Maekistocera

Maekistocera
Maekistocera sp.
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Suborder:	Nematocera
Infraorder:	Tipulomorpha
Superfamily:	Tipuloidea
Family:	Tipulidae
Subfamily:	Tipulinae
Genus:	Maekistocera Wiedemann, 1820
Type species
Tipula filipes Fabricius, 1805
Species
see text
Synonyms
Megistocera Wiedemann, 1828 Moegistocera Macquart, 1934

Maekistocera is a genus of true crane fly.

Angola, Argentina, Australia, Benin, Bolivia, Brazil, Congo, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Guinea, Guyana, Haiti, India, Indonesia, Jamaica, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaysia, Mozambique, Nigeria, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Solomon Islands, South Africa, Suriname, Tanzania, Thailand, Trinidad, Uganda, US.

• M. filipes (Fabricius, 1805)
• M. longipennis (Macquart, 1838)

• "Catalogue of the Craneflies of the World (Diptera, Tipuloidea: Pediciidae, Limoniidae, Cylindrotomidae, Tipulidae)". Naturalis Biodiversity Center.