Catalogue of the Craneflies of the World: Erioptera (Mesocyphona) parva parva Osten Sacken, 1860

Catalogue of the Craneflies of the World

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

Name:	Erioptera (Mesocyphona) parva parva Osten Sacken, 1860
Publication:	Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philad. 1859: 227 (as Erioptera)
Status:	Recognized taxon.
Classification:	Family Limoniidae Subfamily Chioneinae
Descriptive note:	Descriptive note in Alexander, 1943k (reprint: 1966g). Nearctic Catalogue (Alexander, 1965h) incorrectly as 1859.

Distribution:	USA (Kans to Mich, NY and Conn, south to La and Fla);; Costa Rica, Mexico; Ecuador, Guyana. Note: see the manual for abbreviations: Canada and USA.
Region(s):	Nearctic;; Neotropic
General note:	Added: NY (Alexander, 1919e), Kans (Young, 1978).

Biology:	Alexander, 1916f, 1919e; Young, 1978 (habitat). Alexander, 1920r (habitat). Young and Gelhaus, 2000 (habitat, phenology).
Figure references:	Wing: Alexander, 1919e

Citations	on distribution (mainly from 2000 onward):
	Mexico Distribution. Contreras-Ramos and Gelhaus, 2002: 594 (checklist Mexico).
	USA Distribution. Byers, 2002: 26 (loc(s) Va, distr). Distribution. Byers and Rossman, 2004: 889 (loc(s) La, distr). Distribution. Petersen et al., 2005: 7 (recorded from Great Smoky Mountains National Park by Hynes, 1996 (unpublished)). Distribution. Brodo et al., 2022a: 53 (list of Tipuloidea collected in the NY, Putnam County, town of Kent).
	on flight period (mainly from 2000 onward):
	USA Byers, 2002: month(s): 6-8. Byers and Rossman, 2004: month(s): 11.
	on altitude (mainly from 2000 onward):
	USA Byers, 2002: altitude: 820 m.