitus - maleOrmosia (Ormosia) depilata : habitus - maleOrmosia (Ormosia) depilata : habitus - maleOrmosia (Ormosia) depilata : body part(s) - head and thoraxOrmosia (Ormosia) depilata : hypopygium
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Distribution:Austria, Belgium, Czech Rep., Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Great Britain, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Sweden, Switzerland, Ukraine; Russia: RUN, RUW, RUC, RUE.
Note: see the manual for abbreviations: present-day Russia.
Region(s):Westpalaearctic
General note:Added: Latvia (Savchenko, 1989), Ireland (Ashe et al., 1991). For Italy check Stary and Oosterbroek, 1996, and citations below. For Finland check Salmela, 2012b, 2012c, and citations below. For Norway check Olsen et al., 2018, and citations below. For Great Britain and Ireland check Stubbs, 2021, and citations below.
Map:Podenas et al., 2006 (Switzerland); Ashe et al., 2007b (Ireland)
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references:
Hypopygium: Stary and Rozkosny, 1970a; Podenas et al., 2006
Citationson biology (mainly from 2000 onward):
Country not relevant
Biology. Olsen et al., 2018: 141 (an ubiquitous species of springs, spring fens, brooks, small rivers, meadows at lake shores and river banks (Cramer 1968, Krzeminski 1984, Salmela 2004), also found in wet woodland (Drake 2011, Nielsen & Nielsen 2009, Salmela & Vartija 2007) and carr, especially Alder [Alnus] (Stubbs & Kramer 2016d); larvae terrestrial to semi-aquatic in wet soil and mud along waters and marshes (Noll 1985), probably also aquatic (Brinkmann 1991); the period of flight is may-september; see table 1 for habitat information of the Norwegian locality(ties)).
Czech Rep.
Habitat. Stary et al., 2013b: 378 (on Limonidae from Vraz near Pisek, with general habitat description).
Habitat. Stary and Vonicka, 2018: 59 (on Limoniidae and Pediciidae of two localities in northern Bohemia, with list of localities, altitudes and habitats).
Denmark
Habitat. Nielsen and Nielsen, 2009: 121 (emerging from a forest floor in a Beech [Fagus] stand) (in Danish).
Finland
Habitat. Salmela, 2001a: 143-146, 151 (a common species around springs in southern Finland; (inhabits spring brooks and brooks, citing various authors); phenology: maximum occurence in may).
Habitat. Salmela, 2004: 9 (ubiquitous species of springs, spring fens, brooks, small rivers, meadows on lake shores and river banks).
Habitat. Salmela and Autio, 2007b: 49 (eurytopic dweller of wetlands and moist biotopes).
Habitat. Salmela and Vartija, 2007: 10 (common in wetlands and forests, citing Salmela, 2006).
Habitat. Autio and Salmela, 2010: 48 (habitats Aland Is).
France
Biology. Quindroit, 2020a: 29, 45-48 (annotated list with information on abundancy and habitat of the Tipuloidea of the Pays de la Loire regoin, distr) (in French).
Habitat. Quindroit, 2020b: 140 (loc(s) Nord (59) and Pas-de-Calais (62) with notes on habitats and distr) (in French).
Habitat. Quindroit and Lemoine, 2021a: 24 (loc(s), resultats de deux campagnes de piegeage dans le Pas-de-Calais (62); see paper for details on habitat).
Habitat. Labat, 2022: 52-67 (preliminary study on Diptera of riparian corridors at several localities in France; supplements: loc(s) Cotes d Armor (22)) (in French).
Habitat. Quindroit and Lemoine, 2022a: 27 (loc(s) Oise (60) with notes on habitats and distr) (in French).
Germany
Habitat. Reusch, 2006: 134 (Kalkquellmoor [carbonate fen complex]).
Habitat. Reusch and Hohmann, 2009: 128, 129 (from spring brooks).
Phenology. Wagner, 2011b: 373 (graph showing seasonal emergence sequence, may and june).
