Cylindrotoma
| Cylindrotoma | |
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| Cylindrotoma distinctissima | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Cylindrotomidae |
| Subfamily: | Cylindrotominae |
| Genus: | Cylindrotoma Macquart, 1834[1] |
| Type species | |
| Limnobia distinctissima Meigen, 1818
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| 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
Species can be found throughout Asia, North America, and Europe. China in the most species-rich country.
Species
- C. angustipennis Alexander, 1941
- C. aurantia Alexander, 1935
- C. borealis Peus, 1952
- C. deserrata Alexander, 1972
- C. distinctissima (Meigen, 1818)
- C. fokiensis Alexander, 1949
- C. hypopygialis Alexander, 1938
- C. japonica Alexander, 1919
- C. megacera Alexander, 1938
- C. nigripes Alexander, 1931
- C. nigritarsis Alexander, 1957
- C. nigriventris Loew, 1849
- C. pallidipes Alexander, 1954
- C. rufescens Edwards, 1928
- C. seticornis Alexander, 1964
- C. simplex Alexander, 1972
- C. subapterogyne Alexander, 1964
- C. taiwania (Alexander, 1929)
- C. tarsalis Johnson, 1912
- C. trichophora Alexander, 1972
References
- ^ Macquart, P. J. M. (1834). Histoire naturelle des insectes. Dipteres. Tome premiere. Paris: Roret. pp. 578 + 8 pp., 12 pls.
- "Catalogue of the Craneflies of the World (Diptera, Tipuloidea: Pediciidae, Limoniidae, Cylindrotomidae, Tipulidae)". Naturalis Biodiversity Center.