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SPECIES DOCUMENTED TO OCCUR IN PENNSYLVANIA

Checklist of species documented to occur in Pennsylvania

There are 300 species of crane flies known to occur within the state based on the current field survey studies, and collection records and literature records.  This list includes species whose larvae occur in a wide variety of aquatic, semi-aquatic and terrestrial habitats

Antocha (Antocha) obtusa Alexander
Antocha (Antocha) opalizans Osten Sacken
Antocha (Antocha) saxicola Osten Sacken
Atarba (Atarba) picticornis Osten Sacken
Austrolimnophila (Austrolimnophila) toxoneura (Osten Sacken)
Brachypremna dispellens (Walker)
Cheilotrichia (Empeda) stigmatica (Osten Sacken)
Chionea scita Walker
Cladura flavoferruginea Osten Sacken
Cryptolabis (Cryptolabis) paradoxa Osten Sacken
Ctenophora (Ctenophora) apicata Osten Sacken
Ctenophora (Ctenophora) nubecula Osten Sacken
Ctenophora (Tanyptera) dorsalis Walker
Dactylolabis (Dactylolabis) cubitalis (Osten Sacken)
Dactylolabis (Dactylolabis) montana (Osten Sacken)
Dicranoptycha  germana Osten Sacken
Dicranoptycha) septemtrionis Alexander
Dicranoptycha  sobrina Osten Sacken
Dicranoptycha tennessa Alexander
Dicranoptycha  winnemana Alexander
Dicranota (Dicranota) notmani Alexander
Dicranota (Dicranota) noveboracensis Alexander
Dicranota (Eudicranota) pallida Alexander
Dicranota (Paradicranota) eucera Osten Sacken
Dicranota (Rhaphidolabina) flaveola (Osten Sacken)
Dicranota (Rhaphidolabis) cayuga (Alexander)
Dicranota (Rhaphidolabis) persimilis (Alexander)
Dicranota (Rhaphidolabis) tenuipes (Osten Sacken)
Dolichopeza (Dolichopeza) americana Needham
Dolichopeza (Oropeza) carolus Alexander
Dolichopeza (Oropeza) johnsonella (Alexander)
Dolichopeza (Oropeza) obscura (Johnson)
Dolichopeza (Oropeza) polita (Johnson)
Dolichopeza (Oropeza) sayi (Johnson)
Dolichopeza (Oropeza) similis (Johnson)
Dolichopeza (Oropeza) subalbipes (Johnson)
Dolichopeza (Oropeza) subvenosa Alexander
Dolichopeza (Oropeza) tridenticulata Alexander
Dolichopeza (Oropeza) venosa (Johnson)
Dolichopeza (Oropeza) walleyi (Alexander)
Elephantomyia (Elephantomyia) westwoodi Osten Sacken
Epiphragma (Epiphragma) fasciapenne  (Say)
Epiphragma (Epiphragma) solatrix (Osten Sacken)
Erioptera (Erioptera) chlorophylla Osten Sacken
Erioptera (Erioptera) chlorophylloides Alexander
Erioptera (Erioptera) furcifera Alexander
Erioptera (Erioptera) megophthalma Alexander
Erioptera (Erioptera) septemtrionis Osten Sacken
Erioptera (Erioptera) straminea Osten Sacken
Erioptera (Erioptera) vespertina Osten Sacken
Erioptera (Erioptera) villosa Osten Sacken
Erioptera (Hoplolabis) armata Osten Sacken
Erioptera (Mesocyphona) caliptera Say
Erioptera (Mesocyphona) needhami Alexander
Erioptera (Mesocyphona) parva Osten Sacken
Erioptera (Psiloconopa) armillaris Osten Sacken
Erioptera (Psiloconopa) graphica Osten Sacken
Erioptera (Psiloconopa) lucia Alexander
Erioptera (Psiloconopa) venusta Osten Sacken
Erioptera (Symplecta) cana (Walker)
Erioptera (Teucherioptera) chrysocoma Osten Sacken
Erioptera (Trimicra) pilipes (Fabricius)
Gnophomyia (Gnophomyia) tristissima Osten Sacken
Gonomyia (Gonomyia) currani Alexander
