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Species Ptychoptera quadrifasciata

Mating Phantom Crane Flies - Ptychoptera quadrifasciata - male - female fly - Ptychoptera quadrifasciata - female Phantom Crane Fly - Ptychoptera quadrifasciata - female Ptychoptera quadrifasciata? - Ptychoptera quadrifasciata - male Fly - Ptychoptera quadrifasciata - female Fly - Ptychoptera quadrifasciata - female Tipulidae - Ptychoptera quadrifasciata ptychoptera quadrifasciata - Ptychoptera quadrifasciata - female
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Diptera (Flies)
No Taxon ("Nematocera" (Non-Brachycera))
Family Ptychopteridae (Phantom and Fold-winged Crane Flies)
Genus Ptychoptera (Fold-winged Crane Flies)
No Taxon (quadrifasciata species group)
Species quadrifasciata (Ptychoptera quadrifasciata)
Size
7-9 mm
Habitat
"The immature stages are aquatic or nearly so, found mainly in saturated mud at the margins of streams or in swales."(1)
Remarks
Western populations of "Ptychoptera quadrifasciata" are probably an undescribed species.