Tipula abdominalis
Appearance
Tipula abdominalis | |
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Tipula abdominalis in Guilford Township, Ohio | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Diptera |
Family: | Tipulidae |
Genus: | Tipula |
Species: | T. abdominalis
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Binomial name | |
Tipula abdominalis | |
Synonyms[1] | |
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Tipula abdominalis, the giant crane fly, is a species of large crane flies in the family Tipulidae.[1][2][3][4] T. abdominalis lives in riparian aquatic habitats as a larva, feeding on leaf litter digested by their hind gut microbiota. [5]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Tipula abdominalis Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-05-05.
- ^ "Tipula abdominalis species details". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-05-05.
- ^ "Tipula abdominalis". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-05-05.
- ^ "Tipula abdominalis Species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-05-05.
- ^ Cook, DM; DeCrescenzo Henriksen, E; Upchurch, R; Peterson, JB (September 2007). "Isolation of polymer-degrading bacteria and characterization of the hindgut bacterial community from the detritus-feeding larvae of Tipula abdominalis (Diptera: Tipulidae)". Applied and environmental microbiology. 73 (17): 5683–6. doi:10.1128/AEM.00213-07. PMID 17630316.
External links
[edit]- Media related to Tipula abdominalis at Wikimedia Commons