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Diogma

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Diogma
Diogma glabrata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Cylindrotomidae
Subfamily: Cylindrotominae
Genus: Diogma
Edwards, 1938[1]
Type species
Limnobia glabrata
Meigen, 1818
Species

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Diogma is a genus of crane flies in the family Cylindrotomidae.

Biology

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The larvae of the genus Diogma live on mosses. Adults are to be found in damp wooded habitats.

Distribution

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Palaearctic.

Species

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References

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  1. ^ Edwards, Frederick W (1938). "British short-palped craneflies. Taxonomy of adults". Trans. Soc. Brit. Ent. 5: 1–168, 5 pls.
  2. ^ Alexander, C. P. (1949). "New or little-known Tipulidae (Diptera). LXXXIII. Oriental-Australasian species". The Annals and Magazine of Natural History. 12 (2): 178–205. doi:10.1080/00222934908653981.