Hesperotipula
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Tipula californica | |
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Subgenus: | Hesperotipula |
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Tipula streptocera Doane, 1901
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Hesperotipula is a subgenus of the crane fly genus Tipula that is present on the west coast of the North American continent.[1]
Species
See list of Hesperotipula species.
Description
Members of Hesperotipula resemble another Tipula subgenus, Lunatipula, except for their differing genitalia.[1]
Distribution
Hesperotipula species are present in Vancouver and California.[1]
References
- ^ a b c d Alexander, Charles Paul (1947). "Undescribed species of crane-flies from the western United States and Canada (Dipt.: Tipulidae). Part VII". Entomological News. 58: 61–67 [63–64].