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Pediciinae
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Pediciinae

The Pediciinae are a subfamily of "hairy-eyed" flies in the family Pediciidae, closely related to the Tipulidae (true crane flies). The subfamily comprises approximately 450 described species worldwide. Many genera, including Pedicia, are robust and inhabit aquatic or semi-aquatic environments, with larvae that are predatory on other aquatic invertebrates.

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7 branches of this subfamily, most-observed first

Pedicia

genusPedicia

Tricyphona

genusTricyphona

Dicranota

genusDicranota

Nipponomyia

genusNipponomyia

Nasiternella

genusNasiternella

Heterangaeus

genusHeterangaeus

Malaisemyia

genusMalaisemyia

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