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Species Phoroctenia vittata

Large Crane Fly - Ctenophora (Phoroctenia) vittata - Phoroctenia vittata - female

crane fly - Phoroctenia vittata - female

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Possible Crane Fly on fungus? - Phoroctenia vittata - male

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)

Works Cited

1.	Oosterbroek P. (2023) Catalogue of the craneflies of the world

Contributed by Chen Young on 11 May, 2007 - 2:23pm
Additional contributions by JohnMaxwell22, v belov
Last updated 26 December, 2023 - 8:04pm

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