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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » "Nematocera" (Non-Brachycera) » Phantom and Fold-winged Crane Flies (Ptychopteridae) » Pygmy Phantom Crane Flies (Bittacomorphella)

Genus Bittacomorphella - Pygmy Phantom Crane Flies

Classification · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Size · Identification · Habitat · See Also · Works Cited
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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))
Family Ptychopteridae (Phantom and Fold-winged Crane Flies)
Genus Bittacomorphella (Pygmy Phantom Crane Flies)
Explanation of Names
Bittacomorphella Alexander, 1916
Numbers
5 species in our area(1), ~8 worldwide(2)
Size
body length 8-10 mm
Identification
White and black on legs, normal-sized hind tarsi.

See (1)(2) for key to species.
Habitat
"Usually near springs or streams in cold woods" -- Alexander, 1942
See Also
The common phantom crane fly (Bittacomorpha clavipes) is larger and has different arrangement of black and white bands on legs.
Works Cited
1.Phylogeny and diversity of the phantom crane flies (Diptera: Ptychopteridae)
Andrew Fasbender. 2014. PhD Thesis.
2.A revision of Bittacomorphinae with a review of the monophyly of extant subfamilies of Ptychopteridae (Diptera)
Andrew Fasbender, Gregory W. Courtney. 2017. Zootaxa.
Contributed by Chen Young on 18 June, 2006 - 2:15pm
Additional contributions by Robin McLeod, metrioptera, zdanko
Last updated 9 January, 2022 - 9:55pm

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