Gonomyia (Gonomyia) subcinerea Osten Sacken
Gonomyia (Idiocera) blanda Osten Sacken
Gonomyia (Lipophleps) manca Osten Sacken
Gonomyia (Lipophleps) sacandaga Alexander
Gonomyia (Lipophleps) sulphurella Osten Sacken
Helius (Helius) flavipes (Macquart)
Hexatoma (Eriocera) austera (Doane)
Hexatoma (Eriocera) brachycera (Osten Sacken)
Hexatoma (Eriocera) brevioricornis Alexander
Hexatoma (Eriocera) cinerea (Alexander)
Hexatoma (Eriocera) fuliginosa (Osten Sacken)
Hexatoma (Eriocera) longicornis (Walker)
Hexatoma (Eriocera) spinosa (Osten Sacken)
Leptotarsus (Longurio) testaceus Loew
Limnophila (Dicranophragma) angustula Alexander
Limnophila (Dicranophragma) fuscovaria Osten Sacken
Limnophila (Eloeophila) aprilina Osten Sacken
Limnophila (Eloeophila) johnsoni Alexander
Limnophila (Eloeophila) solstitialis Alexander
Limnophila (Eutonia) alleni Johnson
Limnophila (Idiolimnophila) emmelina Alexander
Limnophila (Idioptera) fasciolata Osten Sacken
Limnophila (Lasiomastix) macrocera (Say)
Limnophila (Lasiomastix) subtenuicornis (Alexander)
Limnophila (Lasiomastix) tenuicornis Osten Sacken
Limnophila (Limnophila) albipes Leonard
Limnophila (Limnophila) brevifurca Osten Sacken
Limnophila (Phylidorea) adusta Osten Sacken
Limnophila (Phylidorea) adustoides Alexander
Limnophila (Phylidorea) auripennis Alexander
Limnophila (Phylidorea) caudifera Alexander
Limnophila (Phylidorea) consimilis Dietz
Limnophila (Phylidorea) fratria Osten Sacken
Limnophila (Phylidorea) lutea Doane
Limnophila (Phylidorea) luteola Alexander
Limnophila (Phylidorea) novaeangliae Alexander
Limnophila (Phylidorea) platyphallus Alexander
Limnophila (Phylidorea) similis Alexander
Limnophila (Phylidorea) subcostata (Alexander)
Limnophila (Prionolabis) munda Osten Sacken
Limnophila (Prionolabis) mundoides Alexander
Limnophila (Prionolabis) rufibasis Osten Sacken
Limnophila (Prionolabis) walleyi Alexander
Limonia (Dicranomyia) brevivena (Osten Sacken)
Limonia (Dicranomyia) brevivenula Alexander
Limonia (Dicranomyia) distans (Osten Sacken)
Limonia (Dicranomyia) distendens Lunstrom
Limonia (Dicranomyia) divisa Alexander
Limonia (Dicranomyia) floridana (Osten Sacken)
Limonia (Dicranomyia) frontalis (Alexander)
Limonia (Dicranomyia) fusca Meigen
Limonia (Dicranomyia) gladiator (Osten Sacken)
Limonia (Dicranomyia) globithorax (Osten Sacken)
Limonia (Dicranomyia) halterata (Osten Sacken)
Limonia (Dicranomyia) halterella (Edwards)
Limonia (Dicranomyia) humidicola (Osten Sacken)
Limonia (Dicranomyia) immodesta (Osten Sacken)
Limonia (Dicranomyia) isabellina (Doane)
Limonia (Dicranomyia) liberta (Osten Sacken)
Limonia (Dicranomyia) longipennis (Schummel)
Limonia (Dicranomyia) macateei (Alexander)
Limonia (Dicranomyia) pudica (Osten Sacken)
Limonia (Dicranomyia) sphagnicola (Alexander)
Limonia (Dicranomyia) stulta (Osten Sacken)
Limonia (Discobola) annulata (Linnaeus)
Limonia (Geranomyia) canadensis (Westwood)
Limonia (Geranomyia) communis (Osten Sacken)
Limonia (Geranomyia) distincta (Doane)
Limonia (Geranomyia) diversa (Osten Sacken)
Limonia (Geranomyia) rostrata (Say)
Limonia (Limonia) badia (Walker)
Limonia (Limonia) indigena (Osten Sacken)
Limonia (Limonia) maculicosta (Coquillett)
