Details for Ormosia (Ormosia) lineata
Name:Ormosia (Ormosia) lineata (Meigen, 1804)
Publication:Klass. Beschr. 1: 51 (as Erioptera)
Status:Recognized taxon, Synonym(s): apparens (Walker, 1848); distincta (Egger, 1863).
Classification:Family Limoniidae
Subfamily Chioneinae
Keys:Boardman, 2016 (craneflies Shropshire); Stubbs and Kramer, 2016j; Stubbs, 2021 (British craneflies)
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Distribution:Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Rep., Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Great Britain, Hungary, Ireland, Italy (Piemonte), Latvia, Lithuania, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Sweden, Switzerland, Ukraine; Russia: RUN (Kareliya), RUW, RUC, RUE;; Russia: WS (Altay); Kazakhstan (east).
Note: see the manual for abbreviations: present-day Russia.
Region(s):Westpalaearctic;; Eastpalaearctic
General note:Added: Slovenia (Bergroth, 1888), RUN (Kareliya) (Yakovlev and Polevoi, 1997). 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. To be confirmed for Russia: RUE (Middle Volga region) (in Chuzhekova, 2015, based on larvae only).
Map:Podenas et al., 2006 (Switzerland); Ashe et al., 2007b (Ireland); Boardman, 2007 (Shropshire)
Biology:Hovemeyer, 1998 (assoc. with dead Fagus wood).
Figure
references:
Habitus: Kramer and Morris, 2022a (male); Quindroit, 2022a (male)
Wing: Podenas et al., 2006; Kolcsar et al., 2023b
Hypopygium: Podenas et al., 2006; Kramer and Morris, 2022a; Kolcsar et al., 2023b
Other figures: Frantsevich, 2004 (mid coxa)

Immature stages
Larva: Podeniene, 2003a; Krivosheina and Krivosheina, 2011c
Citationson biology (mainly from 2000 onward):
Bulgaria
Habitat. Hubenov, 2025b: suppl: 5 (annotated list Diptera high Bulgarian mts, local distr, habitats and zoogeography).
Czech Rep.
Habitat. Stary et al., 2013b: 378 (on Limonidae from Vraz near Pisek, with general habitat description).
Habitat. Stary and Vonicka, 2018: 59-60 (on Limoniidae and Pediciidae of two localities in northern Bohemia, with list of localities, altitudes and habitats).
Denmark
Habitat. Nielsen and Nielsen, 2009: 122, 129, 131 (emerging from a forest floor in a Beech [Fagus] stand) (in Danish).
Finland
Habitat. Salmela and Vartija, 2007: 10 (common wetland species, citing Salmela, 2006).
Habitat. Autio and Salmela, 2010: 48 (habitats Aland Is).
France
Habitat. Kramer and Withers, 2007: 159 (marshland species with larvae in the more or less saturated organic mud of lake margins and marshes).
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: 25 (loc(s), resultats de deux campagnes de piegeage dans le Pas-de-Calais (62); see paper for details on habitat).
Habitat. Quindroit, 2021a: 36 (loc(s), resultats d une campagne de piegeage dans le Pas-de-Calais (62); see paper for details on habitat).
Habitat. Quindroit and Lemoine, 2022a: 28 (loc(s) Aisne (02) and Oise (60) with notes on habitats and distr) (in French).
Habitat. Quindroit, 2022a: 19, 27 (annotated list with information on abundancy and habitat of the Tipuloidea of the Pays de la Loire regoin, distr); see also Quindroit and Racine, 2025: 344-345 (habitat) (in French).
Germany
Habitat. Hovemeyer and Schauermann, 2003: 72 (found in a study on succession of Diptera on dead Beach [Fagus] wood near Gottingen; see paper for details).
Phenology. Wagner, 2011b: 373 (graph showing seasonal emergence sequence, may only).
Habitat. Reiff et al., 2015: 234 (loc(s) Baden-Wurttemberg with list of habitats).
Great Britain
Habitat. Godfrey, 1999: 78 (species of small streams).
