Details for Dicranomyia (Dicranomyia) defuncta

Name: Dicranomyia (Dicranomyia) defuncta (Osten Sacken, 1860) Publication: Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philad. 1859: 213 (as Limnobia) Status: Recognized taxon, Synonym(s): concinna (Williston, 1893). Classification: Family Limoniidae Subfamily Limoniinae Descriptive note: Lectotype designation: Eichen and Gelhaus, 2025. Synonymy: Alexander, 1965h; Eichen and Gelhaus, 2025. Nearctic Catalogue (Alexander, 1965h) incorrectly as 1859. Keys: Eichen and Gelhaus, 2025 (Nearctic Dicranomyia with spotted wings) habitus male habitus male body part(s) leg hypopygium ovipositor plus one additional image of wing. Distribution: Canada, USA (from NWT, BC and Alberta to Quebec, south in the West as far as Calif and southern Texas, in the East from Mich to Maine and to SC and Georgia, more or less absent from the Great Plains);; Mexico (south) (see map in Eichen and Gelhaus, 2025). Note: see the manual for abbreviations: Canada and USA. Region(s): Nearctic;; Neotropic General note: Distribution after Eichen and Gelhaus, 2025. Map: Eichen and Gelhaus, 2025 Biology: Needham, 1908a; Malloch, 1917 (immature stages, biology, quoted by Alexander, 1920r, as concinna). Alexander, 1940s, 1966c, 1967k (habitat, also as concinna). Young and Gelhaus, 2000 (habitat, phenology). See also Eichen and Gelhaus, 2025 for the older references of simulans, likely to refer to defuncta. Figure references: Habitus: Eichen and Gelhaus, 2025 (male) Wing: Eichen and Gelhaus, 2025 Hypopygium: Eichen and Gelhaus, 2025 Ovipositor: Eichen and Gelhaus, 2025 Other figures: Eichen and Gelhaus, 2025 (leg) Citations on biology (mainly from 2000 onward): Nearctic Biology. Eichen and Gelhaus, 2025: 413-414 (review biology; biological observations also given with the mat. examined; infesting water treatment plants in Nev and Colo that reduces the biofilm used in treating the water, see paper for details). on characters and taxonomy (mainly from 2000 onward): Country not relevant Phylogeny. Pintilioaie et al., 2026: 4 (phylogeny Atypophthalmus umbratus: outgroup taxon). Nearctic Revision. Eichen and Gelhaus, 2025: 408-419 (lectotype designation, also for concinna, descr, comparison, figs). on distribution (mainly from 2000 onward): Mexico Distribution. Contreras-Ramos and Gelhaus, 2002: 593 (checklist Mexico) (as Limonia concinna). Distribution. Eichen and Gelhaus, 2025: 412, 415 (mat examined per state, map). Nearctic Distribution. Eichen and Gelhaus, 2025: 408-410, 412, 414-419 (review records, mat examined per state, map). on flight period (mainly from 2000 onward): Mexico Eichen and Gelhaus, 2025: month(s): 4, 6, 8-9. Nearctic Eichen and Gelhaus, 2025: month(s): 1-12. on altitude (mainly from 2000 onward): Mexico Eichen and Gelhaus, 2025: altitude: 2438 m. Nearctic Eichen and Gelhaus, 2025: altitude: 43-2774 m.