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Tipula

Insecta - Diptera - Tipulidae

Taxonomy

Tipula was named by Linnaeus (1758). It is extant. It is the type genus of Tipulidae.

It was assigned to Halterata by Scopoli (1763); to Diptera by Linnaeus (1758), Linnaeus (1761), Geoffroy (1762), Müller (1764), Schaeffer (1766), Linnaeus (1767), Strøm (1768), Müller (1776), Harris (1780) and Latreille (1796); to Antliata by Fabricius (1775) and Fabricius (1798); to Tipulariae by Latreille (1802); to Tipulidae by Scudder (1877), Aldrich (1905), Cockerell (1908), Alexander (1938), Lewis (1973), Krzemiński (1992), Carpenter (1992), Evenhuis (1994) and Krzemiński (2019); and to Tipulinae by Zhang (1989), Krzemiński (2000), Kania and Nel (2013) and Krzemiński et al. (2021).

Species

Adetus, T. (Electrotipula), T. (Gedanica), T. (Platytipula), T. (Succinica), T. (Tipula), T. (Trichotipula), T. acourti, T. aemula, T. americana, T. anglicana, T. angustata, T. antiqua, T. bilineata, T. binoculata, T. bouati, T. brevirostris, T. carolae, T. carolinae, T. carpenteri, T. clauda, T. consumpta, T. corollata, T. cossmanni, T. crassipes, T. curvicornis, T. digitifera, T. eocenica, T. eucera, T. evanitura, T. expectans, T. falco, T. florissanta, T. fmartinbrowni (syn. T. (Micrapsis) decorata), T. fongicola, T. furensis, T. gardneri, T. goliath, T. graciosa, T. grandis, T. grandissima, T. handlirschiana, T. heeriana (syn. T. lineata), T. heilprini, T. hepialina, T. indura, T. infernalis, T. inflexa, T. insolita, T. internecata, T. lapillescens, T. latahensis, T. lethaea, T. limfjordensis, T. limi, T. limiformis (syn. T. hooleyi), T. longicornis, T. longipalpis, T. maclurei, T. maculipennis, T. magnifica, T. maior (syn. T. ungeri), T. major, T. marioni, T. maxima, T. media, T. miegi, T. minima, T. needhami, T. nevadensis, T. obtecta, T. oleracea, T. pachyvena, T. paleopannonia, T. paludis, T. peusi, T. phoracantha, T. picta, T. popovi, T. presliana, T. protogaea, T. reliquiae, T. revivificata, T. rigens, T. rubiensis, T. scudderiana, T. sectorialis, T. sepulchri, T. spinistyla, T. spoliata, T. submedia, T. subterjacens, T. tartari, T. tubifera, T. tulameena, T. varia, T. wilmatteae, T. zignoi, Tipulidea distincta

Sister genera

Adetus

Synonyms

Adetus was named by Berendt (1845).

It was considered a nomen nudum by Evenhuis (1994).
Micrapsis was named by Scudder (1894).

It was reranked as Tipula (Micrapsis) by Brown (1985); it was synonymized subjectively with Tipula by Evenhuis (1994).

It was assigned to Tipula by Brown (1985).
Tipulidea was named by Scudder (1894).

It was synonymized subjectively with Tipula by Evenhuis (1994).
Tipula infernalis was named by Heer (1861).

It was considered a nomen nudum by Heer (1861).
Tipula brevirostris was named by Loew (1850).

It was considered a nomen nudum by Loew (1850).
Tipula eucera was named by Loew (1850).

It was considered a nomen nudum by Loew (1850).
Tipula fongicola was named by Meunier (1899).

It was considered a nomen nudum by Meunier (1899).
Tipula longicornis was named by Meunier (1899).

