Details for Elephantomyia (Elephantomyia) krivosheinae

Name: Elephantomyia (Elephantomyia) krivosheinae Savchenko, 1976 Publication: Dopov. Akad. Nauk Ukr. RSR (B) 1976: 467 (470 in Russian Doklady ed.) (as Elephantomyia) Status: Recognized taxon. Classification: Family Limoniidae Subfamily Limoniinae Keys: Podenas and Gelhaus, 2007 (Limoniinae Mongolia and nearby); Krivosheina, M.G., 2010b (larvae, pupae four Palaearctic Elephantomyia species); Podenas et al., 2020c (Eastpalaearctic Elephantomyia (Elephantomyia)) Variant spelling(s): krivoscheinae habitus male habitus male habitus male habitus female habitus female plus 12 more images of habitus, habitus, habitus, body part(s), body part(s), hypopygium, hypopygium, hypopygium, wing, habitat, habitat and habitat. Distribution: Czech Rep., Finland, Hungary, Lithuania, Norway, Poland, Slovakia, Sweden, Switzerland, Ukraine (west); Russia: RUN, RUC, RUE;; Russia: WS (Altay, Tuva), FE (Khabarovskiy kray, Primorskiy kray). Note: see the manual for abbreviations: present-day Russia. Region(s): Westpalaearctic;; Eastpalaearctic General note: Added: Poland (Wiedenska, 1998), Switzerland (Stary and Geiger, 1998a), Czech Rep. (Stary, 1999). For Finland check Salmela, 2012b, 2012c, and citations below. Map: Podenas et al., 2006 (Switzerland) Biology: Podenas et al., 2020c (discussion on the two different larval types in E. (Elephantomyia)). Figure references: Habitus: Stary, 2009d (female); Salmela, 2011b (female); Oosterbroek and Lukashevich, 2021 (female); Rasimus, 2018 (male) Hypopygium: Podenas et al., 2006; Podenas and Gelhaus, 2007 Immature stages Larva: Krivosheina, N.P., 2010b; Krivosheina and Krivosheina, 2011c Pupa: Krivosheina, N.P., 2010b Citations on biology (mainly from 2000 onward): Country not relevant Habitat. Krivosheina and Krivosheina, 2011c: 1-294 (larva: loc(s), descr, figs, biology, key) (in Russian, key also in English). Habitat. Salmela, 2011b: 115 (recorded from a variety of decaying deciduous trees (e.g. Betula, Populus tremula and Tilia cordata). Finland Habitat. Stary and Salmela, 2004: 45 (adults were collected with trunk-window traps on deap Populus tremula trees in an open and a shaded habitat). Habitat. Salmela and Stary, 2009: 271 (adults were obtained from trunk-emergence traps on Betula logs lying on the forest floor and decayed by polyporous fungi). Habitat. Halme et al., 2012: 507 (part of a study on saproxylic nematoceran communities occupying different parts of decaying fallen Aspen trunks in a boreal forest in central Finland). Habitat. Salmela, 2012c: 11 (classified as a saproxylic and/or fungivorous species). Habitat. Rasimus, 2018: 16, 17 (detailed information on the species in a paper on saproxylic craneflies in the Tampere region) (in Finnish). Poland Phenology. Wiedenska, 2015a: 53 (on the flight activity of Limoniidae in the Kamienica Valley, Gorce National Park, Western Carpathians) (in Polish, tables also in English). Habitat. Wiedenska, 2017a: 21 (faunistic and habitat data of species from the Gorce NP) (in Polish). 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 deciduous trees]) (in Russian). Habitat. Krivosheina, N.P., 2010b: 608-609 (adults were reared from decaying wood of deciduous trees such as Aspen [Populus], Poplar [Populus], Birch [Betula], Alder [Alnus], Elm [Ulmus] and Linden [Tilia]; the paper includes further details on larval development). Habitat. Polevoi et al., 2018: supplementary species list: (emerged from fallen Aspens [Populus tremula] in Kivach Nature Reserve, Kareliya). Biology. Krivosheina, N.P., 2020b: 202, 204 (on biotopic associations of the larvae of the hoverfly tribe Xylotini (Diptera, Syrphidae: Eristalinae) with xylobiont insects; larvae of E. krivosheinae are mobile, goldish, and saproxylophagous; in south Primorskiy kray larvae were found in an Aspen [Populus tremula] trunk with preserved bark, lying on humid soil, in the bast fiber layer). Biology. Oosterbroek and Lukashevich, 2021: 6-7 (on flower-visiting by long-proboscid limoniid crane flies, illustrating a female visiting flowers of Lonicera xylosteum (Caprifoliaceae) in the RUC: Moscow region). Slovakia Habitat. Stary, 2009d: 36, 327 (a local ecologically significant saproxylic species characteristic of montane Beech-Fir [Fagus-Abies] virgin forests). Ukraine Habitat. Obona et al., 2017: 45 (loc(s) Uzh River Basin, habitat photo Vojvodina Waterfalls). on characters and taxonomy (mainly from 2000 onward): Country not relevant Characters. Podenas and Poinar, 2001: 869 (comparison with fossil species). 