Details for Elliptera clausa

Name: Elliptera clausa Osten Sacken, 1877 Publication: Bull. U.S. Geol. Geogr. Surv. Terr. 3: 198 (as Elliptera) Status: Recognized taxon. Classification: Family Limoniidae Subfamily Limoniinae wing Distribution: USA (Calif). Note: see the manual for abbreviations: Canada and USA. Region(s): Nearctic Map: Alexander, 1967k (California) Biology: Alexander, 1920r, 1958d, 1966c, 1967k (habitat). Figure references: Habitus: Conrow and Gelhaus, 2022 (sex?, showing wing interference pattern) Wing: Alexander, 1967k Citations on characters and taxonomy (mainly from 2000 onward): USA Characters. Conrow and Gelhaus, 2022: 136-163 (detailed study on wing interference patterns (WIP); the study seeks to establish WIP as a stable, sexually dimorphic, species-level character across the four families of Tipuloidea and investigate generic level WIP; thirteen species of Tipuloidea were selected from museum specimens; descriptions of the WIP for each sex of each species are provided.; twelve of thirteen species imaged had WIP, which were stable and species specific while eight of those twelve had sexually dimorphic WIP; figs; see paper for details). on distribution (mainly from 2000 onward): USA Distribution. Conrow and Gelhaus, 2022: 139 (loc(s) Calif). on flight period (mainly from 2000 onward): USA Conrow and Gelhaus, 2022: month(s): 5.