Pediciinae

Pediciinae
Pedicia rivosa
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Infraorder: Tipulomorpha
Superfamily: Tipuloidea
Family: Pediciidae
Subfamily: Pediciinae
van der Wulp, 1877
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The Pediciinae are a subfamily of "hairy-eyed" flies in the family Pediciidae, closely related to the Tipulidae (true crane flies). The subfamily comprises approximately 450 described species worldwide. Many genera, including Pedicia, are robust and inhabit aquatic or semi-aquatic environments, with larvae that are predatory on other aquatic invertebrates.[1]

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References

  1. ^ Marshall, Stephen A. (2012). Flies: The Natural History and Diversity of Diptera. Firefly Books. p. 112. ISBN 978-1-77085-100-9.