Tipula couckei Tonnoir in Goetghebuer & Tonnoir, 1921
(a cranefly)

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Species	Tipula couckei (a cranefly)
Subgenus	Tipula (Yamatipula) (a subgenus of craneflies)
Genus	Tipula (a genus of craneflies)
Family	TIPULIDAE (tipulid craneflies, cranefly)
Superfamily	TIPULOIDEA (craneflies)
Infraorder	Tipulomorpha (craneflies)
Suborder	NEMATOCERA (thread-horned flies, gnat)
Order	DIPTERA (two-winged flies)
Division	Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
Infraclass	Neoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
Subclass	PTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
Class	INSECTA (true insects)
Subphylum	HEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
Phylum	ARTHROPODA (arthropods)
Superphylum	ECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
Clade	Bilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
Subkingdom	EUMETAZOA (metazoans)
Kingdom	ANIMALIA (animals)
Domain	Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
Life	BIOTA (living things)

Tipula couckei is also a member of:
Invertebrates - Invertebrates (via Arthropoda)

Identification Works

	Author	Year	Title	Source
Larva
	Brindle, A.	1958	Notes on the larvae of the British Tipulinae (Dipt., Tipulidae) Part 3 - The larvae of Tipula montium Egg. and T. couckei Tonn.	Notes on the larvae of the British Tipulinae (Dipt., Tipulidae) Ent. Mon. Mag. Vol 94: 272-274.

Tipula couckei (a cranefly) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

TIPULIDAE
(tipulid craneflies, cranefly)

Tipulomorpha
(craneflies)

NEMATOCERA
(thread-horned flies, gnat)

DIPTERA
(two-winged flies)

INSECTA
(true insects)

HEXAPODA
(insects and other 6-legged organisms)

ARTHROPODA
(arthropods)

ANIMALIA
(animals)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

NBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Tipula couckei (a cranefly)

BioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 0 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Tipula couckei (a cranefly)

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Taxonomic hierarchy:

Tipula couckei is also a member of:

Identification Works

Larva

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