Ptychopteridae - Phantom Crane Flies

These are large, dark and interesting flies that resemble tipulid crane flies. Larvae are found in fine organic substrates in stagnant or slowly moving water of seeps and wetlands. Older literature references this family as Liriopeidae Meigen, 1800, which was suppressed by the ICZN in Opinion 678 in 1963. Note: species denoted in bold-blue have been recorded in Michigan, other are likely to be found in the state based on existed regional distribution records.

Ptychopterinae

Ptychoptera Meigen, 1803

Ptychoptera metallica Walker, 1848 - MN, ON
Ptychoptera quadrifasciata Say, 1824 - (records at Cook Collection, MSU, East Lansing, Michigan)

Bittacomorphinae

Bittacomorphella Alexander, 1916

Bittacomorphella (Bittacomorphella) jonesi (Johnson), 1905

Bittacomorpha Westwood, 1835

Bittacomorpha clavipes (Fabricius), 1781 Tipula

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