Ptychoptera albimana (Fabricius, 1787)
(a cranefly)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesPtychoptera albimana (a cranefly)
GenusPtychoptera (a genus of craneflies)
FamilyPTYCHOPTERIDAE (a family of craneflies)
SuperfamilyPTYCHOPTEROIDEA (a group of craneflies)
InfraorderPtychopteromorpha (a group of craneflies)
SuborderNEMATOCERA (thread-horned flies, gnat)
OrderDIPTERA (two-winged flies)
Division Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
InfraclassNeoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
SubclassPTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
ClassINSECTA (true insects)
SubphylumHEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
Records of Ptychoptera albimana (a cranefly) :
1: Ptychoptera albimana (a cranefly)
13 May 2015 OSGR: SZ19 50° 50’ N, 1° 50’ W Vice County: South Hants (VC 11) England
Male, on edge of damp woodland
Image 1: Male - dorsal view - silver backgroundImage 2: Male - lateral view - silver backgroundImage 3: Male - dorsal view - close-up - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 4: Male - dorsal view - close-up - highly enlarged - silver background (2)Image 5: Male - head and thorax - lateral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 6: Wing - highly enlarged - white backgroundImage 7: Male - genitalia - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 8: Male - genitalia - lateral view - microscope low magnification - white backgroundImage 9: Male - genitalia - ventral view - microscope low magnification - white background

Ptychoptera albimana (a cranefly) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

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