Pediciidae (Family)

Overview

A Family in the Kingdom Animalia.

The Family Pediciidae is a member of the Superfamily Tipuloidea. Here is the complete "parentage" of Pediciidae:

Domain: Eukaryota Whittaker & Margulis,1978 - eukaryotes
- Kingdom: Animalia Linnaeus, 1758 - animals
  - Subkingdom: Bilateria (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983 - bilaterians
    - Branch: Protostomia Grobben, 1908 - protostomes
      - Infrakingdom: Ecdysozoa Aguinaldo Et Al., 1997 Ex Cavalier-Smith, 1998 - ecdysozoans
        Superphylum: Panarthropoda Cuvier
        Phylum: Arthropoda Latreille, 1829 - Arthropods
        Subphylum: Mandibulata Snodgrass, 1938
        Infraphylum: Atelocerata Heymons, 1901
        Superclass: Panhexapoda
        Class: Insecta C. Linnaeus, 1758 - Insects
        Subclass: Dicondylia
        Infraclass: Pterygota - Winged Insects
        Superorder: Panorpida
        Order: Diptera (DIP-ter-uh) C. Linnaeus, 1758
        Suborder: Nematocera - a genus of Flies (Diptera)
        Infraorder: Tipulomorpha
        Superfamily: Tipuloidea
        Family: Pediciidae - Pediciid Crane Flies

The Family Pediciidae is further organized into finer groupings including:

Genus (7): Dicranota · Heterangaeus · Malaisemyia · Nasiternella · Nipponomyia · Pedicia · Tricyphona
Species: ZipcodeZoo has pages for 418 species and subspecies in the Family Pediciidae.

At least 138 species and subspecies belong to the Genus Tricyphona.

More info about the Genus Tricyphona may be found here.

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