| Crane flies and allies | |
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| Crane fly | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Suborder: | Nematocera |
| Infraorder: | Tipulomorpha |
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Tipulomorpha is an 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.