Tipulomorpha
Encyclopedia
Tipulomorpha is an infraorder of Nematocera
, containing the crane flies
, a very large group, and several allied families, three of which have historically been included within the Tipulidae.
One recent classification based largely on fossil
s splits this group into a series of extinct superfamilies (below), and includes members of other infraorders, but this has not gained wide acceptance.
Nematocera
Nematocera , is a suborder of elongated flies with thin, segmented antennae and mostly aquatic larvae, consisting of the mosquitoes, crane flies, gnats, and midges....
, containing the crane flies
Crane fly
A crane fly is an insect in the family Tipulidae. Adults are very slender, long-legged flies that may vary in length from though tropical species may exceed to ....
, a very large group, and several allied families, three of which have historically been included within the Tipulidae.
One recent classification based largely on fossil
Fossil
Fossils are the preserved remains or traces of animals , plants, and other organisms from the remote past...
s splits this group into a series of extinct superfamilies (below), and includes members of other infraorders, but this has not gained wide acceptance.
Extinct ranks
- Superfamily Eopolyneuridea
- Family Eopolyneuridae - (Upper Triassic)
- Family Musidoromimidae - (Upper Triassic)
- Superfamily Tipulodictyidea extinct
- Family Tipulodictyidae - (Upper Triassic)
- Superfamily Tanyderophryneidea extinct
- Family Tanyderophryneidae - (Middle Jurassic)
- Superfamily TipuloideaTipuloideaTipuloidea is the superfamily of flies containing the living families Cylindrotomidae, Limoniidae, Pediciidae and Tipulidae, and the extinct families Architipulidae and Eolimnobiidae....
- Family Architipulidae extinct (Upper Triassic)-(Pan Jurassic)
- Family Eolimnobiidae extinct (Lower Jurassic)
- Superfamily Eoptychopteridea extinct
- Family Eoptychopteridae - (Lower Jurassic)