A Preliminary List of the Crane Flies (Diptera: Tipulidae) of Iowa

Authors

Orville Halvorson, Iowa Wesleyan College
H. E. Jaques, Iowa Wesleyan CollegeFollow

Document Type

Research

Abstract

The members of the family Tipulidae are commonly called "Crane flies." They have slender bodies, long slim wings, prominent halteres and long dangling legs. The legs break so readily between the trochanter and femur that it becomes a difficult problem to collect these insects and get them mounted in good condition. 1 This brittleness might almost be made a character for determination of the family. The antennae are long and slim and are composed of from six to thirty-nine jointed segments. The eyes are large and the ocelli are wanting. In size the various species show a range almost as great as that found in the entire order of Diptera; the wing expanse varying from about two millimeters to forty-five millimeters or more.

Publication Date

1940

Journal Title

Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science

Volume

47

Issue

1

First Page

329

Last Page

332

Copyright

©1940 Iowa Academy of Science, Inc.

Language

en

File Format

application/pdf

Recommended Citation

Halvorson, Orville and Jaques, H. E. (1940) "A Preliminary List of the Crane Flies (Diptera: Tipulidae) of Iowa," Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science, 47(1), 329-332.
Available at: https://scholarworks.uni.edu/pias/vol47/iss1/91