Tipula cava Riedel, 1913
(a cranefly)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesTipula cava (a cranefly)
SubgenusLunatipula (a subgenus of craneflies)
GenusTipula (a genus of craneflies)
FamilyTIPULIDAE (tipulid craneflies, cranefly)
SuperfamilyTIPULOIDEA (craneflies)
InfraorderTipulomorpha (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 Tipula cava (a cranefly) :
1: Tipula cava (a cranefly)
23 Jul 2003 OSGR: SU56 51° 20’ N, 1° 10’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
Female, in Heath trap 22/23 July 03
Image 1: Female - dorsal viewImage 2: Female - dorsal view (2)Image 3: Female - dorsal view - close-upImage 4: Female - dorsal view - close-up (2)Image 5: Female - ventral viewImage 6: Female - ventral view (2)Image 7: Female - ventral view - close-upImage 8: Female - ventral view - close-up (2)Image 9: Head and thorax - dorsal view - highly enlargedImage 10: Head and thorax - lateral view - highly enlargedImage 11: Head - dorso-lateral view - highly enlargedImage 12: Head - ventro-lateral view - highly enlargedImage 13: Ovipositor - dorsal view - close-up - highly enlargedImage 14: Ovipositor - lateral view - close-up - highly enlargedImage 15: Ovipositor - ventral view - close-up - highly enlargedImage 16: Terminalia - dorsal view - close-up - highly enlargedImage 17: Terminalia - lateral view - close-up - highly enlargedImage 18: Terminalia - ventral view - close-up - highly enlargedImage 19: Thorax - dorsal view - highly enlarged
2: Tipula cava (a cranefly)
23 Aug 1997 OSGR: SU56 51° 20’ N, 1° 10’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
in Heath trap
Image 1: Female - dorsal viewImage 2: Female - dorsal view - close-upImage 3: Female - lateral view - close-upImage 4: Female - ventral view - close-up
3: Tipula cava (a cranefly)
23 Aug 1997 OSGR: SU57 51° 30’ N, 1° 10’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
at MV
Image 1: Male - dorsal view - close-upImage 2: Male - lateral view - close-upImage 3: Male - ventral viewImage 4: Male - ventral view - close-up
4: Tipula cava (a cranefly)
23 Aug 1997 OSGR: SU57 51° 30’ N, 1° 10’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
at MV
Image 1: Female - dorsal view - close-upImage 2: Female - ventral view - close-upImage 3: Female - ventral view - close-up (2)
5: Tipula cava (a cranefly)
3 Aug 1997 OSGR: SU56 51° 20’ N, 1° 10’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
in Heath trap
Image 1: Male - dorsal view - close-upImage 2: Male - lateral viewImage 3: Male - lateral view - close-upImage 4: Male - ventral view - close-up
6: Tipula cava (a cranefly)
2 Aug 1997 OSGR: SU56 51° 20’ N, 1° 10’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
in Heath trap
Image 1: Male - dorsal view - close-upImage 2: Male - lateral view - close-upImage 3: Male - lateral view - close-up (2)Image 4: Male - ventral view - close-up
7: Tipula cava (a cranefly)
2 Aug 1997 OSGR: SU56 51° 20’ N, 1° 10’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
in Heath trap
Image 1: Female - dorsal viewImage 2: Female - dorsal view - close-upImage 3: Female - lateral view - close-upImage 4: Female - ventral view - close-up
8: Tipula cava (a cranefly)
29 Jun 1997 OSGR: SU56 51° 20’ N, 1° 10’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
Image 1: Male - dorsal viewImage 2: Male - dorsal view - close-upImage 3: Male - lateral viewImage 4: Male - lateral view (2)Image 5: Male - ventral view - close-up
9: Tipula cava (a cranefly) IDENTIFICATION UNCERTAIN
25 Apr 1971 OSGR: TG10 52° 40’ N, 1° 10’ E Vice County: East Norfolk (VC 27) England
Pupa
Image 1: Pupa - dorsal view - enlargedImage 2: Pupa - ventral view - enlarged

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

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