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Pacific Northwest True Flies (Diptera) |
| Anthomyiidae | Taxonomic Name | Common Name | Larval Characteristics | Adult Characteristics |
| Family | Anthomyiidae
| Anthomyzid Flies | . | . |
| Athericidae | Taxonomic Name | Common Name | Larval Characteristics | Adult Characteristics |
| Family | Athericidae
| Watersnipe Flies | Have 7 pairs of abdominal prolegs and a single proleg on the last segment, absence of a true head, long fleshy filaments that extend from the hind end, and short filaments that stick out from each side of each abdominal segment.. | Stout tapered abdomen; longish legs; 1st & 2nd antennal segments doughnut shaped, last (3rd) segment w/long bristle.. |
| Atherix | Taxonomic Name | Common Name | Larval Characteristics | Adult Characteristics |
| Genus | Atherix
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| Blephariceridae | Taxonomic Name | Common Name | Larval Characteristics | Adult Characteristics |
| Family | Blephariceridae
| Netwinged Midges | Body tough; head and thorax fused; each segment w/spine off side; fleshy section cup beneath, suction cups; white finger-like gills between most segments.. | Resemble a small broadwinged cranefly; longish legs; wings with net-like cross-venation.. |
| Agathon | Taxonomic Name | Common Name | Larval Characteristics | Adult Characteristics |
| Genus | Agathon
| . | Antennae with three distinct segments, separated by obvious constrictions instead of long, clear membranes; two grooves running from near the eyes to the back of the head; two prolegs on each side of each segment.. | . |
| Bibiocephala | Taxonomic Name | Common Name | Larval Characteristics | Adult Characteristics |
| Genus | Bibiocephala
| . | Antennae with only two segments that are separated by a constriction and only a short, white membrane if any at all; two prolegs on each side of each segment.. | . |
| Blepharicera | Taxonomic Name | Common Name | Larval Characteristics | Adult Characteristics |
| Genus | Blepharicera
| . | Antennae with long sections of clear membrane instead of distinct constrictions between the dark segments; only a single proleg on each side of each segment.. | . |
| Philorus | Taxonomic Name | Common Name | Larval Characteristics | Adult Characteristics |
| Genus | Philorus
| . | Antennae with three distinct segments, separated by obvious constrictions instead of long, clear membranes; w/o two grooves running from near the eyes to the back of the head; two prolegs on each side of each segment.. | . |
| Ceratopogonidae | Taxonomic Name | Common Name | Larval Characteristics | Adult Characteristics |
| Family | Ceratopogonidae
| Biting Midges (no-see-ums) | Whitish body with an elongated brownish head and no prolegs.. | Mouthparts adapted for piercing; abdomen somewhat stout and straight until near end where it is tapered and upturned.. |
| Chaoboridae | Taxonomic Name | Common Name | Larval Characteristics | Adult Characteristics |
| Family | Chaoboridae
| Phantom Midges | Alien-looking predators on tiny crustaceans and other small organisms.. | . |
| Chironomidae | Taxonomic Name | Common Name | Larval Characteristics | Adult Characteristics |
| Family | Chironomidae
| Midges | Body slender and cylindrical without distinct head capsule; pair or thoracic prolegs; pair of anal prolegs.. | Mouthparts not adapted for piercing; antennae of male plume-like; abdomen slender and slightly tapered.. |
| Species | albiplumus
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| Chironomus | Taxonomic Name | Common Name | Larval Characteristics | Adult Characteristics |
| Genus | Chironomus
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| Culicidae | Taxonomic Name | Common Name | Larval Characteristics | Adult Characteristics |
| Family | Culicidae
| Mosquitoes | Small to medium sized; head w/mouth brushes; thoracic segments fused and much larger than abdomen; dorsal breathing tube.. | Mouthparts formed to long proboscus; wings have scales along veins, held flat over body when at rest.. |
| Deuterophlibiidae | Taxonomic Name | Common Name | Larval Characteristics | Adult Characteristics |
| Family | Deuterophlibiidae
| Mountain Midges | . | . |
| Dixidae | Taxonomic Name | Common Name | Larval Characteristics | Adult Characteristics |
| Family | Dixidae
