Tipulomorpha
{{Short description|Infraorder of flies}}
{{Automatic taxobox
| name = Crane flies and allies
| image = Cranefly.1web.jpg
| image_caption = Crane fly
| fossil_range = {{fossilrange|Triassic|Present}}
| taxon = Tipulomorpha
| authority =
| subdivision_ranks = Superfamilies and families
| subdivision =
- 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.{{cite book |first1=Thomas |last1=Pape |first2=Vladimir |last2=Blagoderov |first3=Mikhail B. |last3=Mostovski |chapter=Order DIPTERA Linnaeus, 1758 |editor-last=Zhang |editor-first=Z.-Q. |title=Animal biodiversity: An outline of higher-level classification and survey of taxonomic richness. |url=https://www.biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.3148.1.42/41700 }}{{cite book |last1=Wiegmann |first1=BM |last2=Yeates |first2=DK |year=2017 |chapter=Phylogeny of the Diptera |editor1-last=Kirk-Spriggs |editor1-first=AH |editor2-last=Sinclair |editor2-first=BJ |title=Manual of Afrotropical Diptera. |volume= 1. Introductory chapters and keys to Diptera families. |series=Suricata 4. |publisher=South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria |pages=253–265 |chapter-url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/322220478_Phylogeny_of_Diptera }}
- 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|date=June 2023}}
- 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
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External links
{{Wikispecies}}
- [http://www.tolweb.org/Tipulomorpha/24067 Tree of Life Tipulomorpha]
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