Details for Dicranoptycha megaphallus

Name: Dicranoptycha megaphallus Alexander, 1926 Publication: Psyche 33: 57 (as Dicranoptycha) Status: Recognized taxon. Classification: Family Limoniidae Subfamily Limoniinae Revision: Young, 1987a. Descriptive note: The apparently very similar fossil Dicranoptycha cf megaphallus from the Eocene in Germany is described and figured in Wappler, 2002. habitus male habitus female body part(s) head body part(s) thorax body part(s) thorax plus 8 more images of body part(s), body part(s), hypopygium, hypopygium, ovipositor, ovipositor, ovipositor and wing. Distribution: USA (Kans to Va, south to La and Fla). Note: see the manual for abbreviations: Canada and USA. Region(s): Nearctic General note: Added: Kans (Young, 1978a). Biology: Young, 1978a (habitat, phenology). Figure references: Hypopygium: Alexander, 1943k (reprint: 1966g) Citations on biology (mainly from 2000 onward): USA Habitat. Byers, 2002: 18 (herbaceous growth, (larval habitat moderately dry, plastic soil of well drained woods, citing Rogers, 1933a)). on characters and taxonomy (mainly from 2000 onward): Country not relevant Characters. Wappler, 2002: 129-134 (comparison with a apparently very similar fossil species). Characters. Wappler, 2002: 130-132 (comparison with fossil species). on distribution (mainly from 2000 onward): USA Distribution. Byers, 2002: 18 (loc(s) Va, distr). Distribution. Byers et al., 2008: 375 (loc(s) Ark). on flight period (mainly from 2000 onward): USA Byers, 2002: month(s): 6. Byers et al., 2008: month(s): 5. on altitude (mainly from 2000 onward): USA Byers, 2002: altitude: 534 m.