Tipula scripta Meigen, 1830
(a cranefly)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesTipula scripta (a cranefly)
SubgenusVestiplex (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 scripta (a cranefly) :
1: Tipula scripta (a cranefly)
18 May 2011 OSGR: SU56 51° 20’ N, 1° 10’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
Female, in greenhouse
Image 1: Female - dorsal view - close-up - white backgroundImage 2: Female - dorsal view - wings apart - close-up - white backgroundImage 3: Female - dorsal view - wings apart - close-up - white background (2)Image 4: Female - dorsal view - wings apart - white backgroundImage 5: Female - dorsal view - wings together - white backgroundImage 6: Female - lateral view - close-up - white backgroundImage 7: Female - lateral view - white backgroundImage 8: Female - lateral view - white background (2)Image 9: Female - ventral view - close-up - white backgroundImage 10: Dorsum - magnifiedImage 11: Female - head and mouthparts - ventral view - highly enlargedImage 12: Female - head and mouthparts - ventral view - highly enlarged (2)Image 13: Female - head, antennae and mouthparts - lateral view - highly enlargedImage 14: Female - thorax and praescutum - dorsal view - magnifiedImage 15: Female - thorax - lateral view - highly enlargedImage 16: Female - wing - close-up - enlargedImage 17: Ovipositor - dorsal view - magnifiedImage 18: Ovipositor - lateral view - magnifiedImage 19: Ovipositor - ventral view - magnifiedImage 20: Wing - close-up - enlarged
2: Tipula scripta (a cranefly)
21 Jun 1999 OSGR: SU56 51° 20’ N, 1° 10’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
male, indoors, after dark
Image 1: Antennae - lateral viewImage 2: Head and antennae, mouthparts - lateral viewImage 3: Head and thorax - dorsal viewImage 4: Head and thorax - dorsal view (2)Image 5: Head and thorax - dorsal view (3)Image 6: Head - dorsal viewImage 7: Head - lateral viewImage 8: Head - lateral view (2)Image 9: Head - ventral viewImage 10: Head - ventral view (2)Image 11: Male - body - dorsal view - close-upImage 12: Male - body - ventral view - close-upImage 13: Male - dorsal viewImage 14: Male - dorsal view - close-upImage 15: Male - genitalia - lateral viewImage 16: Male - genitalia - posterior/slightly ventral viewImage 17: Male - genitalia - posterior viewImage 18: Male - genitalia - posterior view (2)Image 19: Male - genitalia - posterior view (3)Image 20: Male - genitalia - posterior view (4)Image 21: Male - genitalia - posterior view (5)Image 22: Male - genitalia - posterior view (6)Image 23: Male - genitalia - posterior view (7)Image 24: Male - lateral viewImage 25: Male - lateral view - close-upImage 26: Male - lateral view - close-up (2)Image 27: Male - ventral viewImage 28: Male - ventral view - close-upImage 29: Thorax - dorsal viewImage 30: Thorax - dorsal view (2)Image 31: Thorax - lateral viewImage 32: Thorax- ventral viewImage 33: Thorax - ventral viewImage 34: Wing
3: Tipula scripta (a cranefly)
9 Aug 1997 OSGR: SU56 51° 20’ N, 1° 10’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
female, in Heath trap
Image 1: Female - dorsal view - close-upImage 2: Female - lateral view - close-upImage 3: Female - lateral view - whole animalImage 4: Female - ventral view - close-up
4: Tipula scripta (a cranefly)
4 May 1997 OSGR: SU57 51° 30’ N, 1° 10’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
male
Image 1: Male - dorsal view - close-up

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

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