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Species Elephantomyia westwoodi

fly - Elephantomyia westwoodi - male Large nematoceran fly - Elephantomyia westwoodi Limoniid Crane Fly - Elephantomyia westwoodi Limoniid Crane Fly - Elephantomyia westwoodi - female Crane Fly with long proboscis - Elephantomyia westwoodi - male Pointed crane fly - Elephantomyia westwoodi - female Elephantomyia westwoodi? - Elephantomyia westwoodi - female Elephantomyia westwoodi? - Elephantomyia westwoodi - 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 Limoniidae (Limoniid Crane Flies)
Tribe Limoniini
Genus Elephantomyia
Species westwoodi (Elephantomyia westwoodi)
Numbers
one of two species in this genus in North America
Range
eastern North America (?) [recorded from North Carolina and Pennsylvania; see Internet References below]
Remarks
Page creation based on Chen Young's identification of this image.
Internet References
occurrence in Pennsylvania; list (James Fetzner Jr. and Chen Young, Carnegie Museum of Natural History)
occurrence in North Carolina; list - 4 pinned specimens from North Carolina in collection (North Carolina State U.)
Contributed by Robin McLeod on 8 September, 2005 - 9:41pm

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