Tipula oleracea Linnaeus, 1758
(a cranefly)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesTipula oleracea (a cranefly)
SubgenusTipula (Tipula) (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 oleracea (a cranefly) :
1: Tipula oleracea (a cranefly)
9 May 2014 OSGR: SU00 50° 50’ N, 1° 60’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
in garage, in powdery leaf debris between two rubber mats stored for the winter . Photos: larva, pupa, adult female
Image 1: Female - dorsal view - close-up - white backgroundImage 2: Female - dorsal view - close-up - white background (2)Image 3: Female - dorsal view - wings apart - white backgroundImage 4: Female - dorsal view - wings together - white backgroundImage 5: Female - lateral view - close-up - white backgroundImage 6: Female - lateral view - white backgroundImage 7: Female - ventral view - close-up - white backgroundImage 8: Larva - wet - expanded - dorsal view - pale backgroundImage 9: Larva - wet - expanded - dorsal view - pale background (2)Image 10: Larva - wet - expanded - dorsal view - pale background (3)Image 11: Female - head and thorax - lateral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 12: Female - head - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 13: Female - head - lateral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 14: Female - head - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 15: Female - terminalia - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 16: Female - terminalia - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 17: Female - terminalia - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 18: Female - thorax - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 19: Larva - wet - contracted - enlarged - natural backgroundImage 20: Larva - wet - contracted - ventral view - enlarged - pale backgroundImage 21: Larva - wet - enlarged - natural backgroundImage 22: Larva - wet - enlarged - natural background (2)Image 23: Larva - wet - enlarged - pale backgroundImage 24: Larva - wet - enlarged - pale background (2)Image 25: Larva - wet - head end - lateral view - highly enlarged - pale backgroundImage 26: Larva - wet - posterior view - highly enlarged - pale backgroundImage 27: Larva - wet - posterior view - highly enlarged - pale background (2)Image 28: Larva - wet - posterior view - highly enlarged - pale background (3)Image 29: Pupa - lateral view - enlarged - natural backgroundImage 30: Pupa - lateral view - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 31: Pupal exuvia - anal point - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 32: Pupal exuvia - anal point - dorso-lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 33: Pupal exuvia - anal point - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 34: Pupal exuvia - herad and thoracic region - ventral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 35: Pupal exuvia - latero-dorsal view - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 36: Pupa - ventral view - enlarged - natural backgroundImage 37: Wing - highly enlarged - silver background
2: Tipula oleracea (a cranefly)
15 Aug 1998 OSGR: SU56 51° 20’ N, 1° 20’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
Male, at MV
Image 1: Abdomen - tip - dorsal view - enlargedImage 2: Female - dorsal viewImage 3: Male - dorsal view - close-up - enlargedImage 4: Male - dorsal view - close-up - enlarged (2)Image 5: Male - lateral viewImage 6: Male - lateral view - close-up - enlargedImage 7: Male - ventral view - close-up - enlargedImage 8: Male - ventral view - close-up - enlarged (2)
3: Tipula oleracea (a cranefly)
19 Jun 1998 OSGR: SU57 51° 30’ N, 1° 10’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
MV light trap
Image 1: Female - dorsal view - close-upImage 2: Male - dorsal viewImage 3: Male - dorsal view - close-upImage 4: Male - dorsal view - close-up (2)Image 5: Male - lateral viewImage 6: Male - ventral viewImage 7: Male - ventral view - close-up
4: Tipula oleracea (a cranefly)
22 May 1998 OSGR: SU36 51° 20’ N, 1° 30’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
female
Image 1: Female - dorsal viewImage 2: Female - dorsal view - close-upImage 3: Female - lateral viewImage 4: Female - lateral view - close-upImage 5: Female - ventral viewImage 6: Female - ventral view - close-upImage 7: Female - ventral view - close-up - enlarged

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Young, C.W., Onore, G. & Proano, K. 2000 First Occurrence of Tipula (Tipula) oleracea Linnaeus (Diptera: Tipulidae) in the New World, with Biological Notes Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society Vol 72 (2): 226-232.

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

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