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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » "Nematocera" (Non-Brachycera) » Crane Flies (Tipulomorpha) » Large Crane Flies (Tipulidae) » Tipulinae » Tipula » subgenus Yamatotipula (Tipula subgenus Yamatotipula) » Tipula furca

Species Tipula furca

Classification · Explanation of Names · Size · Identification · Range · Habitat · See Also · Works Cited
Cranefly ID Request - Tipula furca Crane Fly - Tipula furca - male Crane Fly - Tipula furca - female Crane Fly - Tipula furca - female Large Crane Flies - Tipula furca - male - female Unknown Crane Fly ? - Tipula furca - female possible? Tipula furca - Tipula furca another Tipula w/patterned wings - Tipula furca - male
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Diptera (Flies)
No Taxon ("Nematocera" (Non-Brachycera))
Infraorder Tipulomorpha (Crane Flies)
Family Tipulidae (Large Crane Flies)
Subfamily Tipulinae
Genus Tipula
No Taxon (subgenus Yamatotipula)
Species furca (Tipula furca)
Explanation of Names
Tipula furca Walker, 1848
Size
13-18 mm
Identification
"Their wings are longitudinally striped with brown and whitish patterns and with a dark seam on veins Cu and m-cu."(1)
Range
e. N. Amer. - Map (2)
Habitat
"[Adults] often are found in grassy areas along streams. Larvae are aquatic and live in debris or saturated earth along streams."(1)
See Also
Tipula concava, T. eluta, T. strepens (also with similarly striped wings)
Works Cited
1.The Craneflies (Diptera:Tipulidae) of Pennsylvania
2.Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
Contributed by Will Chatfield-Taylor on 20 April, 2007 - 10:48am
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, Vox Sciurorum
Last updated 23 February, 2024 - 12:52pm

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