Biology:Phalacrocera

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Short description: Genus of flies

Phalacrocera
Phalacrocera replicata L.jpg
Phalacrocera replicata
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Phalacrocera

Schiner, 1863[2]
Type species
Limnobia nudicornis
Schiner, 1863 [= replicata (Linnaeus, 1758)]
Species

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Phalacrocera is a genus of crane fly in the family Cylindrotominae.

Biology

The larvae of the genus Phalacrocera live on mosses. Adults are to be found in damp wooded habitats.

Distribution

Canada, United States, Myanmar, Taiwan, India, China, Japan, Europe, Most species have a fairly limited known ranges, with the exception of P. replicata which is fairly cosmopolitan in North America, Northern Europe and Northern Asia.

Species

  • P. angustaxillaris Alexander, 1972
  • P. formosae Alexander, 1923
  • P. manipurensis Alexander, 1964
  • P. messura Alexander, 1972
  • P. nigrolutea Alexander, 1972
  • P. occidentalis Alexander, 1928
  • P. replicata (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • P. sikkimensis Alexander, 1972
  • P. tarsalba Alexander, 1936
  • P. tipulina Osten Sacken, 1865
  • P. vancouverensis Alexander, 1927

References

  1. Zhang, Xiao; Kang, Zehui; Mao, Meng; Li, Xuankun; Cameron, Stephen L.; de Jong, Herman; Wang, Mengqing; Yang, Ding (2016). "Comparative Mt Genomics of the Tipuloidea (Diptera: Nematocera: Tipulomorpha) and Its Implications for the Phylogeny of the Tipulomorpha". PLOS ONE 11 (6): e0158167. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0158167. PMID 27341029. 
  2. Schiner, I. R. (1863). "Vorlaufiger Commentar zum dipterologischen Theile der "Fauna Austriaca", mit einer naheren Begrundung der in derselben aufgenommenen neuen Dipteren-Gattungen. V. [concl].". Wien. Ent. Monstschr 7: 217–226. 

Wikidata ☰ Q4122117 entry