Hesperotipula

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)[1]
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.[1]

Species

See list of Hesperotipula species.

Description

Members of Hesperotipula resemble another Tipula subgenus, Lunatipula, except for their differing genitalia.[1]

Distribution

Hesperotipula species are present in Vancouver and California.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c d 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 [63–64].


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