Details for Elliptera hungarica

Name: Elliptera hungarica Madarassy, 1881 Publication: Termeszetr. Fuz. 5: 37 (as Elliptera) Status: Recognized taxon. Classification: Family Limoniidae Subfamily Limoniinae Descriptive note: Type-material: Riedel, 1941a. habitus male hypopygium hypopygium hypopygium ovipositor plus 4 more images of wing, wing, wing and wing. Distribution: Albania, Austria, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Rep., France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy (Trentino-Alto Adige), Montenegro, Romania, Slovakia, Spain (north), Switzerland. Region(s): Westpalaearctic General note: For Italy check Stary and Oosterbroek, 1996, and citations below. Map: Podenas et al., 2006 (Switzerland) Figure references: Habitus: Kramer and Billard, 2019 (male) Wing: Riedel, 1914a; Podenas et al., 2006; Mederos et al., 2018; Kramer and Billard, 2019 Hypopygium: Podenas et al., 2006; Mederos et al., 2018 Ovipositor: Stary, 1969b Immature stages Larva: Kramer and Billard, 2019 Citations on biology (mainly from 2000 onward): Bulgaria Habitat. Hubenov, 2025a: suppl: 4 (annotated list Diptera Stara Planina Mts, local distr, habitats and zoogeography). Habitat. Hubenov, 2025b: suppl: 6 (annotated list Diptera high Bulgarian mts, local distr, habitats and zoogeography). France Habitat. Kramer and Billard, 2019: 219-220 (adults, larvae and pupae were found and photographed on limestone rocks wet from seeping water (a hygropetric habitat) where the larvae feed on small plants; see paper for details). Habitat. Kramer and Langlois, 2019a: 83 (on larval moss habitats in the Ravin de Valbois; see paper for details). Habitat. Kramer and Langlois, 2019b: 229 (a seepage species). Spain Habitat. Stary and Oosterbroek, 2008: 14 (wet deciduous forest and meadows). Habitat. Mederos et al., 2018: 91-92 (loc(s) Barcelona, Cantabria, Gerona, Huesca, Lerida; from caves). Habitat. Mederos in litt., 2020: (the march specimen was photographed in a cave but was not collected; the may specimen was captured in another chasm (cave) at -25 meters deep from the entrance of the cave and the entrance of this cave is 855 meters above sea level). Habitat. Mederos, 2023a: 483 (about Limoniidae known to occur in caves) (in Spanish). on characters and taxonomy (mainly from 2000 onward): France Immatures. Kramer and Billard, 2019: 220 (figs larva, pupa, adult). on distribution (mainly from 2000 onward): Bosnia-Herzegowina Distribution. Oosterbroek and Simova-Tosic, 2004: 447 (review literature). Bulgaria Distribution. Hubenov, 2018b: 124 (review loc(s) Vrachanska Planina Mts). Distribution. Hubenov, 2021a: 36 (checklist with summary of distr in Bulgaria, references). Distribution. Hubenov, 2025a: suppl: 4 (annotated list Diptera Stara Planina Mts, local distr, habitats and zoogeography). Distribution. Hubenov, 2025b: suppl: 6 (annotated list Diptera high Bulgarian mts, local distr, habitats and zoogeography). Croatia Distribution. Oosterbroek and Simova-Tosic, 2004: 447 (review literature). Czech Rep. First record. Stary, 2004d: 321 (loc(s), distr). Distribution. Stary, 2009i: webpage (checklist). France Distribution. Kramer and Billard, 2019: 219 (loc(s) Savoie (73), distr). Distribution. Kramer and Langlois, 2019a: 76 (record(s) Ravin de Valbois, Doubs (25)). Distribution. Tissot et al., 2021: 208 (the Diptera of the Reserves Naturelles Nationales du Doubs (25), results of Malaise trapping since 2009) (in French). Germany Distribution. Schacht, 1999: 133, 135 (loc(s), checklist Bayern). Distribution. Reusch and Oosterbroek, 2000: 162 (checklist German Bundeslander). Distribution. Schacht, 2005: 5 (checklist Bayern). Distribution. Schacht, 2010: 16 (checklist Diptera Bayern). Greece First record. Kolcsar et al., 2021b: 89 (loc(s) Pieria). Montenegro First record. Kolcsar et al., 2021b: 89-90 (loc(s)). Romania Distribution. Ujvarosi, 2007: 228-231 (checklist Limoniidae). Slovakia Distribution. Stary, 2009i: webpage (checklist). Spain First record. Stary and Oosterbroek, 2008: 14 (loc(s), distr). Distribution. Mederos et al., 2018: 91-92 (loc(s) Barcelona, Cantabria, Gerona, Huesca, Lerida; from caves). Distribution. Mederos et al., 2019b: 210-211 (loc(s) Barcelona, distr). Switzerland Distribution. Podenas et al., 2006: 168, 236 (map, vertical distr per thermic level). on flight period (mainly from 2000 onward): Czech Rep. Stary, 2004d: month(s): 5-6. France Kramer and Billard, 2019: month(s): 5-6. Germany Schacht, 1999: month(s): 6. Greece Kolcsar et al., 2021b: month(s): 6. Montenegro Kolcsar et al., 2021b: month(s): 4. Spain Stary and Oosterbroek, 2008: month(s): 5. Mederos et al., 2018: month(s): 4, 6-7. Mederos et al., 2019b: month(s): 3, 5. Switzerland Podenas et al., 2006: month(s): 5-7. on altitude (mainly from 2000 onward): Bulgaria Hubenov, 2018b: altitude: 380 m. Hubenov, 2021a: altitude: 360 m. Hubenov, 2025a: altitude: 360 m. Hubenov, 2025b: altitude: 360 m. France Kramer and Billard, 2019: altitude: 658-1012 m. Greece Kolcsar et al., 2021b: altitude: 1000-1200 m. Montenegro Kolcsar et al., 2021b: altitude: 670 m. Spain Stary and Oosterbroek, 2008: altitude: 400 m. Mederos in litt., 2020: altitude: 855 m.