Ptychoptera contaminata

Ptychoptera contaminata
Ptychoptera contaminata Netherlands
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Family:	Ptychopteridae
Genus:	Ptychoptera
Species:	P. contaminata
Binomial name
Ptychoptera contaminata (Linnaeus, 1758)

Ptychoptera contaminata, commonly known as the orange-marked cranefly, is a species of fly in the family Ptychopteridae. It is found in the Palearctic. ^{[1] [2] [3]}

References

1. Fauna Europaea
2. Bei-Bienko, G.Y. & Steyskal, G.C. (1988) Keys to the Insects of the European Part of the USSR, Volume V: Diptera and Siphonaptera, Parts I, II. Amerind Publishing Co., New Delhi. ISBN   81-205-0080-6 ISBN   81-205-0081-4
3. R. L. Coe, Paul Freeman & P. F. Mattingly, 1950 Handbooks for the identification of British insects Vol 9 Part 2 ii. Diptera 2. Nematocera: families Tipulidae to Chironomidae (Trichoceridae - Culicidae). Royal Entomological Society, London pdf