Tipuloidea
| Tipuloidea | |
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| Tipula paludosa | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Suborder: | Nematocera |
| Infraorder: | Tipulomorpha |
| Superfamily: | Tipuloidea |
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Tipuloidea is a superfamily of flies containing the living families Pediciidae and Tipulidae and the extinct families Architipulidae and Eolimnobiidae.[1]
At least 15,300 species of crane flies have been described, most of them (75%) by the specialist Charles Paul Alexander.
References
- ↑ Petersen, M.J.; Bertone, M.A.; Wiegmann, B.M.; Courtney, G.W. 2010: Phylogenetic synthesis of morphological and molecular data reveals new insights into the higher-level classification of Tipuloidea (Diptera). Systematic entomology, 35: 526-545. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-3113.2010.00524.x
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