Tasiocera

Tasiocera
Tasiocera murina
Wing
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Limoniidae
Subfamily: Chioneinae
Genus: Tasiocera
Skuse, 1890
Type species
Tasiocera tenuicornis
Skuse, 1890
Subgenera

Tasiocera is a genus of crane fly belonging to the family Limoniidae. Species have been recorded in Britain.[1] Members of the subgenus Dasymolophilus are characterized by narrow wings that are covered in dense setae which cover both the edges of the wing and the internal veins.[2]

It has a poor fossil record. For a while, the only fossil species that was discovered was Tasiocera circumcincta however two more species were discovered from Eocene resins, Tasiocera gorskii and Tasiocera baltica.[2]

Species

  • Subgenus Tasiocera Skuse, 1890

References

  1. ^ Freeman, Paul (1951-04). "THE BRITISH SPECIES OF TASIOCERA SKUSE (DIPTERA, TIPULIDAE)". Proceedings of the Royal Entomological Society of London. Series B, Taxonomy. 20 (3–4): 29–36. doi:10.1111/j.1365-3113.1951.tb01013.x. ISSN 0375-0434. {{cite journal}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  2. ^ a b c d Kania-Kłosok, Iwona; Wąsacz, Patryk; Tuchowski, Michał; Krzemiński, Wiesław (2024-01-03). "Two new species of Tasiocera Skuse from Baltic amber (Diptera, Limoniidae)". Scientific Reports. 14 (1): 350. doi:10.1038/s41598-023-51033-z. ISSN 2045-2322.