Tipula abdominalis

{{short description|Species of fly}}

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| image = Tipula abdominalis 1283115.jpg

| image_caption = Tipula abdominalis in Guilford Township, Ohio

| genus = Tipula

| species = abdominalis

| parent = Nippotipula

| authority = Say

| synonyms = {{Species list

| Ctenophora abdominalis | Say, 1823

| Tipula albilata | Walker, 1848

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Tipula abdominalis, the giant crane fly, is a species of large crane flies in the family Tipulidae. T. abdominalis lives in riparian aquatic habitats as a larva, feeding on leaf litter digested by their hind gut microbiota. {{cite journal |last1=Cook |first1=DM |last2=DeCrescenzo Henriksen |first2=E |last3=Upchurch |first3=R |last4=Peterson |first4=JB |title=Isolation of polymer-degrading bacteria and characterization of the hindgut bacterial community from the detritus-feeding larvae of Tipula abdominalis (Diptera: Tipulidae). |journal=Applied and Environmental Microbiology |date=September 2007 |volume=73 |issue=17 |pages=5683–6 |doi=10.1128/AEM.00213-07 |pmid=17630316 |pmc=2042085 |bibcode=2007ApEnM..73.5683C }}