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subgenus Vestiplex

Crane fly  - Tipula longiventris Crane Fly - Tipula - male crane fly - Tipula longiventris Giant Crane Fly?? - Tipula longiventris - female Striped Insect - Tipula longiventris Crane Fly - Tipula longiventris Orange-marked crane fly - Tipula longiventris Pennsylvania Crane Fly for ID - Tipula longiventris - 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 Vestiplex
Numbers
Ten species in Northeast USA
Range
"The species of this group (Vestiplex) are chiefly Northern and Arctic in distribution; in North America they are characteristic of mountainous or northern regions."(1)
Habitat
"Adults were found in woodlands and larvae were found in damp soil beneath layer of leaf mold."(1)
Remarks
Except for Tipula longiventris, identification to species is difficult.