Habitat. Reiff et al., 2015: 234 (loc(s) Baden-Wurttemberg with list of habitats).
Great Britain
Habitat. Boardman, 2007: 55 (wet woodland and carr).
Biology. Drake, 2011a: 11, 13, 16, 25 (among the Diptera from a wet Alder [Alnus] wood in Devon, showing a single generation).
Habitat. Boardman, 2020a: 2 (loc(s) Staffordshire, in area of alder carr with a shaded shallow stream running through it).
Habitat. Kramer and Morris, 2022a: 19 (info on the species, on the distr and map of loc(s) Leicestershire and Rutland (VC55); found in wet woodlands).
Latvia
Habitat. Salmela and Vartija, 2007: 10 (at a small brook surrounded by deciduous trees).
Netherlands
Habitat. Oosterbroek and Dek, 2020: 17, 20 (Limoniidae and Tipulidae Nationaal Park Hollandse Duinen in 2018, Zuid-Holland).
Norway
Habitat. Olsen and Andersen, 2021: 209 (loc(s) Innlandet, in former Hedmark, with habitats specified separately, for habitats see also Jonassen and Andersen, 2020).
Poland
Habitat. Wiedenska, 2017a: 19 (faunistic and habitat data of species from the Gorce NP) (in Polish).
Russia
Habitat. Paramonov and Korobkov, 2019: 93 (loc(s) RUC: Tverskaya oblast, distr, habitat, citing various authors) (in Russian).
Habitat. Kolcsar et al., 2021b: 192 (Tatarstan Rep.: ravine, wetland).
Sweden
Habitat. Lindstrom and Fritz, 2015: 44, 48 (distributin and ecology in five fens in Hallands County) (in Schwedish).
on characters and taxonomy (mainly from 2000 onward):
Country not relevant
Phylogeny. Ahonen, 2007: 1-28 (included in phylogenetic analysis of Tipuloidea subfamilies relationships based on molecular data).
Characters. Olsen et al., 2018: 141 (a brown species, to be recognized (as most Ormosia species) by the male hypopygium only: tergite 9 broadly lengthened in the middle; outer gonostyle parallelsided, clubbed; inner gonostyle lobe-like, broadest in the middle; fig).
Great Britain
Characters. Kramer and Morris, 2022a: 19 (diagnosis, figs).
on distribution (mainly from 2000 onward):
Belgium
Distribution. Dek and Peeters, 2023a: 139 (loc(s) Botanic Garden Jean Massart, Brussels-Capital Region, local in Europe, probably also local in Belgium).
Czech Rep.
Distribution. Stary, 2009i: webpage (checklist).
Distribution. Stary et al., 2013b: 378 (on Limonidae from Vraz near Pisek, with general habitat description).
Distribution. Stary and Vonicka, 2018: 59 (on Limoniidae and Pediciidae of two localities in northern Bohemia, with list of localities, altitudes and habitats).
Denmark
Distribution. Petersen and Jong, 2001b: 151 (checklist).
Distribution. Nielsen and Nielsen, 2009: 121 (loc(s)).
Estonia
First record. Salmela in litt., 2003: (new for Estonia).
Finland
Distribution. Polevoi, 2001: 191 (loc(s)).
Distribution. Salmela, 2001a: 143-146, 151 (loc(s)).
Distribution. Salmela, 2002: 30-32 (loc(s) lake Iidesjarvi) (in Finnish).
Distribution. Salmela, 2004: 9 (loc(s)).
Distribution. Salmela and Autio, 2007b: 54 (loc(s)).
Distribution. Salmela et al., 2007b: 37, 45 (abundance, loc(s)).
Distribution. Autio and Salmela, 2010: 48 (loc(s) Aland Is).
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, 2013: 18 (belongs to the most abundant and frequent cranefly species of Finland, see table above under Habitat).
Distribution. Salmela and Petrasiunas, 2014: 26 (checklist Finnish Tipulomorpha).
