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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » "Nematocera" (Non-Brachycera) » Phantom and Fold-winged Crane Flies (Ptychopteridae) » Fold-winged Crane Flies (Ptychoptera) » quadrifasciata species group (Ptychoptera quadrifasciata species group)
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Phantom Crane Fly - Ptychoptera - female
Copyright © 2012 Eric R. Eaton

Phantom Crane Fly - Ptychoptera - Female
Sinton Pond Open Space, Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado, USA
June 8, 2012
Size: ~10-12 mm
These lovely little flies are surprisingly wary and easily startled.

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Phantom Crane Fly - Ptychoptera - female Phantom Crane Fly - Ptychoptera - female
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Contributed by Eric R. Eaton on 10 June, 2012 - 3:02pm
Last updated 15 June, 2022 - 3:18pm

Moved
Moved from Fold-winged Crane Flies.
… John F. Carr, 15 June, 2022 - 3:18pm login or register to post comments

quadrifasciata group
This is Ptychoptera quadrifasciata in the traditional sense, but the Great Plains population is believed to be an undescribed species. Gregory Courtney and his student Andrew Fasbender proposed a name for it which is unavailable because it appeared in an unpublished thesis.
… John F. Carr, 15 June, 2022 - 2:38pm login or register to post comments

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