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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » "Nematocera" (Non-Brachycera) » Crane Flies (Tipulomorpha) » Large Crane Flies (Tipulidae) » Tipulinae » Tiger Crane Flies (Nephrotoma)

Genus Nephrotoma - Tiger Crane Flies

Classification · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Identification · Range · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited
Nephrotoma macrocera - male Can this be identified to species? - Nephrotoma Crane Fly - Nephrotoma Tiger Crane Fly - Nephrotoma - female Crane Fly - Nephrotoma - female Tiger Crane Flies - Nephrotoma - male - female Pennsylvania Crane Fly for ID - Nephrotoma Tiger crane fly – Genus Nephrotoma? - Nephrotoma
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Diptera (Flies)
No Taxon ("Nematocera" (Non-Brachycera))
Infraorder Tipulomorpha (Crane Flies)
Family Tipulidae (Large Crane Flies)
Subfamily Tipulinae
Genus Nephrotoma (Tiger Crane Flies)
Explanation of Names
Nephrotoma Meigen 1803
Numbers
37 spp. in our area, >480 total(1)
Identification
Rs very short and oblique in position and cell M1 sessile or short-petiolate.(2) The polished body also distinguishes Nephrotoma from most other large northeastern crane flies.
Range
worldwide except Australasia but poorly represented in the New World (just 14% of the spp.); Africa and Eurasia have very rich faunas(1)
Print References
Tangelder I.R.M. (1983) A revision of the crane fly genus Nephrotoma Meigen, 1803, in North America (Diptera, Tipulidae). Part I. The dorsalis species-group. Beaufortia 33: 111‒205.
Oosterbroek P. (1984) A revision of the crane-fly genus Nephrotoma Meigen, 1803, in North America (Diptera, Tipulidae). Part II. The non-dorsalis species-groups. Beaufortia 34: 117‒180.
Internet References
Taxon profile(2)
Works Cited
1.Oosterbroek P. (2023) Catalogue of the craneflies of the world
2.The Craneflies (Diptera:Tipulidae) of Pennsylvania
Contributed by Cotinis on 8 March, 2005 - 1:51pm
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, Robin McLeod, Bbarnd, Vox Sciurorum, v belov, Arturo Santos
Last updated 28 December, 2023 - 7:23pm

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