Details for Ormosia (Ormosia) hederae

Name: Ormosia (Ormosia) hederae (Curtis, 1835) Publication: Brit. Ent. 12: 557 (as Erioptera) Status: Recognized taxon, Synonym(s): uncinata (Meijere, 1918). Classification: Family Limoniidae Subfamily Chioneinae Keys: Boardman, 2016 (craneflies Shropshire); Stubbs and Kramer, 2016j; Stubbs, 2021 (British craneflies) habitus male habitus male habitus male habitus male habitus male plus 17 more images of body part(s), body part(s), body part(s), hypopygium, hypopygium, hypopygium, hypopygium, hypopygium, wing, wing, habitat, habitat, habitat, habitat, habitat, habitat and habitat. Distribution: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Czech Rep., Denmark (incl. Faroe Is), Finland, France (incl. Corsica), Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Kosovo, Lithuania, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey (European part: Kirklareli), Ukraine; Russia: North Caucasus; Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Turkey (Asiatic part: see citations for provinces);; Tajikistan (Pamir). Note: see the manual for abbreviations: present-day Russia. Region(s): Westpalaearctic;; Eastpalaearctic General note: Added: Lithuania (Podenas, 1995), Italy (Stary and Oosterbroek, 1996). For Norway check Olsen et al., 2018, and citations below. For Great Britain and Ireland check Stubbs, 2021, and citations below. Map: Ozgul et al., 2006 (SW Turkey); Podenas et al., 2006 (Switzerland); Ashe et al., 2007b (Ireland); Boardman, 2007 (Shropshire) Figure references: Habitus: Rasimus, 2022 (male) Wing: Jancso et al., 2026 Hypopygium: Podenas et al., 2006; Kramer and Morris, 2022a; Jancso et al., 2026 Miscellaneous Rasimus, 2022 (habitat) Citations on 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: 141-142 (predominantly found in and close to wet woodlands, deciduous and mixed (Ashe et al. 2007, Boardman 2007, 2016, Drake 2011, Lantsov 2009, Nielsen & Nielsen 2009, Ozgul et al. 2006), also in hedgerows near wet fields (Stubbs & Kramer 2016d) and along small streams and near springs (Cramer 1968, Noll 1985); larvae semi-aquatic to terrestrial (Brinkmann 1991); the period of flight is april-october, probably with two generations a year; 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: 122 (emerging from a forest floor in a Beech [Fagus] stand) (in Danish). Finland Habitat. Rasimus, 2022: 3, 7 (on the craneflies fauna of Tavastia australis biogeographical province) (in Finnish). France 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, 25 (loc(s), resultats de deux campagnes de piegeage dans le Pas-de-Calais (62); see paper for details on habitat). Habitat. Quindroit and Lemoine, 2022a: 28 (loc(s) Oise (60) and Somme (80) with notes on habitats and distr) (in French). Georgia Habitat. Stary and Obona, 2020: 134 (loc(s); with list of localities, habitats and altitudes). Germany Phenology. Wagner, 2011b: 373 (graph showing seasonal emergence sequence, august to october but predominantly in september). Great Britain Habitat. Godfrey, 2001a: 21. Biology. Boardman, 2007: 55 (habitat: wet woodland and carr; phenology: probably two generations). Habitat. Drake, 2011a: 25 (among the Diptera from a wet Alder [Alnus] wood in Devon). Biology. Brighton, 2014: 4 (loc(s) Mersey Basin; see paper for details on swarming and habitat). Habitat. Kramer and Morris, 2022a: 20 (info on the species, on the distr and map of loc(s) Leicestershire and Rutland (VC55); associated with damp woodlands and other wet situations). Greece Habitat. Kramer, 2004: 20, 21 (found at a lake margin and grassy verge). Ireland Habitat. Ashe et al., 2007b: 388 (bred from wet soil under Birch [Betula], citing Blackith et al., 1991). Romania Habitat. Kolcsar et al., 2013: 72 (loc(s) Cluj-Napoca and surroundings; list of habitats with altitudes). Russia Biology. Lantsov, 2009d: 112 (larvae in wet soils of deciduous and mixed forests; supposedly two generations a year). Slovakia Habitat. Beuk et al., 2023: 46, 54 (wetland at the bottom of the hill). Spain Habitat. Hancock and Hewitt, 2020: 45-49 (in the Cazorla Parque Natural, Jaen Province, Spain, in june 2019, an area of cliff face was seen covered with a butterwort, Pinguicula vallisneriifolia (Webb), the leaves of which had trapped large numbers