{{Short description|Subgenus of crane fly}} {{Automatic taxobox | italic_title = taxon | taxon = Tipula (Triplicitipula) | authority = [[Charles Paul Alexander|Alexander]], 1965 | subdivision_ranks = Species | subdivision = * ''[[Tipula acuta]]'' <small>[[Rennie Wilbur Doane|Doane]], 1901</small> *''[[Tipula aequalis]]'' <small>[[Rennie Wilbur Doane|Doane]], 1901</small> *''[[Tipula barnesiana]]'' <small>[[Charles Paul Alexander|Alexander]], 1963</small> *''[[Tipula bellmyi]]'' <small>[[Charles Paul Alexander|Alexander]], 1965</small> *''[[Tipula colei]]'' *''[[Tipula doaneiana]]'' <small>[[Charles Paul Alexander|Alexander]], 1919</small> *''[[Tipula flavoumbrosa]]'' *''[[Tipula hoogstraali]]'' *''[[Tipula idiotricha]]'' <small>[[Charles Paul Alexander|Alexander]], 1965</small> *''[[Tipula integra]]'' <small>[[Charles Paul Alexander|Alexander]], 1962</small> *''[[Tipula justa]]'' <small>[[Charles Paul Alexander|Alexander]], 1935</small> *''[[Tipula lygropis]]'' <small>[[Charles Paul Alexander|Alexander]], 1920</small> *''[[Tipula minensis]]'' <small>[[Charles Paul Alexander|Alexander]], 1936</small> *''[[Tipula nastjasta]]'' <small>Yang & Yang, 1991</small> *''[[Tipula occidentalis]]'' <small>[[Rennie Wilbur Doane|Doane]], 1912</small> *''[[Tipula perlongipes]]'' *''[[Tipula planicornis]]'' <small>[[Rennie Wilbur Doane|Doane]], 1912</small> *''[[Tipula praecisa]]'' <small>[[Hermann Loew|Loew]], 1872</small> *''[[Tipula pubera]]'' <small>[[Hermann Loew|Loew]], 1864</small> *''[[Tipula quaylii]]'' <small>[[Rennie Wilbur Doane|Doane]], 1909</small> *''[[Tipula sanctaeritae]]'' <small>[[Charles Paul Alexander|Alexander]], 1946</small> *''[[Tipula silvestra]]'' <small>[[Rennie Wilbur Doane|Doane]], 1909</small> *''[[Tipula simplex]]'' <small>[[Rennie Wilbur Doane|Doane]], 1909</small> *''[[Tipula subtilis]]'' <small>[[Rennie Wilbur Doane|Doane]], 1901</small> *''[[Tipula sylvicola]]'' <small>[[Rennie Wilbur Doane|Doane]], 1912</small> *''[[Tipula triplex]]'' <small>[[Francis Walker (entomologist)|Walker]], 1848</small> *''[[Tipula umbrosa]]'' <small>[[Hermann Loew|Loew]], 1863</small> *''[[Tipula variipetiolaris]]'' <small>[[Charles Paul Alexander|Alexander]], 1933</small> *''[[Tipula vestigipennis]]'' <small>[[Rennie Wilbur Doane|Doane]], 1908</small> *''[[Tipula williamsi]]'' <small>[[Rennie Wilbur Doane|Doane]], 1909</small> }}
'''''Triplicitipula''''' is a [[subgenus]] of crane fly in the family [[Tipulidae]], found in the lower half of North America.<ref name="iNaturalist">{{cite web |title=Subgenus Triplicitipula |url=https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/465011-Triplicitipula |website=iNaturalist |access-date=16 June 2025 |language=en-US}}</ref> Several of the Californian species have reduced wings, most commonly found in females with some species (e.g. T. quaylii) possessing this trait in both sexes.<ref name="Alexander-1967">{{cite journal |title=The Crane Flies of California |url=https://essig.berkeley.edu/documents/cis/cis08.pdf |first1=Charles P. |last1=Alexander |journal=Bulletin of the California Insect Survey Volume 8 |publisher=Essig Museum of Entomology |date=1967 |access-date=17 June 2025}}</ref>
==Distribution and habitat== ''Triplicitipula'' contains numerous species across North America with many in California having a variety of habitats. There are a few species that inhabit the high mountains of western China and Tibet.<ref name="Alexander-1967"/>
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[[Category:Tipula| ]] [[Category:Insects described in 1965]] [[Category:Taxa named by Charles Paul Alexander]] [[Category:Insect subgenera]]
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