Cylindrotoma

Cylindrotoma
Cylindrotoma distinctissima
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Suborder: Nematocera
Infraorder: Tipulomorpha
Superfamily: Tipuloidea
Family: Cylindrotomidae[1]
Subfamily: Cylindrotominae
Genus: Cylindrotoma
Type species
Limnobia distinctissima
Meigen, 1818
Species

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Cylindrotoma is a genus of crane fly in the family Cylindrotomidae.

Biology

The larvae of the genus Cylindrotoma live on various flowering plants. Adults are to be found in damp wooded habitats.

Distribution

Asia, North America & Europe. China in the most species rich countries.

Species

References

  1. Zhang, Xiao; Kang, Zehui; Mao, Meng; Li, Xuankun; Cameron, Stephen L.; de Jong, Herman; Wang, Mengqing; Yang, Ding (2016). "Comparative Mt Genomics of the Tipuloidea (Diptera: Nematocera: Tipulomorpha) and Its Implications for the Phylogeny of the Tipulomorpha". PLOS ONE. 11 (6): e0158167. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0158167.
  2. Macquart, P. J. M. (1834). Histoire naturelle des insectes. Dipteres. Tome premiere. Paris: Roret. pp. 578 + 8 pp., 12 pls.
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