Details for Dicranophragma (Dicranophragma) formosum

Name: Dicranophragma (Dicranophragma) formosum (Alexander, 1920) Publication: Ann. Ent. Soc. Am. 13: 258 (as Limnophila) Status: Recognized taxon. Classification: Family Limoniidae Subfamily Limnophilinae Revision: Kato and Tachi, 2018. Descriptive note: Type-material: Kato and Tachi, 2018. Keys: Kato and Tachi, 2018 (Dicranophragma Japan) Variant spelling(s): formosa Spelling comment: Spelling of name adjusted here in accordance with the gender of the genus. habitus male habitus male hypopygium hypopygium wing Distribution: Japan (Honshu, Nansei Is [= Ryukyu Is] (Yakushima));; Japan (Nansei Is [= Ryukyu Is]), China (Taiwan), Taiwan. Region(s): Eastpalaearctic;; Oriental General note: The borderline between the Palaearctic and Oriental regions runs through the Ryukyu islands, south of Yakushima island (for details see Kato et al., 2020b; Kato, 2021b). To be confirmed for Russia: Kuril Is. Figure references: Habitus: Nakamura, 2005 (male); Kato and Tachi, 2018 (male); Nakamura, 2018b (male) Wing: Kato and Tachi, 2018 Hypopygium: Kato and Tachi, 2018 Citations on biology (mainly from 2000 onward): Japan Habitat. Kato and Yamauchi, 2023: 6 (loc(s) Yakushima Is with list of habitats). on characters and taxonomy (mainly from 2000 onward): China (Taiwan), Taiwan Description. Kato and Tachi, 2018: 34-35, 40-42 (type-mat Taiwan, redescription male, key, comparison, figs). on distribution (mainly from 2000 onward): China (Taiwan), Taiwan Distribution. Kato and Tachi, 2018: 34 (type-loc(s) Taiwan). Japan Distribution. Kimura et al., 2011: 95 (on species composition and abundance in higland lakes on Honshu, loc(s)). Distribution. Nakamura, 2012b: 1-4 (loc(s) Honshu). Distribution. Kato and Suzuki, 2017: 9 (revised list of the crane flies of Kanagawa pref., Honshu, distr, refs). Distribution. Kato and Tachi, 2018: 34-35 (loc(s), first record for Okinawa, Nansei Is [= Ryukyu Is]). Distribution. Kato and Yamauchi, 2023: 6 (loc(s) Yakushima Is with list of habitats). on flight period (mainly from 2000 onward): China (Taiwan), Taiwan Kato and Tachi, 2018: month(s): 4. Japan Nakamura, 2012b: month(s): 7. Kato and Tachi, 2018: month(s): 3, 5-6. Kato and Yamauchi, 2023: month(s): 6-11. on altitude (mainly from 2000 onward): Japan Kimura et al., 2011: altitude: 764-822 m. Kato and Tachi, 2018: altitude: 100-2134 m. Kato and Yamauchi, 2023: altitude: 150-1200 m.