Details for Ellipteroides (Iberiopteroides) mendli

Name: Ellipteroides (Iberiopteroides) mendli Hancock and Stary, 2019 Publication: Ent. Gazette 70: 218 (as Ellipteroides) Status: Recognized taxon. Classification: Family Limoniidae Subfamily Chioneinae Descriptive note: Systematic position: Kania Klosok et al., 2025a. habitus female habitus female hypopygium ovipositor ovipositor plus one additional image of wing. Distribution: Portugal, Spain (south). Region(s): Westpalaearctic General note: For Portugal check Oosterbroek et al., 2020, and citations below. Figure references: Wing: Hancock and Stary, 2019 (orig descr) Hypopygium: Hancock and Stary, 2019 (orig descr) Ovipositor: Hancock and Stary, 2019 (orig descr) Citations on biology (mainly from 2000 onward): Spain Habitat. Hancock, 2020: 97 (on exposed riverside sediment). on characters and taxonomy (mainly from 2000 onward): Country not relevant Phylogeny. Kania-Klosok et al., 2025: 6-8 (phylogeny Ellipteroides: examined taxon; new subgeneric position). Spain New species. Hancock and Stary, 2019: 217-221 (type-mat., orig descr, comparison, figs). on distribution (mainly from 2000 onward): Portugal First record. Hancock and Stary, 2019: 218-219 (type-loc(s) Faro). Distribution. Oosterbroek et al., 2020: 321 (loc(s) Braga and Braganca, also known from Faro, distr). Spain First record. Hancock and Stary, 2019: 218 (type-loc(s) Caceres, Jaen, Malaga). Distribution. Hancock, 2020: 97 (loc(s) Jaen, Cazorla National Park). on flight period (mainly from 2000 onward): Portugal Hancock and Stary, 2019: month(s): 3-5. Oosterbroek et al., 2020: month(s): 5-6. Spain Hancock and Stary, 2019: month(s): 4-6. Hancock, 2020: month(s): 6. on altitude (mainly from 2000 onward): Portugal Hancock and Stary, 2019: altitude: 336 m.