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Tipulidae

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Tipulidae

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Also known as daddy longlegs, dandy longlegs, leatherjacket, mosquito hawk, mosquito eater, skeeter eater, gallinipper, may fly

thumb|right|The maxillary palps are the appendages that extend from the front of the head, then down and back, terminating below the eye.

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Tipulidae is a family of insects within the order Diptera, class Insecta, and phylum Arthropoda. The taxon is classified under the superfamily Tipuloidea and suborder Tipulomorpha. Common names for this group include Large Crane Flies, crane-flies, storstankelbein, košeninarji, and langpootmuggen. The family is recognized as an accepted taxon in biological databases.

Records of Tipulidae have been documented in the United States and Mexico. These records are held by institutions such as YPM, MHNCA, and VMNH. The family has been referenced by 413 other encyclopedia articles.

Synthesized by Vinony from 31 facts across 7 sources: Wikidata, GBIF, Gbif Occ, Encyclopedia of Life, WoRMS, iDigBio, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.

Species

crane-flies

Tipulidae

FAMILY

  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumArthropoda
  3. ClassInsecta
  4. OrderDiptera
  5. FamilyTipulidae
Observations recorded476,330

ガガンボ（大蚊）は、双翅目・糸角亜目・ガガンボ科 (Tipulidae) に属する昆虫の1分類群である。

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Museum specimens

Specimen records
15,433
With media
920
Family
Tipulidae
Collections
YPM, MHNCA, VMNH
Recorded in
United States, Mexico
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  • Genera
  • Ecology
  • References
  • External links

thumb|right|The maxillary palps are the appendages that extend from the front of the head, then down and back, terminating below the eye.

Tipulidae is a family of large crane flies in the order Diptera. There are more than 30 genera and 4,200 described species in Tipulidae, common and widespread throughout the world. thumb|Nephrotoma, tiger crane fly

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