| Dixid Midges | Unlike close cousins (mosquitoes and phantom midges), have three distinct thoracic segments that are not particularly swollen.. | . |
| Dixa | Taxonomic Name | Common Name | Larval Characteristics | Adult Characteristics |
| Genus | Dixa
| . | Have 2 pairs of prolegs; rings of hair around the top of each abdominal segment. | . |
| Dixella | Taxonomic Name | Common Name | Larval Characteristics | Adult Characteristics |
| Genus | Dixella
| . | Have relatively hairless top surface of their abdominal segments; and two pairs of front abdominal prolegs. | . |
| Meringodixa | Taxonomic Name | Common Name | Larval Characteristics | Adult Characteristics |
| Genus | Meringodixa
| . | Have single pair of front prolegs; top of each abdominal segment also has rings of short hair with a tuft of slightly longer hairs on each side. | . |
| Empididae | Taxonomic Name | Common Name | Larval Characteristics | Adult Characteristics |
| Family | Empididae
| Aquatic Dance Flies | Small, predatory, usually tan to white in color; head parts often visible through the skin at their front end as a few long, dark rods.. | Predatory; long, knifelike structure used to subdue prey, which can be quite large compared to predator size. Males group together, showing off their prey, and are chosen by females based on their offerings.. |
| Chelifera | Taxonomic Name | Common Name | Larval Characteristics | Adult Characteristics |
| Genus | Chelifera
| . | Have 7 pairs of prolegs; 4 small clusters of hairs at the end of the abdomen.. | . |
| Clinocera | Taxonomic Name | Common Name | Larval Characteristics | Adult Characteristics |
| Genus | Clinocera
| . | Have 8 pairs of prolegs; 2 short tubercles on top of the abdomen just before the hind end and a pair of close clusters of hairs at the end of the abdomen.. | . |
| Hemerodromia | Taxonomic Name | Common Name | Larval Characteristics | Adult Characteristics |
| Genus | Hemerodromia
| . | Have 7 pairs of prolegs; the abdomen ends in a lobe that has a clusters of hairs at the end and may be forked.. | . |
| Oreogeton | Taxonomic Name | Common Name | Larval Characteristics | Adult Characteristics |
| Genus | Oreogeton
| . | Have 8 pairs of prolegs; 2 long tubercles just before the end of the abdomen and 2 at the end; each abdominal segment with a cluster of hairs on each side.. | . |
| Wiedemannia | Taxonomic Name | Common Name | Larval Characteristics | Adult Characteristics |
| Genus | Wiedemannia
| . | Have 8 pairs of prolegs; 2 long tubercles just before the end of the abdomen and 2 at the end; each abdominal segment sides of abdomen are bare.. | . |
| Ephydridae | Taxonomic Name | Common Name | Larval Characteristics | Adult Characteristics |
| Family | Ephydridae
| Shore Flies | Never have well-developed head and always have a pair of short or long breathing tubes on their hind end that have darkened tips.. | . |
| Limoniidae | Taxonomic Name | Common Name | Larval Characteristics | Adult Characteristics |
| Family | Limoniidae
| Limoniid Crane Flies | Pointed front end w/partially or fully retracted head; rear end blunt w/variously shaped lobes; 10-25 mm when mature.. | Medium to large mosquito-like flies with extremely long legs; wings with 2 anal veins reaching margin.. |
| Antocha | Taxonomic Name | Common Name | Larval Characteristics | Adult Characteristics |
| Genus | Antocha
| . | 2 long lobes, but no spiracles, finger-like gills; broad, dark swellings on the top and bottom of 6 abdominal segments.. | . |
| Arctoconopa | Taxonomic Name | Common Name | Larval Characteristics | Adult Characteristics |
| Genus | Arctoconopa
| . | 5 short lobes and many (~18) darkened areas on the hind end; also has a horn coming off of the middle of the top of the hind end.. | . |
| Cryptolabis | Taxonomic Name | Common Name | Larval Characteristics | Adult Characteristics |
| Genus | Cryptolabis
| . | 4 long, thin, wispy white lobes that have may or may not have a fringe of light hairs around their edges; the spiracles are light in color and usually hard to see.. | . |
| Dactylolabis | Taxonomic Name | Common Name | Larval Characteristics | Adult Characteristics |
| Genus | Dactylolabis
| . | 4 developed lobes that are darkened; the darkened area of the two bottom lobes connect near the middle of the hind end; abdominal segments have patches of dense hair across them.. | . |
| Elliptera | Taxonomic Name | Common Name | Larval Characteristics | Adult Characteristics |
