Details for Brachypremna dispellens

Name: Brachypremna dispellens (Walker, 1861) Publication: Trans. R. Ent. Soc. Lond. (2) 5: 334 (as Tipula) Status: Recognized taxon. Classification: Family Tipulidae Subfamily Tipulinae Descriptive note: Description in Alexander, 1912i. Short description in Alexander, 1943k (reprint: 1966g). Variant spelling(s): dispellans hypopygium wing wing Distribution: USA (Ill to Md, Pa, NY and NJ, south to Kans, Texas, La and Fla);; Costa Rica, Guatemala, Mexico, Panama; Trinidad and Tobago (Trinidad); Brazil, Colombia, Suriname, Venezuela. Note: see the manual for abbreviations: Canada and USA. Region(s): Nearctic;; Neotropic General note: Added: Colombia (Alexander, 1938r), Pa (Young and Gelhaus, 2000). Biology: Alexander, 1916f, 1919e, 1943k (reprint: 1966g) (habitat, swarming). Alexander, 1920r; Gelhaus and Young, 1991 (immature stages, biology). Young and Gelhaus, 2000 (habitat, phenology). Figure references: Habitus: White and Salisbury, 2000 (male) Head: Alexander, 1969l (antenna) Wing: Alexander, 1912i; Alexander, 1919e; Alexander, 1934j; Alexander, 1943k (reprint: 1966g); Alexander and Byers, 1981; Conrow and Gelhaus, 2022 (wing interference patterns) Hypopygium: Alexander, 1912j Immature stages Pupa: Alexander, 1920r; Gelhaus, 2009 Citations on biology (mainly from 2000 onward): USA Biology. White and Salsbury, 2000: 378 (occurs near small streams in wooded areas, it hangs from its long front legs on vegetation in small clearings). Phenology. Petersen, 2003: 106 (period of flight in relation to altitude). on characters and taxonomy (mainly from 2000 onward): Country not relevant 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). Characters. Men and Hu, 2020: 239 (comparison with fossil species). 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): Brazil Distribution. Santos, 2026: Species catalogue (known from Para state, loc(s), refs). Colombia Distribution. Ribeiro and Santos, 2016: 74 (checklist incl. provinces). Mexico Distribution. Contreras-Ramos and Gelhaus, 2002: 592 (checklist Mexico). Panama Distribution. Armitage and Rios Gonzalez, 2019: 29 (annotated catalogue of the Tipuloidea of Panama). Trinidad and Tobago Distribution. Oosterbroek et al., 2024a: 38 (Trinidad; overview craneflies West Indies with relevant reference(s) per island). USA Distribution. Byers and Rossman, 2004: 885 (loc(s) La, distr). Distribution. Petersen et al., 2005: 10 (loc(s) Great Smoky Mountains National Park). Distribution. Bertone, 2008: table 1 (USA, Md, no further data). 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 Petersen, 2003: month(s): 6-7. Byers and Rossman, 2004: month(s): 9. Byers et al., 2008: month(s): 6-7. Conrow and Gelhaus, 2022: month(s): 6. on altitude (mainly from 2000 onward): USA Petersen et al., 2005: altitude: 594 m.