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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » "Nematocera" (Non-Brachycera) » Phantom and Fold-winged Crane Flies (Ptychopteridae) » Fold-winged Crane Flies (Ptychoptera) » quadrifasciata species group (Ptychoptera quadrifasciata species group) » Ptychoptera quadrifasciata
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Phantom Crane Fly - Ptychoptera quadrifasciata - female
Copyright © 2007 Bill Johnson

Phantom Crane Fly - Ptychoptera quadrifasciata - Female
Red Wing, Goodhue County, Minnesota, USA
June 23, 2007
I think that this is a Phantom Crane Fly - Ptychoptera genus. Any ideas as to species?
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Contributed by Bill Johnson on 28 June, 2007 - 8:51pm
Last updated 15 June, 2022 - 1:35pm

Moved
Moved from Fold-winged Crane Flies.
… John F. Carr, 15 June, 2022 - 1:35pm login or register to post comments

Yes, very similar images in the guide
here , but wait for a firm ID from Chen.
… john and jane balaban, 29 June, 2007 - 8:35am login or register to post comments

 
Yes, it is in the genus
Ptychoptera. It could be Ptychoptera metallica but could not be sure based on the female image. - Chen
… Chen Young, 29 June, 2007 - 9:09am login or register to post comments

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