Nephrotoma submaculosa Edwards, 1928
(a tiger cranefly)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesNephrotoma submaculosa (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 submaculosa (a tiger cranefly) :
1: Nephrotoma submaculosa (a tiger cranefly)
6 May 2014 OSGR: SZ08 50° 40’ N, 1° 60’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
Male
Image 1: Male - dorsal view - close-up - pale backgroundImage 2: Male - dorsal view - pale backgroundImage 3: Male - lateral view - pale backgroundImage 4: Male - head and thorax - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 5: Male - head and thorax - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 6: Male - lateral view - close-up - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 7: Male - ventral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 8: Wing - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 9: Male - genitalia - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - pale backgroundImage 10: Male - genitalia - lateral view - microscope low magnification - pale backgroundImage 11: Male - genitalia - ventral view - microscope low magnification - pale background
2: Nephrotoma submaculosa (a tiger cranefly)
6 May 2014 OSGR: SZ08 50° 40’ N, 1° 60’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
Male, resting on Heather at side of parh
Image 1: Resting on Heather - dorso-lateral viewImage 2: Resting on Heather - dorso-lateral view (2)Image 3: Resting on Heather - dorso-lateral view (3)Image 4: Resting on Heather - latero-dorsal viewImage 5: Resting on Heather - dorso-lateral view - close-up - enlargedImage 6: Resting on Heather - latero-dorsal view - close-up - enlargedImage 7: Resting on Heather - latero-dorsal view - close-up - enlarged - white background
3: Nephrotoma submaculosa (a tiger cranefly)
6 May 2014 OSGR: SZ08 50° 40’ N, 1° 60’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
Mating pair
Image 1: Female - dorsal view - pale backgroundImage 2: Female - lateral view - pale backgroundImage 3: Female - dorsal view - close-up - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 4: Female - head and thorax - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 5: Female - lateral view - close-up - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 6: Female - ventral view - close-up - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 7: Male - dorsal view - close-up - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 8: Female - genitalia - lateral view - microscope low magnification - white backgroundImage 9: Female - genitalia - ventral view - microscope low magnification - white backgroundImage 10: Female - genital segments - lateral view - microscope low magnification - white backgroundImage 11: Female - genital segments - ventral view - microscope low magnification - white backgroundImage 12: Female - terminalia - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - white backgroundImage 13: Female - terminalia - lateral view - microscope low magnification - white backgroundImage 14: Female - terminalia - ventral view - microscope low magnification - white background

Nephrotoma submaculosa (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 submaculosa (a tiger cranefly)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 0 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Nephrotoma submaculosa (a tiger cranefly)
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