Elephantomyia

Elephantomyia is a genus of crane fly in the family Limoniidae.[1]

Elephantomyia Temporal range: Middle Eocene–Recent PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
E. (E.) brevipalpa female
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Family:	Limoniidae
Subfamily:	Limoniinae
Genus:	Elephantomyia Osten Sacken, 1860
Type species
Limnobiorhynchus canadensis Westwood, 1835 [= westwoodi Osten Sacken, 1869]
Subgenera
Elephantomyia Osten Sacken, 1860 Elephantomyina Alexander, 1938 Elephantomyodes Alexander, 1923 Xenoelephantomyia Alexander, 1965

Species

Subgenus Elephantomyia Osten Sacken, 1860 E. adirondacensis Alexander, 1943 E. alticola Alexander, 1925 E. angustissima Alexander, 1931 E. arcuaria Alexander, 1945 E. argentipleura Alexander, 1970 E. atropleura Alexander, 1955 E. aurantiaca Alexander, 1917 E. banksi Alexander, 1927 E. barda Alexander, 1955 †E. baltica Alexander, 1931[1] †E. brevipalpa (Loew, 1850) [1] E. boliviensis Alexander, 1930 †E. bozenae Kania, 2015[1] E. brunneipennis Alexander, 1938 E. carbo Alexander, 1938 E. ceratocheiloides Alexander, 1930 E. chionopoda Alexander, 1943 E. chiriquiana Alexander, 1945 E. cinctiventris Alexander, 1967 E. clitellaria Alexander, 1929 E. corniculata Ribeiro & Souza Amorim, 2002 E. curtirostris Alexander, 1947 E. decincta Alexander, 1962 E. dietziana Alexander, 1930 E. dikopos Alexander, 1974 E. distinctior Alexander, 1952 E. edwardsi Lackschewitz, 1932 E. filiform (Walker, 1865) E. flaveola Pierre, 1924 E. flavicolor Alexander, 1958 E. fumipes Alexander, 1928 E. fuscodorsata Alexander, 1955 E. garrigouana Alexander, 1951 E. glabrata Alexander, 1956 E. grahami Alexander, 1957 E. hargreavesi Alexander, 1930 E. hokkaidensis Alexander, 1924 E. hoogstraaliana Alexander, 1951 E. humilis Alexander, 1931 E. inaequistyla Alexander, 1974 E. insolita Alexander, 1940 E. insularis Edwards, 1912 E. inulta Alexander, 1938 †E. irinae Kania, 2015[1]

E. isakana Alexander, 1955 E. juquiensis Alexander, 1945 E. krivosheinae Savchenko, 1976 E. laetifica Alexander, 1960 †E. longirostris (Loew, 1850)[1] E. laticincta Alexander, 1971 E. luculenta Alexander, 1928 E. luteiannulata Alexander, 1939 E. luteipennis Alexander, 1934 E. maculistigma (Enderlein, 1912) E. meridionalis Alexander, 1913 E. montana Alexander, 1934 E. mossambica Alexander, 1960 E. multisignata Alexander, 1965 E. multizona Alexander, 1971 E. neavei Alexander, 1920 E. niphopoda Alexander, 1971 E. nitidithorax Alexander, 1920 E. niveipes Alexander, 1964 E. orthorhabda Alexander, 1971 E. ovalistigma Alexander, 1956 E. palmata Alexander, 1947 E. pauliani Alexander, 1959 E. pendleburyi Edwards, 1928 E. pertenuis Alexander, 1970 E. pictithorax Alexander, 1930 E. pictivena Alexander, 1961 E. pictiventris Alexander, 1946 E. pleurolineata Alexander, 1956 E. primitiva Alexander, 1943 E. primogenia Alexander, 1948 E. pringlei Alexander, 1958 E. pseudosimilis Alexander, 1921 †E. pulchella (Loew, 1850)[1] E. satura Alexander, 1956 E. schwetzi Alexander, 1930 E. scimitar Alexander, 1971 E. serotina Alexander, 1930 E. serrulifera Alexander, 1949 E. setosa Alexander, 1956 E. setulistyla Alexander, 1938 E. sordidipes Alexander, 1962 E. subhumilis Alexander, 1938 E. subterminalis Alexander, 1954 E. takachihoi Ito, 1948

E. tarsalba Alexander, 1929 E. tenuissima Alexander, 1944 E. tetracantha Alexander, 1954 E. tigriventris Alexander, 1942 E. tomicola Alexander, 1957 E. unicincta Alexander, 1962 E. vesca Ribeiro & Souza Amorim, 2002 E. wahlbergi Bergroth, 1888 E. westwoodi Osten Sacken, 1869 E. zonata Savchenko, 1976 Subgenus Elephantomyina Alexander, 1938 E. supernumeraria Alexander, 1921 Subgenus Elephantomyodes Alexander, 1923 E. affluens Alexander, 1949 E. angusticellula Alexander, 1936 E. argenteocincta (Walker, 1856) E. argyrophora Alexander, 1947 E. aurantia Brunetti, 1918 E. brachyrhyncha Alexander, 1947 E. daedalus Alexander, 1947 E. delectata (Walker, 1864) E. diligens Alexander, 1947 E. egregia de Meijere, 1913 E. fulvithorax Alexander, 1971 E. fumicosta Alexander, 1922 E. fuscomarginata Enderlein, 1912 E. handschini Alexander, 1936 E. hyalibasis Alexander, 1947 E. infumosa Alexander, 1935 E. mackerrasi Alexander, 1934 E. major Alexander, 1923 E. nana Alexander, 1951 E. nigriceps Edwards, 1926 E. nigriclava Edwards, 1933 E. nigropedata Alexander, 1956 E. percuneata Alexander, 1973 E. ruapehuensis Alexander, 1923 E. samarensis Alexander, 1925 E. sophiarum Ito, 1948 E. suffusa Alexander, 1971 E. tasmaniensis Alexander, 1928 E. tayloriana Alexander, 1935 E. zealandica Edwards, 1923 Subgenus Xenoelephantomyia Alexander, 1965 E. penai Alexander, 1965

References

1. Kania, I (2015). "Subfamily Limoniinae Speiser, 1909 (Diptera, Limoniidae) from Baltic Amber (Eocene): The Genus Elephantomyia Osten Sacken, 1860". PLoS ONE. 10 (2): 1–25. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0117434. PMC 4338262. PMID 25706127.

• Catalogue of the Craneflies of the World
• Media related to Elephantomyia at Wikimedia Commons
• Data related to Elephantomyia at Wikispecies