Catalogue of the Craneflies of the World: Paradelphomyia americana (Alexander, 1912)

Catalogue of the Craneflies of the World

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

Name:	Paradelphomyia americana (Alexander, 1912)
Publication:	Pomona Coll. J. Ent. 4: 829 (as Adelphomyia)
Status:	Recognized taxon.
Classification:	Family Limoniidae Subfamily Limnophilinae
Descriptive note:	Descriptive note in Alexander, 1943k (reprint: 1966g).
Variant spelling(s):	americanus

Distribution:	Canada, USA (Mich to NBr, south to Tenn and SC). Note: see the manual for abbreviations: Canada and USA.
Region(s):	Nearctic
General note:	Added: Tenn (Alexander, 1940s).

Biology:	Alexander, 1919e, 1927c (habitat). Alexander, 1920r (larva, biology, supposition).
Figure references:	Wing: Alexander, 1911c (as senilis); Alexander, 1912j (orig descr); Alexander, 1919e; Alexander, 1943k (reprint: 1966g)

Citations	on biology (mainly from 2000 onward):
	Canada Habitat. Gathmann and Williams, 2006: 148 (emergence and abundance in cold water springs in Ont).
	USA Habitat. Byers, 2002: 20 (shaded herbaceous growth along small upland streams).
	on distribution (mainly from 2000 onward):
	Canada Distribution. Gathmann and Williams, 2006: 148 (loc(s) Ont).
	USA Distribution. Byers, 2002: 20 (loc(s) Va, distr). Distribution. Petersen et al., 2005: 9 (recorded from Great Smoky Mountains National Park by Hynes, 1996 (unpublished)).
	on flight period (mainly from 2000 onward):
	USA Byers, 2002: month(s): 8-9.
	on altitude (mainly from 2000 onward):
	USA Byers, 2002: altitude: 1174 m.