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Species Phoroctenia vittata

Female Crane Fly - Phoroctenia vittata stagbeetle eaters 2 - Phoroctenia vittata Crane Fly - Phoroctenia vittata - male Large Crane Fly - Phoroctenia vittata Crane Fly - Phoroctenia vittata Ctenophora vittata? - Phoroctenia vittata Possible Crane Fly on fungus? - Phoroctenia vittata - male Large Crane Fly - Phoroctenia vittata - female
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Diptera (Flies)
No Taxon ("Nematocera" (Non-Brachycera))
Infraorder Tipulomorpha (Crane Flies)
Family Tipulidae (Large Crane Flies)
Subfamily Ctenophorinae
Genus Phoroctenia
Species vittata (Phoroctenia vittata)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Ctenophora vittata (Meigen 1830)
Explanation of Names
Phoroctenia vittata (Meigen 1830)
Numbers
2 sspp.(1)
Range
holarctic: one ssp. along the NA Pacific coast (BC‒CA), another across Eurasia(1)