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Phalacrocera

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Phalacrocera
Phalacrocera replicata
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Phalacrocera

Type species
Limnobia nudicornis
Schiner, 1863 [= replicata (Linnaeus, 1758)]
Species

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Phalacrocera is a genus of crane fly in the family Cylindrotominae.

Biology

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The larvae of the genus Phalacrocera live on mosses. Adults are to be found in damp wooded habitats.

Distribution

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Canada, United States, Myanmar, Taiwan, India, China, Japan, Europe, Most species have a fairly limited known ranges, with the exception of P. replicata which is fairly cosmopolitan in North America, Northern Europe and Northern Asia.

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References

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  1. ^ Zhang, Xiao; Kang, Zehui; Mao, Meng; Li, Xuankun; Cameron, Stephen L.; de Jong, Herman; Wang, Mengqing; Yang, Ding (2016). "Comparative Mt Genomics of the Tipuloidea (Diptera: Nematocera: Tipulomorpha) and Its Implications for the Phylogeny of the Tipulomorpha". PLOS ONE. 11 (6): e0158167. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0158167. PMC 4920351. PMID 27341029.
  2. ^ Schiner, I. R. (1863). "Vorlaufiger Commentar zum dipterologischen Theile der "Fauna Austriaca", mit einer naheren Begrundung der in derselben aufgenommenen neuen Dipteren-Gattungen. V. [concl]". Wien. Ent. Monstschr. 7: 217–226.