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Checklist of Superfamily Tipuloidea LeConte, 1861
for Western Cape (Cape)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
494
4980
11122
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
493
4974
11111
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
473
4901
10973
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
317
4100
9627
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies
78
658
1751
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Nematocera
Latreille, 1825
Long-horned flies, Mosquitoes, Thread-horns
18
135
289
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Tipulomorpha
Gistel, 1848
Crane Flies
2
24
53
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Tipuloidea
LeConte, 1861
2
24
53
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Western Cape
2 Families width 53 Species and 5 Subspecies
Tipulidae Latreille, 1802Crane Flies49SpeciesTaxom
Limoniidae (Speiser, 1909)Craneflies4SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Western Cape
24 Genera with 53 Species
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Atarba Osten Sacken, 19171SpeciesTaxom
Austrolimnophila Alexander, 19212SpeciesTaxom
Cheilotrichia Rossi, 19172SpeciesTaxom
Conosia van der Wulp, 18281SpeciesTaxom
Dicranomyia Stephens, 19174SpeciesTaxom
Dolichopeza Curtis, 19252SpeciesTaxom
Elephantomyia Osten Sacken, 18884SpeciesTaxom
Ellipteroides Becker, 19212SpeciesTaxom
Erioptera Meigen, 19212SpeciesTaxom
Geranomyia Haliday, 19221SpeciesTaxom
Goniotipula Alexander, 19212SpeciesTaxom
Gonomyia Meigen, 19212SpeciesTaxom
Gynoplistia Westwood, 18561SpeciesTaxom
Helius Lepeletier &..., 19481SpeciesTaxom
Idiognophomyia Alexander, 19201SpeciesTaxom
Keiseromyia Alexander, 19631SpeciesTaxom
Leptotarsus Guérin-Ménev..., 191710SpeciesTaxom
Limnophila Macquart, 1921Limnophila Crane Flies1SpeciesTaxom
Limonia Meigen, 19211SpeciesTaxom
Molophilus Curtis, 19783SpeciesTaxom
Nephrotoma Meigen, 1917Tiger Crane Flies5SpeciesTaxom
Platylimnobia Alexander, 19171SpeciesTaxom
Symplecta Meigen, 17871SpeciesTaxom
Tipula Linnaeus, 1805Cranefly6SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Western Cape
53 Species and 5 Subspecies
Atarba (Atarba) capensis Alexander, 1917
Austrolimnophila (Austrolimnophila) griseiceps Alexander, 1921
Austrolimnophila (Austrolimnophila) medialis Alexander, 1921
Cheilotrichia (Cheilotrichia) clausa Alexander, 1921
Cheilotrichia (Empeda) bonaespei Alexander, 1917
Conosia irrorata Wiedemann, 1828
Dicranomyia (Dicranomyia) scelio Alexander, 1965
Dicranomyia tusitala tusitala Alexander, 1921
Dicranomyia paramorio platysoma Alexander, 1933
Dicranomyia marleyi Alexander, 1917
Dolichopeza (Trichodolichopeza) hirtipennis Alexander, 1917
Dolichopeza (Trichodolichopeza) peringueyi Alexander, 1925
Elephantomyia (Elephantomyia) aurantiaca Alexander, 1917
Elephantomyia (Elephantomyia) pseudosimilis Alexander, 1921
Elephantomyia (Elephantomyia) wahlbergi Bergroth, 1888
Ellipteroides (Progonomyia) flaveolus Alexander, 1921
Ellipteroides (Progonomyia) pulchrissimus Alexander, 1921
Erioptera (Erioptera) peringueyi Bergroth, 1888
Erioptera claripennis Alexander, 1921
Geranomyia lacteitarsis Alexander, 1922
Goniotipula cuneipennis Alexander, 1921
Gonomyia (Leiponeura) sulphurelloides Alexander, 1921
Gynoplistia (Gynoplistia) fumipennis (Walker, 1856)⇒ Gynoplistia nigripennis Alexander, 1926
Helius (Idiohelius) pentaneura (Alexander, 1948)⇒ Helius pentaneurus Alexander, 1948
Idiognophomyia ignava Alexander, 1920
Leptotarsus (Longurio) belloides Alexander, 1921
Leptotarsus (Longurio) bonaespei Bergroth, 1888
Leptotarsus (Longurio) caffer Alexander, 1917
Leptotarsus (Longurio) capicola Alexander, 1921
Leptotarsus (Longurio) chionoides Alexander, 1917
Leptotarsus (Longurio) coronatus Alexander, 1917
Leptotarsus (Longurio) dolichoros Wood, 1952
Leptotarsus (Longurio) flagellatus Wood, 1952
Leptotarsus (Longurio) micropteryx Alexander, 1921
Leptotarsus (Longurio) minusculus Alexander, 1917
Limnophila (Elporiomyia) nox Alexander, 1921
Limonia flavopyga Alexander, 1921
Molophilus sicarius sicarius Alexander, 1929
Molophilus tanypus tanypus Alexander, 1922
Molophilus urodontus urodontus Savchenko, 1978
Nephrotoma antennata Wiedemann, 1820
Nephrotoma crocea Loew, 1866
Nephrotoma petiolata (Macquart, 1838)⇒ Nephrotoma cornicina Linnaeus, 1758
Nephrotoma tincta Walker, 1856
Nephrotoma unicingulata Alexander, 1917
Platylimnobia barnardi Alexander, 1917
Symplecta (Trimicra) pilipes Fabricius, 1787Crane fly
Tipula (Acutipula) jocosa Alexander, 1917
Tipula (Acutipula) pomposa Bergroth, 1888
Tipula (Eumicrotipula) aglossa Alexander, 1962
Tipula (Microtipula) megalyra Alexander, 1945
Tipula (Tipula) soror Wiedemann, 1820
Tipula erioptera Fabricius, 1805

Subnodes of Tipuloidea with occurrences in Western Cape
FamilyLimoniidae
Speiser, 1909
Craneflies, Limoniid Crane Flies, Several crane flies
3
4
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyTipulidae
Latreille, 1802
Crane Flies, Crane fly, Crane-Flies, Craneflies, Cranefly, Daddy-long-legs, Large Crane Flies
21
49
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


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