A crane fly, also known as a mosquito eater, or a mosquito hawk, is a member of the dipteran superfamily Tipuloidea, which contains the living families Cylindrotomidae, Limoniidae, Pediciidae and Tipulidae, as well as several extinct families. "Winter crane flies", members of the family Trichoceridae, are sufficiently different from the typical crane flies of Tipuloidea to be excluded from the superfamily Tipuloidea, and are placed as their sister group within Tipulomorpha. Two other families of flies, the phantom crane flies (Ptychopteridae) and primitive crane flies (Tanyderidae), have…
Nephrotoma est un genre d’insectes diptères nématocères de la famille des Tipulidae.
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Distribution
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Tipule à bords des ailes bruns
Tipula oleracea
TipulidaeEuropean Crane Fly
Tipula paludosa
TipulidaeSpotted Crane Fly
Nephrotoma appendiculata
TipulidaeNéphrotome safrané
Nephrotoma crocata
TipulidaeTiger Cranefly
Nephrotoma flavescens
Tipulidaefour-spotted cranefly
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TipulidaeGiant Sabre Comb Horn Cranefly
Tanyptera atrata
TipulidaeTipula fascipennis
Tipula fascipennis
Tipulidae