Megistocera

Megistocera
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Suborder:	Nematocera
Infraorder:	Tipulomorpha
Superfamily:	Tipuloidea
Family:	Tipulidae
Subfamily:	Tipulinae
Genus:	Megistocera Wiedemann, 1828
Type species
Tipula filipes Fabricius, 1805
Species
see text
Synonyms
Maekistocera Wiedemann, 1820 Moegistocera Macquart, 1934

Megistocera is a genus of true crane fly.

Distribution

Angola, Argentina, Australia, Benin, Bolivia, Brazil, Congo, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Guinea, Guyana, Haiti, India, Indonesia, Jamaica, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaysia, Mozambique, Nigeria, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Solomon Islands, South Africa, Suriname, Tanzania, Thailand, Trinidad, Uganda, USA.

Species

• M. filipes (Fabricius, 1805)
• M. longipennis (Macquart, 1838)

References

• Catalogue of the Craneflies of the World