France
Distribution. Quindroit, 2020a: 29, 45-48 (annotated list with information on abundancy and habitat of the Tipuloidea of the Pays de la Loire regoin, distr) (in French).
Distribution. Quindroit, 2020b: 140 (loc(s) Nord (59) and Pas-de-Calais (62) with notes on habitats and distr) (in French).
Distribution. Quindroit and Lemoine, 2021a: 24 (loc(s), resultats de deux campagnes de piegeage dans le Pas-de-Calais (62); see paper for details on habitat).
Distribution. Tissot et al., 2021: 209 (the Diptera of the Reserves Naturelles Nationales du Doubs (25), results of Malaise trapping since 2009) (in French).
Distribution. Labat, 2022: 52-67 (preliminary study on Diptera of riparian corridors at several localities in France; supplements: loc(s) Cotes d Armor (22)) (in French).
Distribution. Quindroit and Lemoine, 2022a: 27 (loc(s) Oise (60) with notes on habitats and distr) (in French).
Distribution. Quindroit and Lemoine, 2022a: 36 (table specifying the presence in the five departments of the Hauts-de-France region).
Distribution. Quindroit and Racine, 2025: 358 (table specifying the presence in the five departments of the Pays de la Loire region).
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. Reusch et al., 2004: 116 (loc(s) Brandenburg).
Distribution. Schacht, 2005: 6 (checklist Bayern).
Distribution. Reusch, 2006: 134 (loc(s) Bayern).
Distribution. Reusch and Hohmann, 2009: 128, 129 (loc(s) Sachsen-Anhalt).
Distribution. Schacht, 2010: 17 (checklist Diptera Bayern).
Distribution. Wagner, 2011b: 372 (dominant at the Breitenbach stream; showing a distinct distribution pattern along the stream with increasing downstrea abundance).
Distribution. Reiff et al., 2015: 234 (loc(s) Baden-Wurttemberg with list of habitats).
Distribution. Stuke, 2019: 145 (checklist Niedersachsen and Bremen with reference to original sources).
Great Britain
Distribution. Boardman, 2007: 55 (review single Shropshire record).
Distribution. Skidmore, 2009: 127 (review of occurrence on the Western Isles of Scotland, distr).
Distribution. Drake, 2011a: 25 (loc(s) Devon).
Distribution. Kramer, 2011j: 16 (loc(s) Leicestershire and Rutland (VC55)).
Distribution. Hewitt, 2014: (provisional checklist Cumbrian Diptera).
Distribution. Boardman, 2017: 3 (loc(s) Cheshire).
Distribution. Brighton, 2017c: 26 (overall regional checklist Lancashire and Cheshire (VC58, 59 and 60) with notes on habitats and/or regional occurrence and/or status; see paper for details).
Distribution. Boardman, 2020a: 2 (loc(s) Staffordshire, in area of alder carr with a shaded shallow stream running through it).
Distribution. Kramer and Morris, 2022a: 19 (info on the species, on the distr and map of loc(s) Leicestershire and Rutland (VC55); found in wet woodlands).
Hungary
First record. Kolcsar and Soltesz, 2018: 171 (loc(s) Vas county).
Ireland
Distribution. Ashe et al., 2007b: 363, 387, 405 (review Irish records, map).
Distribution. Chandler et al., 2008: 10 (checklist).
Italy
Distribution. Podenas and Podeniene, 2008: 349, 352 (loc(s), annotated checklist South Tyrol [Prov. Bolzano]).
Latvia
Distribution. Salmela and Vartija, 2007: 10 (loc(s)).
Lithuania
Distribution. Pakalniskis et al., 2006: 23 (checklist).
Netherlands
Distribution. Jong and Oosterbroek, 2002b: 30 (checklist).
Distribution. Dek, 2019: 23 (loc(s) Middenbos bij Leidschendam, Nationaal Park de Hollandse Duinen).
Distribution. Oosterbroek and Dek, 2020: 17, 20 (Limoniidae and Tipulidae Nationaal Park Hollandse Duinen in 2018, Zuid-Holland).
