Symplecta chosenensis (Alexander, 1940)
(a crane-fly)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesSymplecta chosenensis (a crane-fly)
GenusSymplecta (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)

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Chandler, P. & Crossley, R. 2003 Symplecta chosenensis (Alexander, 1940) (Diptera, Limoniidae) new to Britain, with comments on the status of S. scotica (Edwards, 1938) Dipterists Digest (2nd Series) 10 (1): 49-54.

Symplecta chosenensis (a crane-fly) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

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