Tanyderidae

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Tanyderidae
Temporal range: Sinemurian–Recent
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Mischoderus annuliferus
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Infraorder: Psychodomorpha
Family: Tanyderidae
Osten-Sacken, 1880
Genera
Synonyms

Macrochilidae

Tanyderidae, sometimes called primitive crane flies, are long, thin, delicate flies with spotted wings, superficially similar in appearance to some Tipulidae, Trichoceridae, and Ptychopteridae. Most species are restricted in distribution. They are found in many parts of the world, including North America, South America, Africa, Australia, New Zealand, and various islands in the Pacific Ocean. Adults are usually found hanging from vegetation near streams. Larvae are found either in sandy stream margins or in wet, rotten wood. Fossil species are known.

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Taxonomy

Based on [2] [3] [4] [5]

References

  1. 1 2 Men, Q.; Hu, Z.; Xu, L. (2020). "The first representative of Espanoderus and one new species of Similinannotanyderus (Diptera: Tanyderidae) from mid-Cretaceous amber of northern Myanmar". Cretaceous Research. 111 104442. doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2020.104442. S2CID   216259341.
  2. Madriz Villanueva, Ruben Isai (2017). The primitive crane flies (Diptera: Tanyderidae) (Doctor of Philosophy thesis). Ames: Iowa State University, Digital Repository. doi: 10.31274/etd-180810-5802 .
  3. "Tanyderidae - Encyclopedia of Life". eol.org. Retrieved 2020-09-10.
  4. Lukashevich, Elena D. (2018-08-04). "Male terminalia and their rotation in Tanyderidae (Insecta, Diptera, Nematocera) since the Mesozoic" . Historical Biology. 32 (4): 462–475. doi:10.1080/08912963.2018.1500568. ISSN   0891-2963. S2CID   92568272.
  5. "Fossilworks: Tanyderidae". fossilworks.org. Retrieved 2020-09-10.