Tipula

Tipula
Tipula luna male
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Family:	Tipulidae
Tribe:
Genus:	Tipula Linnaeus, 1758
Type species
Tipula oleracea Linnaeus, 1758
Subgenera
Alexander, 1924 Alexander, 1955 Alexander, 1934 Edwards, 1931 Savchenko, 1961 Savchenko, 1964 Alexander, 1966 Alexander, 1965 Alexander, 1923 Matsumura, 1916 Alexander, 1947 Alexander, 1970 Alexander, 1971 Alexander, 1965 Mannheims, 1965 Edwards, 1931 Pierre, 1924 Alexander, 1912 Alexander, 1921 Matsumura, 1916 Alexander, 1943 Savchenko, 1956 Alexander, 1935 Alexander, 1920 Matsumura, 1916 Róndani, 1842 Alexander, 1971 Alexander, 1965 Edwards, 1931 Alexander, 1965 Alexander, 1965 Alexander, 1935 Alexander, 1964 Alexander, 1963 Linnaeus, 1758 Alexander, 1965 Alexander, 1915 Alexander, 1965 Bezzi, 1924 Matsumura, 1916

Tipula is a very large insect genus in the fly family Tipulidae. They are commonly known as crane flies. Worldwide there are well over a thousand species.

All species have very long, fragile legs. The male has a swollen tip to his abdomen, and the female has a pointed ovipositor which is used to push eggs into soil. The larvae of some species are root-feeding and may be called "leatherjackets".

Technical description: Discal cell present ; M3 arises from M4 ; all tibiae spurred Antennae with whorls of long hairs. Rs usually long ; Sc ends far from base of Rs ; cell 4 always petiolate ; body colour usually grey, brown or dull yellow, rarely black ; praescutal stripes (when present) usually dull, rarely slightly shining

Species[]

See list of Tipula species.

Tipula bicornis male.

T. paterifera

Larva

External links[]

• Catalogue of the Craneflies of the World