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A crane fly is any member of the dipteran superfamily Tipuloidea, which contains the living families Cylindrotomidae, Limoniidae, Pediciidae and Tipulidae, as well as several extinct families. "Winter crane flies", members of the family Trichoceridae, are sufficiently different from the typical crane flies of Tipuloidea to be excluded from the ...
T. paludosa. Binomial name. Tipula paludosa. Meigen, 1830. Tipula paludosa is a species of true craneflies, family Tipulidae. It is also known as the European crane fly or the marsh crane fly. [1] It is a pest in grasslands of Northwest Europe and has been accidentally introduced to North America.
Tipulidae is a family of large crane flies in the order Diptera. There are more than 30 genera and 4,200 described species in Tipulidae, common and widespread throughout the world. [1][2][3][4][5][6][7] Nephrotoma, tiger crane fly. A crane fly can usually be identified as a member of Tipulidae by its maxillary palps, which is the pair ...
Tipula. Tipula is a very large insect genus in the fly family Tipulidae (crane flies). The members of this genus are sometimes collectively called common crane flies. [1] Tipula contains over 2,000 species located throughout the world. [2] Like all crane flies, Tipula species have long bodies and long legs, somewhat resembling large mosquitos.
Limoniidae. Limoniidae is the largest of four crane fly families, with more than 10,700 species in more than 150 genera. Some studies have suggested it to be a paraphyletic group, with some limoniids being more closely related to Tipulidae and Cylindrotomidae than to other limoniids. [1][2][3] Limoniid crane flies can usually be distinguished ...
Tanyderidae, sometimes called primitive crane flies, are long, thin, delicate flies with spotted wings, superficially similar in appearance to some Tipulidae, Trichoceridae, and Ptychopteridae. Most species are restricted in distribution. They are found in many parts of the world, including North America, South America, Africa, Australia, New ...
Trichoceroidea (winter crane flies) Trichoceridae. The Tipulomorpha are an infraorder of Nematocera, containing the crane flies, a very large group, and allied families.
Nephrotoma ferruginea mating. Nephrotoma submaculosa in copula. Nephrotoma is a genus of crane flies. [1] For terms see Morphology of Diptera. Nephrotoma species have a lustrous body, appearing yellow with black or brown stripes and spots. If the body is black, there are coloured bands on the abdomen. The prescutum has three stripes.