The Pediciidae or hairy-eyed craneflies are a family of flies closely related to true crane flies, with about 500 species worldwide.
Description
Pediciidae are medium-sized to large (, Dicranota; , Pedicia flies which resemble Tipulidae. The wings, legs and abdomen are long and slender. Ocelli are absent. The eyes are pubescent; short erect hairs are present in between the eye facets (the eyes are usually glabrous in related families). The antennae have 12–17 segments.Narchuk E. P. Key to the families of dipteran insects (Insecta: Diptera) of the fauna of Russia and adjacent countries (with a brief overview of the families of the world fauna) Volume editor V. F. Zaitsev. -St. Petersburg: Zoological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 2003. - P. 196. - 252 p. -ISBN 5-98092-004-8. The thorax has a V-shaped transverse suture. The wing has two anal veins. The apical crossveins and M-Cu form an oblique line. The wings of Pedicia have contrasting brown longitudinal stripes.Stubbs, Alan 2021 British Craneflies British Entomological and Natural History Society 496 pp. + 32 pp. colour plates.ISBN 978-1-899935-09-3. Full description
Fossil record The oldest fossils of the family date to the Jurassic.
Genera Subfamily Pediciinae Dicranota Zetterstedt, 1838 Heterangaeus Alexander, 1925 Malaisemyia Alexander, 1950 Nasiternella Wahlgren, 1904 Nipponomyia Alexander, 1924 Ornithodes Coquillett, 1900 Pedicia Latreille, 1809 Savchenkoiana Kocak, 1981 Tricyphona Zetterstedt, 1837 Subfamily Ulinae Ula Haliday, 1833
Fossil genera
Fragisternella Upper Oligocene, Asia Praearchitipula Itat Formation, Russia, Middle Jurassic, Ichetuy Formation, Russia, Jurassic
References
External links Family :Pediciidae at EOL images.