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Species of fly

Tipula abdominalis
Tipula abdominalis in Guilford Township, Ohio
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Tipulidae
Genus: Tipula
Subgenus: Nippotipula
Species: T. abdominalis
Binomial name
Tipula abdominalis
Say
Synonyms
  • Ctenophora abdominalis Say, 1823
  • Tipula albilata Walker, 1848

Tipula abdominalis, the giant crane fly, is a species of large crane flies in the family Tipulidae. T. abdominalis lives in riparian aquatic habitats as a larva, feeding on leaf litter digested by their hind gut microbiota.

References

  1. ^ "Tipula abdominalis Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-05-05.
  2. "Tipula abdominalis species details". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-05-05.
  3. "Tipula abdominalis". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-05-05.
  4. "Tipula abdominalis Species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-05-05.
  5. Cook, DM; DeCrescenzo Henriksen, E; Upchurch, R; Peterson, JB (September 2007). "Isolation of polymer-degrading bacteria and characterization of the hindgut bacterial community from the detritus-feeding larvae of Tipula abdominalis (Diptera: Tipulidae)". Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 73 (17): 5683–6. Bibcode:2007ApEnM..73.5683C. doi:10.1128/AEM.00213-07. PMC 2042085. PMID 17630316.

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