Tricyphona calcar
(Osten Sacken, 1860)
Tricyphona calcar is a of limoniid crane fly in the Pediciidae, originally described by Osten Sacken in 1860 under the basionym Amalopis calcar. The species occurs across a broad Nearctic range spanning Canada and the eastern and central United States. As a member of the Pediciidae, it belongs to a family of small to medium-sized crane flies commonly associated with moist woodland and riparian .
Pronunciation
How to pronounce Tricyphona calcar: /traɪˈsɪfəˌnə ˈkælkɑr/
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Distribution
Canada (British Columbia, Ontario, Quebec, Newfoundland), USA (Wisconsin, Tennessee, South Carolina, and states between). Nearctic distribution.
Sources and further reading
- BugGuide
- GBIF taxonomy match
- iNaturalist taxon
- NCBI Taxonomy
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