Tipula luna Westhoff, 1879
(a cranefly)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesTipula luna (a cranefly)
SubgenusAcutipula (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 luna (a cranefly) :
1: Tipula luna (a cranefly)
16 May 2014 OSGR: SY98 50° 40’ N, 2° 0’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
2 males
Image 1: Male - dorsal view - close-up - silver backgroundImage 2: Male - dorsal view - white backgroundImage 3: Male - lateral view - silver backgroundImage 4: Male - lateral view - white backgroundImage 5: Male - lateral view - white background (2)Image 6: Male - head and thorax - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 7: Male - head and thorax - lateral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 8: Male - head - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 9: Male - terminalia - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 10: Male - terminalia - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 11: Male - terminalia - posterior view - magnified - white backgroundImage 12: Male - terminalia - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 13: Male - thorax - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 14: Wing - highly enlarged - white background

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

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