Family Hairy-eyed Crane Flies (Pediciidae)
Pediciidae is a family in the order Diptera. Browse 31 named species recorded in this family, or open an individual profile for its available identification and natural-history information.
Species in Pediciidae (31)
Dicranota flaveola
Dicranota flaveola
The most common insect emerging from cold water springs in southern Ontario, found at 93% of sites. (Gathmann and Williams 2006)
Dicranota rivularis
Dicranota rivularis
Identification: Extra crossvein in cell r1, Rs short with sharp bend, cell m1 absent (M1+2 unforked), scutum with three dark stripes.
Nasiternella hyperborea
Nasiternella hyperborea
"It is an uncommon species known from high latitudes in the Northwest Territories to Labrador and in high altitudes in the mountains of New Hampshire and New York. Mabel Alexander hand collected several males (and a male copulating with a teneral fem
Pedicia goldsworthyi
Pedicia goldsworthyi
Identification: Similar to Pedicia albivitta . The mesoventral lobes of male gonocoxite are larger and the ninth tergite has small patches of golden hairs.
Tricyphona inconstans
Tricyphona inconstans
Identification: Costal cell darkened, r-m meeting Rs before fork, no extra crossveins in cell r4.
Tricyphona protea
Tricyphona protea
Identification: Vein R2 long, diverging gradually from R3, ending in R1.
Dicranota cayuga
Dicranota cayuga
Dicranota maculata
Dicranota maculata
Dicranota rubescens
Dicranota rubescens
Giant Eastern Crane Fly
Pedicia albivitta
Pedicia bellamyana
Pedicia bellamyana
Pedicia contermina
Pedicia contermina
Pedicia littoralis
Pedicia littoralis
Pedicia magnifica
Pedicia magnifica
Pedicia margarita
Pedicia margarita
Pedicia occulta
Pedicia occulta
Pedicia parvicellula
Pedicia parvicellula
Pedicia procteriana
Pedicia procteriana
Pedicia rivosa
Pedicia rivosa
Pedicia straminea
Pedicia straminea
Tricyphona auripennis
Tricyphona auripennis
Tricyphona autumnalis
Tricyphona autumnalis
Tricyphona calcar
Tricyphona calcar
Tricyphona constans
Tricyphona constans
Tricyphona gigantea
Tricyphona gigantea
Tricyphona immaculata
Tricyphona immaculata
Tricyphona johnsoni
Tricyphona johnsoni
Tricyphona septentrionalis
Tricyphona septentrionalis
Tricyphona vernalis
Tricyphona vernalis
Ula elegans
Ula elegans
Ula sylvatica
Ula sylvatica