Nephrotoma guestfalica

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]

Nephrotoma guestfalica
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Tipulidae
Genus: Nephrotoma
Species:
N. guestfalica
Binomial name
Nephrotoma guestfalica
(Westhoff, 1879)
Synonyms

Pachyrhina guestfalica Westhoff, 1879

Subspecies

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  • Nephrotoma guestfalica guestfalica (Westhoff, 1879) - Native to Algeria and Tunisia.[4]
  • Nephrotoma guestfalica hartigiana Oosterbroek, 1982 - Native to Morocco.[4]
  • 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.[2]

References

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  1. ^ "Nephrotoma guestfalica". Animal Diversity Web (ADW). 2023-05-23. Retrieved 2023-05-23.
  2. ^ a b "Nephrotoma guestfalica". Catalogue of the Craneflies of the World. 2023-05-23. Retrieved 2023-05-23.
  3. ^ "Species Account for Nephrotoma guestfalica". The Essex Field Club (the leading society for wildlife and geology enthusiasts in Essex, England, UK.). 2023-05-23. Retrieved 2023-05-23.
  4. ^ a b 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.