Subfamily

Bittacomorphinae

Bittacomorpha occidentalis. Photo: (c) Jim Johnson, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-ND)

The Ptychopteridae, phantom crane flies, are a small family (three extant genera) of nematocerous Diptera. Superficially similar in appearance to other “tipuloid” families, they lack the ocelli of the Trichoceridae, the five-branched radial vein of the Tanyderidae, and the two anal veins that reach the wing margins of the Tipulidae. They are usually allied with the Tanyderidae based on similarities of the mesonotal suture, this group being called the Ptychopteromorpha.

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