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| Insects of Britain and Ireland: the families of Diptera |
~Limoniidae, Tipulidae
Daddy-long-legs, Crane-flies.
Adult insects. Slender-bodied; stilt-legged. The legs not readily shed. Antennae 8–16 segmented; ‘simple’. The maxillary palps 3–5 segmented; drooping. Thorax with the dorsal suture continuous across the middle. The dorsal suture deeply V-shaped. Wings with a discal cell; without a closed anal cell. The costa not extending around the entire wing. Wings with the lower calypter much reduced or absent.
Larvae and pupae. The larvae eucephalic. The pupae without a puparium.
Classification. Suborder Nematocera; Division Tipulomorpha; Superfamily Tipuloidea.
British representation. 19 species in Britain. Genera 4; Dicranota, Pedicia, Tricyphona, Ula.
Illustrations. • Pedicia rivosa and Ula sylvatica (from Walker). 2, Pedicia rivosa male, with detail of its wing tip. 2b, extremity of female abdomen; 2c, extremity of male abdomen. 4, Ula sylvatica, male. From Walker (1856, Plates XXVII, XXVIII and XXX), with approximate insect length added for U. sylvatica.
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Cite this publication as: ‘Watson, L., and Dallwitz, M.J. 2003 onwards. Insects of Britain and Ireland: the families of Diptera. Version: 14th April 2022. delta-intkey.com’.
