Taeniopteryx metequi Ricker & Ross 1968

Taeniopteryx metequi Ricker & Ross, 1968 Notes This species is commonly known as the Shortwing Willowfly (Stark et al. 2012). Taeniopteryx metequi is distributed from Ontario, south to Alabama and Virginia, and southwest to Kansas and Oklahoma (Stewart 2000, DeWalt et al. 2024). No studies pertaining to the life history or ecology of this species are available. Adults were collected in New York from mid-March through early April (Fig. 22). This species occupies low elevation (83-119 m asl; Fig. 23) and low gradient streams, with records available from Level IV Ecoregions Champlain Lowlands (83 b) and Ontario Lowlands (83 c) (Fig. 25 a). Further collections in western New York may provide additional distributional records.