Details for Elliptera omissa

Name: Elliptera omissa Schiner, 1863 Publication: Wien. Ent. Mschr. 7: 223 (as Elliptera) Status: Recognized taxon. Classification: Family Limoniidae Subfamily Limoniinae Keys: Stubbs and Kramer, 2016h; Stubbs, 2021 (British craneflies, included as extralimital species) hypopygium hypopygium wing Distribution: Albania, Austria, Belgium, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Rep., France, Germany (Bayern), Italy, Montenegro, Poland, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Switzerland, Ukraine; Russia: North Caucasus. Note: see the manual for abbreviations: present-day Russia. Region(s): Westpalaearctic General note: For Italy check Stary and Oosterbroek, 1996, and citations below. Removed: Great Britain (checklist Chandler, 1998, online version updated January 2017). To be confirmed for Hungary (in Palaearctic Catalogue (Savchenko et al., 1992)). Map: Podenas et al., 2006 (Switzerland) Biology: Mik, 1886b (immature stages, biology, quoted by Alexander, 1920r). Figure references: Wing: Slipka and Stary, 1977b; Podenas et al., 2006 Hypopygium: Podenas et al., 2006 Immature stages Larva: Alexander, 1920r; Krivosheina and Krivosheina, 2011c Pupa: Alexander, 1920r Citations on biology (mainly from 2000 onward): Bulgaria Habitat. Hubenov, 2025b: suppl: 6 (annotated list Diptera high Bulgarian mts, local distr, habitats and zoogeography). France Habitat. Kramer, 2007a: 33 (at small river from pooting limestone seepage). Habitat. Kramer, 2008c: 12 (collected at a limestone wooded stream-filled gorge, the stream can be torrential with moss covered boulders, and there are seepages from the steep sides of the limstone gorge). Habitat. Kramer and Langlois, 2019b: 229 (a seepage species). Germany Habitat. Reusch and Schrankel, 2006: 181 (Quellbereichen; Larven semiaquatisch, in hygropetrischen Zonen und Ufern von Bachen; Larven phytosaprophag). Habitat. Dau, 2013: 42, Anhang 1: 32 (among species found in Salzquellen in Schleswig-Holstein). Poland Habitat. Wiedenska, 2007a: 75 (montane species). Habitat. Wiedenska, 2014: 14 (on the occurence of Limoniidae in six selected plant communities in the Kamienica Valley, Gorce National Park, Western Carpathians, found only in Petasitetum kablikiani habitat) (in Polish, habitat tables also in English). 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). Romania Habitat. Ujvarosi, 2005a: 244 (brook, small river, hygropetric zone, citing various sources). on distribution (mainly from 2000 onward): Austria Distribution. Reusch and Heiss, 2012: 314-322 (loc(s) Nat. Park Gesause, see PDF for months and altitudes). Bosnia-Herzegowina Distribution. Oosterbroek and Simova-Tosic, 2004: 447 (review literature). Bulgaria Distribution. Hubenov, 2021a: 36 (checklist with summary of distr in Bulgaria, references). Distribution. Hubenov, 2025b: suppl: 6 (annotated list Diptera high Bulgarian mts, local distr, habitats and zoogeography). Croatia First record. Kolcsar et al., 2015a: 33 (loc(s), distr). Distribution. Kolcsar et al., 2023b: 18 (loc(s)). Czech Rep. Distribution. Stary et al., 2005a: 26 (loc(s)). Distribution. Stary, 2009i: webpage (checklist). France Distribution. Kramer, 2007a: 33 (loc(s) Savoie (73)). Distribution. Kramer, 2008c: 12 (loc(s) Savoie (73)). Distribution. Kramer and Langlois, 2019b: 228 (list of craneflies captured 25-27 june 2019 in 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: 135 (checklist Bayern). Distribution. Reusch and Oosterbroek, 2000: 162 (checklist German Bundeslander). Distribution. Schacht, 2005: 5 (checklist Bayern). Distribution. Reusch and Schrankel, 2006: 181 (loc(s) Bayern, Nationalpark Berchtesgaden, distr). Distribution. Dau, 2013: 42, Anhang 1: 32 (among species found in Salzquellen in Schleswig-Holstein). Montenegro Distribution. Oosterbroek and Simova-Tosic, 2004: 447 (review literature). Netherlands Misinterpretation. Jong and Oosterbroek, 2002b: 35 (checklist, review Dutch records, deleted for the Netherlands). Poland Distribution. Wiedenska, 2007a: 75 (checklist). Distribution. Wiedenska, 2014: 14 (on the occurence of Limoniidae in six selected plant communities in the Kamienica Valley, Gorce National Park, Western Carpathians, found only in Petasitetum kablikiani habitat) (in Polish, habitat 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). Romania Distribution. Ujvarosi, 2007: 228-231 (checklist Limoniidae). Russia First record. Gavryushin, 2015: 153 (loc(s) North Caucasus: Krasnodarskiy kray). Serbia Distribution. Oosterbroek and Simova-Tosic, 2004: 447 (review literature). Distribution. Gavryushin in litt., 2015b: (loc(s) Serbia). Slovakia Distribution. Stary, 2009i: webpage (checklist). Slovenia Distribution. Oosterbroek and Simova-Tosic, 2004: 447 (review literature). Distribution. Kolcsar et al., 2023b: 18 (loc(s)). Switzerland Distribution. Podenas et al., 2006: 168, 237 (map, vertical distr per thermic level). on flight period (mainly from 2000 onward): Croatia Kolcsar et al., 2015a: month(s): 9. Kolcsar et al., 2023b: month(s): 8. Czech Rep. Stary et al., 2005a: month(s): 5, 9. France Kramer, 2007a: month(s): 6. Kramer, 2008c: month(s): 5. Kramer and Langlois, 2019b: month(s): 6. Germany Reusch and Schrankel, 2006: month(s): 8. Poland Wiedenska, 2014: month(s): 7-8. Wiedenska, 2015a: month(s): 7. Wiedenska, 2017a: month(s): 7-8. Wiedenska and Syratt, 2023: month(s): 7. Russia Gavryushin, 2015: month(s): 6. Serbia Gavryushin in litt., 2015b: month(s): 7. Slovenia Kolcsar et al., 2023b: month(s): 7. Switzerland Podenas et al., 2006: month(s): 5, 7-9. on altitude (mainly from 2000 onward): Bulgaria Hubenov, 2021a: altitude: 800 m. Hubenov, 2025b: altitude: 800 m. Croatia Kolcsar et al., 2015a: altitude: 585 m. Kolcsar et al., 2023b: altitude: 756 m. Germany Reusch and Schrankel, 2006: altitude: 1100-1250 m. Poland Wiedenska, 2017a: altitude: 450-930 m. Wiedenska and Syratt, 2023: altitude: 600-850 m. Serbia Gavryushin in litt., 2015b: altitude: 800 m. Slovenia Kolcsar et al., 2023b: altitude: 950 m.