Tipulomorpha

Crane flies and allies; Temporal range: Triassic–Present PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
	Crane fly
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Suborder:	Nematocera
Infraorder:	Tipulomorpha
Superfamilies and families
	Tipuloidea (typical crane flies) Cylindrotomidae; Pediciidae; Limoniidae; Tipulidae; ; Trichoceroidea (winter crane flies) Trichoceridae; ;

The Tipulomorpha are an infraorder of Nematocera, containing the crane flies, a very large group, and allied families.

Taxonomy

The Tipulomorpha comprise five extant families.^[1]^[2]

Tipulomorpha
- Tipuloidea (typical crane flies)
  - Cylindrotomidae (long-bodied crane flies)
  - Pediciidae (hairy-eyed crane flies)
  - Limoniidae (limoniid crane flies) – probably paraphyletic
  - Tipulidae (large crane flies)
- Trichoceroidea (winter crane flies)
  - Trichoceridae

Extinct superfamilies

One recent classification based largely on fossils splits this group into a series of extinct superfamilies (below), and includes members of other infraorders, but this has not gained wide acceptance.^{[citation needed]}

Superfamily Eopolyneuroidea
- Family Eopolyneuridae - (Upper Triassic)
- Family Musidoromimidae - (Upper Triassic)
Superfamily Tipulodictyoidea extinct
- Family Tipulodictyidae - (Upper Triassic)
Superfamily Tanyderophryneoidea extinct
- Family Tanyderophryneidae - (Middle Jurassic)

References

^ Pape, Thomas; Blagoderov, Vladimir; Mostovski, Mikhail B. "Order DIPTERA Linnaeus, 1758". In Zhang, Z.-Q. (ed.). Animal biodiversity: An outline of higher-level classification and survey of taxonomic richness.
^ Wiegmann, BM; Yeates, DK (2017). "Phylogeny of the Diptera". In Kirk-Spriggs, AH; Sinclair, BJ (eds.). Manual of Afrotropical Diptera. Suricata 4. Vol. 1. Introductory chapters and keys to Diptera families. South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria. pp. 253–265.

External links

Tree of Life Tipulomorpha

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[1] Pape, Thomas; Blagoderov, Vladimir; Mostovski, Mikhail B. "Order DIPTERA Linnaeus, 1758". In Zhang, Z.-Q. (ed.). Animal biodiversity: An outline of higher-level classification and survey of taxonomic richness.

[2] Wiegmann, BM; Yeates, DK (2017). "Phylogeny of the Diptera". In Kirk-Spriggs, AH; Sinclair, BJ (eds.). Manual of Afrotropical Diptera. Suricata 4. Vol. 1. Introductory chapters and keys to Diptera families. South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria. pp. 253–265.

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