Biology:Brachypremna

Short description: Genus of flies

Brachypremna
Brachypremna dispellens
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Suborder:	Nematocera
Infraorder:	Tipulomorpha
Superfamily:	Tipuloidea
Family:	Tipulidae
Subfamily:	Tipulinae
Genus:	Brachypremna Osten Sacken, 1887
Type species
Tipula dispellens Walker, 1861
Species
see text

Brachypremna is a genus of true crane fly.

Distribution

North and South America, the latter, by far being the most species rich.

Species

• B. abitaguae Alexander, 1946
• B. angusta Alexander, 1945
• B. appendigera Alexander, 1946
• B. arajuno Alexander, 1945
• B. arcuaria Alexander, 1937
• B. australis Alexander, 1923
• B. basilica Alexander, 1921
• B. brevigenua Alexander, 1945
• B. breviterebra Alexander, 1944
• B. breviventris (Wiedemann, 1821)
• B. candida Alexander, 1912
• B. candidella Alexander, 1969
• B. clymene Alexander, 1945
• B. dispellens (Walker, 1861)
• B. diversipes Alexander, 1941
• B. geijskesi Alexander, 1945
• B. illudens Alexander, 1946
• B. integristigma Alexander, 1940
• B. itatiayana Alexander, 1944
• B. karma Alexander, 1945
• B. laetiventris Alexander, 1945
• B. nigrofemorata Alexander, 1937
• B. phrixus Alexander, 1953
• B. pictipes Osten Sacken, 1888
• B. pictiventris Alexander, 1945
• B. quasimodo Alexander, 1943
• B. sappho Alexander, 1943
• B. similis Williston, 1900
• B. subevanescens Alexander, 1962
• B. subsimilis Alexander, 1921
• B. subuniformis Alexander, 1945
• B. thyestes Alexander, 1954
• B. tigriventris Alexander, 1922
• B. unicolor Osten Sacken, 1888
• B. uniformis Alexander, 1920
• B. variitibia Alexander, 1937
• B. waigeuensis Alexander, 1948
• B. williamsoni Alexander, 1912

References

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

Wikidata ☰ Q4953539 entry