Introduction

The Pediciidae or hairy-eyed craneflies are a family in the cranefly superfamily Tipuloidea, and they are closely related to Limoniidae. They comprises about 500 species worldwide. Like other tipuloids, their wings, legs and abdomen are long and slender. The common name is derived from the short erect hairs between their eye facets (the eyes are usually bare in related tipuloid families).
Two species in the genus Pedicia are known from Australia.

History of changes

History of changes

• Pedicia Latreille, P.A. 1809. Genera Crustaceorum et Insectorum secundum ordinem naturalem in familias disposita, iconibus exemplisque plurimus explicata. Parisiis et Argentorati : A. Koenig Vol. 4 399 pp. [255].

  Type species:

   Tipula rivosa Linnaeus, 1758 by monotypy.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Oosterbroek, P. 2011. Catalogue of the Craneflies of the World (Diptera,Tipuloidae: Pediciidae, Limoniidae, Cylindrotomidae, Tipulidae). http://nlbif.eti.uva.nl/ccw/index.php

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Victoria, Western Australia

IBRA

Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Jarrah Forest (JF), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Victorian Midlands (VM), Warren (WAR) ; NSW, Vic, WA: Australian Alps (AA), Flinders (FLI), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP)

History of changes

• Tricyphona Zetterstedt, J.W. 1837. Conspectus familiarum, generum et specierum Dipterorum, in fauna insectorum Lapponica descriptorum. Isis von Oken, Jena 1837: 28-67 [65].

  Type species:

   Limonia immaculata Meigen, 1804 by monotypy.
• Bophrosia Rondani, C. 1856. Dipterologiae Italicae prodromus. Vol: I. Genera Italica ordinis Dipterorum ordinatim disposita et distincta et in familias et stirpes aggregata. Parmae [= Parma] : A. Stoschi 226 + [2] pp. [183] [junior objective synonym of Tricyphona Zetterstedt, 1837].

  Type species:

   Limonia immaculata Meigen, 1804 by monotypy.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Oosterbroek, P. 1989. Family Tipulidae. pp. 53-116 in Evenhuis, N.L. (ed.). Catalog of the Diptera of the Australasian and Oceanian Regions. Honolulu and Leiden : Bishop Museum Press and E.J. Brill 1155 pp. [82]
• Oosterbroek, P. 2011. Catalogue of the Craneflies of the World (Diptera,Tipuloidae: Pediciidae, Limoniidae, Cylindrotomidae, Tipulidae). http://nlbif.eti.uva.nl/ccw/index.php

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Victoria, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

New Zealand.

IBRA

NSW, Vic, WA: Australian Alps (AA), Flinders (FLI), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP)

Distribution References

History of changes

• Limnobia (Tricyphona) congrua Walker, F. 1848. List of the Specimens of Dipterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum. Part I. London : British Museum pp. 1-229. [42].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH adult (sex unknown), Swan River, WA.

Distribution

States

Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Known only from type locality.

IBRA

WA: Swan Coastal Plain (SWA)

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: volant.

General References

Oosterbroek, P. 1989. Family Tipulidae. pp. 53-116 in Evenhuis, N.L. (ed.). Catalog of the Diptera of the Australasian and Oceanian Regions. Honolulu and Leiden : Bishop Museum Press and E.J. Brill 1155 pp. [82]

Oosterbroek, P. 2011. Catalogue of the Craneflies of the World (Diptera,Tipuloidae: Pediciidae, Limoniidae, Cylindrotomidae, Tipulidae). http://nlbif.eti.uva.nl/ccw/index.php

History of changes

• Amalopis nigritarsis Skuse, F.A.A. 1890. Diptera of Australia. Part VII.—The Tipulidae brevipalpi. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 2 4(3): 757-892, Pls. XXI-XXIV [888].

  Type data:

   
  Syntype(s) ANIC(MMUS) 3♀1♂ adults, Sydney and Mount Kosciusko, NSW; AM 1 adult, Sydney and Mount Kosciusko, NSW; ANIC(MMUS) 1 adult (not found), Sydney and Mount Kosciusko, NSW.

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Victoria

IBRA

NSW, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Flinders (FLI), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP)

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: volant.

General References

Alexander, C.P. 1944. New or little-known species of Australian Tipulidae (Diptera). II. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 69: 1-15 [6] (larval rearing)

Oosterbroek, P. 1989. Family Tipulidae. pp. 53-116 in Evenhuis, N.L. (ed.). Catalog of the Diptera of the Australasian and Oceanian Regions. Honolulu and Leiden : Bishop Museum Press and E.J. Brill 1155 pp. [82]

Oosterbroek, P. 2011. Catalogue of the Craneflies of the World (Diptera,Tipuloidae: Pediciidae, Limoniidae, Cylindrotomidae, Tipulidae). http://nlbif.eti.uva.nl/ccw/index.php

History of changes