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 Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Infraorder: Tipulomorpha
Superfamily: Tipuloidea
Family: Pediciidae
Osten-Sacken, 1859
Subfamilies

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 2 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.[1]

Genera

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

References
  1. Gao, Jiaqi; Shih, Chungkun; Kopeć, Katarzyna; KrzemińSki, WiesłAw; Ren, Dong (2015-05-26). "New species and revisions of Pediciidae (Diptera) from the Middle Jurassic of northeastern China and Russia". Zootaxa. 3963 (2): 240. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3963.2.5. ISSN 1175-5334.
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