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Genus Epiphragma

band-winged crane fly - Epiphragma fasciapenne - female Cranefly - Epiphragma fasciapenne Bioblitz Crane Fly 2 - Epiphragma solatrix - female Fly, ID request - Epiphragma solatrix - male Epiphragma solatrix - female NC for E. fasciapenne - Epiphragma fasciapenne Epiphragma solatrix Crane fly - Epiphragma Epiphragma larva - Epiphragma solatrix
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 Limoniidae (Limoniid Crane Flies)
Tribe Hexatomini
Genus Epiphragma
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Epiphragma Osten Sacken, 1860
Numbers
Four or five species north of Mexico.
Remarks
Subgenera:
Epiphragma Osten Sacken, 1860
Eupolyphragma Alexander, 1948
Lipophragma Alexander, 1978
Parepiphragma Alexander, 1960
Print References
Gelhaus, Jon K. and Anthony Ruggeri. 2012. A review of the crane fly genus Epiphragma (Diptera: Tipulidae s.l.) in North America (including Mexico). Canadian Entomologist 144:353-375 (https://dx.doi.org/10.4039/tce.2012.32)