Crane flies and allies | |
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Crane fly | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Diptera |
Suborder: | |
Infraorder: | Tipulomorpha |
Families | |
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The Tipulomorpha are an infraorder of , containing the crane flies, a very large group, and allied families.
One recent classification based largely on fossils splits this group into a series of extinct superfamilies (below), and includes members of other infraorders, but this has not gained wide acceptance.