| Pediciidae | |
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| Pedicia rivosa | |
Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Infraorder: | Tipulomorpha |
| Superfamily: | Tipuloidea |
| Family: | Pediciidae Osten-Sacken, 1859 |
| Subfamilies | |
ThePediciidae orhairy-eyed craneflies are a family offlies closely related totrue crane flies, with about 500species worldwide.
Pediciidae are medium-sized to large (5 millimetres (0.20 in),Dicranota; 35 millimetres (1.4 in),Pedicia[citation needed]) flies which resembleTipulidae. 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 usuallyglabrous inrelated families). The antennae have 12–17 segments.[citation needed] The thorax has a V-shaped transverse suture. The wing has two anal veins. The apical crossveins andM-Cu form an oblique line. The wings ofPedicia have contrasting brown longitudinal stripes.[citation needed]
The oldest fossils of the family date to the Jurassic.[1]