Biology:Diogma

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Diogma
Diogma glabrata, Trawscoed, North Wales, Aug 2015 (23245039579).jpg
Diogma glabrata
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Diogma

Edwards, 1938[2]
Type species
Limnobia glabrata
Meigen, 1818
Species

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Diogma is a genus of crane flies in the family Cylindrotomidae.

Biology

The larvae of the genus Diogma live on mosses. Adults are to be found in damp wooded habitats.

Distribution

Palaearctic.

Species

  • D. brevifurca Alexander, 1949[3]
  • D. caudata Takahashi, 1960
  • D. dmitrii Paramonov, 2005
  • D. glabrata (Meigen, 1818)
  • D. minuticornis (Alexander, 1935)
  • D. sinensis Yang & Yang, 1995

References

  1. Zhang, Xiao; Kang, Zehui; Mao, Meng; Li, Xuankun; Cameron, Stephen L.; de Jong, Herman; Wang, Mengqing; Yang, Ding (2016). "Comparative Mt Genomics of the Tipuloidea (Diptera: Nematocera: Tipulomorpha) and Its Implications for the Phylogeny of the Tipulomorpha". PLOS ONE 11 (6): e0158167. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0158167. PMID 27341029. 
  2. Edwards, Frederick W (1938). "British short-palped craneflies. Taxonomy of adults.". Trans. Soc. Brit. Ent. 5: 1–168, 5 pls. 
  3. Alexander, C. P. (1949). "New or little-known Tipulidae (Diptera). LXXXIII. Oriental-Australasian species". The Annals and Magazine of Natural History 12 (2): 178–205. doi:10.1080/00222934908653981. 

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