Limonia (Limonia) parietina (Osten Sacken)
Limonia (Limonia) sociabilis (Osten Sacken)
Limonia (Limonia) tristigma (Osten Sacken)
Limonia (Melanolimonia) spinifera (Alexander)
Limonia (Metalimnobia) cinctipes (Say)
Limonia (Metalimnobia) fallax (Johnson)
Limonia (Metalimnobia) hudsonica (Osten Sacken)
Limonia (Metalimnobia) immatura (Osten Sacken)
Limonia (Metalimnobia) novaeangliae Alexander
Limonia (Metalimnobia) quadrimaculata (Linnaeus)
Limonia (Metalimnobia) triocellata (Osten Sacken)
Limonia (Neolimonia) rara (Osten Sacken)
Limonia (Rhipidia) bryanti (Johnson)
Limonia (Rhipidia) domestica (Osten Sacken)
Limonia (Rhipidia) fidelis (Osten Sacken)
Limonia (Rhipidia) maculata Meigen
Limonia (Rhipidia) shannoni (Alexander)
Limonia defuncta (Osten Sacken)
Limonia simulans (Walker)
Liogma nodicornis (Osten Sacken)
Molophilus (Molophilus) cramptoni Alexander
Molophilus (Molophilus) forcipulus (Osten Sacken)
Molophilus (Molophilus) fultonensis Alexander
Molophilus (Molophilus) heterocerus Dietz
Molophilus (Molophilus) hirtipennis (Osten Sacken)
Molophilus (Molophilus) huron Alexander
Molophilus (Molophilus) novacaesariensis Alexander
Molophilus (Molophilus) pubipennis (Osten Sacken)
Neocladura delicatula (Alexander)
Neolimnophila ultima (Osten Sacken)
Nephrotoma alterna (Walker)
Nephrotoma breviorcornis (Doane)
Nephrotoma calinota (Dietz)
Nephrotoma cingulata (Dietz)
Nephrotoma cornifera (Dietz)
Nephrotoma eucera (Loew)
Nephrotoma euceroides Alexander
Nephrotoma ferruginea (Fabricius)
Nephrotoma gracilicornis (Loew)
Nephrotoma lugens (Loew)
Nephrotoma macrocera (Say)
Nephrotoma pedunculata (Loew)
Nephrotoma polymera (Loew)
Nephrotoma punctum (Loew)
Nephrotoma sodalis (Loew)
Nephrotoma subalterna Oösterbroek
Nephrotoma tenuis (Loew)
Nephrotoma urocera (Deitz)
Nephrotoma virescens (Loew)
Ormosia (Ormosia) affinis (Lundbeck)
Ormosia (Ormosia) arcuata (Doane)
Ormosia (Ormosia) bilineata Dietz
Ormosia (Ormosia) hubbelli Alexander
Ormosia (Ormosia) ingloria Alexander
Ormosia (Ormosia) luteola Dietz
Ormosia (Ormosia) megacera Alexander
Ormosia (Ormosia) meigenii (Osten Sacken)
Ormosia (Ormosia) monticola (Osten Sacken)
Ormosia (Ormosia) nigripila (Osten Sacken)
Ormosia (Ormosia) palpalis Dietz
Ormosia (Ormosia) perplexa Dietz
Ormosia (Ormosia) pygmaea (Alexander)
Ormosia (Ormosia) romanovichiana Alexander
Ormosia (Ormosia) rubella (Osten Sacken)
Ormosia (Ormosia) serridens Alexander
Paradelphomyia (Oxyrhiza) cayuga (Alexander)
Paradelphomyia (Oxyrhiza) minuta (Alexander)
Paradelphomyia (Oxyrhiza) pleuralis (Dietz)
Pedicia (Pedicia) albivitta Walker
Pedicia (Pedicia) margarita Alexander
Pedicia (Pedicia) procteriana Alexander
Pedicia (Pentacyphona) autumnalis (Alexander)
Pedicia (Tricyphona) auripennis (Osten Sacken)
Pedicia (Tricyphona) calcar (Osten Sacken)
Pedicia (Tricyphona) constans (Doane)
Pedicia (Tricyphona) inconstans (Osten Sacken)
Pedicia (Tricyphona) katahdin (Alexander)
Pedicia (Tricyphona) paludicola (Alexander)
Pedicia (Tricyphona) vernalis (Osten Sacken)
Phalacrocera replicata (Linnaeus)
Phalacrocera tipulina Osten Sacken
Pilaria imbecilla (Osten Sacken)
Pilaria quadrata (Osten Sacken)
Pilaria recondita (Osten Sacken)
