Phalacrocera

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Phalacrocera
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Phalacrocera replicata
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Phalacrocera

Schiner, 1863 [2]
Type species
Limnobia nudicornis
Schiner, 1863 [= replicata (Linnaeus, 1758)]
Species

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Phalacrocera is a genus of crane fly in the family Cylindrotominae.

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Biology

The larvae of the genus Phalacrocera live on mosses. Adults are to be found in damp wooded habitats.

Distribution

Canada, United States, Myanmar, Taiwan, India, China, Japan, Europe, Most species have a fairly limited known ranges, with the exception of P. replicata which is fairly cosmopolitan in North America, Northern Europe and Northern Asia.

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<i>Cylindrotoma</i> Genus of flies

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Stibadocerella is a genus of crane fly in the family Cylindrotomidae.

Stibadocerina is a genus of crane fly in the family Cylindrotomidae.

Stibadocerodes is a genus of crane fly in the family Cylindrotomidae.

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References

  1. Zhang, Xiao; Kang, Zehui; Mao, Meng; Li, Xuankun; Cameron, Stephen L.; de Jong, Herman; Wang, Mengqing; Yang, Ding (2016). "Comparative Mt Genomics of the Tipuloidea (Diptera: Nematocera: Tipulomorpha) and Its Implications for the Phylogeny of the Tipulomorpha". PLOS ONE. 11 (6): e0158167. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0158167 . PMC   4920351 . PMID   27341029.
  2. Schiner, I. R. (1863). "Vorlaufiger Commentar zum dipterologischen Theile der "Fauna Austriaca", mit einer naheren Begrundung der in derselben aufgenommenen neuen Dipteren-Gattungen. V. [concl]". Wien. Ent. Monstschr. 7: 217–226.