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Species Dicranota flaveola

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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))
Infraorder Tipulomorpha (Crane Flies)
Family Pediciidae (Hairy-eyed Crane Flies)
Genus Dicranota
Species flaveola (Dicranota flaveola)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Dicranota flaveola Osten Sacken, 1869
Range
Northeastern North America
Remarks
The most common insect emerging from cold water springs in southern Ontario, found at 93% of sites. (Gathmann and Williams 2006)
Print References
Gathmann, F.O. and D.D. Williams. 2006. Insect emergence in Canadian coldwater springs: spatial and temporal patterns, and species-environment relationships. Annales de Limnologie 42: 143-156.