Comprehensive Description
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Notiphila (Notiphila) loewi Cresson
Notiphila (Notiphila) loewi Cresson, 1917:44.
TYPE-MATERIAL.—Holotype male: “Sandusky, Cedar Pt, O./16 July 1902.” Cresson's original description also lists one male and nine female paratopotypes. The holotype is in the Ohio State University.
DIAGNOSIS.—Notiphila loewi belongs to the loewi group and is very similar to most of the other included species
GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION (Figure 79).—Notiphila loewi is widespread in eastern North America, extending westward through South Dakota into Montana and British Columbia. In the East, no specimens from the Gulf Coast between Texas and Florida were examined. Collection dates are from 27 April to 9 September.
- bibliographic citation
- Mathis, Wayne Neilsen. 1979. "Studies of Notiphilinae (Diptera: Ephydridae), I: Revision of the Neartic Species of Notiphila Fallen, Excluding the Caudata Group." Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology. 1-111. https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00810282.287