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Hesperotipula

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Subgenus of crane fly

Hesperotipula
Tipula californica
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Tipulidae
Subfamily: Tipulinae
Genus: Tipula
Subgenus: Hesperotipula
(Alexander, 1947)
Type species
Tipula streptocera
Doane, 1901


Hesperotipula is a subgenus of the crane fly genus Tipula that is present on the west coast of the North American continent.

Species

See list of Hesperotipula species.

Description

Members of Hesperotipula resemble another Tipula subgenus, Lunatipula, except for their differing genitalia.

Distribution

Hesperotipula species are present in Vancouver and California.

References

  1. ^ Alexander, Charles Paul (1947). "Undescribed species of crane-flies from the western United States and Canada (Dipt.: Tipulidae). Part VII". Entomological News. 58: 61–67 .
Taxon identifiers
Hesperotipula


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