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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » "Nematocera" (Non-Brachycera) » Ptychopteromorpha » Primitive Crane Flies (Tanyderidae)

Family Tanyderidae - Primitive Crane Flies

Classification · Numbers · Identification · Habitat
BG663 Fly - Protoplasa fitchii - female BG663 Fly - Protoplasa fitchii - female BG663 Fly - Protoplasa fitchii - female BG663 Fly - Protoplasa fitchii - female BG663 Fly - Protoplasa fitchii - female BG663 Fly - Protoplasa fitchii - female BG663 Fly - Protoplasa fitchii - female
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Diptera (Flies)
No Taxon ("Nematocera" (Non-Brachycera))
Infraorder Ptychopteromorpha
Family Tanyderidae (Primitive Crane Flies)
Numbers
Four species in North America, Protoplasa fitchii the only species in the east
Identification
Tanyderidae resemble crane flies. They can be differentiated from phantom crane flies by the presence of vein 3a, winter crane flies by the absence of ocelli, and crane flies by the presence of 5 R veins.
Habitat
Larval tanyderids live in the sandy soil at the margins of large streams.
Contributed by Keith Bayless on 10 March, 2007 - 8:00pm

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