Distribution. Stary, 2020a: 45 (Limoniidae Kaaistoep, Noord-Brabant).
Norway
First record. Olsen et al., 2018: 141, 156-157 (loc(s) in four regions; distr; annotated checklist Nordic countries and for Norway according to the Strand regions).
Distribution. Olsen and Andersen, 2021: 209 (loc(s) Innlandet, in former Hedmark, with habitats specified separately, for habitats see also Jonassen and Andersen, 2020).
Poland
Distribution. Wiedenska, 2007a: 76 (checklist).
Distribution. Wiedenska, 2010: 134 (loc(s) Parku Krajobrazowego Wzniesien Lodzkich, Lodz).
Distribution. Wiedenska, 2017a: 19 (faunistic and habitat data of species from the Gorce NP) (in Polish).
Distribution. Wiedenska and Syratt, 2023: 154 (review of literature records for the Bieszczady Mountains).
Romania
Distribution. Ujvarosi, 2007: 228-231 (checklist Limoniidae).
Russia
Distribution. Humala and Polevoi, 2009: 66 (loc(s) RUN: Kareliya) (in Russian).
Distribution. Jakovlev et al., 2014: 309 (loc(s) RUN: Kareliya).
Distribution. Paramonov and Korobkov, 2019: 93 (loc(s) RUC: Tverskaya oblast, distr, habitat, citing various authors) (in Russian).
Distribution. Kolcsar et al., 2021b: 192 (loc(s) RUE: Tatarstan Rep.).
Slovakia
Distribution. Stary, 2009d: 31 (loc(s) Polana area).
Distribution. Stary, 2009i: webpage (checklist).
Sweden
Distribution. Lindstrom and Fritz, 2015: 44, 48 (distributin and ecology in five fens in Hallands County) (in Schwedish).
Switzerland
Distribution. Podenas et al., 2006: 114, 313 (map, vertical distr per thermic level).
on flight period (mainly from 2000 onward):
Belgium
Dek and Peeters, 2023a: month(s): 6.
Czech Rep.
Stary and Vonicka, 2018: month(s): (4)5-6, 8-10.
Finland
Salmela, 2001a: month(s): 5-6.
France
Quindroit, 2020a: month(s): 3-4, 6.
Quindroit, 2020b: month(s): 4, 6.
Quindroit and Lemoine, 2022a: month(s): 4-5.
Germany
Reusch et al., 2004: month(s): 5.
Wagner, 2011b: month(s): 5-6.
Reiff et al., 2015: month(s): 5.
Great Britain
Kramer, 2011j: month(s): 9.
Boardman, 2017: month(s): 5.
Hungary
Kolcsar and Soltesz, 2018: month(s): 5.
Ireland
Ashe et al., 2007b: month(s): 4-7.
Italy
Podenas and Podeniene, 2008: month(s): 5-6.
Latvia
Salmela and Vartija, 2007: month(s): 5.
Netherlands
Oosterbroek and Dek, 2020: month(s): 4.
Norway
Olsen et al., 2018: month(s): 5-7.
Olsen and Andersen, 2021: month(s): 5-6(7).
Poland
Wiedenska, 2017a: month(s): 5.
Russia
Paramonov and Korobkov, 2019: month(s): 5-6.
Kolcsar et al., 2021b: month(s): 5.
Slovakia
Stary, 2009d: month(s): 5.
Switzerland
Podenas et al., 2006: month(s): 5-9.
on altitude (mainly from 2000 onward):
Germany
Reusch et al., 2004: altitude: 66 m.
Reusch and Hohmann, 2009: altitude: 375-435 m.
Reiff et al., 2015: altitude: 666 m.
Italy
Podenas and Podeniene, 2008: altitude: 1220 m.
Norway
Olsen and Andersen, 2021: altitude: 276-515 m.
Poland
Wiedenska, 2017a: altitude: 750 m.
Russia
Kolcsar et al., 2021b: altitude: 80 m.
Slovakia
Stary, 2009d: altitude: 630-870 m.

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