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Species Tipula apicalis

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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 Lunatipula)
Species apicalis (Tipula apicalis)
Explanation of Names
Tipula apicalis Loew 1863
Size
12‒16 mm(1)
Identification
Wing cells beyond cord of wing darkened, wing apex narrowly but conspicuously darkened (the most distinct character)(1)
Range
NS‒ON to TN‒NC(2)
Habitat
locally abundant in forest edges and also on herbaceous plants in grassy fields; larvae in rich humid woodland soil with pieces of rotting wood(1)
Season
One spring generation, May‒Jun in PA(1)
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