TIPULIDAE
(tipulid craneflies, cranefly)

Subtaxon Example images Rank Featured
subtaxa		 No of
images		 No of
ID refs
Ctenophora
a genus of craneflies
Male (Click to open)
 		Genus 2 subtaxa 13 images 1 ident. refs
Dictenidia bimaculata
a cranefly
Species 1 ident. refs
Nephrotoma
tiger craneflies
Female (Click to open)
 		Genus 8 subtaxa 114 images 2 ident. refs
Prionocera
a genus of craneflies
Genus 2 subtaxa 2 ident. refs
Tanyptera
a genus of flies
(Click to open)
 		Genus 1 subtaxa 13 images 1 ident. refs
Tipula
a genus of craneflies
Female (Click to open)
 		Genus 39 subtaxa 662 images 22 ident. refs
Tipulidae (unidentified)
Unidentified Tipulid Craneflies, Cranefly
Larva (Click to open)
 		Unidentified 3 images
Taxonomic hierarchy:
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)

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Coe, R.L., Freeman, P. & Mattingley, P.F. 1950 Diptera: Nematocera: families Tipulidae to Chironomidae Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects, Vol IX. Part 2, 216pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London
Pierre, C. 1924 *** Diptères; Tipulidae ***(Superseded) Faune de France, Vol 8, 159pp
Stubbs, A.E. 1997 Tipulidae (in prep)

TIPULIDAE (tipulid craneflies, cranefly) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for TIPULIDAE (tipulid craneflies, cranefly)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 18 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for TIPULIDAE (tipulid craneflies, cranefly)
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