Cylindrotoma is a genus of crane fly in the family Cylindrotomidae.

Cylindrotoma
Cylindrotoma distinctissima
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Cylindrotoma

Type species
Limnobia distinctissima
Meigen, 1818
Species

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Cylindrotoma distinctissima in copula

Biology edit

The larvae of the genus Cylindrotoma live on various flowering plants. Adults are to be found in damp wooded habitats.

Distribution edit

Species can be found throughout Asia, North America, and Europe. China in the most species-rich country.[citation needed]

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References edit

  1. ^ Zhang, Xiao; Kang, Zehui; Mao, Meng; Li, Xuankun; Cameron, Stephen L.; de Jong, Herman; Wang, Mengqing; Yang, Ding (2016). "Comparative Mt Genomics of the Tipuloidea (Diptera: Nematocera: Tipulomorpha) and Its Implications for the Phylogeny of the Tipulomorpha". PLOS ONE. 11 (6): e0158167. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0158167. PMC 4920351. PMID 27341029.
  2. ^ Macquart, P. J. M. (1834). Histoire naturelle des insectes. Dipteres. Tome premiere. Paris: Roret. pp. 578 + 8 pp., 12 pls.