Details for Ellipteroides (Afroellipteroides) difficilis

Name: Ellipteroides (Afroellipteroides) difficilis Alexander, 1920 Publication: Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (9) 6: 357 (as Limnophila) Status: Recognized taxon. Classification: Family Limoniidae Subfamily Chioneinae Revision: Gavryushin, 2016. Descriptive note: Systematic position: Kania Klosok et al., 2025a. hypopygium hypopygium wing Distribution: Malawi, Tanzania. Region(s): Afrotropic Figure references: Wing: Alexander, 1956f; Gavryushin, 2016 Hypopygium: Gavryushin, 2016 Citations on characters and taxonomy (mainly from 2000 onward): Country not relevant Characters. Boardman, 2020d: 170 (comparison). Phylogeny. Kania-Klosok et al., 2025: 6-8 (phylogeny Ellipteroides: examined taxon; new subgeneric position). Tanzania Description. Gavryushin, 2016: 274, 275, 282 (systematic position, descr, figs). on distribution (mainly from 2000 onward): Tanzania First record. Gavryushin, 2016: 282 (loc(s)). on flight period (mainly from 2000 onward): Tanzania Gavryushin, 2016: month(s): 9, 12. on altitude (mainly from 2000 onward): Tanzania Gavryushin, 2016: altitude: 853 m.