Tipulomorpha

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Crane flies and allies

Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Suborder:	Nematocera
Infraorder:	Tipulomorpha

Families

   Cylindrotomidae
   Limoniidae
   Pediciidae
   Tipulidae - Crane flies
   Trichoceridae - Winter crane flies

Tipulomorpha is a infraorder of Nematocera, containing the crane flies, a very large group, and several allied families, three of which have historically been included within the Tipulidae.

One recent classification based largely on fossils splits this group into a series of extinct superfamilies (below), and includes members of other infraorders, but this has not gained wide acceptance.

[edit] Extinct ranks

Superfamily Eopolyneuridea
   Eopolyneuridae - (Upper Triassic)
   Musidoromimidae - (Upper Triassic)
  Superfamily Tipulodictyidea extinct
   Tipulodictyidae - (Upper Triassic)
  Superfamily Tanyderophryneidea extinct
   Tanyderophryneidae - (Middle Jurassic)
  Superfamily Tipuloidea
   Architipulidae extinct (Upper Triassic)
   ...(Pan Jurassic)
   Eolimnobiidae extinct (Lower Jurassic)
  Superfamily Eoptychopteridea extinct
   Eoptychopteridae - (Lower Jurassic)