A European record of the Nearctic species Nephrotoma saturalis wulpiana (Bergroth, 1888) (Dipter: Tipulidae) in Portugal

Hancock, E Geoffrey; Kramer, J; Lyszkowski, Richard M

A European record of the Nearctic species Nephrotoma saturalis wulpiana (Bergroth, 1888) (Dipter: Tipulidae) in Portugal

Resource type

Journal article

Creator (person)

Hancock, E Geoffrey

Kramer, J

Lyszkowski, Richard M

Date published

2016

Abstract

The circumstances of finding a second North American species of cranefly, Nephrotoma saturalis (Loew, 1863), in the Iberian Peninsula are given. The specimens are of the subspecies wulpiana (Bergroth, 1888), whose known distribution is in western North America.