Order Diptera Tribe Tipulini | Family Tipulidae Scientific name Tipula Rank Genus | |
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Lower classifications Tipula paludosa, Tipula maxima, Tipula luna | ||
Tipula crane fly tipulidae tipula dorsimacula female
Tipula is a very large insect genus in the fly family Tipulidae. They are commonly known as crane flies or daddy longlegs. Worldwide there are well over a thousand species.
Contents
- Tipula crane fly tipulidae tipula dorsimacula female
- Crane flies tipulidae tipula dorsimacula mating
- Species
- References
All species have very long, fragile legs. The male has a swollen tip to his abdomen, and the female has a pointed ovipositor which is used to push eggs into soil. The larvae of some species are root-feeding and may be called "leatherjackets".
Technical description: Discal cell present ; M3 arises from M4 ; all tibiae spurred Antennae with whorls of long hairs. Rs usually long ; Sc ends far from base of Rs ; cell 4 always petiolate ; body colour usually grey, brown or dull yellow, rarely black ; praescutal stripes (when present) usually dull, rarely slightly shining
Crane flies tipulidae tipula dorsimacula mating
Species
See list of Tipula species.