| LC control no. | sh 85033737 |
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| LC classification | QL537.T6 Zoology |
| Topical heading | Crane flies |
| Variant(s) | Craneflies Daddy long legs (Insects) Daddy longlegs (Insects) Cylindrotomidae Limoniidae Tipulidae |
| See also | Diptera |
| Found in | Intro. to the study of insects, 1989: p. 535 (Family Tipulidae--crane flies) Web. 3 (crane fly: any of numerous long-legged slender two-winged flies (Family Tipulidae)) Britannica Micro. (crane fly, also called daddy long legs, any insect of the family Tipulidae. In English-speaking countries other than the U.S., the crane fly is popularly called daddy long legs because it has a slender mosquito-like body and extremely long legs. (In the U.S. "daddy longlegs" generally refers to an arachnid.)) Encarta world Eng. dict.: daddy longlegs (1. long-legged arachnid of order Opiliones. 2.=crane fly) Klots, J.B. Living insects of the world, 1959: p. 206 (Craneflies--Family Tipulidae) |
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