Molophilus Curtis, 1833
(a genus of lesser craneflies)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
GenusMolophilus (a genus of lesser craneflies)
SubfamilyCHIONEINAE (a subfamily 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)

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Hancock, E.G. 2005 Notes on Molophilus (Dipt., Limoniidae) including the description of a new European species Ent. Mon. Mag. Vol 141: 59-63.

Molophilus (a genus of lesser craneflies) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

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