E. pulchella is one of six crane fly species in the genus Elephantomyia described from the Baltic amber, the others being E. baltica, E. bozenae, E. brevipalpa, E. irinae, and E.

The fossils were reexamined and the species redescribed in 2015 by paleoentomologist Iwona Kania of the University of Rzeszów, who examined the holotype and the two additional specimens.

[2] All studied E. pulchella type specimens are preserved males, with the females of the species unknown as of 2015.

The fifteen segmented antennae are small, composed of an elongated scape, widened pedicle and thirteen flagellomeres.

As the flagellomeres progress from the base to the tip of the antennae they change from squat and crowded together to elongated.