| Genus | Elliptera
| . | 4 lobes; bottom lobes well developed; side lobes small; body is wide and flat with swollen areas on the top and bottom of the abdominal segments; spiracles are oblong and the bottom lobes are well developed.. | . |
| Erioptera | Taxonomic Name | Common Name | Larval Characteristics | Adult Characteristics |
| Genus | Erioptera
| . | 5 lobes; otherwise highly variable; see Xerces CD for variations.. | . |
| Gonomyia | Taxonomic Name | Common Name | Larval Characteristics | Adult Characteristics |
| Genus | Gonomyia
| . | 5 lobes; dark part of the lobes on the bottom are divided by a light line, while the dark areas of the top and side lobes are solid and sometimes connect across the middle; top lobe smaller than others.. | . |
| Gonomyodes | Taxonomic Name | Common Name | Larval Characteristics | Adult Characteristics |
| Genus | Gonomyodes
| . | 7 lobes and the spiracles are very small and far apart.. | . |
| Hesperoconopa | Taxonomic Name | Common Name | Larval Characteristics | Adult Characteristics |
| Genus | Hesperoconopa
| . | 1 lobe, long, sometimes hairy, no spiracles; body usually long and light in color with a swollen hind end.. | . |
| Hexatoma | Taxonomic Name | Common Name | Larval Characteristics | Adult Characteristics |
| Genus | Hexatoma
| . | 4 developed lobes w/fringe of long hairs around them, but other hairs are fairly short; underside of heard does not have a darkened bar at the front of the white part.. | . |
| Limnophila | Taxonomic Name | Common Name | Larval Characteristics | Adult Characteristics |
| Genus | Limnophila
| . | 4 lobes w/fringe of moderately long hairs around them, giving the hind end a fuzzy appearance; underside of heard has a dark bar at the front of the white part.. | . |
| Limonia | Taxonomic Name | Common Name | Larval Characteristics | Adult Characteristics |
| Genus | Limonia
| . | 4 or 5 very short lobes or may be indistinct; welts on top and bottom of abdominal segments.. | . |
| Lipsothrix | Taxonomic Name | Common Name | Larval Characteristics | Adult Characteristics |
| Genus | Lipsothrix
| . | 4 well developed lobes at the end of the abdomen and each abdominal segment is swollen at one end - in decaying wood at or just below the water level.. | . |
| Molophilus | Taxonomic Name | Common Name | Larval Characteristics | Adult Characteristics |
| Genus | Molophilus
| . | 5 lobes all darkened w/side and bottom lobes divided by a light band; top lobe w/single darkened spot that is undivided; teeth are in the place where the two sides of the head come together on the underside of the head near the front.. | . |
| Ormosia | Taxonomic Name | Common Name | Larval Characteristics | Adult Characteristics |
| Genus | Ormosia
| . | 5 lobes; otherwise highly variable.. | . |
| Pilaria | Taxonomic Name | Common Name | Larval Characteristics | Adult Characteristics |
| Genus | Pilaria
| . | 5 lobes; top lobe tiny; other 4 well developed; bottom two have long hairs off their tips and are darkened along length of the lobe; the tooth (teeth) at the base of the outer portion of the mandible is much less than 1/2 as long as the outer tooth.. | . |
| Rhabdomastix | Taxonomic Name | Common Name | Larval Characteristics | Adult Characteristics |
| Genus | Rhabdomastix
| . | Larvae yellowish; 2 claw-like projections at ventrical margin of spiracular disk.. | . |
| Ulomorpha | Taxonomic Name | Common Name | Larval Characteristics | Adult Characteristics |
| Genus | Ulomorpha
| . | 4 lobes; 2 upper medium, 2 lower longer; Like Pilaria, but darker still on the 2/3 farthest from the spiracles; tooth at the base of the outer portion of the mandible is at least 1/2 as long as the outer tooth. | . |
| Muscidae | Taxonomic Name | Common Name | Larval Characteristics | Adult Characteristics |
| Family | Muscidae
| Aquatic Muscids (House Flies) | Head not well defined; several pairs of poorly developed prolegs w/hooks; end of the abdomen has a pair of dark spiracles either against the body or at the end of small lobes, and no clusters of hairs.. | . |
| Limnophora | Taxonomic Name | Common Name | Larval Characteristics | Adult Characteristics |
| Genus | Limnophora
| . | Live among mosses in the flowing portions of streams.. | . |
| Nymphomyiidae | Taxonomic Name | Common Name | Larval Characteristics | Adult Characteristics |
| Family | Nymphomyiidae
