Catalogue of the Craneflies of the World: Dicranomyia (Melanolimonia) morioides Osten Sacken, 1860

Catalogue of the Craneflies of the World

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

Name:	Dicranomyia (Melanolimonia) morioides Osten Sacken, 1860
Publication:	Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philad. 1860: 17 (as Dicranomyia)
Status:	Recognized taxon.
Classification:	Family Limoniidae Subfamily Limoniinae
Descriptive note:	Short description in Alexander, 1943k (reprint: 1966g). Systematic position after Alexander, 1965a.

Distribution:	Canada, USA (Alaska to Nfld, south to Oreg, Colo, Tenn and NC). Note: see the manual for abbreviations: Canada and USA.
Region(s):	Nearctic
General note:	Added: Tenn (Alexander, 1940s), Oreg (Alexander, 1954a).

Biology:	Alexander, 1919e, 1925i, 1931s (habitat). Alexander, 1920r (swarming).
Figure references:	Wing: Alexander, 1919e Hypopygium: Alexander, 1943k (reprint: 1966g) Other figures: Alexander, 1919e (tarsomere(s), claws); Alexander, 1943k (reprint: 1966g) (idem)

Citations	on biology (mainly from 2000 onward):
	USA Habitat. Byers, 2002: 16 (adults reared from mosses on rocks in seepage areas).
	on distribution (mainly from 2000 onward):
	Canada Distribution. Brodo in litt., 2009: (not known from NWT and Nunavut).
	USA Distribution. Byers, 2002: 16 (loc(s) Va, distr). Distribution. Petersen et al., 2005: 6 (recorded from Great Smoky Mountains National Park by Hynes, 1996 (unpublished)).
	on flight period (mainly from 2000 onward):
	USA Byers, 2002: month(s): 5-6, 8.
	on altitude (mainly from 2000 onward):
	USA Byers, 2002: altitude: 507-900 m.