phantom crane fly

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phantom crane fly (plural phantom crane flies)

  1. Bittacomorpha clavipes
    • 1943 (1966 reprint), Charles P. Alexander, Guide to the Insects of Connecticut Part VI, First Fascicle, page 187:
      The common "phantom cranefly" may be easily recognized by the black and white banded legs and conspicuously swollen basitarsi.