It was considered a nomen nudum by Meunier (1899).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1758	Tipula Linnaeus p. 585
1761	Tipula Linnaeus p. 430
1762	Tipula Geoffroy p. 548
1763	Tipula Scopoli p. 315
1764	Tipula Müller p. 76
1766	Tipula Schaeffer
1767	Tipula Linnaeus p. 970
1768	Tipula Strøm p. 351
1775	Tipula Fabricius p. 747
1776	Tipula Müller p. 167
1780	Tipula Harris p. 159
1796	Tipula Latreille p. 152
1798	Tipula Fabricius p. 550
1802	Tipula Latreille p. 420
1845	Adetus Berendt p. 57
1850	Tipula brevirostris Loew p. 37
1850	Tipula eucera Loew p. 37
1861	Tipula infernalis Heer p. 153
1877	Tipula Scudder p. 752
1894	Tipulidea Scudder p. 238
1894	Micrapsis Scudder p. 242
1899	Tipula fongicola Meunier p. 174
1899	Tipula longicornis Meunier p. 174
1905	Tipula Aldrich p. 99
1908	Tipula Cockerell
1938	Tipula Alexander p. 112
1973	Tipula Lewis p. 706
1985	Tipula (Micrapsis) Brown p. 98
1989	Tipula Zhang p. 326
1992	Tipula Carpenter
1992	Tipula Krzemiński p. 43
1994	Tipula Evenhuis
2000	Tipula Krzemiński p. 243
2013	Tipula Kania and Nel p. 330
2019	Tipula Krzemiński p. 499
2021	Tipula Krzemiński et al. p. 716

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Protostomia
—	Ecdysozoa
—	Panarthropoda
phylum	Arthropoda	Latreille 1829
superclass	Hexapoda	Latreille 1825

Rank	Name	Author
class	Insecta
order	Diptera
suborder	Nematocera	Latreille 1825
infraorder	Tipulomorpha
superfamily	Tipuloidea
family	Tipulidae	()
subfamily	Tipulinae
genus	Tipula

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. Tipula Linnaeus 1758

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Subg. †Tipula (Electrotipula) Alexander 1931

†Tipula (Electrotipula) pinetorum Alexander 1931

Subg. †Tipula (Gedanica) Krzemiński et al. 2021

†Tipula (Gedanica) adamowiczi Krzemiński et al. 2021

Subg. Tipula (Platytipula) Matsumura 1916

†Tipula (Platytipula) anatolica Kania and Nel 2013

Subg. †Tipula (Succinica) Krzemiński et al. 2021

†Tipula (Succinica) berendti Krzemiński et al. 2021

Subg. Tipula (Tipula) Linnaeus 1758

†Tipula (Tipula) oligocenica Kania and Nel 2013

Subg. Tipula (Trichotipula) Alexander 1915

†Tipula (Trichotipula) fji de Jong 2019

†Tipula acourti Cockerell 1921

†Tipula aemula Heer 1849

†Tipula americana Kania et al. 2018

†Tipula anglicana Krzemiński 2019

†Tipula angustata Novák 1878

†Tipula antiqua Presl 1822

†Tipula bilineata Scudder 1894

†Tipula binoculata Henriksen 1922

†Tipula bouati Meunier 1915

†Tipula carolae Lewis 1973

†Tipula carolinae Scudder 1894

†Tipula carpenteri Alexander 1938

†Tipula clauda Scudder 1894

†Tipula consumpta Scudder 1894

†Tipula corollata Zhang et al. 1994

†Tipula cossmanni Meunier 1915

†Tipula crassipes Meunier 1899

†Tipula curvicornis Presl 1822

†Tipula digitifera Alexander 1931

†Tipula eocenica Meunier 1906

†Tipula evanitura Scudder 1894

†Tipula expectans Novák 1878

†Tipula falco Alexander 1931

†Tipula florissanta Scudder 1894

†Tipula fmartinbrowni Evenhuis 1994

Invalid names: Tipula (Micrapsis) decorata Brown 1985 [replaced]

†Tipula furensis Freiwald 1990

†Tipula gardneri Cockerell 1917

†Tipula goliath Loew 1850

†Tipula graciosa Meunier 1906

†Tipula grandis Meunier 1914

†Tipula grandissima Meunier 1906

†Tipula handlirschiana Alexander 1931

†Tipula heeriana Cockerell 1909

Invalid names: Tipula lineata Heer 1849 [replaced]

†Tipula heilprini Scudder 1894

†Tipula hepialina Cockerell 1909

†Tipula indura Theobald 1937

†Tipula inflexa Theobald 1937

†Tipula insolita Zhang 1989

†Tipula internecata Scudder 1894

†Tipula lapillescens Scudder 1894

†Tipula latahensis Lewis 1969

†Tipula lethaea Scudder 1894

†Tipula limfjordensis Freiwald 1990

†Tipula limi Scudder 1894

†Tipula limiformis Cockerell 1915

Invalid names: Tipula hooleyi Cockerell and Haines 1921 [synonym]

