Family Cylindrotomidae - Cylindrotomid Crane Flies

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Works Cited

Crane Flies - Liogma nodicornis - male - female

small dark crane fly with distinct pale abdominal band - Liogma nodicornis

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. (2023) 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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