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subgenus Lindnerina

subspecies Lindnerina - Tipula senega crane fly - Tipula senega Crane Fly Resting on Leaf - Tipula senega - female Crane Fly Resting on Leaf - Tipula senega Crane Flies - Tipula senega - male - female
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 Lindnerina
Explanation of Names
Lindnerina Mannheims 1965
Numbers
6 spp. in our area, 9 total(1)
Identification
"Adults of this group look like those of the subgenus Pterelachisus; both groups have wings patterned with black, brown, yellow and white." --Chen Young
Range
Holarctic, more diverse in NA; T. illinoiensis Alexander is Holarctic (across NA & in E Asia)(1)