Biology:Nigrotipula

Short description: Genus of flies

Nigrotipula
Nigrotipula nigra
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Suborder:	Nematocera
Infraorder:	Tipulomorpha
Superfamily:	Tipuloidea
Family:	Tipulidae
Subfamily:	Tipulinae
Genus:	Nigrotipula Hudson & Vane-Wright, 1969
Type species
Tipula nigra Linnaeus, 1758
Species
see text
Synonyms
Anomaloptera Lioy, 1863

Nigrotipula is a genus of true crane fly.

Distribution

Palaearctic & India .

Species

• N. achlypoda (Alexander, 1966)
• N. bathroxantha (Alexander, 1961)
• N. nigra (Linnaeus, 1758)
• N. xanthocera (Alexander, 1936)
• N. zhejiangensis Yang & Yang, 1995

References

• "Catalogue of the Craneflies of the World (Diptera, Tipuloidea: Pediciidae, Limoniidae, Cylindrotomidae, Tipulidae)". Naturalis Biodiversity Center. https://ccw.naturalis.nl/. 

Wikidata ☰ Q7034149 entry