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Typical Crane Flies
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Typical Crane Flies

Tipuloidea

Tipuloidea is a superfamily of flies containing the living families Cylindrotomidae, Limoniidae, Pediciidae and Tipulidae, and the extinct families Architipulidae and Eolimnobiidae.

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4 branches of this superfamily, most-observed first

Large Crane Flies

familyTipulidae

Limoniid Crane Flies

familyLimoniidae

Hairy-eyed Crane Flies

familyPediciidae

Cylindrotomid Crane Flies

familyCylindrotomidae

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Recorded sightings

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 51226.