Elliptera omissa Schiner, 1863

Kolcsar, Levente-Peter, d'Oliveira, Micha Camiel, Graf, Wolfram, Quindroit, Clovis, Watanabe, Kozo & Ivkovic, Marija, 2023, New records for the Western Balkans cranefly fauna (Diptera, Tipuloidea) with the description of a new Baeoura Alexander (Diptera, Limoniidae), ZooKeys 1157, pp. 1-42 : 1

17. Elliptera omissa Schiner, 1863

Material examined.

Croatia • 1 male; Primorsko-Goranska county, Gorski Kotar, Spring of River Kupa and just below the spring; 45.4919°N, 14.6925°E; alt. 756 m; 06 August 2021; leg. M. Ivković; CKLP . Slovenia • 1 male; Trenta, Soča source; 46.411972°N, 13.729583°E; alt. 950 m; 7 July 2022; leg. C. Quindroit; PCCQ .

Comments.

A rare species, known only from a few European countries, recently reported from Croatia ( Kolcsár et al. 2015a). The species is connected to hygropetric habitats, usually found around waterfalls and fast-flowing rocky mountain streams and rivers.