Full reference: A. Handlirsch. 1910. Canadian fossil Insects. 5. Insects from the Tertiary lake deposits of the southern interior of British Columbia, collected by Mr. Lawrence M. Lambe. Contributions to Canadian Palaeontology 2(3):93-129
Belongs to Tipula according to A. Handlirsch 1910
Sister taxa: Tipula (Electrotipula), Tipula acourti, Tipula aemula, Tipula angustata, Tipula antiqua, Tipula bouati, Tipula callarche, Tipula carolae, Tipula carpenteri, Tipula clauda, Tipula cossmanni, Tipula curvicornis, Tipula decrepita, Tipula digitifera, Tipula eocenica, Tipula eva, Tipula expectans, Tipula falco, Tipula florissanta, Tipula fmartinbrowni, Tipula gardneri, Tipula graciosa, Tipula grandis, Tipula grandissima, Tipula handlirschiana, Tipula heeriana, Tipula heilprini, Tipula hepialina, Tipula hiemalis, Tipula hooleyi, Tipula indura, Tipula inflexa, Tipula insolita, Tipula lapillescens, Tipula latahensis, Tipula limi, Tipula limiformis, Tipula longipalpis, Tipula maclurei, Tipula maculipennis, Tipula major, Tipula marioni, Tipula media, Tipula miegi, Tipula minima, Tipula needhami, Tipula nevadensis, Tipula obtecta, Tipula oleracea, Tipula paleopannonia, Tipula phoracantha, Tipula presliana, Tipula protogaea, Tipula rigens, Tipula rubiensis, Tipula scudderiana, Tipula sectorialis, Tipula sepulchri, Tipula spinistyla, Tipula spoliata, Tipula submedia, Tipula tecta, Tipula tubifera, Tipula ungeri, Tipula varia, Tipula wilmatteae, Tipulidea distincta
Type specimen: Its type locality is Tulameen river, opposite Vermilion cliff, which is in a Lutetian terrestrial horizon in the Allenby Formation of Canada
Ecology:
Average measurements (in mm): wing length 9.00