The Tipulomorpha are an

infraorder Order () is one of the eight major hierarchical taxonomic ranks in Linnaean taxonomy. It is classified between Family_(biology), family and Class_(biology), class. In biological classification, the order is a taxonomic rank used in the classific ...

Nematocera The Nematocera (the name meaning "thread-horns") are a suborder of elongated fly, flies with thin, segmented antenna (biology), antennae and mostly aquatic larvae. This group is paraphyletic and contains all flies except for species from suborder ...

, containing the

crane flies A crane fly is any member of the dipteran superfamily Tipuloidea, which contains the living families Cylindrotomidae, Limoniidae, Pediciidae and Tipulidae, as well as several extinct families. "Winter crane flies", members of the family T ...

, a very large group, and allied families.

Taxonomy

The Tipulomorpha comprise five extant families. *Tipulomorpha **

Tipuloidea A crane fly is any member of the dipteran superfamily Tipuloidea, which contains the living families Cylindrotomidae, Limoniidae, Pediciidae and Tipulidae, as well as several extinct families. "Winter crane flies", members of the family T ...

(typical crane flies) *** Cylindrotomidae (long-bodied crane flies) ***

Pediciidae The Pediciidae or hairy-eyed craneflies are a family of flies closely related to true crane flies, with about 500 species worldwide. Description Pediciidae are medium-sized to large (, '' Dicranota''; , '' Pedicia'') flies which resemble Tip ...

(hairy-eyed crane flies) ***

Limoniidae Limoniidae is the largest of four crane fly families, with more than 10,700 species in more than 150 genera. Some studies have suggested it to be a paraphyletic group, with some limoniids being more closely related to Tipulidae and Cylindrotomida ...

(limoniid crane flies) – probably paraphyletic ***

Tipulidae Tipulidae is a family of large Crane fly, crane flies in the order Diptera. There are more than 30 genera and 4,200 described species in Tipulidae, common and widespread throughout the world. A crane fly can be identified as a member of Tipuli ...

(large crane flies) ** Trichoceroidea (winter crane flies) *** Trichoceridae

Extinct superfamilies

One recent classification based largely on

fossil A fossil (from Classical Latin , ) is any preserved remains, impression, or trace of any once-living thing from a past geological age. Examples include bones, shells, exoskeletons, stone imprints of animals or microbes, objects preserve ...

s splits this group into a series of extinct superfamilies (below), and includes members of other infraorders, but this has not gained wide acceptance. *Superfamily Eopolyneuroidea **Family Eopolyneuridae - (Upper Triassic) **Family Musidoromimidae - (Upper Triassic) *Superfamily Tipulodictyoidea extinct **Family Tipulodictyidae - (Upper Triassic) *Superfamily Tanyderophryneoidea extinct **Family Tanyderophryneidae - (Middle Jurassic)

References

External links

Tree of Life Tipulomorpha
Insect infraorders {{Tipulomorpha-stub