Ptychoptera Explained

Ptychoptera is a genus of phantom crane flies in the family Ptychopteridae. There are at least 70 described species in Ptychoptera.

Species

These 76 species belong to the genus Ptychoptera:

• Ptychoptera africana Alexander, 1920

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• Ptychoptera agnes Krzeminski & Zwick, 1993

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• Ptychoptera albimana (Fabricius, 1787)

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• Ptychoptera alexanderi Hancock, Marcos-Garcia & Rotheray, 2006

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• Ptychoptera alina Krzeminski & Zwick, 1993

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• Ptychoptera annandalei Brunetti, 1918

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• Ptychoptera bannaensis

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• Ptychoptera bellula Alexander, 1937

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• Ptychoptera byersi Alexander, 1966

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• Ptychoptera camerounensis Alexander, 1921

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• Ptychoptera capensis Alexander, 1917

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• Ptychoptera chalybeata Alexander, 1956

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• Ptychoptera clitellaria Alexander, 1935

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• Ptychoptera coloradensis Alexander, 1937

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• Ptychoptera contaminata (Linnaeus, 1758)

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• Ptychoptera daimio Alexander, 1921

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• Ptychoptera deleta Novak, 1877

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• Ptychoptera delmastroi Zwick & Stary, 2002

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• Ptychoptera distincta Brunetti, 1911

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• Ptychoptera formosensis Alexander, 1924

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• Ptychoptera garhwalensis Alexander, 1959

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• Ptychoptera gutianshana Yang & Chen, 1995

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• Ptychoptera handlirschi (Czizek, 1919)

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• Ptychoptera helena (Peus, 1958)

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• Ptychoptera hugoi Tjeder, 1968

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• Ptychoptera ichitai Nakamura & Saigusa, 2009

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• Ptychoptera ichneumonoidea Alexander, 1946

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• Ptychoptera japonica Alexander, 1913

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• Ptychoptera javensis Alexander, 1937

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• Ptychoptera kosiensis Stuckenberg, 1983

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• Ptychoptera kyushuensis Nakamura & Saigusa, 2009

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• Ptychoptera lacustris Meigen, 1830

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• Ptychoptera lenis Osten Sacken, 1877

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• Ptychoptera lenta (Harris, 1776)

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• Ptychoptera lii

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• Ptychoptera longicauda (Tonnoir, 1919)

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• Ptychoptera longwangshana Yang & Chen, 1998

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• Ptychoptera lushuiensis

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• Ptychoptera madagascariensis Alexander, 1937

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• Ptychoptera malaisei Alexander, 1946

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• Ptychoptera matongoensis Alexander, 1958

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• Ptychoptera metallica Walker, 1848

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• Ptychoptera minor Alexander, 1920

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• Ptychoptera minuta Tonnoir, 1919

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• Ptychoptera monoensis Alexander, 1947

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• Ptychoptera obscura (Peus, 1958)

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• Ptychoptera osccola Alexander, 1959

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• Ptychoptera osceola Alexander, 1959

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• Ptychoptera pallidicostalis Nakamura & Saigusa, 2009

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• Ptychoptera paludosa Meigen, 1804

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• Ptychoptera pauliani Alexander, 1957

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• Ptychoptera pectinata Macquart, 1834

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• Ptychoptera pendula Alexander, 1937

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• Ptychoptera perbona Alexander, 1946

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• Ptychoptera persimilis Alexander, 1947

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• Ptychoptera peusi Joost, 1974

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• Ptychoptera praescutellaris Alexander, 1946

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• Ptychoptera qinggouensis

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• Ptychoptera quadrifasciata Say, 1824

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• Ptychoptera ressli Theischinger, 1978

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• Ptychoptera robinsoni Alexander, 1957

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• Ptychoptera sculleni Alexander, 1943

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• Ptychoptera scutellaris Meigen, 1818

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• Ptychoptera sikkimensis Alexander, 1965

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• Ptychoptera silvicola Zwyrtek & Rozkosny, 1967

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• Ptychoptera subscutellaris Alexander, 1921

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• Ptychoptera sumatrensis Alexander, 1936

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• Ptychoptera surcoufi (Seguy, 1925)

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• Ptychoptera takeuchii Tokunaga, 1938

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• Ptychoptera tibialis Brunetti, 1911

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• Ptychoptera townesi Alexander, 1943

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• Ptychoptera uelensis Alexander, 1928

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• Ptychoptera uta Alexander, 1947

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• Ptychoptera wangae

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• Ptychoptera yamato Nakamura & Saigusa, 2009

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• Ptychoptera yasumatsui Tokunaga, 1939

^{c g}Data sources: i = ITIS, c = Catalogue of Life, g = GBIF, b = Bugguide.net

Further reading

• Book: Manual of Nearctic Diptera, Volume I. 1981. McAlpine . J. F.. Petersen . B. V.. Shewell . G. E.. Teskey . H. J.. Vockeroth . J. R.. Wood . D. M.. Agriculture Canada, Research Branch. 978-0-660-10731-8.