subgenus Vestiplex

Classification · Numbers · Range · Habitat · Remarks · Works Cited

Tipula longiventris? - Tipula longiventris

Insect #4 - Tipula longiventris - 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 Tipula

No Taxon subgenus Vestiplex

Numbers

Ten species in Northeast USA

Range

"The species of this group (Vestiplex) are chiefly Northern and Arctic in distribution; in North America they are characteristic of mountainous or northern regions."(1)

Habitat

"Adults were found in woodlands and larvae were found in damp soil beneath layer of leaf mold."(1)

Remarks

Except for Tipula longiventris, identification to species is difficult.

Works Cited

1.	The Craneflies (Diptera:Tipulidae) of Pennsylvania

Contributed by Robin McLeod on 27 September, 2005 - 9:49pm
Additional contributions by Vox Sciurorum
Last updated 15 August, 2009 - 10:14am

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