Genus Leptotarsus

Classification · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Range · Works Cited

Giant Crane Fly - Leptotarsus testaceus - male

Very large crane fly - Leptotarsus testaceus

First NC record on BG - Leptotarsus testaceus - Leptotarsus - male

Is this Tipula abdominalis? - Leptotarsus testaceus - female

crane fly - Leptotarsus testaceus - 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 Leptotarsus

Explanation of Names

Leptotarsus Guérin-Méneville 1831

Numbers

4 spp. in a single subgenus in our area, >320 spp. in 20 subgenera total(1)

all our spp. are all in the pantropical subg. Longurio Loew 1869 that includes ~100 spp.(1)

Range

primarily tropical, with >½ of the spp. Australasian and another third, Neotropical; in our area, restricted to e. US, esp. southeast(1)

Works Cited

1.	Oosterbroek P. (2023) Catalogue of the craneflies of the world

Contributed by tom murray on 12 October, 2006 - 6:15pm
Additional contributions by v belov
Last updated 28 December, 2023 - 7:19pm

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