Stibadocera is a genus of crane fly in the family Cylindrotomidae. Stibadocera are unusual for crane flies in that the males have very long antenna, sometimes as long as the body. Most species are very small (6–10 mm).
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Biology edit
The larvae of the genus Stibadocera live on mosses. Adults are to be found in damp tropical habitats.
Distribution edit
Sumatra, Papua New Guinea, Malaysia, Java, Irian Jaya, India & Philippines
Species edit
- S. bullans Enderlein, 1912
- S. daymanensis Alexander, 1960
- S. fasciata Edwards, 1926
- S. luteipennis Alexander, 1962
- S. metallica Alexander, 1915
- S. nana Alexander, 1961
- S. nigronitida Alexander, 1972
- S. opalizans Alexander, 1931
- S. papuana Alexander, 1948
- S. perangusta Alexander, 1961
- S. pumila Alexander, 1930
- S. quadricellula (Brunetti, 1911)
References edit
- ^ Zhang, Xiao; Kang, Zehui; Mao, Meng; Li, Xuankun; Cameron, Stephen L.; de Jong, Herman; Wang, Mengqing; Yang, Ding (2016). "Comparative Mt Genomics of the Tipuloidea (Diptera: Nematocera: Tipulomorpha) and Its Implications for the Phylogeny of the Tipulomorpha". PLOS ONE. 11 (6): e0158167. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0158167. PMC 4920351. PMID 27341029.
- ^ Enderlein, G. (1912). "Studien uber die Tipuliden, Limoniiden, Cylindrotomiden und Ptychopteriden". Zool. Jahrb. (Syst.). 32: 1–88. Retrieved 24 August 2017.
- "Catalogue of the Craneflies of the World (Diptera, Tipuloidea: Pediciidae, Limoniidae, Cylindrotomidae, Tipulidae)". Naturalis Biodiversity Center.