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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » "Nematocera" (Non-Brachycera) » Tipulomorpha » Limoniid Crane Flies (Limoniidae)

Family Limoniidae - Limoniid Crane Flies

Classification · Other Common Names · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Identification · See Also · Internet References · Works Cited
Crane Fly - Limnophila rufibasis Is this covered in your guide? Snow Fly - Chionea valga - female BG765 C7642 - Dicranoptycha elsa - female Crane Fly - Epiphragma fasciapennis BG1017 C9615 - Limonia domestica - male BG2019 E3075 - Helius flavipes - female Black flying insect - Eugnophomyia luctuosa
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Diptera (Flies)
No Taxon ("Nematocera" (Non-Brachycera))
Infraorder Tipulomorpha
Family Limoniidae (Limoniid Crane Flies)
Other Common Names
Meadow Crane Flies (?)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Formerly a subfamily, Limoniinae, of Tipulidae.
Explanation of Names
limon is Greek for meadow (1)
Numbers
Large family with many species (2)
Identification
terminal (fourth) segment of maxillary palpus short or subequal to third segment
antennae usually with 14 or 16 segments
The above characteristics of Limoniidae (and the differences in Tipulidae mentioned below) were noted in a comment by Chen Young here:
See Also
in Tipulidae:
terminal (fourth) segment of maxillary palpus elongate, longer than first three segments combined
antennae usually with 13 segments
Internet References
Crane Flies of Pennsylvania (Chen Young and James Fetzner, Carnegie Museum of Natural History, Pittsburgh)
Limoniidae - Wikipedia
Works Cited
1.Dictionary of Word Roots and Combining Forms
By Donald J. Borror
2.American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico
By Ross H. Arnett
Contributed by Joel Kits on 14 April, 2005 - 7:45pm
Additional contributions by Stephen Cresswell, Robin McLeod, Chen Young, Mike Quinn
Last updated 26 January, 2009 - 10:38am

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