Scientific name Tipuloidea | Higher classification Tipulomorpha | |
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Lower classifications Crane fly, Pediciidae, Dicranota, Ula | ||
Tipuloidea is a superfamily of flies containing the living families Pediciidae and Tipulidae and the extinct families Architipulidae and Eolimnobiidae.
To date, over 15,300 species of crane flies have been documented, with Charles Paul Alexander, a specialist in the field, describing approximately 75% of them.
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