Cylindrotoma

Cylindrotoma
Cylindrotoma distinctissima
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Family:	Cylindrotomidae
Subfamily:	Cylindrotominae
Genus:	Cylindrotoma Macquart, 1834 [1]
Type species
Limnobia distinctissima Meigen, 1818
Species
see text

Cylindrotoma distinctissima in copula

Cylindrotoma is a genus of crane fly in the family Cylindrotomidae.

Biology

The larvae of the genus Cylindrotoma live on various flowering plants. Adults are to be found in damp wooded habitats.

Distribution

Species can be found throughout Asia, North America, and Europe. China in the most species-rich country.^{[ citation needed ]}

Species

• C. angustipennis Alexander, 1941
• C. aurantia Alexander, 1935
• C. borealis Peus, 1952
• C. deserrata Alexander, 1972
• C. distinctissima (Meigen, 1818)
• C. fokiensis Alexander, 1949
• C. hypopygialis Alexander, 1938
• C. japonica Alexander, 1919
• C. megacera Alexander, 1938
• C. nigripes Alexander, 1931
• C. nigritarsis Alexander, 1957
• C. nigriventris Loew, 1849
• C. pallidipes Alexander, 1954
• C. rufescens Edwards, 1928
• C. seticornis Alexander, 1964
• C. simplex Alexander, 1972
• C. subapterogyne Alexander, 1964
• C. taiwania (Alexander, 1929)
• C. tarsalis Johnson, 1912
• C. trichophora Alexander, 1972

References

1. Macquart, P. J. M. (1834). Histoire naturelle des insectes. Dipteres. Tome premiere. Paris: Roret. pp. 578 + 8 pp., 12 pls.

• "Catalogue of the Craneflies of the World (Diptera, Tipuloidea: Pediciidae, Limoniidae, Cylindrotomidae, Tipulidae)". Naturalis Biodiversity Center.