Catalogue of the Craneflies of the World: Antocha (Antocha) obtusa Alexander, 1925

Catalogue of the Craneflies of the World

(Diptera, Tipuloidea: Pediciidae, Limoniidae, Cylindrotomidae, Tipulidae)

Details for Antocha (Antocha) obtusa

Name:	Antocha (Antocha) obtusa Alexander, 1925
Publication:	Ent. News 36: 201 (as Antocha)
Status:	Recognized taxon.
Classification:	Family Limoniidae Subfamily Limoniinae
Descriptive note:	Short description in Alexander, 1943k (reprint: 1966g). Type-material: Cooper, 1991.
Variant spelling(s):	obtuse

Distribution:	Canada, USA (Mich, Que, NY and Pa, south to Kans, Tenn and Va). Note: see the manual for abbreviations: Canada and USA.
Region(s):	Nearctic
General note:	Added: Kans (Gelhaus, 1982), Pa (Young and Gelhaus, 2000).

Biology:	Young and Gelhaus, 2000 (habitat, phenology).
Figure references:	Hypopygium: Alexander, 1943k (reprint: 1966g)

Citations	on biology (mainly from 2000 onward):
	USA Habitat. Byers, 2002: 6, 17 (in herbaceous vegeation along streams near places where the water flows swiftly mong partially submerged rocks; larvae aquatic in algae on rocks in riffles). Habitat. Petersen et al., 2004: 447 (the larva is aquatic and adults were collected along two large rivers).
	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).
	on distribution (mainly from 2000 onward):
	USA Distribution. Byers, 2002: 6, 17 (loc(s) Va, distr). Distribution. Petersen et al., 2004: 447 (loc(s) Great Smoky Mountains National Park, distr). Distribution. Petersen et al., 2005: 6 (known from Great Smoky Mountains National Park, not further specified). Distribution. Bertone, 2008: table 1 (USA, Mich, no further data).
	on flight period (mainly from 2000 onward):
	USA Byers, 2002: month(s): 5-8. Petersen et al., 2004: month(s): 6.
	on altitude (mainly from 2000 onward):
	USA Byers, 2002: altitude: 507-534 m.

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