Pediciidae

The Pediciidae or hairy-eyed craneflies are a family of flies closely related to true crane flies, with about 500 species worldwide.

Pediciidae Temporal range:
Pedicia rivosa
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Infraorder:	Tipulomorpha
Superfamily:	Tipuloidea
Family:	Pediciidae Osten-Sacken, 1859
Subfamilies
Pediciinae Ulinae

Description

For terms see Morphology of Diptera.

Pediciidae are medium-sized to large (5 millimetres (0.20 in), Dicranota 35 millimetres (1.4 in), Pedicia) flies which resemble Tipulidae. The wings, legs and abdomen are long and slender. Ocelli are absent. The eyes are pubescent; short erect hairs are present in between the eye facets (the eyes are usually glabrous in related families). The antenna have 12–17 segments. The thorax has a V-shaped transverse suture. The wing has two anal veins. The apical crossveins and M-Cu form an oblique line. The wings of Pedicia have contrasting brown longitudinal stripes.

Fossil record

The oldest fossils of the family date to the Jurassic.

Genera

• Subfamily Pediciinae

• Dicranota Zetterstedt, 1838
• Heterangaeus Alexander, 1925
• Malaisemyia Alexander, 1950
• Nasiternella Wahlgren, 1904
• Nipponomyia Alexander, 1924
• Ornithodes Coquillett, 1900
• Pedicia Latreille, 1809
• Savchenkoiana Kocak, 1981
• Tricyphona Zetterstedt, 1837

• Subfamily Ulinae

• Ula Haliday, 1833

Fossil genera

• Fragisternella Upper Oligocene, Asia
• Praearchitipula Itat Formation, Russia, Middle Jurassic, Ichetuy Formation, Russia, Jurassic

References

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

External links

• Family :Pediciidae at EOL images.