Pilaria stanwoodae (Alexander)
Pilaria tenuipes (Say)
Pilaria vermontana Alexander
Prolimnophila areolata (Osten Sacken)
Pseudolimnophila (Pseudolimnophila) contempta (Osten Sacken)
Pseudolimnophila (Pseudolimnophila) inornata (Osten Sacken)
Pseudolimnophila (Pseudolimnophila) luteipennis (Osten Sacken)
Pseudolimnophila (Pseudolimnophila) noveboracensis (Alexander)
Shannonomyia congenita (Dietz)
Shannonomyia lenta (Osten Sacken)
Teucholabis (Teucholabis) complexa Osten Sacken
Tipula (Angarotipula) illustris Doane
Tipula (Arctotipula) williamsiana Alexander
Tipula (Beringotipula) borealis Walker
Tipula (Beringotipula) helderbergensis Alexander
Tipula (Beringotipula) inclusa Dietz
Tipula (Lindnerina) senega Alexander
Tipula (Lunatipula) apicalis Loew
Tipula (Lunatipula) bicornis Forbes
Tipula (Lunatipula) disjuncta Walker
Tipula (Lunatipula) duplex Walker
Tipula (Lunatipula) flavibasis Alexander
Tipula (Lunatipula) fuliginosa (Say)
Tipula (Lunatipula) georgiana Alexander
Tipula (Lunatipula) johnsoniana Alexander
Tipula (Lunatipula) mallochi Alexander
Tipula (Lunatipula) monticola Alexander
Tipula (Lunatipula) morrisoni Alexander
Tipula (Lunatipula) submaculata Loew
Tipula (Nippotipula) abdominalis (Say)
Tipula (Nippotipula) metacomet Alexander
Tipula (Nobilotipula) collaris Say
Tipula (Nobilotipula) nobilis (Loew)
Tipula (Platytipula) hugginsi Gelhaus
Tipula (Platytipula) paterifera Alexander
Tipula (Platytipula) spenceriana Alexander
Tipula (Platytipula) ultima Alexander
Tipula (Pterelachisus) entomophthorae Alexander
Tipula (Pterelachisus) margarita Alexander
Tipula (Pterelachisus) penobscot Alexander
Tipula (Pterelachisus) trivittata Say
Tipula (Savtshenkia) fragilis Alexander
Tipula (Savtshenkia) ignobilis Loew
Tipula (Schummelia) annulicornis Say
Tipula (Schummelia) friendi Alexander
Tipula (Schummelia) hermannia Alexander
Tipula (Trichotipula) oropezoides Johnson
Tipula (Trichotipula) stonei Alexander
Tipula (Trichotipula) unimaculata (Loew)
Tipula (Triplicitipula) colei Alexander
Tipula (Triplicitipula) flavoumbrosa Alexander
Tipula (Triplicitipula) hirsuta Doane
Tipula (Triplicitipula) perlongipes Johnson
Tipula (Triplicitipula) triplex Walker
Tipula (Triplicitipula) valida Loew
Tipula (Vestiplex) longiventris Loew
Tipula (Yamatotipula) aprilina Alexander
Tipula (Yamatotipula) caloptera Loew
Tipula (Yamatotipula) calopteroides Alexander
Tipula (Yamatotipula) cayuga Alexander
Tipula (Yamatotipula) concava Alexander
Tipula (Yamatotipula) dejecta Walker
Tipula (Yamatotipula) eluta Loew
Tipula (Yamatotipula) fraterna Loew
Tipula (Yamatotipula) furca Walker
Tipula (Yamatotipula) iroquois Alexander
Tipula (Yamatotipula) jacobus Alexander
Tipula (Yamatotipula) noveboracensis Alexander
Tipula (Yamatotipula) sayi Alexander
Tipula (Yamatotipula) strepens
Loew
Tipula (Yamatotipula) tephrocephala Loew
Tipula (Yamatotipula) tricolor Fabricius
Toxorhina muliebris Osten Sacken
Ula elegans Osten Sacken
Ula longicornis Dietz
Ula paupera Osten Sacken
Ulomorpha pilosella (Osten Sacken)
Ulomorpha rogersella Alexander

 

 
 
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  Last Updated: 08/01/2005
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