Catalogue of the Craneflies of the World: Elephantomyia (Elephantomyia) edwardsi Lackschewitz, 1932

Catalogue of the Craneflies of the World

(Diptera, Tipuloidea: Pediciidae, Limoniidae, Cylindrotomidae, Tipulidae)

Details for Elephantomyia (Elephantomyia) edwardsi

Name:

Elephantomyia (Elephantomyia) edwardsi Lackschewitz, 1932

Publication:

Konowia 11: 220 (as Elephantomyia)

Status:

Recognized taxon.

Classification:

Family Limoniidae
Subfamily Limoniinae

Descriptive note:

Type-material: Blech and Rohlfien, 1987.

Keys:

Krivosheina, M.G., 2010b (larvae, pupae four Palaearctic Elephantomyia species); Podenas et al., 2020c (Eastpalaearctic Elephantomyia (Elephantomyia))


habitus male	habitus male	habitus male	habitus male	habitus female

plus 14 more images of body part(s), hypopygium, hypopygium, hypopygium, hypopygium, hypopygium, ovipositor, ovipositor, wing, wing, wing, wing, wing and habitat.

Distribution:

Austria, Belarus, Czech Rep., Finland, France, Germany, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Sweden, Switzerland, Ukraine (Carpathians); Russia: RUN, RUW, RUC, North Caucasus;; Russia: WS (Altay), North Korea, South Korea.
Note: see the manual for abbreviations: present-day Russia.

Region(s):

Westpalaearctic;; Eastpalaearctic

General note:

Added: France (Geiger et al., 1994: Aude), Poland (Wiedenska, 1996). Records from Sweden are transferred to the species krivosheinae (Salmela, 2011b) but see citations below on distribution for Sweden. For Finland check Salmela, 2012b, 2012c, and citations below.

Map:

Podenas et al., 2006 (Switzerland); Podenas et al., 2015 (Korea); Lantsov, 2017d (Krasnodar Territory); Lantsov, 2018b (Kabardino-Balkaria)

Biology:

Podenas et al., 2020c (discussion on the two different larval types in E. (Elephantomyia)).

Figure
references:

Habitus: Lantsov, 2014c (male)
Head: Slipka and Stary, 1977b (head with rostrum)
Wing: Podenas et al., 2006; Krivosheina and Krivosheina, 2011c; Lantsov, 2014c; Podenas et al., 2015; Podenas et al., 2020c
Hypopygium: Podenas et al., 2006; Lantsov, 2014c; Podenas et al., 2015; Podenas et al., 2020c
Ovipositor: Podenas et al., 2015

Immature stages
Larva: Krivosheina, N.P., 2010b; Krivosheina and Krivosheina, 2011c
Pupa: Krivosheina, N.P., 2010b

Miscellaneous
Lantsov, 2014c (habitat)

Citations

on biology (mainly from 2000 onward):

Belarus
Habitat. Paramonov, 2019a: 95 (loc(s) Berezinsky Biosphere Reserve, distr, habitats, citing various authors) (in Russian).

Country not relevant
Habitat. Krivosheina and Krivosheina, 2011c: 1-294 (larva: loc(s), descr, figs, biology, key) (in Russian, key also in English).

Finland
Habitat. Penttinen et al., 2010: 485 (red list status incl. criteria, habitats, causes of threat, threat factors; reared from decaying Spruce [Picea] samples).
Habitat. Salmela, 2012c: 8 (a saproxylic species confined to or at least preferring old-growth forests).
Habitat. Salmela et al., 2019: 522 (red list status, habitat types, threat factors).

Lithuania
Habitat. Podeniene, 2003b: 11, 24, 28 (larval habitat: rotten wood of deciduous trees).

Russia
Habitat. Krivosheina, N.P., 2009a: 125-133 (review Russian xylophilous Limoniidae, mainly inhabiting bark and wood of decomposing trees, with new original data on larval biology [found in wood of coniferous trees]) (in Russian).
Habitat. Lantsov, 2014c: 283-284 (the dominant community in the woodland were the species was found is Beech-Hornbeam [Betula-Carpinus] forest with Hazel [Corylus] grove in the undergrowth; see paper for details; figs).
Habitat. Lantsov, 2017a: 287 (on the crane flies (Diptera: Limoniidae) of the North Caucasus: Krasnodar Territory) (in Russian).
Habitat. Lantsov, 2017d: 416 (North Caucasus: habitat information) (in Russian).
Habitat. Lantsov, 2018b: 322 (North Caucasus: habitat information) (in Russian).
Biology. Oosterbroek and Lukashevich, 2021: 8 (on flower-visiting by long-proboscid limoniid crane flies, listing this species as visiting flowers of Rubiaceae and Asteraceae, citing Savchenko, 1986).

Slovakia
Habitat. Stary, 2009d: 35 (a local ecologically significant saproxylic species).

South Korea
Habitat. Podenas et al., 2015c: 71 (specimens from South Korea were collected in deciduous tree and shrub grooves on margins of permanent and temporary streams, soil covered with fallen leaves and tree branches, scarce grassy vegetation among rocks covered with moss).

Ukraine
Habitat. Krivosheina, N.P., 2010b: 604 (Biology: adults were reared from the humid reddish brown wood of stups of Spruce [Picea] logs near a stream; material: larvae and pupae in Beech [Fagus] wood).

on characters and taxonomy (mainly from 2000 onward):

Country not relevant
Immatures. Krivosheina and Krivosheina, 2011c: 1-294 (larva: loc(s), descr, figs, biology, key) (in Russian, key also in English).
Characters. Salmela, 2011b: 114-115 (characters, comparison).
Characters. Podenas et al., 2020c: 52-53 (comparison, figs).
Characters. Solodkii and Pilipenko, 2025: 400 (in notes on the morphology of Helius, comparison).

