Details for Ellipteroides (Photogonomyia) alboscutellatus

Name: Ellipteroides (Photogonomyia) alboscutellatus (Roser, 1840) Publication: CorrespBl. Wurtt. landw. Ver., Stuttg. (N.S.) 17(1): 51 (as Limnobia) Status: Recognized taxon, Synonym(s): ?collaris (Meigen, 1835); scutellatus (Egger, 1863); ater (Huguenin, 1888). Classification: Family Limoniidae Subfamily Chioneinae Descriptive note: Systematic position: Kania Klosok et al., 2025a. Synonymy: Stary and Geiger, 1998a. Keys: Boardman, 2016 (craneflies Shropshire); Stubbs and Kramer, 2016i, 2016j; Stubbs, 2021 (British craneflies) Variant spelling(s): alboscutellata; alboscutellana habitus male habitus male habitus female body part(s) antenna hypopygium plus 12 more images of hypopygium, hypopygium, hypopygium, hypopygium, hypopygium, hypopygium, ovipositor, ovipositor, wing, wing, habitat and habitat. Distribution: Albania, Austria, Belgium, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Czech Rep., Estonia, France (incl. Corsica), Germany, Great Britain, Hungary, Italy, Lithuania, Netherlands, North Macedonia, Poland, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Switzerland, Ukraine (Carpathians); Morocco; Turkey (Asiatic part: Bursa, Canakkale), Lebanon. Region(s): Westpalaearctic General note: Added: Lithuania (Podenas, 1995). For Italy check Stary and Oosterbroek, 1996, and citations below. For Great Britain check Stubbs, 2021, and citations below. For Morocco check Kettani and Oosterbroek, 2022a, and citations below. Map: Podenas et al., 2006 (Switzerland); Heaver, 2014 (Great Britain) Figure references: Habitus: Blythe, 2010 (male) Head: Stary and Rozkosny, 1970b (antenna) Wing: Kolcsar et al., 2023b Hypopygium: Stary and Rozkosny, 1970b; Podenas et al., 2006; Blythe, 2010; Wiedenska, 2019a; Kolcsar et al., 2023b Ovipositor: Stary and Rozkosny, 1970b; Wiedenska, 2019a Immature stages Larva: Podeniene, 2003a Miscellaneous Blythe, 2010 (habitat) Citations on biology (mainly from 2000 onward): Bosnia-Herzegowina Habitat. Graf et al., 2023: 34, 37 (inventory of the upper Neretva, an unimpacted riverine system embedded in dense natural and near-natural forest; see paper for details). Bulgaria Habitat. Hubenov, 2025b: suppl: 5 (annotated list Diptera high Bulgarian mts, local distr, habitats and zoogeography). Great Britain Habitat. Howe and Howe, 2001: 32, 35, 42, 45 (swept from a wooded stream). Habitat. Boyce, 2002: 13, 28 (review of seepage invertebrates in England, found at woodland seepages; see paper for details). Habitat. Drake, 2003a: 42 (frequent on a tufa-depositing seepage). Habitat. Stubbs, 2003: 101, 105 (confined to calcareous seepages in woodland; larvae are semiquatic in peat or moss (exact ecology needs clarifying); the paper includes further details on habitat management, subhabitat preferences and examples of good/bad practice). Habitat. Crossley, 2004: 154 (in wet areas of Hack Fall Wood). Habitat. Crossley, 2005: 70 (abundant in calcareous seepages). Biology. Heaver, 2006: 67-86 (microhabitat: flushed Palustriella (= Cratoneuron) moss beds on perched springline tufa flushes, most of which are now found in woodland; habitat observations: flight, oviposition, period of flight; details on geology, tufa formation, vegetation and physical characteristics of the flushes; detailed review of sites; summary in Stubbs, 2010e). Habitat. Crossley, 2008: 94 (on noteworthy Diptera from the North York Moors National Park; found in tufa flushes in old