Tipulomorpha
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| Crane flies and allies Temporal range:
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| Crane fly | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Suborder: | Nematocera |
| Infraorder: | Tipulomorpha |
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The Tipulomorpha are an infraorder of Nematocera, containing the crane flies, a very large group, and allied families.
Taxonomy
The Tipulomorpha comprise five extant families.[1][2]
- Tipulomorpha
- Tipuloidea (typical crane flies)
- Cylindrotomidae (long-bodied crane flies)
- Pediciidae (hairy-eyed crane flies)
- Limoniidae (limoniid crane flies) – probably paraphyletic
- Tipulidae (large crane flies)
- Trichoceroidea (winter crane flies)
- Tipuloidea (typical crane flies)
Extinct superfamilies
One recent classification based largely on fossils splits this group into a series of extinct superfamilies (below), and includes members of other infraorders, but this has not gained wide acceptance.[citation needed]
- 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
- ^ Pape, Thomas; Blagoderov, Vladimir; Mostovski, Mikhail B. "Order DIPTERA Linnaeus, 1758". In Zhang, Z.-Q. (ed.). Animal biodiversity: An outline of higher-level classification and survey of taxonomic richness.
- ^ Wiegmann, BM; Yeates, DK (2017). "Phylogeny of the Diptera". In Kirk-Spriggs, AH; Sinclair, BJ (eds.). Manual of Afrotropical Diptera. Suricata 4. Vol. 1. Introductory chapters and keys to Diptera families. South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria. pp. 253–265.
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