Tipula abdominalis

Tipula abdominalis, the giant crane fly, is a species of large crane flies in the family Tipulidae.^[1][2][3][4] T. abdominalis lives in riparian aquatic habitats as a larva, feeding on leaf litter digested by their hind gut microbiota. ^[5]

Tipula abdominalis
Tipula abdominalis in Guilford Township, Ohio
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Family:	Tipulidae
Genus:	Tipula
Subgenus:	Nippotipula
Species:	T. abdominalis
Binomial name
Tipula abdominalis Say
Synonyms[1]
Ctenophora abdominalis Say, 1823 Tipula albilata Walker, 1848