Biology:Nephrotoma guestfalica

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Short description: Species of fly

Nephrotoma guestfalica
Nephrotoma guestfalica.jpg
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Tipulidae
Genus: Nephrotoma
Species:
N. guestfalica
Binomial name
Nephrotoma guestfalica
(Westhoff, 1879)
Synonyms

Pachyrhina guestfalica Westhoff, 1879

Nephrotoma guestfalica is a species of crane fly within the family Tipulidae.[1] It is present throughout the Palearctic and the species consists of multiple subspecies.[2] Nephrotoma guestfalica has a preference for sandy soils, especially river banks.[3]

Subspecies

  • Nephrotoma guestfalica guestfalica (Westhoff, 1879) - Native to Algeria and Tunisia.[4]
  • Nephrotoma guestfalica hartigiana Oosterbroek, 1982 - Native to Morocco.[4]
  • Nephrotoma guestfalica surcoufi (Pierre, 1925) - Native to Sardinia.[5]
  • Nephrotoma guestfalica vaillanti (de Jong, Adghir and Bosch, 2021) - Native to: Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Corsica, Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, North Macedonia, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Spain, South Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey. It can also be found on the islands of Corsica, Corfu, Lefkada, Lesvos, Kerkyra, Sicily, Mallorca.[2]

References

  1. "Nephrotoma guestfalica". 2023-05-23. https://animaldiversity.org/accounts/Nephrotoma_guestfalica/classification/#Nephrotoma_guestfalica. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 "Nephrotoma guestfalica". 2023-05-23. https://ccw.naturalis.nl/search.php. 
  3. "Species Account for Nephrotoma guestfalica". 2023-05-23. https://www.essexfieldclub.org.uk/portal.php/p/Species+Account/s/Nephrotoma+guestfalica. 
  4. 4.0 4.1 Herman de Jong, H. de Jong, Aouatif Adghir, A. Adghir, Erik-Jan Bosch, E. Bosch, & Kawtar Kettani, K. Kettani. (0000). Taxonomy of Nephrotoma guestfalica (Westhoff, 1879) (Diptera, Tipulidae), with the description of a new subspecies from Morocco. Tijdschrift voor entomologie, 163, 31-45. doi: 10.1163/22119434-20192086
  5. Nardi G., Whitmore D., Bardiani M., Birtele D., Mason F., Spada L. & Cerretti P. (eds), Biodiversity of Marganai and Montimannu (Sardinia). Research in the framework of the ICP Forests network. Conservazione Habitat Invertebrati, 5: 641–658.

Wikidata ☰ Q1939203 entry