Catalogue of the Craneflies of the World: Ormosia (Ormosia) romanovichiana Alexander, 1953

Catalogue of the Craneflies of the World

(Diptera, Tipuloidea: Pediciidae, Limoniidae, Cylindrotomidae, Tipulidae)

Details for Ormosia (Ormosia) romanovichiana

Name:	Ormosia (Ormosia) romanovichiana Alexander, 1953
Publication:	Rec. Indian Mus. 50: 327 (as Ormosia)
Status:	Recognized taxon, Synonym(s): nubila (Osten Sacken, 1860).
Classification:	Family Limoniidae Subfamily Chioneinae
Descriptive note:	As new name for Erioptera nubila Osten Sacken, 1860. Short description in Alexander, 1943k (reprint: 1966g) (as nubila Osten Sacken). For discriminating resting position see Young, 1978.

Distribution:	Canada, USA (Kans to Que and Maine, south to Tenn and SC). Note: see the manual for abbreviations: Canada and USA.
Region(s):	Nearctic
General note:	Added: Que (Harper and Lauzon, 1985), Kans (Young, 1978).

Biology:	Alexander, 1916f, 1919e, 1924o (habitat). Alexander, 1920r (immature stages, biology) (all as nubila Osten Sacken). Young and Gelhaus, 2000; Young, 1978 (habitat, phenology).
Figure references:	Wing: Alexander, 1919e (as nubila); Alexander, 1943k (reprint: 1966g) (as nubila); Young, 1978 Immature stages Larva: Alexander, 1920r (as nubila) Pupa: Alexander, 1920r (as nubila)

Citations	on biology (mainly from 2000 onward):
	Canada Habitat. Gathmann and Williams, 2006: 148 (emergence and abundance in cold water springs in Ont).
	USA Biology. Byers, 2002: 27 (habitat: marshy area witth rhododendron and Tsuga; phenology: possibly two generations). Phenology. Petersen, 2003: 33, 100 (period of flight in relation to altitude, bivoltine).
	on characters and taxonomy (mainly from 2000 onward):
	Nearctic Characters. Conrow and Gelhaus, 2022: 138 (among the 45 species examined for wing interference patterns, 13 species were examined in more detail; see paper for details).
	on distribution (mainly from 2000 onward):
	Canada Distribution. Gathmann and Williams, 2006: 148 (loc(s) Ont).
	USA Distribution. Byers, 2002: 27 (loc(s) Va, distr). Distribution. Petersen et al., 2005: 9 (loc(s) Great Smoky Mountains National Park). Distribution. Brodo et al., 2022a: 53 (list of Tipuloidea collected in the NY, Putnam County, town of Kent).
	on flight period (mainly from 2000 onward):
	USA Byers, 2002: month(s): 4-6, 9. Petersen, 2003: month(s): 3-5, 9-11.
	on altitude (mainly from 2000 onward):
	USA Byers, 2002: altitude: 716-1174 m. Petersen et al., 2005: altitude: 594-1944 m.

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