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Platycheirus is a large genus of hoverflies. They are also called sedgesitters.
Dactylolabis is a genus of crane flies in the family Limoniidae. It is placed in its own subfamily, Dactylolabinae. Dactylolabis contains the following species:
Dicranomyia is a genus of crane fly in the family Limoniidae. Larvae are mostly aquatic or semi-aquatic, with an exception found in a single Hawaiian Islands species which has a leaf-mining larva.
Elephantomyia is a genus of crane fly in the family Limoniidae.
Ellipteroides is a genus of crane fly in the family Limoniidae.
Erioptera is a genus of crane fly in the family Limoniidae.
Geranomyia is a genus of crane fly in the family Limoniidae.
Helius is a genus of crane fly in the family Limoniidae.
Hexatoma is a genus of crane fly in the family Limoniidae.
Rhipidia is a genus of crane fly in the family Limoniidae.
Teucholabis is a genus of crane fly in the family Limoniidae.
Toxorhina is a genus of crane fly in the family Limoniidae. It can be distinguished among other crane flies by the reduced number of veins in the wings, among other less apparent differences.
Ischnotoma is a genus of true crane fly.
Leptotarsus is a genus of true crane fly.
Tipulinae is a subfamily of crane flies. It contains the typical crane flies from the genus Tipula.
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References
- "Catalogue of the Craneflies of the World (Diptera, Tipuloidea: Pediciidae, Limoniidae, Cylindrotomidae, Tipulidae)". Naturalis Biodiversity Center.