Tipula varipennis Meigen, 1818
(a cranefly)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesTipula varipennis (a cranefly)
SubgenusTipula (Pterolachisus) (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 varipennis (a cranefly) :
1: Tipula varipennis (a cranefly) IDENTIFICATION UNCERTAIN
15 May 1998 OSGR: SU67 51° 30’ N, 1° 10’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
Male
Image 1: Male - dorsal viewImage 2: Male - dorsal view - close-up - enlargedImage 3: Male - lateral viewImage 4: Male - lateral view - close-up - enlargedImage 5: Male - ventral viewImage 6: Male - ventral view - close-up - enlargedImage 7: Male - ventral view - close-up - enlarged (2)
2: Tipula varipennis (a cranefly)
17 May 1997 OSGR: SU57 51° 30’ N, 1° 10’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
Female, on Field Maple trunk
Image 1: Female - dorsal view

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

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Tipula varipennis (a cranefly)
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