Details for Erioptera (Erioptera) chlorophylla

Name: Erioptera (Erioptera) chlorophylla Osten Sacken, 1860 Publication: Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philad. 1859: 226 (as Erioptera) Status: Recognized taxon. Classification: Family Limoniidae Subfamily Chioneinae Descriptive note: Green coloured, belonging to the chlorophyla species group (Taber, 2016a, 2016b). Lectotype designation and description of hypopygium in Alexander, 1919h. Short description in Alexander, 1943k (reprint: 1966g). Nearctic Catalogue (Alexander, 1965h) incorrectly as 1859. habitus male Distribution: Canada, USA (Minn and Ont to NSc, south to Tenn and Fla). Note: see the manual for abbreviations: Canada and USA. Region(s): Nearctic Biology: Alexander, 1916f, 1919e (habitat). Alexander, 1920r (immature stages, biology). Young and Gelhaus, 2000 (habitat, phenology). Figure references: Habitus: Marshall, 2006; Hahn, 2009; Taber, 2016b (male) Wing: Alexander, 1919e Hypopygium: Alexander, 1943k (reprint: 1966g) Immature stages Larva: Alexander, 1920r Pupa: Alexander, 1920r Citations on biology (mainly from 2000 onward): USA Habitat. Byers, 2002: 26 (swept from upland shaded streamside herbaceous plants). Habitat. Hahn, 2009: 100 (larvae develop in moist and saturated soils and shorelines; adults are to be looked for in low vegetation near water). Habitat. Taber, 2016a: 5 (apart from Malaise traps also collected from emergence traps erected over inundated soil in a Black Ash [Fraxinus nigra] swamp; see paper for details). on characters and taxonomy (mainly from 2000 onward): Country not relevant Characters. Podeniene, 2002: 299 (comparison). Characters. Marshall, 2006: 426 (species of the E. (E.) chlorphylla complex are chlorophyll green). Characters. Taber, 2016b: 1021, 1028 (comparison, figs). USA Characters. Byers, 2002: 26 (small pale green species). on distribution (mainly from 2000 onward): Canada Distribution. Brodo, 2017b: 21-28 (list of craneflies collected in Larose Forest, Ottawa District, Ont). USA Distribution. Byers, 2002: 26 (loc(s) Va, distr). Distribution. Hahn, 2009: 100 (loc(s) Minn). Distribution. Taber, 2016a: 1, 5 (loc(s) Mich). Distribution. Taber, 2016b: 1028 (loc(s) Mich). on flight period (mainly from 2000 onward): Canada Brodo, 2017b: month(s): 6. USA Byers, 2002: month(s): 6-8. Hahn, 2009: month(s): 7. Taber, 2016a: month(s): 6-8. on altitude (mainly from 2000 onward): USA Byers, 2002: altitude: 1174 m.