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Parent Taxon

• Tipulidae

Sibling Taxa

• Acracantha
• Angarotipula
• Austrotipula
• Brachypremna
• Brevicera
• Clytocosmus
• Goniotipula
• Holorusia
• Idiotipula
• Ischnotoma
• Leptotarsus
• Megistocera
• Nephrotoma
• Nigrotipula
• Ozodicera
• Platyphasia
• Prionocera
• Ptilogyna
• Tipula
• Tipulodina
• Zelandotipula

Child Taxa

• Aurotipula
• Chlorotipula
• Habromastix
• Leptotarsus
• Leptotarsus ferruginosus
• Leptotarsus parallelus
• Leptotipula
• Longurio
• Macromastix
• Maoritipula
• Phymatopsis
• Pseudoleptotarsus
• Xenotipula

Top Observation Places

• Invercargill
• Nelson
• Dunedin
• Auckland
• North Shore
• Christchurch
• Wellington
• Lower Hutt
• Porirua