Details for Dactylolabis (Dactylolabis) montana

Name: Dactylolabis (Dactylolabis) montana (Osten Sacken, 1860) Publication: Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philad. 1859: 240 (as Limnophila) Status: Recognized taxon. Classification: Family Limoniidae Subfamily Dactylolabinae Descriptive note: Short description in Alexander, 1943k (reprint: 1966g). Nearctic Catalogue (Alexander, 1965h) incorrectly as 1859. habitus male habitus copula habitus copula wing wing plus one additional image of habitat. Distribution: Canada, USA (Ont to Nfld, south to Kans, Ark, Miss, Tenn and SC). Note: see the manual for abbreviations: Canada and USA. Region(s): Nearctic General note: Added: Ont (Alexander, 1928g; Sinclair, 1988), Tenn (Alexander, 1940s), Kans (Gelhaus and May, 1983). Biology: Alexander, 1910, 1916f, 1919e, 1920r, 1924k, 1936p, 1940s, 1941m (habitat). Alexander, 1920r (mating behaviour, habitat). Young and Gelhaus, 2000 (habitat, phenology). Figure references: Wing: Alexander, 1919e; Alexander, 1943k (reprint: 1966g); Ribeiro, 2008 Miscellaneous Jeffords and Webb, 2002 (habitat, small lek of males, male guarding female) Citations on biology (mainly from 2000 onward): USA Biology. Jeffords and Webb, 2002: 138-140 (habitat and mating arena: algae-covered dripways down gently sloping sandstone rock ledges; behaviour: males forming smaller or larger leks; copulation; oviposition; male guarding female). Habitat. Byers and Rossman, 2003: 71. Phenology. Petersen, 2003: 91 (period of flight in relation to altitude). Habitat. Barnes et al., 2009: 336-337 (probably a trogloxene; for Dactylolabis in general the authors cite Alexander, 1966g: species of Dactylolabis are eminently lithophilous, frequenting the vertical faces of shaded cliffs and rock exposures, where they rest in crevices, the larvae are associated with algal growths amid percolating water in these rocky situations.). 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. Ribeiro, 2008: 627-694 (included in phylogenetic analysis of Limnophilinae and Tipulomorpha, figs). Phylogeny. Petersen et al., 2010a: 526-543 (member of a detailed morphological and molecular phylogenetic study into the higher-level classification of the Tipuloidea). Phylogeny. Kania and Krzeminski, 2015: 3-11 (phylogeny of fossil Dactylolabis: outgroup taxon). Phylogeny. Lukashevich and Ribeiro, 2018: 639-649 (on Mesozoic fossils and the phylogeny of Tipulomorpha, recent taxon included in the phylogeny). on distribution (mainly from 2000 onward): Canada Distribution. Ribeiro, 2008: 690 (loc(s) Que, Ont). USA Distribution. Jeffords and Webb, 2002: 138-140 (loc(s) Ill, distr). Distribution. Byers and Rossman, 2003: 71 (loc(s) NC). Distribution. Petersen et al., 2005: 6 (loc(s) Great Smoky Mountains National Park). Distribution. Bertone, 2008: table 1 (USA, Tenn, no further data). Distribution. Barnes et al., 2009: 336-338 (loc(s) Ozark caves, Ark, Miss, distr). on flight period (mainly from 2000 onward): Canada Ribeiro, 2008: month(s): 6-7. USA Jeffords and Webb, 2002: month(s): 4. Byers and Rossman, 2003: month(s): 4. Petersen, 2003: month(s): 4-5. Barnes et al., 2009: month(s): 4-5. on altitude (mainly from 2000 onward): USA Petersen et al., 2005: altitude: 1757 m.