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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » "Nematocera" (Non-Brachycera) » Crane Flies (Tipulomorpha) » Cylindrotomid Crane Flies (Cylindrotomidae)

Family Cylindrotomidae - Cylindrotomid Crane Flies

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Works Cited
Old Tripod - Liogma nodicornis beetle larva? - Liogma Crane Flies - Liogma nodicornis - male - female Tipulidae - Cylindrotoma distinctissima Tipulidae - Cylindrotoma distinctissima orange - Liogma nodicornis - male small dark crane fly with distinct pale abdominal band - Liogma nodicornis Cylindrotomidae - Cylindrotoma - male
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 Cylindrotomidae (Cylindrotomid Crane Flies)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Formerly treated as subfamily of Tipulidae
Explanation of Names
Cylindrotomidae Schiner 1863
Numbers
8 spp. in 4 genera in our area, ~80 spp. in 9 genera worldwide(1)(2)(3)
Works Cited
1.USDA Diptera Site (now closed)
2.Oosterbroek P. (2014) Catalogue of the craneflies of the world
3.Order Diptera Linnaeus, 1758. In: Zhang Z.-Q. (ed.) Animal biodiversity: An outline of higher-level classification...
Pape T., Blagoderov V., Mostovski M.B. 2011. Zootaxa 3148: 222–229.
Contributed by Chen Young on 12 October, 2005 - 2:44pm
Additional contributions by ceiseman, v belov
Last updated 25 December, 2014 - 10:30pm

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