North Korea
Description. Podenas et al., 2015c: 70-71 (descr, key, comparison, figs).

Russia
Figures. Lantsov, 2014c: 284 (figs male, wing, hypopygium).
Description. Lantsov, 2017d: 416 (North Caucasus: descr, fig male, refs) (in Russian).
Description. Lantsov, 2018b: 322 (North Caucasus: short descr, fig male, refs) (in Russian).

Ukraine
Immatures. Krivosheina, N.P., 2010b: 604-6, 613 (descr, key, figs, larva, pupa).

on distribution (mainly from 2000 onward):

Belarus
First record. Paramonov, 2019a: 95 (loc(s) Berezinsky Biosphere Reserve, distr, habitats, citing various authors) (in Russian).

Country not relevant
Distribution. Krivosheina and Krivosheina, 2011c: 1-294 (larva: loc(s), descr, figs, biology, key) (in Russian, key also in English).

Czech Rep.
Distribution. Stary, 2009i: webpage (checklist).

Denmark
Distribution not confirmed. Petersen and Jong, 2001b: 149 (by expert opinion and because of neighbouring distribution likely to occur in Denmark).

Finland
Distribution. Salmela, 2012b: 237 (annotated list of Finnish crane flies).
Distribution. Salmela and Petrasiunas, 2014: 30 (checklist Finnish Tipulomorpha).
Distribution. Salmela et al., 2019: 522 (red list status, habitat types, threat factors).

Germany
Distribution. Schacht, 1999: 135 (checklist Bayern).
Distribution. Reusch and Oosterbroek, 2000: 162 (checklist German Bundeslander).
Distribution. Schacht, 2005: 5 (checklist Bayern).
Distribution. Schacht, 2010: 16 (checklist Diptera Bayern).

Hungary
Misinterpretation. Papp, 2000a: XXX (refers to krivosheinae; see Stary, 2001b).

Lithuania
Distribution. Pakalniskis et al., 2006: 19 (checklist).
Distribution. Podenas et al., 2015c: 72 (loc(s)).

North Korea
First record. Podenas et al., 2015c: 71-72, 92 (loc(s), distr, map).

Norway
First record. Kolcsar et al., 2021b: 86 (loc(s) Akershus and Vestfold).

Poland
Distribution. Wiedenska, 2007a: 75 (checklist).

Romania
Distribution. Ujvarosi, 2005a: 244 (no details).
Distribution. Ujvarosi, 2007: 228-231 (checklist Limoniidae).

Russia
Distribution. Polevoi, 2006: 96 (loc(s) RUN: Kareliya) (in Russian).
Distribution. Lantsov, 2014c: 283 (loc(s) North Caucasus: Krasnodarskiy kray, distr).
Distribution. Paramonov and Pilipenko, 2016: 99 (loc(s) RUC: Tverskaya oblast, distr) (in Russian).
Distribution. Lantsov, 2017a: 287 (on the crane flies (Diptera: Limoniidae) of the North Caucasus: Krasnodar Territory) (in Russian).
Distribution. Lantsov, 2017d: 416 (North Caucasus: loc(s), 3nd ed. red data book Krasnodar Territory, map, distr) (in Russian).
Distribution. Pilipenko, 2017a: 389 (investigation of Tipuloidea of the Altay, first record for Altay) (in Russian).
Distribution. Lantsov, 2018b: 322 (North Caucasus: loc(s), 2nd ed. red data book Kabardino-Balkaria, map, distr) (in Russian).
Distribution. Solodkii and Pilipenko, 2025: 400 (studied from the Moscovskaya oblast).

Slovakia
Distribution. Stary, 2009d: 35 (loc(s) Polana area).
Distribution. Stary, 2009i: webpage (checklist).

South Korea
First record. Podenas et al., 2015c: 72, 92 (loc(s), distr, map).

Sweden
Misinterpretation. Salmela, 2011b: 114-115 (to be removed from the list of Swedish craneflies, records of edwardsi by Tjeder, 1953b and Mendl, 1974 refer to krivosheinae).
Distribution. Artportalen, 2017: (reconfirmed for Sweden after being removed for Sweden in Salmela, 2011b; records in the south of Sweden, 2011 and 2017, see photo(s) above of the 2017 record) (for this and additional records from 2000 and 2018 see Kolcsar et al., 2021b).

Switzerland
Distribution. Podenas et al., 2006: 167, 235 (map, vertical distr per thermic level).

Ukraine
Distribution. Krivosheina, N.P., 2010b: 604 (loc(s)).

on flight period (mainly from 2000 onward):

Belarus
Paramonov, 2019a: month(s): 6.

Lithuania
Podenas et al., 2015c: month(s): 6.

North Korea
Podenas et al., 2015c: month(s): 6.

Norway
Kolcsar et al., 2021b: month(s): 6.

Russia
Lantsov, 2014c: month(s): 6.
Paramonov and Pilipenko, 2016: month(s): 6.

Slovakia
Stary, 2009d: month(s): 6-7.

South Korea
Podenas et al., 2015c: month(s): 6.

Sweden
Artportalen, 2017: month(s): 6-7.

Switzerland
Podenas et al., 2006: month(s): 7.