Tipulomorpha

Taxobox
name = Crane flies and allies

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image_width = 250px
image_caption = Crane fly
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Arthropoda
subphylum = Hexapoda
classis = Insecta
subclassis = Pterygota
infraclassis = Neoptera
superordo = Endopterygota|
ordo = Diptera
subordo = Nematocera
infraordo = Tipulomorpha
subdivision_ranks = Families
subdivision = *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.

Extinct ranks

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

External links

* [http://www.tolweb.org/Tipulomorpha/24067 Tree of Life Tipulomorpha]