Details for Arctoconopa forcipata forcipata

Name: Arctoconopa forcipata forcipata (Lundstrom, 1915) Publication: Mem. Acad. Sci. Petersb. (8) 29(8): 27 (as Psiloconopa) Status: Recognized taxon, Synonym(s): angustipennis (Alexander, 1919); alaskensis (Alexander, 1924); lapponica Tjeder, 1972. Classification: Family Limoniidae Subfamily Chioneinae Keys: Viitanen, 2021 (Arctoconopa Finland) (in Finnish) habitus male habitus male hypopygium hypopygium hypopygium plus 7 more images of hypopygium, hypopygium, wing, habitat, habitat, habitat and habitat. Distribution: Canada, USA (Alaska and Nunavut, south to BC);; Finland, Norway; Russia: RUN;; Russia: ES (Taymyr), FE (Chukotkskiy AO incl. Vrangelya Is [Wrangel Is], Kamchatka). Note: see the manual for abbreviations: Canada and USA; present-day Russia. Region(s): Nearctic;; Westpalaearctic;; Eastpalaearctic General note: Description of hypopygium and synonymy: Alexander, 1955f. For Finland check Salmela, 2012b, 2012c, and citations below. Biology: Alexander, 1955f (habitat). Figure references: Habitus: Viitanen, 2021 (male) Wing: Viitanen, 2021 Hypopygium: Alexander, 1919g (as angustipennis); Viitanen, 2021 Ovipositor: Alexander, 1955f Miscellaneous Viitanen, 2021 (habitat) Citations on biology (mainly from 2000 onward): Finland Habitat. Viitanen, 2021: 5-7 (short introduction on characters and distribution, figs, key, figs habitat) (in Finnish). Russia Habitat. Khruleva et al., 2024: App. (on Wrangel Is it is a rare species, collected in the warmest areas (enclaves of nTT), in river valleys with willow thickets (habitat photo four); loc(s) from Wrangel Is with detailed habitat info). on characters and taxonomy (mainly from 2000 onward): Country not relevant Phylogeny. Boldgiv, 2006: 96-154 (one of the 84 morphological taxa in a consistency test of morphology based species identification of crane flies against DNA-barcoding identification using 536-base-pair sequence profiles of the COI gene, also known as the DNA barcode) (subspec. not indicated). Finland Key. Viitanen, 2021: 5-7 (short introduction on characters and distribution, figs, key, figs habitat) (in Finnish). on distribution (mainly from 2000 onward): Finland Distribution. Salmela, 2008: 34 (distribution in northern Finland, citing Mannheims, 1972) Distribution. Salmela, 2012b: 236 (annotated list of Finnish crane flies). Distribution. Salmela and Petrasiunas, 2014: 24 (checklist Finnish Tipulomorpha). Distribution. Viitanen, 2021: 5-7 (short introduction on characters and distribution, figs, key, figs habitat) (in Finnish). Norway First record. Kolcsar et al., 2021b: 13-14 (loc(s) Finnmark). Russia Distribution. Khruleva and Devyatkov, 2019: 66 (review of references for Wrangel Is) (in Russian). Distribution. Khruleva et al., 2024: 327, App. (loc(s) Wrangel Is, review references, distr). on flight period (mainly from 2000 onward): Norway Kolcsar et al., 2021b: month(s): 7. Russia Khruleva et al., 2024: month(s): 7. on altitude (mainly from 2000 onward): Norway Kolcsar et al., 2021b: altitude: 5-120 m.