Dicranoptycha sobrina

Osten Sacken, 1860

Dicranoptycha sobrina is a crane fly in the Limoniidae, described by Osten Sacken in 1860. It occurs in the eastern and central United States, ranging from Kansas to the Mid-Atlantic states and southward to Florida and Alabama. As a member of the Dicranoptycha, it belongs to a group of small to medium-sized crane flies with distinctive wing venation patterns.

Pronunciation

How to pronounce Dicranoptycha sobrina: //ˌdaɪkrəˈnɒptɪkə soʊˈbriːnə//

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Distribution

Nearctic region; United States from Kansas eastward to Maryland, Pennsylvania, and New Jersey, and southward to Tennessee, Alabama, and Florida.

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