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wasps. Males have comb-like antennae. The larvae are saproxylic. The species are confined to old deciduous forests, orchards, and other habitats with continuity of the presence of dying and fallen trees. ''Ctenophora'' species are important

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s. ''Ctenophora'' is distinguished from related genera (''

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'' Brulle, '' Phoroctenia'' Coquillett) by these characteristic combinations. The segments of the antennae of the males have two pairs of outgrowths, the lower pair longer than upper pair. The antennae of the female are distinctly 13-segmented, and often indistinctly serrated. The sides of the mesothorax bear long bristles. Sternite 8 of the female is without dentate protuberances.

Species

*Subgenus '' Cnemoncosis'' Enderlein, 1921 **'' C. fastuosa'' Loew, 1871 **'' C. festiva'' Meigen, 1804 **'' C. ishiharai''

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, 1953 **'' C. magnifica'' Loew, 1869 **'' C. nohirae'' Matsumura, 1916 **'' C. ornata'' Meigen, 1818 **'' C. septentrionalis'' (

, 1921) **'' C. yezoana'' Matsumura, 1906 *Subgenus ''

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'' Meigen, 1803 **'' C. amabilis'' Takahashi, 1960 **'' C. apicata'' Osten Sacken, 1864 **'' C. biguttata'' Matsumura, 1916 **''

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'' Meigen, 1818 **'' C. flaveolata'' ( Fabricius, 1794) **'' C. guttata'' Meigen, 1818 **'' C. nigriceps'' (Tjeder, 1949) **'' C. nikkoensis'' Takahashi, 1960 **'' C. nubecula'' Osten Sacken, 1864 **'' C. pectinicornis'' (

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) **'' C. perjocosa''

, 1940 **'' C. pselliophoroides''

, 1938 **'' C. tricolor'' Loew, 1869 *Subgenus '' Xiphuromorpha'' Savchenko, 1973 **'' C. sibirica'' Portschinsky, 1873

References

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Oosterbroek West Palearctic species
{{Taxonbar, from=Q3006443 Tipulidae Tipuloidea genera