Details for Ula (Ula) elegans

Name: Ula (Ula) elegans Osten Sacken, 1869 Publication: Smithson. Misc. Collns 8(219): 276 (as Ula) Status: Recognized taxon. Classification: Family Pediciidae Subfamily Ulinae Revision: Salmela and Piirainen, 2003. hypopygium ovipositor Distribution: Canada, USA (Alaska to NSc, south to Oreg, Mont, Alta, Wyo, Tenn and SC). Note: see the manual for abbreviations: Canada and USA. Region(s): Nearctic General note: Added: Tenn (Alexander, 1940s), Alta (Alexander, 1943k (reprint: 1966g)), Oreg (Alexander, 1954a). Biology: Alexander, 1915d, 1916f, 1920r (immature stages, biology). Alexander, 1919e (habitat, swarming). Young and Gelhaus, 2000 (habitat, phenology). Figure references: Wing: Alexander, 1919e Hypopygium: Salmela and Piirainen, 2003 Ovipositor: Salmela and Piirainen, 2003 (internal structures) Immature stages Larva: Alexander , 1915d; Alexander, 1919e; Alexander, 1920r Pupa: Alexander , 1915d; Alexander, 1919e; Alexander, 1920r Citations on biology (mainly from 2000 onward): USA Phenology. Petersen, 2003: 106 (period of flight in relation to altitude). on characters and taxonomy (mainly from 2000 onward): Country not relevant Phylogeny. Bertone et al., 2008: 674-679 (included in phylogenetic analysis of the earliest true flies based on multiple nuclear genes). Phylogeny. Bertone, 2008: 1-282 (included in phylogenetic study on macroevolutionary relationships among families of lower Diptera (Insecta): molecular systematics, divergence times and a phylogeny of the Tipulidae sensu lato). Phylogeny. Petersen et al., 2010a: 526-543 (member of a detailed morphological and molecular phylogenetic study into the higher-level classification of the Tipuloidea). Nearctic Characters. Conrow and Gelhaus, 2022: 138 (among the 45 species examined for wing interference patterns, 13 species were examined in more detail; see paper for details). USA Description. Salmela and Piirainen, 2003: 84-86 (descr, comparison, figs). on distribution (mainly from 2000 onward): Canada Distribution. Brodo, 2017b: 21-28 (list of craneflies collected in Larose Forest, Ottawa District, Ont). USA Distribution. Byers, 2002: 18 (loc(s) Va, distr). Distribution. Salmela and Piirainen, 2003: 84-86 (loc(s) Alaska, Pa, NJ, Va, Mont, NY, distr). Distribution. Petersen et al., 2005: 10 (loc(s) Great Smoky Mountains National Park). Distribution. Bertone, 2008: table 1 (USA, Iowa, no further data). 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): Canada Brodo, 2017b: month(s): 6. USA Byers, 2002: month(s): 5-6, 8-9. Petersen, 2003: month(s): 7-12. Salmela and Piirainen, 2003: month(s): 5-9. on altitude (mainly from 2000 onward): USA Byers, 2002: altitude: 1181 m. Salmela and Piirainen, 2003: altitude: 2100 m. Petersen et al., 2005: altitude: 594-1757 m.