Tipula abdominalis, the giant crane fly, is a species of large crane flies in the family Tipulidae.[1][2][3][4] T. abdominalis lives in riparian aquatic habitats as a larva, feeding on leaf litter digested by their hind gut microbiota. [5]
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| Tipula abdominalis in Guilford Township, Ohio | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Tipulidae |
| Genus: | Tipula |
| Species: | T. abdominalis
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| Tipula abdominalis | |
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References
edit- ^ a b "Tipula abdominalis Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-05-05.
- ^ "Tipula abdominalis species details". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-05-05.
- ^ "Tipula abdominalis". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-05-05.
- ^ "Tipula abdominalis Species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-05-05.
- ^ Cook, DM; DeCrescenzo Henriksen, E; Upchurch, R; Peterson, JB (September 2007). "Isolation of polymer-degrading bacteria and characterization of the hindgut bacterial community from the detritus-feeding larvae of Tipula abdominalis (Diptera: Tipulidae)". Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 73 (17): 5683–6. Bibcode:2007ApEnM..73.5683C. doi:10.1128/AEM.00213-07. PMC 2042085. PMID 17630316.
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