CYLINDROTOMIDAE
(cylindrotomid craneflies)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
FamilyCYLINDROTOMIDAE (cylindrotomid craneflies)
SuperfamilyTIPULOIDEA (craneflies)
InfraorderTipulomorpha (craneflies)
SuborderNEMATOCERA (thread-horned flies, gnat)
OrderDIPTERA (two-winged flies)
Division Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
InfraclassNeoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
SubclassPTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
ClassINSECTA (true insects)
SubphylumHEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Coe, R.L., Freeman, P. & Mattingley, P.F. 1950 *** Diptera: Nematocera: families Tipulidae to Chironomidae ***(Superseded) Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects, Vol IX. Part 2, 216pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London
Edwards, F.W. 1938 *** British short-palped craneflies. Taxonomy of adults ***(Superseded) Transactions of the Society for British Entomology Vol 5 (1): 1-168 + Plate 1-5.
Pierre, C. 1924 *** Diptères; Tipulidae ***(Superseded) Faune de France, Vol 8, 159pp
Stubbs, A.E. 1997 Tipulidae (in prep)

Larva

Brindle, A. 1967 The larvae and pupae of the British Cylindrotominae and Limoniinae (Diptera, Tipulidae) Transactions of the Society for British Entomology Vol 17: 151-216.

Pupa

Brindle, A. 1967 The larvae and pupae of the British Cylindrotominae and Limoniinae (Diptera, Tipulidae) Transactions of the Society for British Entomology Vol 17: 151-216.

CYLINDROTOMIDAE (cylindrotomid craneflies) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for CYLINDROTOMIDAE (cylindrotomid craneflies)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 0 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for CYLINDROTOMIDAE (cylindrotomid craneflies)
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