Cylindrotoma

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Endopterygota
Superordo: Panorpida
Cladus: Antliophora
Ordo: Diptera
Subordo: Nematocera
Infraordo: Tipulomorpha
Superfamilia: Tipuloidea

Familia: Cylindrotomidae
Subfamilia: Cylindrotominae
Genus: Cylindrotoma
Species: C. angustipennis – C. aurantia – C. deserrata – C. distinctissima – C. fokiensis – C. hypopygialis – C. japonica – C. megacera – C. nigripes – C. nigritarsis – C. nigriventris – C. pallidipes – C. rufescens – C. seticornis – C. simplex – C. subapterogyne – C. taiwania – C. tarsalis – C. trichophora
Name

Cylindrotoma Macquart, 1834
References

Macquart, J. 1834: Histoire naturelle des Insectes. Dipteres. Roret, Paris, 1: 1–578.

Cylindrotoma is a genus of crane fly in the family Cylindrotomidae.

Biology

The larvae of the genus Cylindrotoma live on various flowering plants. Adults are to be found in damp wooded habitats.
Distribution

Asia, North America & Europe. China in the most species rich countries.
Species

C. angustipennis Alexander, 1941
C. aurantia Alexander, 1935
C. borealis Peus, 1952
C. deserrata Alexander, 1972
C. distinctissima (Meigen, 1818)
C. fokiensis Alexander, 1949
C. hypopygialis Alexander, 1938
C. japonica Alexander, 1919
C. megacera Alexander, 1938
C. nigripes Alexander, 1931
C. nigritarsis Alexander, 1957
C. nigriventris Loew, 1849
C. pallidipes Alexander, 1954
C. rufescens Edwards, 1928
C. seticornis Alexander, 1964
C. simplex Alexander, 1972
C. subapterogyne Alexander, 1964
C. taiwania (Alexander, 1929)
C. tarsalis Johnson, 1912
C. trichophora Alexander, 1972

References

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 (DipteraNematocera: Tipulomorpha) and Its Implications for the Phylogeny of the Tipulomorpha". PLOS ONE. 11 (6): e0158167. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0158167. PMC 4920351. PMID 27341029.

Macquart, P. J. M. (1834). Histoire naturelle des insectes. Dipteres. Tome premiere. Paris: Roret. pp. 578 + 8 pp., 12 pls.

"Catalogue of the Craneflies of the World (Diptera, Tipuloidea: Pediciidae, Limoniidae, Cylindrotomidae, Tipulidae)". Naturalis Biodiversity Center.