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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » "Nematocera" (Non-Brachycera) » Crane Flies (Tipulomorpha) » Large Crane Flies (Tipulidae) » Tipulinae » Tipula » subgenus Beringotipula (Tipula subgenus Beringotipula) » Tipula borealis

Species Tipula borealis

Classification · Explanation of Names · Size · Range · Habitat · Internet References · Works Cited
Crane fly with Mites - Tipula borealis - female Brown crane fly - Tipula borealis - female crane fly - Tipula borealis Boreal Crane Fly - Tipula borealis - female Boreal Crane Fly - Tipula borealis - male Crane Fly - Tipula borealis - female Crane Fly - Tipula borealis - male Crane Fly - Tipula borealis - female
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 Beringotipula)
Species borealis (Tipula borealis)
Explanation of Names
Tipula borealis Walker 1848
Size
13-17 mm(1)
Range
e. NA (NS-ON to SC-KS)(2)
Habitat
common in wet woodlands; larvae in well-rotted logs, under the surface mosses or in very decayed outer layers of fallen trunks, in saturated forest soil(1)
Internet References
Species profile(1)
Works Cited
1.The Craneflies (Diptera:Tipulidae) of Pennsylvania
2.Oosterbroek P. (2023) Catalogue of the craneflies of the world
Contributed by tom murray on 15 August, 2005 - 6:19pm
Additional contributions by Chuck Entz, v belov
Last updated 10 January, 2015 - 6:13pm

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