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Genus Ctenophora

Tipulidae or Trichoceridae? - Ctenophora - female

A pair for Chen - Ctenophora dorsalis - male - female

Wood-boring Crane Fly - Ctenophora dorsalis - female

Wood-boring Tipulid - Ctenophora vittata? - Ctenophora vittata

Ichneumon Fly or Wasp? - Ctenophora dorsalis - female

Large wasp with upturned abdomen - Ctenophora dorsalis - female

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Diptera (Flies)

No Taxon ("Nematocera" (Non-Brachycera))

Infraorder Tipulomorpha

Family Tipulidae (Crane Flies)

Genus Ctenophora

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

includes the subgenera Ctenophora and Tanyptera

Numbers

4 species in North America: 3 listed under Ctenophora, and 1 listed under Tanyptera at nearctica.com

3 species in Pennsylvania (Craneflies of Pennsylvania, Carnegie Museum of Natural History)

Identification

legs relatively short - for a crane fly - and stocky; male has pectinate (comb-like) antennae

Life Cycle

larvae develop in soft dead wood

Remarks

"Ctenophora" also refers to the group of marine invertebrates commonly known as comb-jellies.

Internet References

live adult images of Ctenophora flaveolata female [Lujza Ujvarosi, Romania] and Tanyptera dorsalis female [David Funk, Pennsylvania] (Catalog of the Crane Flies of the World, U. of Amsterdam, Netherlands)

live adult image of C. ornata male, showing pectinate antennae (Josef Hlasek, Czech Republic)

live adult images of Ctenophora species [Erich Mangl, Austria] (FUNET)

live adult image of mating pair (Larry West, Michigan, FLPA)

preserved adult images of C. pectinicornis (Malcolm Storey, Bioimages UK)

reference: larval development site (biodiversity.org.uk)

crane flies of Pennsylvania Tipulinae (Ctenophora)

Contributed by Robin McLeod on 27 July, 2005 - 4:52pm
Additional contributions by Chen Young
Last updated 4 November, 2005 - 1:29pm

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