Ptychoptera lacustris Meigen, 1830
(a cranefly)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesPtychoptera lacustris (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 lacustris (a cranefly) :
1: Ptychoptera lacustris (a cranefly) IDENTIFICATION UNCERTAIN
18 May 2008 OSGR: NS03 55° 40’ N, 5° 10’ W Vice County: Clyde Islands (VC 100) Scotland
Female, on Burdock leaf
Image 1: Female - dorsal viewImage 2: Female - dorsal view (2)Image 3: Female - dorso-lateral viewImage 4: Female - dorso-lateral view (2)Image 5: Female - front three-quarter viewImage 6: Female - latero-dorsal view
2: Ptychoptera lacustris (a cranefly) IDENTIFICATION UNCERTAIN
9 Jul 1997 OSGR: SU56 51° 20’ N, 1° 10’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
at outside of window
Image 1: Female - dorsal viewImage 2: Female - dorsal view (2)Image 3: Female - lateral viewImage 4: Female - lateral view (2)Image 5: Female - ventral viewImage 6: Female - ventral view (2)

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

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Ptychoptera lacustris (a cranefly)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 0 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Ptychoptera lacustris (a cranefly)
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