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Tipula tubifera

Insecta - Diptera - Tipulidae

Taxonomy
Tipula tubifera was named by Wighton (1980). Its type specimen is UAPC6166, a nymph (male pupa), and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Site 1 (near confluence of Blindman and Red Deer Rivers), which is in a Tiffanian pond limestone in the Paskapoo Formation of Canada.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1980Tipula tubifera Wighton pp. 624, 626 figs. 5, 5a, 5b

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
classInsecta
RankNameAuthor
orderDiptera
suborderNematoceraLatreille 1825
infraorderTipulomorpha
superfamilyTipuloidea
familyTipulidae()
subfamilyTipulinae
genusTipula
speciestubifera

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Tipula tubifera Wighton 1980
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available