Details for Nephrotoma alterna

Name: Nephrotoma alterna (Walker, 1848) Publication: List Dipt. Colln Brit. Mus. 1: 72 (as Tipula) Status: Recognized taxon, Synonym(s): incurva (Loew, 1863); montana (Dietz, 1918); evasa (Dietz, 1918); nexilis (Dietz, 1918); perdita (Dietz, 1918). Classification: Family Tipulidae Subfamily Tipulinae Revision: Oosterbroek, 1984. Descriptive note: Synonymy: Alexander, 1941m, 1965h. habitus male habitus male habitus male habitus male hypopygium plus one additional image of ovipositor. Distribution: Canada, USA (BC to Ont and Nfld, south to Colo and Fla). Note: see the manual for abbreviations: Canada and USA. Region(s): Nearctic General note: Distribution also after Oosterbroek and Tangelder, 1987b. Biology: Alexander, 1919e, 1924k, 1925i (habitat, all as incurva Loew). Young, 1978; Young and Gelhaus, 2000 (habitat, phenology). Figure references: Wing: Alexander, 1919e (as incurva) Citations on distribution (mainly from 2000 onward): Canada Distribution. Brodo, 2017b: 21-28 (list of craneflies collected in Larose Forest, Ottawa District, Ont). Distribution. Brodo et al., 2023: Table 1 & 4, page 15 (collected in far north Ont & distr in Canada, with details on its distribution in the Nearctic, especially Canada). USA Distribution. Byers, 2002: 7 (loc(s) Va, distr). Distribution. Petersen et al., 2005: 11 (recorded from Great Smoky Mountains National Park by Hynes, 1996 (unpublished)) (as incurva). on flight period (mainly from 2000 onward): Canada Brodo, 2017b: month(s): 6. Brodo et al., 2023: month(s): 7. USA Byers, 2002: month(s): 6-8. on altitude (mainly from 2000 onward): USA Byers, 2002: altitude: up to 1175 m.