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Species Brachypremna dispellens

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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 Tipulidae (Large Crane Flies)
Subfamily Tipulinae
Genus Brachypremna
Species dispellens (Brachypremna dispellens)
Explanation of Names
Brachypremna dispellens (Walker 1861)
Size
12‒17 mm(1)
Identification
legs long and extremely thin, like harvestman's (Opiliones) • "the famous 'Dancing Crane Fly', males forming dancing swarm to attract females." (comment by Chen Young)
Range
e.US (NJ‒FL to KS‒TX) to Brazil(2)
Habitat
Larvae are aquatic in margins of streams or creeks
Internet References
Species profile(1)
Works Cited
1.The Craneflies (Diptera:Tipulidae) of Pennsylvania
2.Oosterbroek P. (2023) Catalogue of the craneflies of the world
Contributed by Chen Young on 31 August, 2005 - 10:56am
Additional contributions by Robin McLeod, v belov
Last updated 26 December, 2023 - 7:58pm

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