Gnophomyia viridipennis (Gimmerthal, 1847)
(a cranefly)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesGnophomyia viridipennis (a cranefly)
GenusGnophomyia (a genus of lesser craneflies)
FamilyLIMONIIDAE (lesser craneflies)
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 Gnophomyia viridipennis (a cranefly) :
1: Gnophomyia viridipennis (a cranefly)
12 May 2004 OSGR: SO71 51° 50’ N, 2° 20’ W Vice County: West Glos (VC 34) England
A few imagoes with serried ranks of pupal exuvia protruding through cracks in bark of large fallen Willow/Poplar
Image 1: Adult - close-upImage 2: Adult - close-up (2)Image 3: Exuvia and newly emerged adultImage 4: Exuvia and newly emerged adult (2)Image 5: Exuvia and newly emerged adult (3)Image 6: Exuvia and newly emerged adult (4)Image 7: Exuvia and newly emerged adult - close-upImage 8: Exuvia and newly emerged adult - close-up (2)Image 9: Exuvia and newly emerged adult - close-up (3)Image 10: Exuvia and newly emerged adult - close-up (4)Image 11: Exuvia - densely packed, poking out of crack in bark - close-upImage 12: Male - body - dorsal view - close-upImage 13: Male - body - dorsal view - close-up (2)Image 14: Male - dorsal viewImage 15: Male - dorsal view - close-upImage 16: Male - head and thorax - dorsal view - close-upImage 17: Male - newly emerged, above densely packed exuvia - close-upImage 18: Mounted specimen - lateral view - close-upImage 19: Newly emerged adultsImage 20: Newly emerged adult with exuvia - close-upImage 21: Adult - head and thorax - lateral view - enlargedImage 22: Head - lateral view - enlargedImage 23: Wing - enlargedImage 24: Wing - enlarged (2)

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

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