Biology:Phoroctenia

Short description: Genus of flies

Phoroctenia
Phoroctenia vittata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Suborder:	Nematocera
Infraorder:	Tipulomorpha
Superfamily:	Tipuloidea
Family:	Tipulidae
Subfamily:	Ctenophorinae
Genus:	Phoroctenia Coquillett, 1910
Type species
Ctenophora angustipennis Loew, 1872
Species
See text

Phoroctenia is a genus of true crane flies found in northern Europe, eastern Russia , and western North America. The only currently described species is P. vittata (Meigen, 1830)

References

• "Catalogue of the Craneflies of the World (Diptera, Tipuloidea: Pediciidae, Limoniidae, Cylindrotomidae, Tipulidae)". Naturalis Biodiversity Center. https://ccw.naturalis.nl/. 

Wikidata ☰ Q18107666 entry