Full reference: S. E. Lewis. 1973. Two new species of fossil crane flies (Diptera: Tipulidae) from the Ruby River Basin (Oligocene) of Southwestern Montana. Annals of the Entomological Society of America 66(3):706-707
Belongs to Tipula according to S. E. Lewis 1973
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 scudderiana, Tipula sectorialis, Tipula sepulchri, Tipula spinistyla, Tipula spoliata, Tipula submedia, Tipula tecta, Tipula tubifera, Tipula tulameena, Tipula ungeri, Tipula varia, Tipula wilmatteae, Tipulidea distincta
Type specimen: B-75, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Ruby River Site 1, which is in a Rupelian lacustrine shale in the Passamari Formation of Montana.
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Average measurements (in mm): wing 21.9 x 4.9