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Genus Bittacomorphella - Pygmy Phantom Crane Flies

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Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Diptera (Flies)
No Taxon ("Nematocera" (Non-Brachycera))
Family Ptychopteridae (Phantom and Fold-winged Crane Flies)
Genus Bittacomorphella (Pygmy Phantom Crane Flies)
Explanation of Names
Bittacomorphella Alexander, 1916
Numbers
5 species in our area(1), ~8 worldwide(2)
Size
body length 8-10 mm
Identification
White and black on legs, normal-sized hind tarsi.

See (1)(2) for key to species.
Habitat
"Usually near springs or streams in cold woods" -- Alexander, 1942
See Also
The common phantom crane fly (Bittacomorpha clavipes) is larger and has different arrangement of black and white bands on legs.