| Waternymph Flies | Similar to Chironomidae (long, whitish, and tubular with a distinct head), but they have 8 pairs of long, thin prolegs on the underside of their abdomen.. | Long, thin, frilly wings; have limited flying capabilities, but may form swarms before shedding their wings and entering the water to mate and to lay eggs.. |
| Palaeodipteron | Taxonomic Name | Common Name | Larval Characteristics | Adult Characteristics |
| Genus | Palaeodipteron
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| Pediciidae | Taxonomic Name | Common Name | Larval Characteristics | Adult Characteristics |
| Family | Pediciidae
| Pediciid Crane Flies | Pointed front end w/partially or fully retracted head; rear end blunt w/variously shaped lobes; 10-25 mm when mature.. | Medium to large mosquito-like flies with extremely long legs; wings with 2 anal veins reaching margin.. |
| Dicranota | Taxonomic Name | Common Name | Larval Characteristics | Adult Characteristics |
| Genus | Dicranota
| . | 2 long lobes with a pair of tiny spiracles at the base, short white papillae; usually has pairs of prolegs on the underside of 5 abdominal segments, but may have broad swellings on both the top and bottom of 4 abdominal segments.. | . |
| Pedicia | Taxonomic Name | Common Name | Larval Characteristics | Adult Characteristics |
| Genus | Pedicia
| . | 2 short or long lobes with a pair of obvious spiracles at the base, and has short or long papillae, broad swellings only on the underside of 4 abdominal segments.. | . |
| Pelecorhynchidae | Taxonomic Name | Common Name | Larval Characteristics | Adult Characteristics |
| Family | Pelecorhynchidae
| Rubber Flies | Skin very thick, tough, and rubbery to the touch; no well-defined head, no prolegs, no lobes, no gills; have small, circular, divided plate near their rounded hind end.. | . |
| Glutops | Taxonomic Name | Common Name | Larval Characteristics | Adult Characteristics |
| Genus | Glutops
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| Phoridae | Taxonomic Name | Common Name | Larval Characteristics | Adult Characteristics |
| Family | Phoridae
| Humpbacked Flies | . | . |
| Psychodidae | Taxonomic Name | Common Name | Larval Characteristics | Adult Characteristics |
| Family | Psychodidae
| Moth Flies | Worm-like rounded or flattened body; well-defined head; no prolegs.. | Small and moth-like; wings broad, pointed, hairy, held roof-like over body.. |
| Maruina | Taxonomic Name | Common Name | Larval Characteristics | Adult Characteristics |
| Genus | Maruina
| . | Generally flattened top to bottom with a broad, well-developed head and what appears from above to be numerous body segments with plates along the middle; 8 disks of fine hairs along the underside of the body; a brush of hairs on the hind end.. | . |
| Pericoma | Taxonomic Name | Common Name | Larval Characteristics | Adult Characteristics |
| Genus | Pericoma
| . | Small, rounded in cross-section, and fairly dark, with a well developed head and subdivided body segments, with 26 plates all similar in size.. | . |
| Psychoda | Taxonomic Name | Common Name | Larval Characteristics | Adult Characteristics |
| Genus | Psychoda
| . | Small, rounded in cross-section, body is usually light in color, with a well developed head and subdivided body segments, but either only some body segments have plates on top, or the plates are different size on different segments.. | . |
| Ptychopteridae | Taxonomic Name | Common Name | Larval Characteristics | Adult Characteristics |
| Family | Ptychopteridae
| Phantom Crane Flies | Prominent, completely hardened head not concealed under the skin: body very long, thin, covered w/rows of hairs sometimes at ends of fleshy (sometimes hard) bumps; three pairs of prolegs (each with well developed hooks) near the front of the body,. | Resemble crane flies, except wings with only one anal vein reaching margin of wing, often with black and white banding on legs.. |
| Bittacomorpha | Taxonomic Name | Common Name | Larval Characteristics | Adult Characteristics |
| Genus | Bittacomorpha
| . | Body rust colored; mandibles have a single tooth at end; hypostoma has two teeth; rows of relatively short, fleshy tubercles cover the body; can grow to more than 1.25" (30+ mm). | . |
| Bittacomorphella | Taxonomic Name | Common Name | Larval Characteristics | Adult Characteristics |
| Genus | Bittacomorphella
