PEDICIIDAE
(pediciid craneflies)

Subtaxon Example images Rank Featured
subtaxa		 No of
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ID refs
Dicranota
a genus of pediciid craneflies
Genus 1 subtaxa 1 ident. refs
Pedicia
a genus of pediciid craneflies
Male (Click to open)
 		Genus 1 subtaxa 21 images
Tricyphona
a genus of pediciid craneflies
Female (Click to open)
 		Genus 1 subtaxa 3 images
Ula
a genus of pediciid craneflies
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 		Genus 1 subtaxa 11 images 1 ident. refs
Taxonomic hierarchy:
FamilyPEDICIIDAE (pediciid 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Coe, R.L., Freeman, P. & Mattingley, P.F. 1950 *** Diptera: Nematocera: families Tipulidae to Chironomidae ***(Superseded) Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects, Vol IX.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 Taxonomy of adults ***(Superseded) Transactions of the Society for British Entomology Vol 5 (1): 1-168 + Plate 1-5.
Pierre, C. 1924 *** Diptères; Tipulidae ***(Superseded) Faune de France, Vol 8, 159pp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. 1962 The natural groups of the British Pediciini (Dipt., Tipulidae) Ent. Mon. Mag. Vol 98: 234-237.

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

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for PEDICIIDAE (pediciid craneflies)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 1 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for PEDICIIDAE (pediciid craneflies)
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