TIPULA PATERIFERA (subgenus Platytipula)

an autumn crane fly
2 long anal veins; Rs long; costa dark; antennae shortish, darkish, evenly colored; long rostrum; nasus (that's the best I could do, from there I had to go to pictures. pattern on thorax also a check)
description and examples: http://iz.carnegiemnh.org/cranefly/tipulinae.htm#Tipula_%28Platytipula%29_paterifera
wing venation: http://iz.carnegiemnh.org/cranefly/images/Photos/Tipula_paterifera_female.jpg
more images: http://bugguide.net/node/view/150280/bgimage?from=24
new definition: discal cell - wing cells near the center of the wing not reaching the wing margins

and more on 2016-10-28:
crane fly morphology:
"Wing venation greatly variable within family and are important in taxonomy."
http://iz.carnegiemnh.org/cranefly/morphology.htm
description Tipula paterifera:
http://iz.carnegiemnh.org/cranefly/tipulinae.htm#Tipula_(Platytipula)_paterifera
paterifera wing venation:
http://iz.carnegiemnh.org/cranefly/images/Photos/Tipula_paterifera_female.jpg

some bugguide examples where paterifera ID'd by Dr. Young and wing venation is evident:
http://bugguide.net/node/view/150209/bgimage
http://bugguide.net/node/view/460998
http://bugguide.net/node/view/343000#546557
http://bugguide.net/node/view/237591#344254
closed wings:
http://bugguide.net/node/view/245605#371289

hexapod = six legs ;)