| . | Uncommon - body black with a yellow breathing tube that can be pulled completely back into the body; hypostoma has two teeth; body covered with hard, black finger-like lobes; head broad and oval; body is less than 20 mm or ~4/5". | . |
| Ptychoptera | Taxonomic Name | Common Name | Larval Characteristics | Adult Characteristics |
| Genus | Ptychoptera
| . | Body light yellow or brown; mandibles have three teeth at the end; the hypotoma (near the middle of the underside of the head) has several teeth; can grow to about 2.5" (60 mm). | . |
| Sciomyzidae | Taxonomic Name | Common Name | Larval Characteristics | Adult Characteristics |
| Family | Sciomyzidae
| Marsh Flies | Tubular body without a well defined head capsule; abdominal segments are encircled with a ring of bumps; hind end narrows, then ends bluntly (not indented) with several small lobes around the edges; prey on snails and snail eggs.. | Small to medium sized; usually yellow or brown; may have patterned wings. |
| Simuliidae | Taxonomic Name | Common Name | Larval Characteristics | Adult Characteristics |
| Family | Simuliidae
| Black Flies | Body cylindrical; head w/fan-like mouth brushes; prothorax w/single ventral proleg; abdomen swollen toward end and terminating in an attachment disk.. | Small and stout; usually black, sometimes lighter; thorax strongly arched; wings broad.. |
| Prosimulium | Taxonomic Name | Common Name | Larval Characteristics | Adult Characteristics |
| Genus | Prosimulium
| . | Fans are present on the head, though they might be tucked into the mouthparts; antennae are light with black tips; there are never two tiny oval plates at the back of the head.. | . |
| Simulium | Taxonomic Name | Common Name | Larval Characteristics | Adult Characteristics |
| Genus | Simulium
| . | Fans present; teeth on the hypostoma are similar in length (though the middle and outside teeth might be slightly larger than the others); the antennae are never light with a dark tip; two tiny oval plates are often present behind the head.. | . |
| Twinnia | Taxonomic Name | Common Name | Larval Characteristics | Adult Characteristics |
| Genus | Twinnia
| . | Head without fans.. | . |
| Stratiomyidae | Taxonomic Name | Common Name | Larval Characteristics | Adult Characteristics |
| Family | Stratiomyidae
| Aquatic Soldier Flies | Relatively flat top to bottom w/ well developed head capsule, short antennae, 11 body segs; often w/fringe or tuft of long hairs at their hind end; no prolegs, but may have hooks on the underside of a segment or two; prominent spiracles behind head.. | Housefly shaped; antennae bent outward at 90 degree angle mid-length; wing venation forming discal cell near mid-point.. |
| Caloparyphus | Taxonomic Name | Common Name | Larval Characteristics | Adult Characteristics |
| Genus | Caloparyphus
| . | Plate on the hind end has a fringe of long hairs; the antennae are near the top of the head and point upward; the spiracles (dark spots) on the first segment behind the head are against the skin (no stalk).. | . |
| Euparyphus | Taxonomic Name | Common Name | Larval Characteristics | Adult Characteristics |
| Genus | Euparyphus
| . | Plate on the hind end has a fringe of long hairs; the antennae are near the top of the head and point upward; the spiracles on the first segment behind the head are at the end of long stalks.. | . |
| Hedriodiscus | Taxonomic Name | Common Name | Larval Characteristics | Adult Characteristics |
| Genus | Hedriodiscus
| . | Plate on the hind end has a fringe of long hairs; the antennae are on the side of the head near the front and point forward or slightly downward; body somewhat elongated.. | . |
| Myxosargus | Taxonomic Name | Common Name | Larval Characteristics | Adult Characteristics |
| Genus | Myxosargus
| . | Plate on the hind end has two short lobes, each with a 3/4 fringe of long hairs; the antennae point upward; the spiracles are against the skin at the front corners of the first segment behind the head.. | . |
| Nemotelus | Taxonomic Name | Common Name | Larval Characteristics | Adult Characteristics |
| Genus | Nemotelus
| . | Plate on the hind end doesn't have long hairs around the edge (the end of the abdomen may have half a dozen long hairs but never a fringe of many hairs).. | . |
| Odontomyia | Taxonomic Name | Common Name | Larval Characteristics | Adult Characteristics |
| Genus | Odontomyia
