Nephrotoma guestfalica explained

Nephrotoma guestfalica is a species of crane fly within the family Tipulidae.^[1] It is present throughout the Palearctic and the species consists of multiple subspecies.^[2] Nephrotoma guestfalica has a preference for sandy soils, especially river banks.^[3]

Subspecies

• Nephrotoma guestfalica guestfalica (Westhoff, 1879) - Native to Algeria and Tunisia.^[4]
• Nephrotoma guestfalica hartigiana Oosterbroek, 1982 - Native to Morocco.
• Nephrotoma guestfalica surcoufi (Pierre, 1925) - Native to Sardinia.^[5]
• Nephrotoma guestfalica vaillanti (de Jong, Adghir and Bosch, 2021) - Native to: Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Corsica, Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, North Macedonia, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Spain, South Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey. It can also be found on the islands of Corsica, Corfu, Lefkada, Lesvos, Kerkyra, Sicily, Mallorca.

Notes and References

1. Web site: 2023-05-23 . Nephrotoma guestfalica . 2023-05-23 . Animal Diversity Web (ADW).
2. Web site: 2023-05-23 . Nephrotoma guestfalica . 2023-05-23 . Catalogue of the Craneflies of the World.
3. Web site: 2023-05-23 . Species Account for Nephrotoma guestfalica . 2023-05-23 . The Essex Field Club (the leading society for wildlife and geology enthusiasts in Essex, England, UK.).
4. Herman de Jong, H. de Jong, Aouatif Adghir, A. Adghir, Erik-Jan Bosch, E. Bosch, & Kawtar Kettani, K. Kettani. (0000). Taxonomy of Nephrotoma guestfalica (Westhoff, 1879) (Diptera, Tipulidae), with the description of a new subspecies from Morocco. Tijdschrift voor entomologie, 163, 31-45. doi: 10.1163/22119434-20192086
5. Nardi G., Whitmore D., Bardiani M., Birtele D., Mason F., Spada L. & Cerretti P. (eds), Biodiversity of Marganai and Montimannu (Sardinia). Research in the framework of the ICP Forests network. Conservazione Habitat Invertebrati, 5: 641–658.