Phoroctenia
Genus of flies
Phoroctenia | |
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Phoroctenia vittata | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Diptera |
Suborder: | Nematocera |
Infraorder: | Tipulomorpha |
Superfamily: | Tipuloidea |
Family: | Tipulidae |
Subfamily: | Ctenophorinae |
Genus: | Phoroctenia Coquillett, 1910 |
Type species | |
Ctenophora angustipennis Loew, 1872 | |
Species | |
See text |
Phoroctenia is a genus of true crane flies found in northern Europe, eastern Russia, and western North America. The only currently described species is P. vittata (Meigen, 1830)
References
- "Catalogue of the Craneflies of the World (Diptera, Tipuloidea: Pediciidae, Limoniidae, Cylindrotomidae, Tipulidae)". Naturalis Biodiversity Center.