Details for Pedicia (Pedicia) albivitta

Name: Pedicia (Pedicia) albivitta Walker, 1848 Publication: List Dipt. Colln Brit. Mus. 1: 37 (as Pedicia) Status: Recognized taxon, Synonym(s): goniphora Harris, 1835 (nomen nudum). Classification: Family Pediciidae Subfamily Pediciinae Descriptive note: Short description in Alexander, 1943k (reprint: 1966g). Keys: Petersen, 2006a (Pedicia (Pedicia) males eastern North America) Variant spelling(s): albovitta, albivittata habitus male habitus female habitus female Distribution: Canada, USA (Man, Ont and Que to Nfld, south to Kans, Mo, Tenn and SC). Note: see the manual for abbreviations: Canada and USA. Region(s): Nearctic Biology: Alexander, 1915h, 1919e, 1924k, 1927c, 1930b, 1962n; Alexander and McAtee, 1920 (habitat). Alexander, 1920r (larva, biology). Young and Gelhaus, 2000 (habitat, phenology). Figure references: Habitus: Young and Gelhaus, 2000 (male); Dubuc, 2005 (female); Hahn, 2009 (female); Brodo et al., 2022a (female) Wing: Alexander, 1919e Immature stages Larva: Alexander, 1920r Citations on biology (mainly from 2000 onward): Canada Habitat. Gathmann and Williams, 2006: 149 (emergence and abundance in cold water springs in Ont). USA Phenology. Petersen, 2003: 105 (period of flight in relation to altitude). Habitat. Hahn, 2009: 100 (adults are often found near wooded ponds and sluggish creeks; attracted to artificial lights). on characters and taxonomy (mainly from 2000 onward): Nearctic Characters. Conrow and Gelhaus, 2022: 138 (among the 45 species examined for wing interference patterns, 13 species were examined in more detail; see paper for details). USA Key. Petersen, 2006a: 56, 59 (key, comparison). Characters. Hahn, 2009: 100 (giant eastern crane fly: body length: 1,5 insches, wingspan: over 2 inches, legspan: over 3 inches). on distribution (mainly from 2000 onward): Canada Distribution. Dubuc, 2005: 250 (loc(s)). Distribution. Gathmann and Williams, 2006: 149 (loc(s) Ont). Distribution. Brodo et al., 2023: Table 1 & 4, page 22-23 (collected in far north Ont & distr in Canada, with details on its distribution in the Nearctic, especially Canada, incl. loc(s) for Que). USA Distribution. Byers, 2002: 19 (loc(s) Va, distr). Distribution. Petersen et al., 2005: 10 (loc(s) Great Smoky Mountains National Park). Distribution. Petersen, 2006a: 56, 59 (loc(s)). Distribution. Nitta and O'Grady, 2008b: Appendix 1 (loc(s) Vt). Distribution. Hahn, 2009: 100 (loc(s) Minn). Distribution. Brodo et al., 2022a: 54 (list of Tipuloidea collected in the NY, Putnam County, town of Kent). on flight period (mainly from 2000 onward): Canada Brodo et al., 2023: month(s): 6, 8. USA Byers, 2002: month(s): 6-9. Petersen, 2003: month(s): 9-11. Nitta and O'Grady, 2008b: month(s): 8. on altitude (mainly from 2000 onward): USA Byers, 2002: altitude: 945-1174 m. Petersen et al., 2005: altitude: 594-1034 m.