Cylindrotoma
| Cylindrotoma | |
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| Cylindrotoma distinctissima | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Cylindrotomidae |
| Subfamily: | Cylindrotominae |
| Genus: | Cylindrotoma Macquart, 1834[1] |
| Type species | |
| Limnobia distinctissima Meigen, 1818 | |
| Species | |
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Cylindrotoma is a genus of crane fly in the family Cylindrotomidae.
Biology
[edit]The larvae of the genus Cylindrotoma live on various flowering plants. Adults are to be found in damp wooded habitats.
Distribution
[edit]Species can be found throughout Asia, North America, and Europe. China in the most species-rich country.[citation needed]
Species
[edit]- 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
[edit]- ↑ 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.