Catalogue of the Craneflies of the World: Antocha (Antocha) opalizans Osten Sacken, 1860

Catalogue of the Craneflies of the World

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

Name:	Antocha (Antocha) opalizans Osten Sacken, 1860
Publication:	Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philad. 1859: 220 (as Antocha)
Status:	Recognized taxon.
Classification:	Family Limoniidae Subfamily Limoniinae
Descriptive note:	Short description in Alexander, 1943k (reprint: 1966g). Nearctic Catalogue (Alexander, 1965h) incorrectly as 1859. Considered a synonym of saxicola by Johnson, 1909.

Distribution:	Canada, USA (Wis to Que and Maine, south to SC and Ga). Note: see the manual for abbreviations: Canada and USA.
Region(s):	Nearctic
General note:	For details on distribution see Byers, 1983b.

Biology:	Alexander, 1924k, 1941m (habitat). Young and Gelhaus, 2000 (habitat, phenology).
Figure references:	Hypopygium: Alexander, 1943k (reprint: 1966g)

Citations	on biology (mainly from 2000 onward):
	USA Habitat. Byers, 2002: 17 (streamside vegetation). Phenology. Petersen, 2003: 89 (period of flight in relation to altitude).
	on distribution (mainly from 2000 onward):
	USA Distribution. Byers, 2002: 17 (loc(s) Va, distr). Distribution. Petersen et al., 2005: 6 (loc(s) Great Smoky Mountains National Park).
	on flight period (mainly from 2000 onward):
	USA Byers, 2002: month(s): 5-7. Petersen, 2003: month(s): 4.
	on altitude (mainly from 2000 onward):
	USA Byers, 2002: altitude: 534-1174 m. Petersen et al., 2005: altitude: 457 m.