†Tipula longipalpis Meunier 1906

†Tipula maclurei Scudder 1894

†Tipula maculipennis Heer 1849

†Tipula magnifica Scudder 1894

†Tipula maior Unger 1841

Invalid names: Tipula ungeri Heer 1849 [objective synonym]

†Tipula major Meunier 1906

†Tipula marioni Theobald 1937

†Tipula maxima Statz 1934

†Tipula media Meunier 1906

†Tipula miegi Theobald 1937

†Tipula minima Theobald 1937

†Tipula needhami Cockerell 1910

†Tipula nevadensis Byers 2011

†Tipula obtecta Heer 1849

Tipula oleracea Linnaeus 1758

†Tipula pachyvena Freiwald 1990

†Tipula paleopannonia Engel and Gross 2012

†Tipula paludis Scudder 1894

†Tipula peusi Statz 1944

†Tipula phoracantha Alexander 1931

†Tipula picta Scudder 1894

†Tipula popovi Krzemiński 2000

†Tipula presliana Alexander 1931

†Tipula protogaea Presl 1822

†Tipula reliquiae Scudder 1894

†Tipula revivificata Scudder 1894

†Tipula rigens Scudder 1894

†Tipula rubiensis Lewis 1973

†Tipula scudderiana Alexander 1931

†Tipula sectorialis Zeuner 1938

†Tipula sepulchri Scudder 1890

†Tipula spinistyla Alexander 1931

†Tipula spoliata Scudder 1890

†Tipula submedia Alexander 1931

†Tipula subterjacens Scudder 1894

†Tipula tartari Scudder 1894

†Tipula tubifera Wighton 1980

†Tipula tulameena Handlirsch 1910

†Tipula varia Heer 1849

†Tipula wilmatteae Melander 1949

†Tipula zignoi Omboni 1886

Invalid names: Adetus Berendt 1845 [nomen nudum], Micrapsis Scudder 1894 [synonym], Tipula brevirostris Loew 1850 [nomen nudum], Tipula eucera Loew 1850 [nomen nudum], Tipula fongicola Meunier 1899 [nomen nudum], Tipula infernalis Heer 1861 [nomen nudum], Tipula longicornis Meunier 1899 [nomen nudum], Tipulidea Scudder 1894 [synonym]

Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available

Measurements

No measurements are available

Composition:

chitinc

Environment:

terrestrialc

Locomotion:

actively mobilep

Created:

2017-04-17 09:56:18

Modified:

2017-04-17 09:56:18

Source: c = class, p = phylum

References: Bush and Bambach 2015, Kiessling 2004

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Tiffanian to the top of the Gelasian or 61.70000 to 1.80600 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 56.8 Ma

