Details for Hexatoma (Eriocera) spinosa
Name:Hexatoma (Eriocera) spinosa (Osten Sacken, 1860)
Publication:Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philad. 1859: 244 (as Arrhenica)
Status:Recognized taxon.
Classification:Family Limoniidae
Subfamily Limnophilinae
Descriptive note:Short description in Alexander, 1943k (reprint: 1966g). Nearctic Catalogue (Alexander, 1965h) incorrectly as 1859.
Keys:Podeniene and Gelhaus, 2015 (known last instar larvae and pupae Hexatoma USA)
Distribution:Canada, USA (Nfld, south to Ill, Pa, Va and NC).
Note: see the manual for abbreviations: Canada and USA.
Region(s):Nearctic
General note:Records from NMex refer to eriophora Williston (see Alexander, 1946e).
Biology:Alexander and Lloyd, 1914, 1920r (immature stages, biology). Alexander, 1915f (biology). Alexander, 1919e, 1924k, 1943k (reprint: 1966g) (habitat). Alexander, 1920r (number of eggs, larvae biting man). Young and Gelhaus, 2000 (habitat, phenology).
Figure
references:
Habitus: Alexander and Lloyd, 1914 (male emerging from pupal skin)
Head: Alexander, 1919e (antenna)
Wing: Needham, 1907 (as longicornis Walker); Alexander, 1919e; Alexander, 1943k (reprint: 1966g)

Immature stages
Larva: Alexander and Lloyd, 1914; Alexander, 1920r
Pupa: Alexander and Lloyd, 1914; Alexander, 1920r
Citationson characters and taxonomy (mainly from 2000 onward):
Country not relevant
Immatures. Podeniene and Gelhaus, 2015: 95-96, 116 (key larva and pupa, systematic position).
Characters. Podeniene et al., 2023: 31 (comparison).
on distribution (mainly from 2000 onward):
USA
Distribution. Byers, 2002: 6, 24 (loc(s) Va, distr).
Distribution. Petersen et al., 2004: 447 (loc(s) Great Smoky Mountains National Park, distr).
on flight period (mainly from 2000 onward):
USA
Byers, 2002: month(s): 8.
Petersen et al., 2004: month(s): 6, 8.
on altitude (mainly from 2000 onward):
USA
Byers, 2002: altitude: 534 m.

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