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Genus of flies

Cylindrotoma
Cylindrotoma distinctissima
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Suborder: Nematocera
Infraorder: Tipulomorpha
Superfamily: Tipuloidea
Family: Cylindrotomidae
Subfamily: Cylindrotominae
Genus: Cylindrotoma
Macquart, 1834
Type species
Limnobia distinctissima
Meigen, 1818
Species

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Cylindrotoma distinctissima in copula

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

References

  1. Zhang, Xiao; Kang, Zehui; Mao, Meng; Li, Xuankun; Cameron, Stephen L.; de Jong, Herman; Wang, Mengqing; Yang, Ding (2016). "Comparative Mt Genomics of the Tipuloidea (Diptera: Nematocera: Tipulomorpha) and Its Implications for the Phylogeny of the Tipulomorpha". PLOS ONE. 11 (6): e0158167. Bibcode:2016PLoSO..1158167Z. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0158167. PMC 4920351. PMID 27341029.
  2. Macquart, P. J. M. (1834). Histoire naturelle des insectes. Dipteres. Tome premiere. Paris: Roret. pp. 578 + 8 pp., 12 pls.
Taxon identifiers
Cylindrotoma
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