Habitat. Boardman, 2007: 56 (Shropshire habitats are fen, carr, scrub on limestine, damp woodland, and drier woodland).
Habitat. Cranston and Drake, 2010: 175 (larvae can be found in marginal situations along flowing waters).
Habitat. Kramer and Morris, 2022a: 20 (info on the species, on the distr and map of loc(s) Leicestershire and Rutland (VC55); [found in] a range of situations from wet woodlands to suburban gardens and one of the early-emerging craneflies particularly in april).
Italy
Habitat. Stary and Delmastro, 2001: 455 (collected along a temporary source at edge of wet meadows and Quercus forest).
Latvia
Habitat. Salmela and Vartija, 2007: 10 (at a brook with relatively swift flow, sandy and stony bottom, mosses and riparian forest).
Lithuania
Habitat. Podeniene, 2002: 299 (larvae were found in riparian zones of small river).
Habitat. Podeniene, 2003a: 1-295 (larva, descr, figs, habitat) (in Lithuanian).
Habitat. Podeniene, 2003b: 11, 22 (larval habitat: mud in bogs of low lying woody swamps).
Habitat. Podeniene, 2009: 137 (semi-aquatic species preferring organic rich mud nearby water reservoirs).
Norway
Habitat. Olsen and Andersen, 2021: 210 (loc(s) Innlandet, in former Hedmark, with habitats specified separately, for habitats see also Jonassen and Andersen, 2020).
Poland
Habitat. Chaniecka and Wiedenska, 2006: 148 (occurrence in spring-, springbrook-, and/or bogspring plant communities) (in Polish).
Habitat. Wiedenska, 2014: 13 (on the occurence of Limoniidae in six selected plant communities in the Kamienica Valley, Gorce National Park, Western Carpathians; data based on Chaniecka and Wiedenska, 2006) (in Polish, habitat tables also in English).
Habitat. Wiedenska, 2017a: 19 (faunistic and habitat data of species from the Gorce NP) (in Polish).
Romania
Habitat. Kolcsar et al., 2013: 72 (loc(s) Cluj-Napoca and surroundings; list of habitats with altitudes).
Russia
Habitat. Kolcsar et al., 2021b: 193 (Tatarstan Rep.: ravine, wetland).
on characters and taxonomy (mainly from 2000 onward):
Country not relevant
Characters. Frantsevich, 2004: 133-135 (structure of coxa, figs).
Immatures. Krivosheina and Krivosheina, 2011c: 97 (note on larva) (in Russian).
Great Britain
Characters. Kramer and Morris, 2022a: 20 (diagnosis, figs).
Lithuania
Immatures. Podeniene, 2003a: 1-295 (larva, descr, figs, habitat) (in Lithuanian).
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).
Belgium
Distribution. Dek and Peeters, 2023a: 139 (loc(s) Botanic Garden Jean Massart, Brussels-Capital Region, common in Belgium).
Bulgaria
Distribution. Hubenov, 2018a: 16 (on the Diptera of the Vitosha Mt; see paper for details on vegetation belts and local distr).
Distribution. Hubenov, 2021a: 34 (listed for Bulgaria, without data, references).
Distribution. Hubenov, 2025b: suppl: 5 (annotated list Diptera high Bulgarian mts, local distr, habitats and zoogeography).
Croatia
First record. Kolcsar et al., 2023b: 28 (loc(s)).
Czech Rep.
Distribution. Stary et al., 2005a: 29, 30 (loc(s), among the most frequent limoniid species in the studied area).
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: 59-60 (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
Distribution. Salmela, 2001a: 144, 151 (loc(s)).
Distribution. Salmela, 2002: 30-32 (loc(s) lake Iidesjarvi) (in Finnish).
Distribution. Salmela et al., 2007b: 45 (loc(s)).
Distribution. Autio and Salmela, 2010: 48 (loc(s) Aland Is).
Distribution. Salmela, 2010a: 8, 9, 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).
France
Distribution. Kramer and Withers, 2007: 159, 163 (loc(s) Ain (01)).
