Tipula abdominalis | |
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Tipula abdominalis in Guilford Township, Ohio | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Diptera |
Family: | Tipulidae |
Genus: | Tipula |
Subgenus: | Nippotipula |
Species: | T. abdominalis |
Binomial name | |
Tipula abdominalis | |
Synonyms [1] | |
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Tipula abdominalis, the giant crane fly, is a species of large crane flies in the family Tipulidae. [1] [2] [3] [4] T. abdominalis lives in riparian aquatic habitats as a larva, feeding on leaf litter digested by their hind gut microbiota. [5]