Ctenophora

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Endopterygota
Superordo: Panorpida
Cladus: Antliophora
Ordo: Diptera
Subordo: Nematocera
Infraordo: Tipulomorpha
Superfamilia: Tipuloidea

Familia: Tipulidae
Subfamilia: Ctenophorinae
Genus: Ctenophora
Subgenera: C. (Cnemoncosis) – C. (Ctenophora) – C. (Xiphuromorpha)
Name

Ctenophora Meigen, 1803
Primary references

Meigen, J. 1803. Versuch einer neuen Gattungseintheilung der europäischen zweiflügeligen Insekten. Magazin für Insektenkunde 2: 259–281. BHL Reference page.

References

Men, Q.-l.; Huang, M.-y. 2014: A new species of the genus Ctenophora Meigen (Diptera: Tipuloidea: Tipulidae) from China, with a key to the world species. Zootaxa 3841(4): 592–600. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3841.4.8 Reference page.
Podeniene, V.; Naseviciene, N.; Podėnas, S. 2014: Notes on the first instar larvae of Ctenophora and Nephrotoma (Diptera, Tipulidae). Zootaxa 3764(2): 152–168. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3764.2.3 Reference page.

Links

Ctenophora (Tipulidae) – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).

Ctenophora is a genus of true crane flies. The species are large (about 20 mm long, with 25-mm wingspans), shiny black craneflies with large yellow, orange, or red markings to mimic wasps. Males have comb-like antennae. The larvae are saproxylic. The species are confined to old deciduous forests, orchards, and other habitats with continuity of the presence of dying and fallen trees. Ctenophora species are important bioindicators.

Ctenophora is distinguished from related genera (Dictenidia Brulle, Phoroctenia Coquillett) by these characteristic combinations. The segments of the antennae of the males have two pairs of outgrowths, the lower pair longer than upper pair. The antennae of the female are distinctly 13-segmented, and often indistinctly serrated. The sides of the mesothorax bear long bristles. Sternite 8 of the female is without dentate protuberances.

Species

Subgenus Cnemoncosis Enderlein, 1921
C. fastuosa Loew, 1871
C. festiva Meigen, 1804
C. ishiharai Alexander, 1953
C. magnifica Loew, 1869
C. nohirae Matsumura, 1916
C. ornata Meigen, 1818
C. septentrionalis (Alexander, 1921)
C. yezoana Matsumura, 1906
Subgenus Ctenophora Meigen, 1803
C. amabilis Takahashi, 1960
C. apicata Osten Sacken, 1864
C. biguttata Matsumura, 1916
C. elegans Meigen, 1818
C. flaveolata (Fabricius, 1794)
C. guttata Meigen, 1818
C. nigriceps (Tjeder, 1949)
C. nikkoensis Takahashi, 1960
C. nubecula Osten Sacken, 1864
C. pectinicornis (Linnaeus, 1758)
C. perjocosa Alexander, 1940
C. pselliophoroides Alexander, 1938
C. tricolor Loew, 1869
Subgenus Xiphuromorpha Savchenko, 1973
C. sibirica Portschinsky, 1873

References

"Catalogue of the Craneflies of the World (Diptera, Tipuloidea: Pediciidae, Limoniidae, Cylindrotomidae, Tipulidae)". Naturalis Biodiversity Center.
Oosterbroek West Palearctic species