of insects, including 19 species of craneflies; the effectiveness of the leaf glandular secretions in relation to immobilising different sizes of flies is discussed; see paper for details, habitat figs). Habitat. Hancock, 2020: 98 (found attached to leaves of butterwort (Pinguicula vallisneriifolia Webb)) (see also Hancock and Hewitt, 2020). Sweden Phenology. Salmela, 2010b: 127-128 (phenology diagram, two generations, in spring and autumn). Turkey Habitat. Ozgul et al., 2006: 210 (among herbaceous plants along a mountain stream in a mixed forest). on characters and taxonomy (mainly from 2000 onward): Country not relevant Characters. Olsen et al., 2018: 141 (a dark brown species.; flagellar segments basally swollen and hairy, apical third narrow and bold; male hypopygium with black gonostyles, one gonostyle an upcurved spine, the other one cleft; fig). Kosovo Description. Jancso et al., 2026: 510-511 (diagnosis, fig(s)). on distribution (mainly from 2000 onward): Armenia First record. Obona et al., 2016: 133 (loc(s)). Distribution. Hakobyan and Jenderedjian, 2023: 1510 (annotated checklist of the craneflies of Armenia with refs, distr and flight period in Caucasus Ecoregion with refs). Azerbaijan Distribution. Snegovaya, 2021: 1144 (checklist with details on distr in Azerbaijan). Bulgaria 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). 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: 122 (loc(s)). Finland First record. Salmela, 2012c: 4, 13 (first publication as new for Finland, without locality data). Distribution. Salmela and Petrasiunas, 2014: 26 (checklist Finnish Tipulomorpha). Distribution. Kolcsar et al., 2021b: 192 (loc(s) Nylandia; locality details of the Salmela, 2012c and the Salmela and Petrasiunas, 2014 records). Distribution. Rasimus, 2022: 3, 7 (on the craneflies fauna of Tavastia australis biogeographical province) (in Finnish). France 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, 25 (loc(s), resultats de deux campagnes de piegeage dans le Pas-de-Calais (62); see paper for details on habitat). Distribution. Quindroit and Lemoine, 2022a: 28 (loc(s) Oise (60) and Somme (80) 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). Georgia Distribution. Stary and Obona, 2020: 134 (loc(s); with list of localities, habitats and altitudes). 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. Schumann, 2008: (species recorded from Berlin and Brandenburg, based on the literature with specification of period of years). Distribution. Hable et al., 2010b: 92 (loc(s) Bayern). Distribution. Schacht, 2010: 17 (checklist Diptera Bayern). Distribution. Wagner, 2011b: 372 (most dominant at the Breitenbach stream; showing a distinct distribution pattern along the stream with highest species numbers in the mid-stream section). Distribution. Stuke, 2019: 145 (checklist Niedersachsen and Bremen with reference to original sources). Distribution. Kehlmaier et al., 2021: 79 (loc(s) Baden-Wurttemberg). Great Britain Distribution. Godfrey, 2001a: 21 (recorded from sites in Shropshire and just over the country border in Montgmeryshire; see paper for details). Distribution. Boardman, 2007: 55 (loc(s), map). Distribution. Skidmore, 2009: 127 (review of occurrence on the Western Isles of Scotland, distr). Distribution. Drake, 2011a: 25 (loc(s) Devon). Distribution. Kramer, 2011j: 17 (loc(s) Leicestershire and Rutland (VC55)). Distribution. Brighton, 2014: 4 (loc(s) Mersey Basin; see paper for details on swarming and habitat). Distribution. Hewitt, 2014: (provisional checklist Cumbrian Diptera). Distribution. Wolton et al., 2014: 27 (among Diptera associated with a hedge in Devon, caught in emergence trap). Distribution. Drake, 2016: 20 (study on the relative importance to Diptera of pasture and ditch margins on Catcott Reserve, Somerset). 