Distribution. Withers, 2008: 137 (loc(s) Ain (01)).
Distribution. Kramer and Langlois, 2019a: 76 (record(s) Ravin de Valbois, Doubs (25)).
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: 25 (loc(s), resultats de deux campagnes de piegeage dans le Pas-de-Calais (62); see paper for details on habitat).
Distribution. Quindroit, 2021a: 36 (loc(s), resultats d une campagne 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. Quindroit and Lemoine, 2022a: 28 (loc(s) Aisne (02) and 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, 2022a: 18 (loc(s) Nord (59) (subscription fig 3)).
Distribution. Quindroit, 2022a: 19, 27 (annotated list with information on abundancy and habitat of the Tipuloidea of the Pays de la Loire regoin, distr); see also Quindroit and Racine, 2025: 344-345 (habitat) (in French).
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. Hovemeyer and Schauermann, 2003: 72 (found in a study on succession of Diptera on dead Beach [Fagus] wood near Gottingen; see paper for details).
Distribution. Schacht, 2005: 6 (checklist Bayern).
Distribution. Schacht, 2010: 17 (checklist Diptera Bayern).
Distribution. Wagner, 2011b: 373 (dominant at the Breitenbach stream).
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: 55-56 (loc(s), map).
Distribution. Skidmore, 2009: 127 (review of occurrence on the Western Isles of Scotland, distr).
Distribution. Kramer, 2011b: 3 (loc(s) Leicestershire).
Distribution. Kramer, 2011g: 2 (loc(s) Devon).
Distribution. Kramer, 2011j: 17 (loc(s) Leicestershire and Rutland (VC55)).
Distribution. Kramer, 2013f: 1 (loc(s) Northamptonshire).
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. Brighton, 2016: 4 (loc(s) Cotterill Clough, 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. Kramer and Morris, 2022a: 20 (info on the species, on the distr and map of loc(s) Leicestershire and Rutland (VC55); [found in] a range of situations from wet woodlands to suburban gardens and one of the early-emerging craneflies particularly in april).
Hungary
First record. Thalhammer: 1899: XXX (loc(s)).
Distribution. Stary, 2001b: 201 (loc(s), first documented record for Hungary, distr).
Ireland
Distribution. Ashe et al., 2007b: 359, 363, 388-389, 406 (review Irish records and confirmed for Ireland, map).
Distribution. Chandler et al., 2008: 10 (checklist).
Italy
First record. Stary and Delmastro, 2001: 455 (loc(s), distr).
Kazakhstan
First record. Devyatkov, 2020b: 221-222 (loc(s) East Kazakhstan, distr) (in Russian).
Latvia
Distribution. Stary, 2004f: (Fauna Europaea: added Latvia).
Distribution. Salmela and Vartija, 2007: 10 (loc(s)).
Lithuania
Distribution. Podeniene, 2002: 299 (loc(s)).
Distribution. Pakalniskis et al., 2006: 23 (checklist).
Netherlands
Distribution. Jong and Oosterbroek, 2002b: 30 (checklist).
Distribution. Stary, 2020a: 45 (Limoniidae Kaaistoep, Noord-Brabant).
Norway
Distribution. Olsen et al., 2018: 156-157 (annotated checklist Nordic countries and for Norway according to the Strand regions).
Distribution. Olsen and Andersen, 2021: 210 (loc(s) Innlandet, in former Hedmark, with habitats specified separately, for habitats see also Jonassen and Andersen, 2020).
Poland
Distribution. Chaniecka and Wiedenska, 2006: 148 (loc(s)).
Distribution. Wiedenska, 2007a: 76 (checklist).
Distribution. Wiedenska, 2010: 135 (loc(s) Parku Krajobrazowego Wzniesien Lodzkich, Lodz).
Distribution. Wiedenska, 2014: 13 (on the occurence of Limoniidae in six selected plant communities in the Kamienica Valley, Gorce National Park, Western Carpathians; data based on Chaniecka and Wiedenska, 2006) (in Polish, habitat tables also in English).
