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

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.

External links

• Tree of Life Tipulomorpha