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Genus Ula

Representative Images

Drab brown crane fly - Ula - female Drab brown crane fly - Ula 2018-10-04 Unspotted crane fly - Ula - female Pediciidae (Hairy-eyed Crane Fly), hanging on a silk, dorsal - Ula Pediciidae (Hairy-eyed Crane Fly), hanging on a silk, lateral - Ula Pediciidae (Hairy-eyed Crane Fly), hanging on a silk, ventral - Ula Crane Fly - Ula elegans Crane Fly - Ula elegans - 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 Pediciidae (Hairy-eyed Crane Flies)
Genus Ula

Explanation of Names

Ula Haliday 1833

Numbers

Two species, the North American Ula elegans and the Holarctic Ula sylvatica.

Habitat

"The immature stages of the various species of Ula are found in decaying fungi." (Alexander, 1943)
Contributed by John F. Carr on 10 June, 2018 - 2:15pm
Additional contributions by v belov
Last updated 6 July, 2023 - 8:31pm

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