Details for Nephrotoma virescens

Name: Nephrotoma virescens (Loew, 1864) Publication: Berl. Ent. Z. 8: 62 (as Pachyrrhina) Status: Recognized taxon. Classification: Family Tipulidae Subfamily Tipulinae Revision: Oosterbroek, 1984. body part(s) head and thorax hypopygium ovipositor wing Distribution: Canada, USA (Mich to NH, south to Kans, Miss, Ala and Fla). Note: see the manual for abbreviations: Canada and USA. Region(s): Nearctic Biology: Alexander, 1919e, 1920r, 1925i; Young, 1978 (habitat). Alexander, 1940s, 1941m (oviposition). Young and Gelhaus, 2000 (habitat, phenology). Figure references: Wing: Conrow and Gelhaus, 2022 (wing interference patterns) Immature stages Larva: Young, 2004 Citations on biology (mainly from 2000 onward): USA Habitat. Byers, 2002: 9 (found most often on broadleaved herbaceous vegetation and on ferns growing in mixed deciduous woods). Phenology. Petersen, 2003: 108 (period of flight in relation to altitude). on characters and taxonomy (mainly from 2000 onward): Country not relevant Immatures. Young, 2004: 781 (figs: larva). USA Characters. Conrow and Gelhaus, 2022: 136-163 (detailed study on wing interference patterns (WIP); the study seeks to establish WIP as a stable, sexually dimorphic, species-level character across the four families of Tipuloidea and investigate generic level WIP; thirteen species of Tipuloidea were selected from museum specimens; descriptions of the WIP for each sex of each species are provided.; twelve of thirteen species imaged had WIP, which were stable and species specific while eight of those twelve had sexually dimorphic WIP; figs; see paper for details). on distribution (mainly from 2000 onward): USA Distribution. Byers, 2002: 9 (loc(s) Va, distr). Distribution. Petersen et al., 2005: 11 (loc(s) Great Smoky Mountains National Park). Distribution. Byers et al., 2008: 374 (loc(s) Ark). Distribution. Brodo et al., 2022a: 52 (list of Tipuloidea collected in the NY, Putnam County, town of Kent). Distribution. Conrow and Gelhaus, 2022: 139 (loc(s) Pa). on flight period (mainly from 2000 onward): USA Byers, 2002: month(s): 6-8. Petersen, 2003: month(s): 5-8. Byers et al., 2008: month(s): 5-6. Conrow and Gelhaus, 2022: month(s): 6 or 7. on altitude (mainly from 2000 onward): USA Petersen et al., 2005: altitude: 594-1467 m.