Catalogue of the Craneflies of the World: Brachypremna candida Alexander, 1912

Catalogue of the Craneflies of the World

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

Name:

Brachypremna candida Alexander, 1912

Publication:

J. N.Y. Ent. Soc. 20: 225 (as Brachypremna)

Status:

Recognized taxon, Synonym(s): albimana (Wiedemann, 1830).

Classification:

Family Tipulidae
Subfamily Tipulinae

Descriptive note:

As new name for Tipula albimana Wiedemann, 1830. Description in Alexander, 1912i.


wing

Distribution:

Panama; Brazil, Ecuador, Guyana, Peru, Suriname.

Region(s):

Neotropic

General note:

Added: Guyana (Edwards, 1934b).

Biology:

Edwards, 1934b (habitat, copulation).

Figure
references:

Wing: Alexander, 1912i; Alexander, 1927n
Hypopygium: Alexander, 1969l

Citations

on distribution (mainly from 2000 onward):

Brazil
Distribution. Santos, 2026: Species catalogue (known from Amazonas state, loc(s), refs).

Panama
Distribution. Armitage and Rios Gonzalez, 2019: 29 (annotated catalogue of the Tipuloidea of Panama).