Lunatipula Edwards, 1931
(a subgenus of craneflies)

Subtaxon Example images Rank Featured
subtaxa		 No of
images		 No of
ID refs
Tipula cava
a cranefly
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 		Species 49 images
Tipula fascipennis
a cranefly
Male (Click to open)
 		Species 5 images 1 ident. refs
Tipula helvola
a cranefly
(Click to open)
 		Species 6 images
Tipula livida
a cranefly
(Click to open)
 		Species 4 images
Tipula lunata
a cranefly
Male (Click to open)
 		Species 62 images
Tipula selene
a cranefly
Male (Click to open)
 		Species 24 images
Tipula vernalis
a cranefly
Male (Click to open)
 		Species 51 images
Taxonomic hierarchy:
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)

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource

Larva

Brindle, A. 1958 Notes on the larvae of the British Tipulinae (Dipt., Tipulidae) Part 1 - the larvae of Tipula fascipennis Mg. and T. pagana Mg. Notes on the larvae of the British Tipulinae (Dipt., Tipulidae) Ent. Mon. Mag. Vol 94: 230-232.

Lunatipula (a subgenus of craneflies) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Lunatipula (a subgenus of craneflies)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 1 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Lunatipula (a subgenus of craneflies)
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