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TIPULIDAE (craneflies)

Subtaxa

Rank Taxon #subtaxa #photos #macrophotos #refs #webs
Species Austrolimnophila ochracea (Meigen) (a cranefly)     2    
Genus Ctenophora (Genus) (a genus of craneflies) 3        
Species Ctenophora bimaculata (Linnaeus) (a cranefly)         1
Species Ctenophora nigricornis Meigen (a cranefly)   13   1  
Species Ctenophora pectinicornis (Linnaeus) (a cranefly)     9    
Species Dactylolabis sexmaculata (Macquart) (a cranefly)       1  
Species Epiphragma ocellaris (Linnaeus) (a cranefly)     7    
Genus Erioptera 1        
Aggregate Erioptera flavata agg     2    
Species Gnophomyia viridipennis (Gimmerthal) (a cranefly)   24      
Species Gonempeda flava (Schummel) (a cranefly)     3    
Genus Gonomyia 1        
Species Gonomyia (Protogonomyia) alboscutellata (von Roser, 1840) (a cranefly)       1  
Genus Limnophila (a genus of craneflies) 3 2 2 1  
Genus Limonia (a genus of craneflies) 5 8 24    
Genus Lipsothrix (a genus of craneflies) 2        
Species Lipsothrix nobilis (a cranefly)       1  
Species Lipsothrix remota (Walker) (a cranefly)       1  
Genus Molophilus 1        
Species Molophilus ater (Meigen) (a cranefly)       1  
Genus Nephrotoma (tiger craneflies) 5 6 48    
Genus Ormosia     1    
Genus Pedicia (a genus of craneflies) 1        
Species Pedicia rivosa (Linnaeus, 1758) (a cranefly)   17 4    
Species Phylidorea heterogyna (Bergroth, 1913) (a lesser cranefly)       1  
Species Pseudolimnophila lucorum (Meigen) (a cranefly)     2    
Species Rhipidia maculata Meig.     2    
Species Symplecta chosenensis (Alexander, 1940) (a crane-fly)       1  
Species Symplecta stictica (a lesser cranefly)     4    
Genus Tipula (a genus of craneflies) 27 103 365 1 10
Species Tricyphona immaculata Meigen   2 1    
Species Ula sylvatica (Meigen) (a cranefly)   11      

Suggested Literature

Identification Works

Coe, R.L., Freeman, P. & Mattingley, P.F., 1950 (Unnecessarily difficult!) Diptera: Nematocera: families Tipulidae to Chironomidae
Stubbs, A.E., in prep. In Prep

General Works

Chiswell, J.R., 1956 A taxonomic account of the final instar larvae of some British Tipulinae (Diptera; Tipulidae)

TIPULIDAE may also be covered by literature listed under:

BIOTA
(living things)
Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)
ANIMALIA
(animals)
ARTHROPODA
(arthropods)
HEXAPODA
(hexapods)
INSECTA
(insects)
DIPTERA
(two-winged flies)
NEMATOCERA
(thread-horned flies)

Feeding and other inter-species relationships

TIPULIDAE is associated with:

There may be taxa associated with Tipulidae listed at higher taxonomic level

DIPTERA
(two-winged flies)

Associated with TIPULIDAE:

is taken to the nest of female Crossocerus vagabundus - a digger wasp (Hymenoptera: Sphecidae) UK/Ireland Macdonald, M.A., in prep.
is taken to the nest of female Rhopalum coarctatum - a solitary wasp (Hymenoptera: Sphecidae) UK/Ireland Macdonald, M.A., in prep.
adult adult may be infected by pure white to grey or rarely green, shaggy rhizoids Erynia conica - an entomophagous fungus (Entomophthorales: Entomophthoraceae) Waterhouse, G.M. & Brady, B.L., 1982
larva larva is endoparasitoid host of larva Erycilla ferruginea - a parasitoid fly (Diptera: Tachinidae) Foreign Belshaw, R., 1993
larva larva is endoparasitoid host of larva Siphona geniculata - a parasitoid fly (Diptera: Tachinidae) Foreign Belshaw, R., 1993

Tipulidae may be associated with more taxa listed at higher taxonomic level

ANIMALIA
(animals)
INSECTA
(insects)
DIPTERA
(two-winged flies)
NEMATOCERA
(thread-horned flies)

References

Belshaw, R., 1993 Tachinid Flies (Diptera: Tachinidae)
Macdonald, M.A., in prep. Forage, prey and host-parasite relationships of aculeates
Waterhouse, G.M. & Brady, B.L., 1982 Key to the Species of Entomophthora sensu lato

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