Details for Elephantomyia (Elephantomyia) subterminalis

Name: Elephantomyia (Elephantomyia) subterminalis Alexander, 1954 Publication: Philipp. J. Sci. 82: 299 (as Elephantomyia) Status: Recognized taxon. Classification: Family Limoniidae Subfamily Limoniinae Descriptive note: Type-material: Podenas et al., 2015c. 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)) habitus male hypopygium Distribution: Russia: FE (Khabarovskiy kray, Primorskiy kray); Japan (Honshu, Shikoku). Note: see the manual for abbreviations: present-day Russia. Region(s): Eastpalaearctic Biology: Podenas et al., 2020c (discussion on the two different larval types in E. (Elephantomyia)). Figure references: Habitus: Savchenko, 1986c; Podenas and Gelhaus, 2007 Wing: Alexander, 1954d (orig descr) Hypopygium: Alexander, 1954d (orig descr); Savchenko, 1986c; Podenas and Gelhaus, 2007; Podenas et al., 2020c 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). 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: 612 (larvae were found in humid, brown to dark wood of stumps of deciduous trees such as Oak [Quercus], Birch [Betula], Poplar [Populus], lying on the ground). Biology. Krivosheina, N.P., 2018: 4 (on biotopic associations of larvae of hoverflies of the genus Sphegina Meigen, 1822; larvae of E. subterminalis are saproxylophagous; habitat: in the thick of wood of fallen trunks of Aspen [Populus tremula] (South Primorskiy kray). 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. Podenas et al., 2015c: 72 (type-mat, comparison). Characters. Podenas et al., 2020c: 52 (comparison, figs). East Palaearctic Key. Podenas and Gelhaus, 2007: 16 (key, figs). Russia Immatures. Krivosheina, N.P., 2010b: 609-613 (descr, key, figs, larva, pupa). Immatures. Podenas et al., 2020c: 53 (the larva of E. (E.) subterminalis from the Far East of Russia, Kedrovaya Pad and Ussuri Nature Reserves was described by Krivosheina (2010), but we have doubts about the determination of that species; the larva of E. (E.) hallasana sp. nov. is similar to the larva described by Krivosheina; the only difference is the length of the ventral apical seta, which is more than 2.5 times as long as the ventral spiracular lobe in E. (E.) hallasana sp. nov. and less than twice as long as lobe in the species from the Kedrovaya Pad and Ussuri Nature Reserves). 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). Japan Distribution. Podenas et al., 2015c: 72 (type-loc(s)). Distribution. Kato et al., 2024: 16 (records from Gifu pref., Honshu) (in Japanese). Distribution. Kato, 2024b: 10 (records from Tokamachi city, Honshu) (in Japanese). Distribution. Kato and Kawase 2025: 17 (annotated checklist of the Gifu prefecture, Honshu). Russia Distribution. Pilipenko and Sidorenko, 2006b: 149 (checklist Kedrovaya Pad, distr) (in Russian). Distribution. Pilipenko, 2009c: 331 (loc(s) Lazovsky Nature Reserve, Primorskiy kray). Distribution. Krivosheina, N.P., 2010b: 612 (loc(s) Primorskiy kray). Distribution. Krivosheina, N.P., 2018: 4 (on biotopic associations of larvae of hoverflies of the genus Sphegina Meigen, 1822; larvae of E. subterminalis are saproxylophagous; habitat: in the thick of wood of fallen trunks of Aspen [Populus tremula] (South Primorskiy kray). Distribution. Devyatkov and Dubatolov, 2025: 35 (loc(s) Khabarovskiy kray, Bolshekhekhtsirsky Nature Reserve, distr) (in Russian). on flight period (mainly from 2000 onward): Japan Podenas et al., 2015c: month(s): 6. Kato et al., 2024: month(s): 6. Kato, 2024b: month(s): 5. Russia Pilipenko, 2009c: month(s): 7. Devyatkov and Dubatolov, 2025: month(s): 6-7. on altitude (mainly from 2000 onward): Russia Devyatkov and Dubatolov, 2025: altitude: 70-100 m.