Tipula fascipennis Meigen, 1818
(a cranefly)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesTipula fascipennis (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 fascipennis (a cranefly) :
1: Tipula fascipennis (a cranefly)
9 Jul 1998 OSGR: SU68 51° 30’ N, 1° 10’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
Swept off Carex acutiformis
Image 1: Male - dorsal viewImage 2: Male - dorsal view - close-upImage 3: Male - dorsal view - wing and body - close-upImage 4: Male - lateral viewImage 5: Male - lateral view - close-up

Identification Works

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Larva

Brindle, A. 1958 Notes on the larvae of the British Tipulinae (Dipt., Tipulidae) Part 1 - the larvae of Tipula fascipennis Mg. and T. pagana Mg. Notes on the larvae of the British Tipulinae (Dipt., Tipulidae) Ent. Mon. Mag. Vol 94: 230-232.

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

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