Tipula vernalis Meigen, 1804
(a cranefly)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesTipula vernalis (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 vernalis (a cranefly) :
1: Tipula vernalis (a cranefly)
4 May 2012 OSGR: SY58 50° 40’ N, 2° 40’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
male, in grassy sward
Image 1: Male - dorsal view - close-up - white backgroundImage 2: Male - dorsal view - white backgroundImage 3: Male - lateral view - white backgroundImage 4: Male - lateral view - close-up - enlarged - white backgroundImage 5: Male - terminalia - dorsal view - magnified - white backgroundImage 6: Wing - highly enlarged - white backgroundImage 7: Male - genitalia - dorsal view - magnified - white backgroundImage 8: Male - genitalia - lateral view - magnified - white backgroundImage 9: Male - genitalia - posterio-lateral view - magnified - white background
2: Tipula vernalis (a cranefly) IDENTIFICATION UNCERTAIN
30 Apr 2011 OSGR: SU67 51° 30’ N, 1° 10’ W Vice County: Oxon (VC 23) England
Male, resting on fence post
Image 1: Male - dorsal view - white backgroundImage 2: Male - in situImage 3: Male - in situ - close-upImage 4: Male - ventral view - close-up - white backgroundImage 5: Male - close-up - enlargedImage 6: Male - in situ - foreparts - close-up - enlargedImage 7: Male - lateral view - close-up - enlargedImage 8: Male - terminalia - lateral view - close-up - magnifiedImage 9: Male - terminalia - postero-dorsal view - close-up - magnifiedImage 10: Male - terminalia - postero-dorsal view - magnifiedImage 11: Male - terminalia - postero-ventral view - close-up - magnifiedImage 12: Male - terminalia - postero-ventral view - magnifiedImage 13: Wing - close-up - enlarged
3: Tipula vernalis (a cranefly) IDENTIFICATION UNCERTAIN
30 Apr 2011 OSGR: SU67 51° 30’ N, 1° 10’ W Vice County: Oxon (VC 23) England
Female, resting on Hawthorn foliage
Image 1: Female - dorsal view - black backgroundImage 2: Female - dorsal view - white backgroundImage 3: Female - in situ - dorsal viewImage 4: Female - in situ - dorsal view - close-upImage 5: Female - in situ - dorsal view - close-up (2)Image 6: Female - dorsal view - close-up - enlarged - white backgroundImage 7: Female - head, antennae, palps - magnifiedImage 8: Female - in situ - dorsal view - close-up - enlargedImage 9: Female - praescutum - magnifiedImage 10: Female - ventral view - close-up - enlarged - white backgroundImage 11: Ovipositor - dorsal view - magnifiedImage 12: Ovipositor - ventral view - magnifiedImage 13: Wing - close-up - enlarged - white background
4: Tipula vernalis (a cranefly)
30 May 1998 OSGR: SU97 51° 30’ N, 0° 40’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
Male, at MV
Image 1: Male - dorsal viewImage 2: Male - dorsal view - close-upImage 3: Male - lateral viewImage 4: Male - lateral view - close-upImage 5: Male - ventral viewImage 6: Male - ventral view - close-up
5: Tipula vernalis (a cranefly)
4 May 1998 OSGR: SU87 51° 30’ N, 0° 40’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
Image 1: Male - dorsal viewImage 2: Male - dorsal view - close-upImage 3: Male - dorso-lateral view - close-upImage 4: Male - lateral/dorsal viewImage 5: Male - lateral viewImage 6: Male - lateral view - close-upImage 7: Male - ventral view - close-up
6: Tipula vernalis (a cranefly)
17 May 1997 OSGR: SU56 51° 30’ N, 1° 10’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
Image 1: Male - dorsal view - close-upImage 2: Male - ventral view - close-upImage 3: Male - ventral view - close-up (2)

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

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