Nephrotoma flavipalpis (Meigen, 1830)
(a tiger cranefly)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesNephrotoma flavipalpis (a tiger cranefly)
GenusNephrotoma (tiger 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 Nephrotoma flavipalpis (a tiger cranefly) :
1: Nephrotoma flavipalpis (a tiger cranefly)
24 Jul 2014 OSGR: SU00 50° 50’ N, 1° 60’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
Female, indoors
Image 1: Female - dorsal view - close-up - silver backgroundImage 2: Female - dorsal view - close-up - silver background (2)Image 3: Female - dorsal view - white backgroundImage 4: Female - ventral view - close-up - silver backgroundImage 5: Female - abdomen - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 6: Female - genitalia - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 7: Female - genitalia - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 8: Female - genitalia - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 9: Female - head and thorax - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 10: Female - head and thorax - lateral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 11: Female - head and thorax - ventral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 12: Female - head - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 13: Female - head - lateral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 14: Female - laterral view - close-up - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 15: Wing - highly enlarged - white background
2: Nephrotoma flavipalpis (a tiger cranefly)
5 Aug 1998 OSGR: SU56 51° 20’ N, 1° 10’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
female, indoors
Image 1: Female - dorsal viewImage 2: Female - dorsal view - body - enlargedImage 3: Female - dorsal view - close-upImage 4: Female - lateral view - close-upImage 5: Female - ventral view - body - enlargedImage 6: Female - ventral view - close-upImage 7: Female - ventral view - close-up (2)Image 8: Wing - enlarged - white background
3: Nephrotoma flavipalpis (a tiger cranefly)
30 Jul 1997 OSGR: SU56 51° 20’ N, 1° 10’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
Image 1: Female - dorsal view - close upImage 2: Female - lateral viewImage 3: Female - lateral view - close-upImage 4: Female - ventral view - close-up

Nephrotoma flavipalpis (a tiger cranefly) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Nephrotoma flavipalpis (a tiger cranefly)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 0 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Nephrotoma flavipalpis (a tiger cranefly)
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