Catalogue of the Craneflies of the World: Dicranota (Rhaphidolabis) forceps (Alexander, 1924)

Catalogue of the Craneflies of the World

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

Name:	Dicranota (Rhaphidolabis) forceps (Alexander, 1924)
Publication:	Bull. Brooklyn Ent. Soc. 19: 63 (as Rhaphidolabis)
Status:	Recognized taxon.
Classification:	Family Pediciidae Subfamily Pediciinae
Descriptive note:	Short description in Alexander, 1943k (reprint: 1966g).

Distribution:	Canada, USA (Mich to NSc, south to Tenn). Note: see the manual for abbreviations: Canada and USA.
Region(s):	Nearctic

Biology:	Alexander, 1925i (habitat).
Figure references:	Hypopygium: Alexander, 1943k (reprint: 1966g)

Citations	on biology (mainly from 2000 onward):
	Canada Habitat. Gathmann and Williams, 2006: 148 (emergence and abundance in cold water springs in Ont; many species of the carnivorous genus Dicranota are predominantly found burrowing in well-oxygenated banks of coarse sand which are typical of large rheocrenes).
	USA Habitat. Byers, 2002: 20 (found in a variety of aquatic to marshy habitats).
	on distribution (mainly from 2000 onward):
	Canada Distribution. Gathmann and Williams, 2006: 148 (loc(s) Ont).
	USA Distribution. Byers, 2002: 20 (loc(s) Va, distr).
	on flight period (mainly from 2000 onward):
	USA Byers, 2002: month(s): 5-7.
	on altitude (mainly from 2000 onward):
	USA Byers, 2002: altitude: 507-1174 m.