Catalogue of the Craneflies of the World: Tipula (Platytipula) paterifera Alexander, 1962

Catalogue of the Craneflies of the World

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

Name:	Tipula (Platytipula) paterifera Alexander, 1962
Publication:	Gt Basin Nat. 22: 2 (as Tipula)
Status:	Recognized taxon.
Classification:	Family Tipulidae Subfamily Tipulinae
Keys:	Taber, 2009a (species of Platytipula known or likely to occur in Michigan)

Distribution:	USA (Kans, Mo, Ohio, Pa, Md, NY, NJ and Tenn). Note: see the manual for abbreviations: Canada and USA.
Region(s):	Nearctic
General note:	Distribution after Young, 1978; Bolton, 1988; Young and Gelhaus, 2000; Peck et al., 2006.

Biology:	Young, 1978; Young and Gelhaus, 2000 (habitat, phenology).
Figure references:	Habitus: Young and Gelhaus, 2000 (mating pair) Hypopygium: Young, 1978

Citations	on biology (mainly from 2000 onward):
	USA Biology. Gelhaus, 2006: 97-98 (does not appear to cause economic damage; occurs in lawns, wet pastures, wet lands).
	on characters and taxonomy (mainly from 2000 onward):
	Country not relevant Phylogeny. Gelhaus, 2005: 7, 19-35, 139-148 (phylogeny Eremotipula: outgroup taxon).
	on distribution (mainly from 2000 onward):
	USA Distribution. Peck et al., 2006: 986 (loc(s) NY). Distribution. Taber, 2009a: 91 (distr). Distribution. Brodo et al., 2022a: 52 (list of Tipuloidea collected in the NY, Putnam County, town of Kent).