| Neocladura | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Limoniidae |
| Tribe: | Eriopterini |
| Genus: | Neocladura Alexander, 1920 [1] |
| Type species | |
| Cladura delicatula Alexander, 1914 | |
| Species | |
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Neocladura is a genus of crane fly in the family Limoniidae.
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A crane fly is any 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.
Limoniidae is the largest of four crane fly families, with more than 10,700 species in more than 150 genera. It is a paraphyletic assemblage of genera within the superfamily Tipuloidea. Although paraphyletic, Limoniid crane flies can usually be distinguished by the way the wings are held at rest. Limoniids usually hold/fold the wings along the back of the body, whereas other crane flies usually hold them out at right angles. Snow flies such as Chionea scita have no wings at all. Limoniids are also usually smaller than other crane flies, with some exceptions.
The Chioneinae are a subfamily of limoniid crane flies.
Gonomyodes is a genus of crane fly in the family Limoniidae.
Hesperoconopa is a genus of crane fly in the family Limoniidae.
Neognophomyia is a genus of crane fly in the family Limoniidae.
Neolimnomyia is a genus of crane fly in the family Limoniidae.
Neolimnophila is a genus of crane flies in the family Limoniidae.
Neolimonia is a genus of crane fly in the family Limoniidae.
Neophilippiana is a genus of crane fly in the family Limoniidae.
Nippolimnophila is a genus of crane fly in the family Limoniidae.
Notholimnophila is a genus of crane fly in the family Limoniidae.
Phantolabis is a genus of crane fly in the family Limoniidae.
Thaumastoptera is a genus of crane fly in the family Limoniidae.
The Pediciidae or hairy-eyed craneflies are a family of flies closely related to true crane flies, with about 500 species worldwide.
Nigrotipula is a genus of true crane fly.
Tipulinae is a subfamily of crane flies. It contains the typical crane flies from the genus Tipula.
Eriopterini is a tribe of limoniid crane flies in the family Limoniidae. There are more than 20 genera and 3,800 described species in Eriopterini.
Erioptera caliptera is a species of limoniid crane fly in the family Limoniidae.
Dicranoptycha elsa is a species of limoniid crane fly in the family Limoniidae.