woodland). Habitat. Blythe, 2010: 34-36 (associated with flushes of calcium-rich water where tufa is present in the mud; see paper for details, figs). Habitat. Boardman, 2013b: 3-4 (found in association with Pallustriella mosses on tufa sedments; see paper for details, figs). Biology. Heaver, 2014: 41-54 (the paper provides descriptions of nine new sites in England and Wales, and updates the details on habitat, ecology and field observations within the framework of a previous paper, Heaver, 2006; the micro-habitat remains flushed Palustriella moss beds on perched springline tufa flushes, the majority of which are now to be found in woodland). Biology. Kramer, 2018b: 9 (found by Jude Webb at a new site near Oxford around tufa springs where the moss Palustriella commutata commutata grows; period of flight is from 10 june (exceptionally early) to 28 august with july being the most likely tome for emergence). Habitat. Chandler and Alexander, 2020: 51-52 (on a surprising occurrence in East Sussex with habitat descr here and elsewhere in Great Britain, citing various authors). Lithuania Habitat. Podeniene, 2003a: 1-295 (larva, descr, figs, habitat) (in Lithuanian). Poland Habitat. Wiedenska, 2019a: 24-25 (on Limonidae new for the Polish fauna, habitat descr, distr) (in Polish). on characters and taxonomy (mainly from 2000 onward): Country not relevant Characters. Blythe, 2010: 34-36 (characters, comparison, figs). Phylogeny. Kania-Klosok et al., 2025: 6-8 (phylogeny Ellipteroides: examined taxon; new subgeneric position). Lithuania Immatures. Podeniene, 2003a: 1-295 (larva, descr, figs, habitat) (in Lithuanian). on distribution (mainly from 2000 onward): Austria Distribution. Vogtenhuber and Kofler, 2017: 138 (loc(s) Osttirol). Bosnia-Herzegowina Distribution. Graf et al., 2023: 34, 37 (inventory of the upper Neretva, an unimpacted riverine system embedded in dense natural and near-natural forest; see paper for details). First record. Kolcsar et al., 2023b: 18 (loc(s)). Bulgaria 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: 26 (loc(s)). Distribution. Stary, 2009c: 95 (loc(s) Bohemia). Distribution. Stary, 2009i: webpage (checklist). Denmark Distribution. Petersen and Jong, 2001b: 149 (because of neighbouring distribution likely to occur in Denmark). Estonia First record. Kolcsar et al., 2021b: 90 (loc(s)). France Distribution. Quindroit et al., 2023: 499-500 (loc(s) and first record for Corsica, distr). Germany Distribution. Schacht, 1999: 135 (checklist Bayern). Distribution. Reusch and Oosterbroek, 2000: 157 (checklist German Bundeslander). Distribution. Schacht, 2005: 5 (checklist Bayern). Distribution. Schacht, 2010: 16 (checklist Diptera Bayern). Great Britain Distribution. Howe and Howe, 2001: 32, 35, 42, 45 (see paper for details on loc(s) in which of the eight vice-counties visited). Distribution. Boyce, 2002: 13, 28 (review of seepage invertebrates in England, found at woodland seepages; see paper for details). Distribution. Drake, 2003a: 42 (loc(s) Herefordshire). Distribution. Stubbs, 2003: 105 (distr in GB). Distribution. Crossley, 2004: 154 (loc(s) Sheffield). Distribution. Crossley, 2005: 70 (loc(s) Yorkshire). Distribution. Heaver, 2006: 67-86 (detailed review of records and sites in England, map). Distribution. Boardman, 2007: 10-11 (distr GB, citing Heaver, 2006). Distribution. Crossley, 2008: 94 (on noteworthy Diptera from the North York Moors National Park; found in tufa flushes in old woodland). Distribution. Blythe, 2010: 34-36 (loc(s) Wyre forest [Worcestershire], distr). Distribution. Boardman, 2013b: 3-4 (loc(s) Shropshire). Distribution. Heaver, 2014: 41-54 (the paper provides descriptions of nine new sites in England and Wales, maps GB). Distribution. Kramer, 2018b: 9 (found by Jude Webb at a new site near Oxford around tufa springs where the moss Palustriella commutata commutata grows; period of flight is from 10 june (exceptionally early) to 28 august with july being the most likely tome for emergence). Distribution. Chandler and Alexander, 2020: 51-52 (on a surprising occurrence in East Sussex with habitat descr here and elsewhere in Great Britain, citing various authors). Italy Distribution. Podenas and Podeniene, 2008: 347, 351 (loc(s), annotated checklist South Tyrol [Prov. Bolzano]). Lithuania Distribution. Pakalniskis et al., 2006: 19 (checklist). Morocco Distribution. Driauach et al., 2013: 188 (review Limoniidae records of Morocco, loc(s)). Distribution. Kettani and Oosterbroek, 2022a: 20 (annotated checklist, with review loc(s) and/or references). Netherlands Distribution. Jong and Oosterbroek, 2002b: 28 (checklist). North Macedonia Distribution. Oosterbroek and Simova-Tosic, 2004: 443 (review literature). Poland First record. Wiedenska, 2019a: 24-25 (on Limonidae new for the Polish fauna, habitat descr, distr) (in Polish). Romania Distribution. Parvu, 2004: 184 (loc(s)). Distribution. Ujvarosi, 2007: 228-231 (checklist Limoniidae). Serbia First record. Stary and Oosterbroek, 2008: 2 (loc(s), distr). Slovakia Distribution. Stary, 2009i: webpage (checklist). Slovenia Distribution. Oosterbroek and Simova-Tosic, 2004: 443 (review literature). Distribution. Kolcsar et al., 2023b: 18 (loc(s)). Spain Distribution. Eiroa and Baez, 2002a: 54 (checklist). Distribution. Mederos et al., 2025b: 159 (loc(s) Lerida, distr). Switzerland Distribution. Podenas et al., 2006: 91, 238 (map, vertical distr per thermic level). Turkey First record. Koc et al., 2016: 2-3 (loc(s) Asiatic part, Marmara region). on flight period (mainly from 2000 onward): Austria Vogtenhuber and Kofler, 2017: month(s): 7. Bosnia-Herzegowina Kolcsar et al., 2023b: month(s): 6. Czech Rep. Stary, 2009c: month(s): 6. Estonia Kolcsar et al., 2021b: month(s): 6. France Quindroit et al., 2023: month(s): 6. Great Britain Howe and Howe, 2001: month(s): 6. Drake, 2003a: month(s): 6-7. Stubbs, 2003: month(s): 7-8. Crossley, 2004: month(s): 7. Crossley, 2005: month(s): 7. Heaver, 2006: month(s): 7-8. Blythe, 2010: month(s): 6-8. Boardman, 2013b: month(s): 7. Heaver, 2014: month(s): 6-8. Kramer, 2018b: month(s): 7. Italy Podenas and Podeniene, 2008: month(s): 7-8. Poland Wiedenska, 2019a: month(s): 8. Romania Parvu, 2004: month(s): 7. Serbia Stary and Oosterbroek, 2008: month(s): 6. Slovenia Kolcsar et al., 2023b: month(s): 7. Spain Mederos et al., 2025b: month(s): 7. Switzerland Podenas et al., 2006: month(s): 7-8. Turkey Koc et al., 2016: month(s): 7-8. on altitude (mainly from 2000 onward): Austria Vogtenhuber and Kofler, 2017: altitude: 1100 m. Bosnia-Herzegowina Kolcsar et al., 2023b: altitude: 805 m. Bulgaria Hubenov, 2017: altitude: 450-700 m. Hubenov, 2021a: altitude: 500-550 m. Hubenov, 2025b: altitude: 500-550 m. Estonia Kolcsar et al., 2021b: altitude: 30 m. France Quindroit et al., 2023: altitude: 877 m. Italy Podenas and Podeniene, 2008: altitude: 940 m. Poland Wiedenska, 2019a: altitude: 610 m. Slovenia Kolcsar et al., 2023b: altitude: 600 m. Turkey Koc et al., 2016: altitude: 210-1050 m.