Details for Helius (Helius) flavipes
Name:Helius (Helius) flavipes (Macquart, 1855)
Publication:Mem. Soc. R. Sci. Agric. Arts Lille (2) 1: 17 (as Rhamphidia)
Status:Recognized taxon, Synonym(s): prominens (Walker, 1856); brevirostris (Osten Sacken, 1860).
Classification:Family Limoniidae
Subfamily Limoniinae
Descriptive note:Short description in Alexander, 1943k (reprint: 1966g). Synonymy: Alexander, 1920r.
Helius (Helius) flavipes : habitus - maleHelius (Helius) flavipes : habitus - female
habitus
male
habitus
female
Distribution:Canada, USA (Alta to NSc, south to Texas, La and Fla).
Note: see the manual for abbreviations: Canada and USA.
Region(s):Nearctic
Biology:Hart, 1896 (as Erioptera, see also Mik, 1898); Malloch, 1917 (as Erioptera); Alexander 1920r (immature stages, biology). Alexander, 1919e, 1927k (habitat). Young, 1978; Young and Gelhaus, 2000 (habitat, phenology).
Figure
references:
Head: Alexander, 1919e; Gelhaus, 2009
Wing: Alexander, 1916g; Alexander, 1919e; Alexander and McAtee, 1920; Alexander, 1934j; Alexander, 1943k (reprint: 1966g); Alexander and Byers, 1981

Immature stages
Larva: Alexander, 1920r
Pupa: Alexander, 1920r
Citationson distribution (mainly from 2000 onward):
Canada
Distribution. Brodo, 2017b: 21-28 (list of craneflies collected in Larose Forest, Ottawa District, Ont).
USA
Distribution. Byers and Rossman, 2004: 888 (loc(s) La, distr).
Distribution. Chordas et al., 2004: 42 (loc(s) Ark).
Distribution. Petersen et al., 2005: 7 (recorded from Great Smoky Mountains National Park by Hynes, 1996 (unpublished)).
on flight period (mainly from 2000 onward):
Canada
Brodo, 2017b: month(s): 6.
USA
Byers and Rossman, 2004: month(s): 10.

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