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Species Bittacomorpha clavipes - Eastern Phantom Crane Fly

Ptychopteridae larvae - Bittacomorpha clavipes Phantom Crane Fly - Bittacomorpha clavipes Not sure what this is... can anyone help? - Bittacomorpha clavipes Phantoms - Bittacomorpha clavipes - male - female Bittacomorpha occidentalis - Bittacomorpha clavipes Phantom Crane Fly - Bittacomorpha clavipes Mating Pair - Bittacomorpha clavipes Unknown dragonfly/damsel fly - Bittacomorpha clavipes - male
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 Bittacomorpha
Species clavipes (Eastern Phantom Crane Fly)
Other Common Names
Phantom crane fly - note, however, that this name applies to a number of species of Ptychopteridae
Identification
Distinguished from the only similar Eastern species, Bittacomorphella jonesi, by the enlarged basitarsi. Distinguished from the Western Bittacomorpha occidentalis by range and white stripe on thorax.
Range
East of Rocky Mountains (mostly ... verified iNaturalist records in e AZ,n NM, and c CO)
Habitat
Swamps and similar wetlands
Season
Apr-Sep (majority of bugguide data)
Remarks
This is the common Eastern species normally meant by the term "phantom crane fly"