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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » "Nematocera" (Non-Brachycera) » Crane Flies (Tipulomorpha) » Hairy-eyed Crane Flies (Pediciidae)

Family Pediciidae - Hairy-eyed Crane Flies

Classification · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Range · Internet References · Works Cited
Tipulidae ? - Pedicia procteriana white and black fly - Dicranota maculata - male mating crane flies ID? - Pedicia - male - female pediciid crane fly - Tricyphona inconstans - female Dicranota Drab brown crane fly - Ula - female hairy-eyed crane fly - Tricyphona calcar - male Crane Fly - Tricyphona - 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 Pediciidae (Hairy-eyed Crane Flies)
Explanation of Names
Pediciidae Osten Sacken 1859
Numbers
ca. 150 spp. & sspp. in 6 genera (+10 subgenera) in our area, ~500 spp. in 25 genera worldwide(1)(2)
Range
Temperate zones of both hemispheres.
Internet References
images(3)
Works Cited
1.USDA Diptera Site (now closed)
2.Oosterbroek P. (2014) Catalogue of the craneflies of the world
3.Diptera.info
Contributed by Joel Kits on 14 April, 2005 - 7:52pm
Additional contributions by Vox Sciurorum, v belov
Last updated 28 December, 2016 - 10:22am

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