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. Kramer and Morris, 2022a: 20 (info on the species, on the distr and map of loc(s) Leicestershire and Rutland (VC55); associated with damp woodlands and other wet situations). Greece First record. Kramer, 2004: 20, 21 (loc(s) Peloponnisos). Hungary First record. Stary, 2001b: 201 (loc(s), distr). Iceland Distribution. Olsen in litt., 2018: (collected in Iceland in july 2018). Ireland Distribution. Ashe et al., 2007b: 363, 387-388, 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]). Kosovo First record. Jancso et al., 2026: 510-511 (loc(s), distr, map). Lithuania Distribution. Pakalniskis et al., 2006: 23 (checklist). Netherlands Distribution. Jong and Oosterbroek, 2002b: 30 (checklist). Distribution. Hoven, 2015: 10 (loc(s) Limburg). Distribution. Stary, 2020a: 45 (Limoniidae Kaaistoep, Noord-Brabant). Norway First record. Olsen et al., 2018: 141-142, 153 (loc(s) O, Moss; distr; annotated checklist Nordic countries and for Norway according to the Strand regions). Poland Distribution. Wiedenska, 2007a: 76 (checklist). Distribution. Wiedenska, 2010: 135 (loc(s) Parku Krajobrazowego Wzniesien Lodzkich, Lodz). Romania Distribution. Ujvarosi, 2007: 228-231 (checklist Limoniidae). Distribution. Kolcsar et al., 2013: 72 (loc(s) Cluj-Napoca and surroundings; list of habitats with altitudes). Russia First record. Lantsov, 2009d: 112 (loc(s) Central North Caucasus). Slovakia Distribution. Stary, 2009d: 31 (loc(s) Polana area). Distribution. Stary, 2009i: webpage (checklist). Distribution. Beuk et al., 2023: 46, 54 (loc(s)). Spain First record. Stary and Oosterbroek, 2008: 6 (loc(s) Granada, distr). Distribution. Hancock and Hewitt, 2020: 45-49 (in the Cazorla Parque Natural, Jaen Province, Spain, in june 2019, an area of cliff face was seen covered with a butterwort, Pinguicula vallisneriifolia (Webb), the leaves of which had trapped large numbers of insects, including 19 species of craneflies; the effectiveness of the leaf glandular secretions in relation to immobilising different sizes of flies is discussed; see paper for details, habitat figs). Distribution. Hancock, 2020: 98 (loc(s) Jaen, Cazorla National Park). Sweden Distribution. Salmela, 2010b: 129, 133 (loc(s) Malmo, abundance). Switzerland Distribution. Podenas et al., 2006: 114, 314 (map, vertical distr per thermic level). Turkey First record. Ozgul et al., 2006: 210 (loc(s), map). Distribution. Ozgul et al., 2009: 64 (survey provinces SW Turkey). Distribution. Koc et al., 2016: 11 (provinces Marmara region). Distribution. Akpinar and Ozgul, 2023: 55 (loc(s) Aksaray). Distribution. Provinces Asiatic part, 2026: (known from Aydin, Bursa, Canakkale, Isparta). on flight period (mainly from 2000 onward): Armenia Obona et al., 2016: month(s): 8-9. Czech Rep. Stary et al., 2005a: month(s): 5-6. Stary and Vonicka, 2018: month(s): 9-10. Finland Kolcsar et al., 2021b: month(s): 9. Rasimus, 2022: month(s): 9. France Quindroit, 2020b: month(s): 4. Quindroit and Lemoine, 2022a: month(s): 4. Georgia Stary and Obona, 2020: month(s): 7. Germany Reusch et al., 2004: month(s): 5. Wagner, 2011b: month(s): 8-10. Kehlmaier et al., 2021: month(s): 6. Great Britain Godfrey, 2001a: month(s): 5. Boardman, 2007: month(s): 4-5, 7-10. Kramer, 2011j: month(s): 4-5. Brighton, 2014: month(s): 5. Greece Kramer, 2004: month(s): 4. Hungary Stary, 2001b: month(s): 5. Ireland Ashe et al., 2007b: month(s): 4-7, 9-10. Italy Podenas and Podeniene, 2008: month(s): 7, 9. Kosovo Jancso et al., 2026: month(s): 10. Netherlands Hoven, 2015: month(s): 5. Norway Olsen et al., 2018: month(s): 6, 9. Romania Kolcsar et al., 2013: month(s): 9. Russia Lantsov, 2009d: month(s): 9. Slovakia Stary, 2009d: month(s): 5-6, 10. Beuk et al., 2023: month(s): 5. Spain Stary and Oosterbroek, 2008: month(s): 5. Hancock and Hewitt, 2020: month(s): 6. Hancock, 2020: month(s): 6. Sweden Salmela, 2010b: month(s): 4-6, 8-10. Switzerland Podenas et al., 2006: month(s): 5, 8-10. Turkey Ozgul et al., 2006: month(s): 5. on altitude (mainly from 2000 onward): Armenia Obona et al., 2016: altitude: 1853-1987 m. Bulgaria Hubenov, 2021a: altitude: 1200 m. Hubenov, 2025b: altitude: 1200 m. Czech Rep. Stary and Vonicka, 2018: altitude: 270-400 m. Finland Kolcsar et al., 2021b: altitude: 25 m. Georgia Stary and Obona, 2020: altitude: 1440-2100 m. Germany Reusch et al., 2004: altitude: 50-66 m. Greece Kramer, 2004: altitude: 875 m. Italy Podenas and Podeniene, 2008: altitude: 1220-2310 m. Kosovo Jancso et al., 2026: altitude: 1050 m. Russia Lantsov, 2009d: altitude: 1658 m. Slovakia Stary, 2009d: altitude: 630-780 m. Beuk et al., 2023: altitude: 460 m. Spain Stary and Oosterbroek, 2008: altitude: 1600 m. Turkey Ozgul et al., 2006: altitude: 750 m.