Tipula confusa van der Wulp, 1883
(a cranefly)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesTipula confusa (a cranefly)
SubgenusSavtshenkia (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 confusa (a cranefly) :
1: Tipula confusa (a cranefly)
5 Oct 2011 OSGR: SO46 52° 20’ N, 2° 40’ W Vice County: Hereford (VC 36) England
female, on window, outside
Image 1: Female - dorsal view - white backgroundImage 2: Female - lateral view - white backgroundImage 3: Female - ventral view - close-upImage 4: Female - dorsal view - close-up - enlargedImage 5: Female - head and pronotum - antero-dorsal view - magnifiedImage 6: Female - head and pronotum - dorsal view - magnifiedImage 7: Female - head and thorax - lateral view - magnifiedImage 8: Female - head - ventral view - magnifiedImage 9: Female - ovipositor (damaged) - ventral view - magnifiedImage 10: Female - pronotum - dorsal view - magnifiedImage 11: Female - ventral view - close-up - highly enlargedImage 12: Wing - highly enlarged
2: Tipula confusa (a cranefly)
18 Sep 2007 OSGR: SU56 51° 20’ N, 1° 10’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
mating pair on west-facing vertical face of gravestone in late afternoon
Image 1: Female - dorsal view - body and wings - white backgroundImage 2: Female - dorsal view - white backgroundImage 3: Mating pair - in situImage 4: Mating pair - in situ - close-upImage 5: Female - dorsal view - body - close-up - enlargedImage 6: Female - wings - enlarged - white backgroundImage 7: Male - lateral view - enlarged - white background
3: Tipula confusa (a cranefly) IDENTIFICATION UNCERTAIN
22 May 2007 OSGR: SU56 51° 20’ N, 1° 10’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England

Female

Female, resting on side of house in early evening

Image 1: Female - at rest - wings together - dorsal viewImage 2: Female - at rest - wings together - dorsal view - close-upImage 3: Female - dorsal view - wings apart - pale backgroundImage 4: Female - dorsal view - wings apart - pale background (2)Image 5: Female - ventral view - wings apart - pale backgroundImage 6: Female - at rest - lateral view - close-up - enlargedImage 7: Female - at rest - wings together - dorsal view - closer-up - enlargedImage 8: Female - at rest - wings together - dorsal view - closest-up - enlargedImage 9: Female - body - dorsal view - close-up - enlarged - grey backgroundImage 10: Female - body - dorsal view - close-up - enlarged - grey background (2)Image 11: Female - body - ventral view - close-up - enlarged - grey backgroundImage 12: Female - head and thorax - dorsal view - close-up - highly enl - highly enlarged - grey backgroundImage 13: Female - head and thorax - dorsal view - highly enlarged - grey backgroundImage 14: Female - head and thorax - dorsal view - highly enlarged - grey background (2)Image 15: Female - head and thorax - lateral view - close-up - enlarged - grey backgroundImage 16: Female - head and thorax - lateral view - highly enlarged - grey backgroundImage 17: Female - head - lateral view - highly enlarged - grey backgroundImage 18: Female - lateral view - close-up - enlarged - grey backgroundImage 19: Head - ventral view - close-up - magnifiedImage 20: Head - ventral view - close-up - magnified (2)Image 21: Head - ventral view - magnifiedImage 22: Ovipositor - lateral view - enlarged - grey backgroundImage 23: Ovipositor - lateral view - magnified - grey backgroundImage 24: Wing - highly enlargedImage 25: Wing - highly enlarged (2)

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

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