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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » "Nematocera" (Non-Brachycera) » Psychodomorpha » Primitive Crane Flies (Tanyderidae) » Protanyderus

Genus Protanyderus

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Identification · Range
Protanyderus cranefly sp? - Protanyderus margarita - female Small Crane Fly - Protanyderus vipio - male Small Crane Fly - Protanyderus vipio - male Tanyderidae? - Protanyderus vipio - female Protanyderus margarita young Protanyderus larva - Protanyderus Protanyderus margarita
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Diptera (Flies)
No Taxon ("Nematocera" (Non-Brachycera))
Infraorder Psychodomorpha
Family Tanyderidae (Primitive Crane Flies)
Genus Protanyderus
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Research suggests that Protanyderus should be merged into Protoplasa but this has not been formally proposed.
Identification
Adults lack supernumerary crossveins in cell m3. Immatures are only easily identifiable by range; there is no published key distinguishing the two North American genera.
Range
Western North America and eastern Asia
Contributed by John F. Carr on 19 May, 2013 - 7:02pm
Last updated 23 May, 2019 - 10:43am

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