''Ctenophora'' is a genus of true crane flies. The species are large (about 20 mm long, with 25-mm wingspans), shiny black craneflies with large yellow, orange, or red markings to

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wasps. Males have comb-like antennae. The larvae are

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. The species are confined to old deciduous forests, orchards, and other habitats with continuity of the presence of dying and fallen trees. ''Ctenophora'' species are important

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s. ''Ctenophora'' is distinguished from related genera (''

Dictenidia ''Dictenidia'' is a genus of true crane flies. Species *'' D. bimaculata'' (Linnaeus, 1760) *'' D. formosana'' Alexander, 1920 *'' D. glabrata'' Alexander, 1938 *'' D. inaequipectinata'' Alexander, 1934 *'' D. knutsoni'' Yang & Yang, 1989 *'' D ...

'' Brulle, ''

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'' Coquillett) by these characteristic combinations. The segments of the antennae of the males have two pairs of outgrowths, the lower pair longer than upper pair. The antennae of the female are distinctly 13-segmented, and often indistinctly serrated. The sides of the mesothorax bear long bristles. Sternite 8 of the female is without dentate protuberances.

Species

*Subgenus '' Cnemoncosis'' Enderlein, 1921 **'' C. fastuosa'' Loew, 1871 **'' C. festiva'' Meigen, 1804 **'' C. ishiharai''

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, 1953 **'' C. magnifica'' Loew, 1869 **'' C. nohirae'' Matsumura, 1916 **'' C. ornata'' Meigen, 1818 **'' C. septentrionalis'' (

, 1921) **'' C. yezoana'' Matsumura, 1906 *Subgenus ''

Ctenophora Ctenophora (; : ctenophore ) is a phylum of marine invertebrates, commonly known as comb jellies, that inhabit sea waters worldwide. They are notable for the groups of cilia they use for swimming (commonly referred to as "combs"), and they are ...

'' Meigen, 1803 **'' C. amabilis'' Takahashi, 1960 **'' C. apicata'' Osten Sacken, 1864 **'' C. biguttata'' Matsumura, 1916 **''

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'' Meigen, 1818 **'' C. flaveolata'' (

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, 1794) **'' C. guttata'' Meigen, 1818 **'' C. nigriceps'' (Tjeder, 1949) **'' C. nikkoensis'' Takahashi, 1960 **'' C. nubecula'' Osten Sacken, 1864 **'' C. pectinicornis'' (

Linnaeus Carl Linnaeus (23 May 1707 – 10 January 1778), also known after ennoblement in 1761 as Carl von Linné,#Blunt, Blunt (2004), p. 171. was a Swedish biologist and physician who formalised binomial nomenclature, the modern system of naming o ...

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) **'' C. perjocosa''

, 1940 **'' C. pselliophoroides''

, 1938 **'' C. tricolor'' Loew, 1869 *Subgenus '' Xiphuromorpha'' Savchenko, 1973 **'' C. sibirica'' Portschinsky, 1873

References

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Oosterbroek West Palearctic species
{{Taxonbar, from=Q3006443 Tipulidae Tipuloidea genera