Details for Dolichopeza (Dolichopeza) americana

Name: Dolichopeza (Dolichopeza) americana Needham, 1908 Publication: Bull. N.Y. State Mus. 124: 211 (as Dolichopeza) Status: Recognized taxon. Classification: Family Tipulidae Subfamily Dolichopezinae Descriptive note: Short description in Alexander, 1943k (reprint: 1966g). habitus male Distribution: Canada, USA (Alaska, Yukon and Alta to Ont, Que and Nfld, south to SD, Ark and Ga). Note: see the manual for abbreviations: Canada and USA. Region(s): Nearctic Biology: Alexander, 1916f, 1919e, 1920r, 1925i, 1941m (habitat). Young and Gelhaus, 2000 (habitat, phenology). Figure references: Wing: Alexander, 1919e; Alexander, 1934j; Alexander, 1943k (reprint: 1966g); Alexander and Byers, 1981 Citations on biology (mainly from 2000 onward): Canada Habitat. Brodo et al., 2023: Table 1 & 4, page 14 (collected in far north Ont & distr in Canada, with details on its distribution in the Nearctic, especially Canada, incl. loc(s) for Yukon and Que; habitat). USA Habitat. Byers, 2002: 9 (daytime resting places usually beneath overhanging rocks but also at other shaded, cool, montane habitats; (larvae in damp to relatively dry mosses, citing Byers, 1961a)). Phenology. Petersen, 2003: 107 (period of flight in relation to altitude). on characters and taxonomy (mainly from 2000 onward): Country not relevant Phylogeny. Bertone et al., 2008: 674-679 (included in phylogenetic analysis of the earliest true flies based on multiple nuclear genes). Phylogeny. Bertone, 2008: 1-282 (included in phylogenetic study on macroevolutionary relationships among families of lower Diptera (Insecta): molecular systematics, divergence times and a phylogeny of the Tipulidae sensu lato). Phylogeny. Petersen et al., 2010a: 526-543 (member of a detailed morphological and molecular phylogenetic study into the higher-level classification of the Tipuloidea). Phylogeny. Men et al., 2018a: 98 (comparison of female internal reproductive system, based on literure data). on distribution (mainly from 2000 onward): Canada Distribution. Brodo et al., 2023: Table 1 & 4, page 14 (collected in far north Ont & distr in Canada, with details on its distribution in the Nearctic, especially Canada, incl. loc(s) for Yukon and Que; habitat). USA Distribution. Byers, 2002: 9 (loc(s) Va, distr). Distribution. Petersen et al., 2005: 10 (loc(s) Great Smoky Mountains National Park). Distribution. Bertone, 2008: table 1 (USA, Tenn, no further data). Distribution. Byers et al., 2008: 374 (loc(s) Ark). on flight period (mainly from 2000 onward): Canada Brodo et al., 2023: month(s): 6-7. USA Byers, 2002: month(s): 6-7. Petersen, 2003: month(s): 5-7. Byers et al., 2008: month(s): 7. on altitude (mainly from 2000 onward): USA Petersen et al., 2005: altitude: 594-1944 m.