Details for Metalimnobia (Metalimnobia) triocellata

Name: Metalimnobia (Metalimnobia) triocellata (Osten Sacken, 1860) Publication: Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philad. 1859: 216 (as Limnobia) Status: Recognized taxon. Classification: Family Limoniidae Subfamily Limoniinae Descriptive note: Short description in Alexander, 1943k (reprint: 1966g). Nearctic Catalogue (Alexander, 1965h) incorrectly as 1859. habitus male Distribution: Canada, USA (Alta to NSc, south to Kans, Ark, Ill, Ga and Fla). Note: see the manual for abbreviations: Canada and USA. Region(s): Nearctic General note: Added: Kans (Young, 1978). To be confirmed for NMex (Alexander, 1946e). Biology: Alexander, 1915d, 1919e, 1924k, 1927c; Alexander and McAtee, 1920 (habitat). Alexander, 1920r (immature stages, biology). Bruns, 1984 (reared from basidiocarp fungi). Young, 1978; Young and Gelhaus, 2000 (habitat, phenology). Figure references: Wing: Alexander, 1919e; Alexander, 1943k (reprint: 1966g); Alexander and Byers, 1981 Hypopygium: Alexander, 1943k (reprint: 1966g) Immature stages Larva: Alexander, 1920r Citations on biology (mainly from 2000 onward): USA Habitat. Byers, 2002: 15 (chiefly among broadleaved herbaceous plants and ferns along streams and on nearby slopes; larvae have been found in several kinds of fungi). Habitat. Bunyard, 2003: 851-854 (reared in Ohio from fungi of the families Russulaceae, Strophariaceae and Tricholomataceae). Phenology. Petersen, 2003: 98 (period of flight in relation to altitude). on characters and taxonomy (mainly from 2000 onward): Country not relevant Phylogeny. Pintilioaie et al., 2026: 4 (phylogeny Atypophthalmus umbratus: outgroup taxon). on distribution (mainly from 2000 onward): USA Distribution. Byers, 2002: 15 (loc(s) Va, distr). Distribution. Bunyard, 2003: 851-854 (distr). Distribution. Petersen et al., 2005: 8 (loc(s) Great Smoky Mountains National Park). Distribution. Byers et al., 2008: 375 (loc(s) Ark, distr incl. Fla). Distribution. Brodo et al., 2022a: 54 (list of Tipuloidea collected in the NY, Putnam County, town of Kent). on flight period (mainly from 2000 onward): USA Byers, 2002: month(s): 5-9. Petersen, 2003: month(s): 4-11. Byers et al., 2008: month(s): 5-6. on altitude (mainly from 2000 onward): USA Byers, 2002: altitude: 534-1174 m. Petersen et al., 2005: altitude: 594-1944 m.