Distribution. Wiedenska, 2017a: 19 (faunistic and habitat data of species from the Gorce NP) (in Polish).
Distribution. Wiedenska and Syratt, 2023: 140 (loc(s) Bieszczady Mountains, distr and remarks).
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
Distribution not confirmed. Chuzhekova, 2015: 212 (on macrozoobenthos communities in spring brooks of Middle Volga) (PhD thesis, in Russian, 242 pages; for English summary see Chuzhekova, 2016, 37 pages).
Distribution. Paramonov and Pilipenko, 2016: 97 (loc(s) RUC: Tverskaya oblast, distr) (in Russian).
Distribution. Pilipenko, 2017a: 389 (investigation of Tipuloidea of the Altay, first record for Altay and Eastpalaearctic) (in Russian).
Distribution. Paramonov and Korobkov, 2019: 93 (loc(s) RUC: Tverskaya oblast, distr, citing various authors) (in Russian).
Distribution. Kolcsar et al., 2021b: 192-193 (loc(s) RUE: Tatarstan Rep.).
Slovakia
Distribution. Stary, 2009d: 31 (loc(s) Polana area).
Distribution. Stary, 2009i: webpage (checklist).
Slovenia
Distribution. Oosterbroek and Simova-Tosic, 2004: 444 (review literature).
Switzerland
Distribution. Podenas et al., 2006: 115, 315 (map, vertical distr per thermic level).
on flight period (mainly from 2000 onward):
Belgium
Dek and Peeters, 2023a: month(s): 4-5, 10.
Croatia
Kolcsar et al., 2023b: month(s): 4.
Czech Rep.
Stary et al., 2005a: month(s): 3-10.
Stary and Vonicka, 2018: month(s): 4-5(6).
Finland
Salmela, 2001a: month(s): 5.
France
Kramer and Withers, 2007: month(s): 3-5.
Quindroit, 2020b: month(s): 3-5.
Quindroit and Lemoine, 2022a: month(s): 3-4.
Quindroit, 2022a: month(s): 4.
Quindroit, 2022a: month(s): 4.
Germany
Wagner, 2011b: month(s): 5.
Reiff et al., 2015: month(s): 10.
Great Britain
Boardman, 2007: month(s): 4-5.
Kramer, 2011j: month(s): 3, 5.
Kramer, 2013f: month(s): 5.
Brighton, 2016: month(s): 4-5.
Hungary
Stary, 2001b: month(s): 5.
Ireland
Ashe et al., 2007b: month(s): 3-4.
Italy
Stary and Delmastro, 2001: month(s): 4.
Kazakhstan
Devyatkov, 2020b: month(s): 5-8.
Latvia
Salmela and Vartija, 2007: month(s): 5.
Norway
Olsen and Andersen, 2021: month(s): (4-)6-7.
Poland
Wiedenska, 2014: month(s): 6.
Wiedenska, 2017a: month(s): 6.
Wiedenska and Syratt, 2023: month(s): 6.
Romania
Kolcsar et al., 2013: month(s): 6.
Russia
Paramonov and Pilipenko, 2016: month(s): 5-6.
Paramonov and Korobkov, 2019: month(s): 5.
Kolcsar et al., 2021b: month(s): 5.
Slovakia
Stary, 2009d: month(s): 5-6.
Switzerland
Podenas et al., 2006: month(s): 4-6, 8.
on altitude (mainly from 2000 onward):
Croatia
Kolcsar et al., 2023b: altitude: 170 m.
Germany
Reiff et al., 2015: altitude: 671 m.
Italy
Stary and Delmastro, 2001: altitude: 263 m.
Kazakhstan
Devyatkov, 2020b: altitude: 386-1654 m.
Norway
Olsen and Andersen, 2021: altitude: 300-770 m.
Poland
Wiedenska, 2017a: altitude: 800 m.
Wiedenska and Syratt, 2023: altitude: 600-750 m.
Russia
Kolcsar et al., 2021b: altitude: 80 m.
Slovakia
Stary, 2009d: altitude: 630-780 m.

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