Collections (81 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Tiffanian	61.7 - 56.8	Canada (Alberta)	T. tubifera (119816)
Ypresian	56.0 - 47.8	Germany	T. sp. (151356)
Ypresian	56.0 - 47.8	Denmark	T. binoculata (123999 152143 152146) T. binoculata, T. pachyvena (152144 152145) T. furensis (152147 152150) T. furensis, T. limfjordensis (152148 152149) T. limfjordensis (114153 120020 123998 152152) T. pachyvena (138942 152153)
Ypresian	56.0 - 47.8	Canada (British Columbia)	T. tulameena (119864)
Bridgerian	50.3 - 46.2	USA (Wyoming)	T. spoliata, T. sepulchri (122090)
Lutetian	47.8 - 41.3	USA (Montana)	T. fji (117614)
Uintan	46.2 - 39.7	USA (Colorado)	T. americana (198817)
Priabonian	38.0 - 33.9	France	T. sp., T. marioni, T. indura (113709)
Priabonian	38.0 - 33.9	Poland	T. goliath, T. berendti (109625) T. sp., T. adamowiczi (110737)
Priabonian	38.0 - 33.9	United Kingdom (England)	T. gardneri (21976) T. gardneri, T. hooleyi, T. acourti, T. anglicana (123960) T. gardneri, T. limiformis, T. acourti (123959)
Priabonian	38.0 - 33.9	Russian Federation (Kaliningrad)	T. curvicornis, T. protogaea, T. antiqua (124194) T. longipalpis, T. media, T. submedia, T. digitifera, T. phoracantha, T. major (124073) T. media (123766) T. pinetorum (127169) T. pinetorum, T. longipalpis, T. media, T. phoracantha, T. presliana, T. major, T. spinistyla, T. falco, T. graciosa, T. handlirschiana, T. scudderiana, Brachypremna eocenica, T. grandissima, T. crassipes (123927)
Priabonian	38.0 - 33.9	Russian Federation (Primorskiy)	T. popovi (123794)
Chadronian	37.2 - 33.9	USA (Colorado)	T. florissanta (122975) T. florissanta, T. internecata, T. subterjacens (34966) T. heilprini, T. clauda (123119) T. hepialina (124001) T. limi, Tipulidea distincta (124624) T. maclurei, T. florissanta (106379) T. maclurei, T. florissanta, T. limi, T. heilprini, T. lapillescens, T. rigens, T. clauda, T. magnifica, T. revivificata, T. evanitura, T. tartari, T. carolinae, T. internecata, T. subterjacens, T. lethaea, Tipulidea consumpta, Tipulidea bilineata, Tipulidea picta, Tipulidea reliquiae, Micrapsis paludis (106384) T. maclurei, T. wilmatteae, T. florissanta, T. heilprini, T. lapillescens, T. decorata (106381) T. needhami (114150) T. rigens (124680 140083) T. sp. nov. (124002)
Late/Upper Eocene	37.2 - 33.9	USA (Colorado)	T. florissanta, T. limi, T. rigens, T. clauda, T. evanitura (122093)
Early/Lower Oligocene	33.9 - 28.4	France	T. sp. (122408) T. sp. 1, T. sp. 2 (121473)
Early/Lower Oligocene	33.9 - 28.4	Germany	T. sp. (113964 169856)
MP 23	33.9 - 28.4	France	T. sp. (122535 122536)
Rupelian	33.9 - 28.1	Germany	T. sp., T. marioni, T. minima, T. miegi (122407)
Rupelian	33.9 - 28.1	Italy	T. zignoi (110634)
Whitneyan	33.3 - 30.8	USA (Montana)	T. rubiensis, T. carolae (120623)
Late/Upper Oligocene	28.4 - 23.03	USA (Colorado)	T. carpenteri (121978) T. sp., T. carpenteri (121977)
MP 30	28.4 - 23.03	Germany (Nordrhein-Westfalen)	T. sp. (138696) T. sp. 2, T. sp. 3 (153359)
Chattian	28.1 - 23.03	France (Bouches-Du-Rhone)	T. inflexa (122513)
Chattian	28.1 - 23.03	France (Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur)	T. bouati (122489) T. cossmanni, T. grandis (122487)
Chattian	28.1 - 23.03	Germany (North Rhine-Westphalia)	T. sp. 1, T. peusi, T. maxima (122010)
Aquitanian	23.03 - 20.44	Turkey	T. oligocenica, T. anatolica (123307)
Aquitanian	23.03 - 20.44	Germany	T. sectorialis (123872)
Burdigalian	20.44 - 15.97	China (Shandong)	T. corollata (138944) T. insolita (128550)
MN 4	16.9 - 15.97	Czech Republic	T. angustata, T. expectans (117612)
Barstovian	16.3 - 12.5	USA (Nevada)	T. nevadensis (102996)
Langhian	15.97 - 13.82	USA (Washington)	T. latahensis (97619)
Sarmatian	12.7 - 11.608	Romania	T. lineata (156755)
Sarmatian	12.7 - 11.608	Croatia	T. aemula (117250) T. maculipennis, Rhipidia maior (117246) T. maculipennis, T. varia, T. lineata, T. obtecta (117761) T. varia (117247)
Tortonian	11.62 - 7.246	Austria	T. paleopannonia (105962)
Turolian	8.7 - 5.333	France (Ardèche)	T. maclurei (172761)
Messinian	7.246 - 5.333	France	T. maclurei (138771)
Gelasian	2.588 - 1.806	Greenland	T. spp. (160109 160144 160146)