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Species Dicranota cayuga

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 Dicranota
No Taxon (subgenus Rhaphidolabis)
Species cayuga (Dicranota cayuga)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Rhaphidolabis cayuga Alexander, 1916
Explanation of Names
Possibly named for Cayuga Lake, a few miles from the type locality, or the Cayuga tribe which lived in the same area.