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

Family Tipulidae - Large Crane Flies

Classification · Other Common Names · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Identification · Range · Life Cycle · Internet References · Works Cited
Which orange cranefly, please? - Nephrotoma eucera Crane Fly - Tipula tephrocephala Tipula trivittata - male - female Tipula abdominalis - Male Female - Tipula abdominalis - male - female BG1932 E0246 - Tipula - male Crane Fly - Tipula - male Crane Fly on Tree Trunk - Tipula duplex Crane Fly
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Diptera (Flies)
No Taxon ("Nematocera" (Non-Brachycera))
Infraorder Tipulomorpha (Crane Flies)
Family Tipulidae (Large Crane Flies)
Other Common Names
Daddy-Long-Legs (UK)
Explanation of Names
from Latin tipula 'water spider'(1)
"Crane fly" refers to a semblance with long-legged birds
Numbers
ca. 560 spp. in ~15 genera (divided into numerous subgenera) in our area(2), almost 4,300 spp. in 113 genera worldwide(3)(4)
Identification
terminal (fourth) segment of maxillary palpus elongate, longer than first three segments combined (short or subequal to third segment in Limoniidae)
antennae usually 13-segmented (14- or 16-segmented in Limoniidae)
(per Chen Young's comment)
Range
worldwide and throughout NA
Life Cycle

Larva                        Pupa                        Female                        Male
Internet References
(5)
Works Cited
1.Composition of scientific words
By R.W. Brown
2.American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico
By Ross H. Arnett
3.USDA Diptera Site (now closed)
4.Catalogue of the craneflies of the world, by P. Oosterbroek
5.The Craneflies (Diptera:Tipulidae) of Pennsylvania
Contributed by Troy Bartlett on 16 February, 2004 - 12:32pm
Additional contributions by cotinis, Hannah Nendick-Mason, Beatriz Moisset, Robin McLeod, Vox Sciurorum, v belov
Last updated 13 October, 2011 - 2:28pm

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