CYLINDROTOMIDAE
(cylindrotomid craneflies)

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Family	CYLINDROTOMIDAE (cylindrotomid craneflies)
Superfamily	TIPULOIDEA (craneflies)
Infraorder	Tipulomorpha (craneflies)
Suborder	NEMATOCERA (thread-horned flies, gnat)
Order	DIPTERA (two-winged flies)
Division	Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
Infraclass	Neoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
Subclass	PTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
Class	INSECTA (true insects)
Subphylum	HEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
Phylum	ARTHROPODA (arthropods)
Superphylum	ECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
Clade	Bilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
Subkingdom	EUMETAZOA (metazoans)
Kingdom	ANIMALIA (animals)
Domain	Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
Life	BIOTA (living things)

CYLINDROTOMIDAE is also a member of:
Invertebrates - Invertebrates (via Arthropoda)

Identification Works

	Author	Year	Title	Source
	Coe, R.L., Freeman, P. & Mattingley, P.F.	1950	* Diptera: Nematocera: families Tipulidae to Chironomidae *(Superseded)	Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects, Vol IX. Part 2, 216pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London
	Edwards, F.W.	1938	* British short-palped craneflies. Taxonomy of adults *(Superseded)	Transactions of the Society for British Entomology Vol 5 (1): 1-168 + Plate 1-5.
	Pierre, C.	1924	* Diptères; Tipulidae *(Superseded)	Faune de France, Vol 8, 159pp
	Stubbs, A.E.	1997	Tipulidae (in prep)
Larva
	Brindle, A.	1967	The larvae and pupae of the British Cylindrotominae and Limoniinae (Diptera, Tipulidae)	Transactions of the Society for British Entomology Vol 17: 151-216.
Pupa
	Brindle, A.	1967	The larvae and pupae of the British Cylindrotominae and Limoniinae (Diptera, Tipulidae)	Transactions of the Society for British Entomology Vol 17: 151-216.

CYLINDROTOMIDAE (cylindrotomid craneflies) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Tipulomorpha
(craneflies)

NEMATOCERA
(thread-horned flies, gnat)

DIPTERA
(two-winged flies)

INSECTA
(true insects)

HEXAPODA
(insects and other 6-legged organisms)

ARTHROPODA
(arthropods)

ANIMALIA
(animals)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

NBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for CYLINDROTOMIDAE (cylindrotomid craneflies)

BioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 0 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for CYLINDROTOMIDAE (cylindrotomid craneflies)

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Taxonomic hierarchy:

CYLINDROTOMIDAE is also a member of:

Identification Works

Larva

Pupa

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