# Tipula

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Genus of flies

Tipula Tipula luna male Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda Clade: Pancrustacea Class: Insecta Order: Diptera Family: Tipulidae Subfamily: Tipulinae Genus: Tipula Linnaeus, 1758 Type species Tipula oleracea Linnaeus, 1758 Subgenera Acutipula Alexander, 1924 Afrotipula Alexander, 1955 Arctotipula Alexander, 1934 Bellardina Edwards, 1931 Beringotipula Savchenko, 1961 Dendrotipula Savchenko, 1964 Emodotipula Alexander, 1966 Eremotipula Alexander, 1965 Eumicrotipula Alexander, 1923 Formotipula Matsumura, 1916 Hesperotipula Alexander, 1947 Indratipula Alexander, 1970 Kalatipula Alexander, 1971 Labiotipula Alexander, 1965 Lindnerina Mannheims, 1965 Lunatipula Edwards, 1931 Mediotipula Pierre, 1924 Microtipula Alexander, 1912 Nesotipula Alexander, 1921 Nippotipula Matsumura, 1916 Nobilotipula Alexander, 1943 Odonatisca Savchenko, 1956 Papuatipula Alexander, 1935 Pectinotipula Alexander, 1920 Platytipula Matsumura, 1916 Pterelachisus Rondani, 1842 Ramatipula Alexander, 1971 Savtshenkia Alexander, 1965 Schummelia Edwards, 1931 Serratipula Alexander, 1965 Setitipula Alexander, 1965 Sinotipula Alexander, 1935 Sivatipula Alexander, 1964 Spinitipula Alexander, 1963 Tipula Linnaeus, 1758 Tipulodinodes Alexander, 1965 Trichotipula Alexander, 1915 Triplicitipula Alexander, 1965 Vestiplex Bezzi, 1924 Yamatotipula Matsumura, 1916

***Tipula*** is a very large [insect](/source/Insect) genus in the [fly](/source/Fly) family [Tipulidae (crane flies)](/source/Tipulidae). The members of this genus are sometimes collectively called **common crane flies**.[1] *Tipula* contains over 2,000 species located throughout the world.[2]

Like all crane flies, *Tipula* species have long bodies and long legs, somewhat resembling large [mosquitos](/source/Mosquito). Adults generally have a body length of 15–20 mm. They are usually brown with clear or brownish wings. They feed on nectar and are active throughout the year. *Tipula* maggots are sometimes known as "leather jackets" due to their tough skin.[1]

Technical description: Discal cell present; M3 arises from M4; all tibiae spurred Antennae with whorls of long hairs. Rs usually long; Sc ends far from base of Rs; cell 4 always petiolate; body colour usually grey, brown or dull yellow, rarely black; praescutal stripes (when present) usually dull, rarely slightly shining.[*[citation needed](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed)*]

Species of *Tipula* can be affected by fungal diseases, such as *[Zoophthora porteri](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Zoophthora_porteri&action=edit&redlink=1)*, found in [Tennessee](/source/Tennessee), USA.[3]

## Species

See [list of *Tipula* species](/source/List_of_Tipula_species).

## Gallery

		- *[Tipula bicornis](/source/Tipula_bicornis)* male

		- *[T. paterifera](/source/Tipula_paterifera)*

		- Larva

		- from [Sri Lanka](/source/Sri_Lanka)

## References

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-:0_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-:0_1-1) Will, Kip; Gross, Joyce; Rubinoff, Daniel; Powell, Jerry A. (2020). *Field Guide to California Insects*. Oakland, California: [University of California Press](/source/University_of_California_Press). pp. 270–272. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [9780520288744](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/9780520288744).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["Genus Tipula"](https://bugguide.net/node/view/10977). *bugguide.net*. Retrieved 2022-12-22.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** Hajek, Ann E.; Gryganskyi, Andrii; Bittner, Tonya; Liebherr, James K.; Liebherr, Jonathan H.; Bruun Jensen, Annette; Moulton, John K.; Humber, Richard A. (October 2016). "Phylogenetic placement of two species known only from resting spores: Zoophthora independentia sp. nov. and Z. porteri comb nov. (Entomophthorales: Entomophthoraceae)". *J Invertebr Pathol*. **140**: 68–74. [Bibcode](/source/Bibcode_(identifier)):[2016JInvP.140...68H](https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2016JInvP.140...68H). [doi](/source/Doi_(identifier)):[10.1016/j.jip.2016.09.002](https://doi.org/10.1016%2Fj.jip.2016.09.002). [PMID](/source/PMID_(identifier)) [27637932](https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/27637932).

## External links

- [Catalogue of the Craneflies of the World](https://ccw.naturalis.nl/index.php)

Taxon identifiers Tipula Wikidata: Q1818764 Wikispecies: Tipula ADW: Tipula AFD: Tipula BioLib: 61185 BOLD: 2421 BugGuide: 10977 CoL: 87L34 EPPO: 1TIPUG Fauna Europaea: 127969 Fauna Europaea (new): 350ba07a-2b89-4e6a-a163-cea9badf70fc GBIF: 1446543 iNaturalist: 60393 Insecta.pro: 875604 IRMNG: 1409378 ITIS: 119037 MNHN: tipula NBN: NBNSYS0000037309 NCBI: 41043 NZOR: 6d1e40a4-ca80-4b0c-aea1-2561abe429fa Paleobiology Database: 72091 Plazi: F46DF04F-CCFC-50B3-AB3F-90B1900076CC WoRMS: 151017 ZooBank: 305A2FAB-B016-436A-B531-983DD1CE8746

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