Genus Dicranoptycha

Twenty-three species known from North America (1).

"Body length varies from 7 to 13 mm; females are usually larger than males. Wing length is from 7 to 12 mm (1)".

"Dicranoptycha is a genus of medium-sized crane flies within the tribe Limoniini. Characteristics that separate it from other Limoniini are: wings with vein R2 lying far distad, beyond level of outer end of cell 1st M2 (Fig. 6); a conspicuous pale fold in cell Cu (Fig. 6); and in males the rod-like lateral processes, one at the mesal side of each basistyle (Fig. 9). ... The wings are unmarked in American species but may have a yellow or brown tinge. Body color varies from yellow to dark brown (1)".

"In North America adults of Dicranoptycha usually emerge in spring, but a few species emerge in summer or autumn. All species appear to have one generation a year. At the beginning of the emergence period, males are more abundant than females, and toward the end the females are more numerous (1)".