Identification, Images, & Information
For Insects, Spiders & Their Kin
For the United States & Canada

Species Tipula longiventris

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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 Vestiplex)
Species longiventris (Tipula longiventris)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Vestiplex longiventris.
See Also
T. caroliniana have a uniformly brown flagellum. Prescutum gray with 4 brown stripes.
Internet References
Aquatic Insects of Michigan--lists larva as "not aquatic"