Phalacrocera replicata (Linnaeus, 1758)

Paramonov, N. M. & Pilipenko, V. E., 2021, New synonym and new records of craneflies (Diptera: Tipuloidea) in China, Russian Entomological Journal 30 (2), pp. 182-188 : 187

Phalacrocera replicata (Linnaeus, 1758)

MATERIAL EXAMINED: China, province Heilongjiang, on the border of the bog landfill, 200 m. from the office of the nature reserve“Honghe” in the Honghe village ( Honghe farm), 47°35.087´N, 133°30.222´E, h= 53 m. a.s.l., meadow vegetation, small-leaved forest, willows on the banks of the canals, 1 female, 20.v.2018 (A.A. Averin) .

DISTRIBUTION. A widespread Holarctic species, in the southeast of the Palearctic occurs in Irkutskaya oblast and Respublika Sakha (Yakutiya) ( Russia); Mongolia.First record for China.

REMARKS. The genus Phalacrocera Schiner, 1863 has 11 species, of which 7 species are found in the Oriental realm, three are Nearctic and one species has a Holarctic distribution. There are two species of the genus Phalacrocera in the China: Ph. formosae Alexander, 1923 (Taiwan) and Ph. tarsalba Alexander, 1936 (Hainan). Both species belong to the Oriental realm [Oosterbroek, 2021].

Family Limoniidae