Details for Dicranoptycha germana

Name: Dicranoptycha germana Osten Sacken, 1860 Publication: Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philad. 1859: 217 (as Dicranoptycha) Status: Recognized taxon. Classification: Family Limoniidae Subfamily Limoniinae Revision: Young, 1987a. Descriptive note: Nearctic Catalogue (Alexander, 1965h) incorrectly as 1859. habitus male habitus female hypopygium ovipositor Distribution: Canada, USA (Minn to Que and Maine, south to Iowa, Ill and SC). Note: see the manual for abbreviations: Canada and USA. Region(s): Nearctic General note: Added: Iowa (Halvorson and Jaques, 1940). Biology: Alexander, 1919a, 1919e, 1920r (habitat). Young and Gelhaus, 2000 (habitat, phenology). Figure references: Wing: Alexander, 1916g; Alexander, 1919e; Alexander, 1927o; Alexander, 1943k (reprint: 1966g); Alexander and Byers, 1981 Citations on biology (mainly from 2000 onward): USA Habitat. Byers, 2002: 18 (streamsides habitats in upland woods). Phenology. Petersen, 2003: 93 (period of flight in relation to altitude). on distribution (mainly from 2000 onward): USA Distribution. Byers, 2002: 18 (loc(s) Va, distr). Distribution. Petersen et al., 2005: 7 (loc(s) Great Smoky Mountains National Park). on flight period (mainly from 2000 onward): USA Byers, 2002: month(s): 5-8. Petersen, 2003: month(s): 7-8. on altitude (mainly from 2000 onward): USA Byers, 2002: altitude: 870-114 m. Petersen et al., 2005: altitude: 1382-1529 m.