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, figs). Characters. Solodkii and Pilipenko, 2025: 400 (in notes on the morphology of Helius, comparison). East Palaearctic Key. Podenas and Gelhaus, 2007: 16 (key, figs). Russia Immatures. Krivosheina, N.P., 2010b: 607-610, 613 (descr, key, figs, larva, pupa). Figures. Pilipenko et al., 2020: 360 (figs male, hypopygium). on distribution (mainly from 2000 onward): 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). Finland First record. Polevoi, 2001: 191 (loc(s)). Distribution. Stary and Salmela, 2004: 45, 47 (loc(s)). Distribution. Halme et al., 2012: 507 (part of a study on saproxylic nematoceran communities occupying different parts of decaying fallen Aspen trunks in a boreal forest in central Finland). Distribution. Salmela, 2012b: 237 (annotated list of Finnish crane flies). Distribution. Salmela and Petrasiunas, 2014: 30 (checklist Finnish Tipulomorpha). Distribution. Rasimus, 2018: 16, 17 (detailed information on the species in a paper on saproxylic craneflies in the Tampere region) (in Finnish). Hungary Distribution. Papp, 2000a: XXX (loc(s)) (as edwardsi; see Stary, 2001b). First record. Stary, 2001b: 202 (loc(s), distr). Lithuania Distribution. Pakalniskis et al., 2006: 19 (checklist). Norway First record. Kolcsar et al., 2021b: 88-89 (loc(s) various provinces). Poland Distribution. Wiedenska, 2007a: 75 (checklist). Distribution. Wiedenska, 2015a: 53 (on the flight activity of Limoniidae in the Kamienica Valley, Gorce National Park, Western Carpathians) (in Polish, tables also in English). Distribution. Wiedenska, 2017a: 21 (faunistic and habitat data of species from the Gorce NP) (in Polish). Distribution. Wiedenska and Syratt, 2023: 144 (loc(s) Bieszczady Mountains, distr and remarks). Russia Distribution. Pilipenko and Sidorenko, 2006b: 148 (checklist Kedrovaya Pad, distr) (in Russian). Distribution. Pilipenko, 2009c: 331 (loc(s) Lazovsky Nature Reserve, Primorskiy kray). Distribution. Krivosheina, N.P., 2010b: 609 (loc(s) Tuva, Khabarovskiy kray, Primorskiy kray). Distribution. Jakovlev et al., 2014: 309 (loc(s) RUN: Kareliya). Distribution. Paramonov and Pilipenko, 2016: 99 (loc(s) RUC: Tverskaya oblast) (in Russian). Distribution. Paramonov, 2018a: 183 (loc(s) RUC: Chuvash Rep., distr) (in Russian). Distribution. Polevoi et al., 2018: supplementary species list: (emerged from fallen Aspens [Populus tremula] in Kivach Nature Reserve, Kareliya). Distribution. Krivosheina, N.P., 2020b: 202, 204 (on biotopic associations of the larvae of the hoverfly tribe Xylotini (Diptera, Syrphidae: Eristalinae) with xylobiont insects; larvae of E. krivosheinae are mobile, goldish, and saproxylophagous; in south Primorskiy kray larvae were found in an Aspen [Populus tremula] trunk with preserved bark, lying on humid soil, in the bast fiber layer). Distribution. Pilipenko et al., 2020: 361 (loc(s) RUC: Mordoviya Rep., distr). Distribution. Oosterbroek and Lukashevich, 2021: 6-7 (on flower-visiting by long-proboscid limoniid crane flies, illustrating a female visiting flowers of Lonicera xylosteum (Caprifoliaceae) in the RUC: Moscow region). Distribution. Solodkii and Pilipenko, 2025: 400 (studied from the Moscovskaya oblast). Slovakia Distribution. Stary, 2009d: 36 (loc(s) Polana area). Distribution. Stary, 2009i: webpage (checklist). Sweden First record. Salmela, 2011b: 114-115 (loc(s), Skane, Lule Lappmark, distr; records of edwardsi by Tjeder, 1953b and Mendl, 1974 refer to krivosheinae). Switzerland Distribution. Podenas et al., 2006: 167, 236 (map). Ukraine First record. Obona et al., 2017: 45 (loc(s) Uzh River Basin, habitat photo Vojvodina Waterfalls). on flight period (mainly from 2000 onward): Hungary Stary, 2001b: month(s): 5. Norway Kolcsar et al., 2021b: month(s): 5-7. Poland Wiedenska, 2015a: month(s): 6. Wiedenska, 2017a: month(s): 6. Wiedenska and Syratt, 2023: month(s): 7. Russia Pilipenko, 2009c: month(s): 6. Paramonov and Pilipenko, 2016: month(s): 5. Paramonov, 2018a: month(s): 6. Pilipenko et al., 2020: month(s): 5. Slovakia Stary, 2009d: month(s): 6-7. Sweden Salmela, 2011b: month(s): 6-7. Ukraine Obona et al., 2017: month(s): 5. on altitude (mainly from 2000 onward): Norway Kolcsar et al., 2021b: altitude: 40-585 m. Poland Wiedenska, 2017a: altitude: 810 m. Wiedenska and Syratt, 2023: altitude: 500 m. Russia Krivosheina, N.P., 2010b: altitude: 300 m. Ukraine Obona et al., 2017: altitude: 600 m.