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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » "Nematocera" (Non-Brachycera) » Crane Flies (Tipulomorpha) » Limoniid Crane Flies (Limoniidae) » Limoniini » Antocha

Genus Antocha

Classification · Numbers · Identification · Habitat · Works Cited
Wisconsin Crane Fly - Antocha Attracted to lights - Antocha saxicola - male - female Attracted to lights - Antocha saxicola - male - female Crane Fly 1 - Antocha Limoniid Crane Fly at lights - Antocha limoniid crane fly - Antocha - female Flies - Antocha - male - female Antocha? - Antocha
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 Antocha
Numbers
About seven North American species; over 30 species worldwide
Identification
Anal lobe of wing large, almost forming a right angle. Base of Rs very long and straight, in line with R5. Only two branches of Rs reaching wing margin (as in all members of tribe Limoniini).
Habitat
"Antocha is strictly aquatic under lotic conditions." (1)
Works Cited
1.A Catalog of the Diptera of America North of Mexico
Alan Stone, et al. 1965. United States Department of Agriculture.
Contributed by Chen Young on 22 November, 2006 - 8:45am
Additional contributions by Vox Sciurorum
Last updated 13 November, 2018 - 6:07pm

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