Phalacrocera

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Endopterygota
Superordo: Panorpida
Cladus: Antliophora
Ordo: Diptera
Subordo: Nematocera
Infraordo: Tipulomorpha
Superfamilia: Tipuloidea

Familia: Cylindrotomidae
Subfamilia: Cylindrotominae
Genus: Phalacrocera
Species: P. angustaxillaris – P. formosae – P. manipurensis – P. messura – P. nigrolutea – P. occidentalis – P. replicata – P. sikkimensis – P. tarsalba – P. tipulina – P. vancouverensis
Name
Phalacrocera Schiner, 1863

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

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.

Species

P. angustaxillaris Alexander, 1972
P. formosae Alexander, 1923
P. manipurensis Alexander, 1964
P. messura Alexander, 1972
P. nigrolutea Alexander, 1972
P. occidentalis Alexander, 1928
P. replicata (Linnaeus, 1758)
P. sikkimensis Alexander, 1972
P. tarsalba Alexander, 1936
P. tipulina Osten Sacken, 1865
P. vancouverensis Alexander, 1927

References

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 (DipteraNematocera: 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.

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.

"Catalogue of the Craneflies of the World (Diptera, Tipuloidea: Pediciidae, Limoniidae, Cylindrotomidae, Tipulidae)". Naturalis Biodiversity Center.