Details for Erioptera (Mesocyphona) costalis

Name: Erioptera (Mesocyphona) costalis Alexander, 1913 Publication: Proc. U.S. Natn. Mus. 44: 517 (as Erioptera) Status: Recognized taxon. Classification: Family Limoniidae Subfamily Chioneinae Descriptive note: Descriptive note in Alexander, 1964f. Monotypy: Gelhaus, 1982. body part(s) leg wing wing Distribution: Guatemala, Mexico; Cuba, Dutch Caribbean (Bonaire). Region(s): Neotropic Figure references: Wing: Alexander, 1913d (orig descr); Oosterbroek et al., 2024a (repeated in Oliveira, 2025) Citations on biology (mainly from 2000 onward): Dutch Caribbean Habitat. Oliveira, 2025: 265 (on Bonaire only found near open water ponds, attracted to light . on characters and taxonomy (mainly from 2000 onward): Dutch Caribbean Description. Oliveira, 2025: 264-265 (descr; loc(s) Bonaire, rare on the island, distr). on distribution (mainly from 2000 onward): Cuba Distribution. Oosterbroek et al., 2024a: 16 (overview craneflies West Indies with relevant reference(s) per island). Dutch Caribbean First record. Oosterbroek et al., 2024a: 16 (Bonaire; overview craneflies West Indies with relevant reference(s) per island). Distribution. Oliveira, 2025: 264-265 (descr; loc(s) Bonaire, rare on the island, distr). Mexico Distribution. Contreras-Ramos and Gelhaus, 2002: 594 (checklist Mexico).