| . | Last abdominal segment rarely more than twice as long as wide, doesn't have a bump near the front on the underside.. | . |
| Sargus | Taxonomic Name | Common Name | Larval Characteristics | Adult Characteristics |
| Genus | Sargus
| . | Plate on the hind end w/fringe of long hairs; the antennae are on the side of the head near the front and point forward or slightly downward; body somewhat elongated.. | . |
| Stratiomys | Taxonomic Name | Common Name | Larval Characteristics | Adult Characteristics |
| Genus | Stratiomys
| . | Last abdominal segment segment very long and narrow (more than twice as long as wide) and has a swollen area near the front on the underside.. | . |
| Syrphidae | Taxonomic Name | Common Name | Larval Characteristics | Adult Characteristics |
| Family | Syrphidae
| Rattailed Maggots | No distinct head; body thick and cylindrical with blunt ends and a long, thin breathing tube on the hind end. They burrow in the organic muck of a wide variety of still and stagnant water environments.. | Adults called flower flies, drone flies, or hover flies; quite colorful, often with yellow stripes similar to those of bees or wasps.. |
| Tabanidae | Taxonomic Name | Common Name | Larval Characteristics | Adult Characteristics |
| Family | Tabanidae
| Horse and Deer Flies | Pointy hind end and rounded front end; ring of bumps around each abdominal segment; head parts are reduced to just slender rods.. | Medium to large sized; stout-bodied; often possessing patterned wings and colorful eyes; head as seen from above is semi-circular.. |
| Chrysops | Taxonomic Name | Common Name | Larval Characteristics | Adult Characteristics |
| Genus | Chrysops
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| Tabanus | Taxonomic Name | Common Name | Larval Characteristics | Adult Characteristics |
| Genus | Tabanus
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| Tanyderidae | Taxonomic Name | Common Name | Larval Characteristics | Adult Characteristics |
| Family | Tanyderidae
| Primative Crane Flies | Similar to chironomid larvae, but don't have front prolegs; do have six long filaments and a pair of long prolegs on their hind end.. | Similar to crane flies, except wing vein R is 5-branched.. |
| Protanyderus | Taxonomic Name | Common Name | Larval Characteristics | Adult Characteristics |
| Genus | Protanyderus
| . | Well developed head capsule; look very similar to midges, but don't have front prolegs, and have six long filaments and a pair of long prolegs on hind end; have spiracles at front and hind ends; prolegs at hind end have crochets.. | . |
| Thaumalcidae | Taxonomic Name | Common Name | Larval Characteristics | Adult Characteristics |
| Family | Thaumalcidae
| Solitary Midges | Body cylindrical; prothorax w/single proleg; abdomen with only a single terminal proleg.. | Adults knat-like; head small; wings w/7 longitudinal veins reaching margin.. |
| Thaumalea | Taxonomic Name | Common Name | Larval Characteristics | Adult Characteristics |
| Genus | Thaumalea
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| Tipulidae | Taxonomic Name | Common Name | Larval Characteristics | Adult Characteristics |
| Family | Tipulidae
| Tipulid Crane Flies | Pointed front end w/partially or fully retracted head; rear end blunt w/variously shaped lobes; 10-25 mm when mature.. | Medium to large mosquito-like flies with extremely long legs; wings with 2 anal veins reaching margin.. |
| Holorusia | Taxonomic Name | Common Name | Larval Characteristics | Adult Characteristics |
| Genus | Holorusia
| . | 6 short lobes; last abdominal segment w/both macro- and microscopic hairs; other abdominal segments w/macroscopic hairs intermixed with rows of microscopic hairs; 6 finger-like papillae (4 curve up against the body).. | . |
| Prionocera | Taxonomic Name | Common Name | Larval Characteristics | Adult Characteristics |
| Genus | Prionocera
| . | 6 long lobes; 6 finger-like papillae; abdomen covered with microscopic hairs, short visible hairs (fuzz) are only present only at bases of long hairs.. | . |
| Tipula | Taxonomic Name | Common Name | Larval Characteristics | Adult Characteristics |
| Genus | Tipula
| . | 6 (or 8) short or long lobes; 0-8 finger-like papillae under the end of the abdomen: abdomen; almost no microscopic hairs and is blanketed with fuzzy visible hairs.. | . |
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