Tipula pabulina Meigen, 1818
(a cranefly)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesTipula pabulina (a cranefly)
SubgenusTipula (Pterolachisus) (a subgenus of craneflies)
GenusTipula (a genus of 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 Tipula pabulina (a cranefly) :
1: Tipula pabulina (a cranefly)
22 May 2013 OSGR: SU56 51° 20’ N, 1° 10’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
Male, in greenhouse
Image 1: Male - dorsal view - close-up - white backgroundImage 2: Male - dorsal view - white backgroundImage 3: Male - lateral view - white backgroundImage 4: Male - dorsal view - close-up - grey backgroundImage 5: Male - genitalia - lateral view - magnified - grey backgroundImage 6: Male - genitalia - latero-dorsal view - magnified - grey backgroundImage 7: Male - head and thorax - dorsal view - highly enlarged - grey backgroundImage 8: Male - head and thorax - lateral view - highly enlarged - grey backgroundImage 9: Male - lateral view - close-up - enlarged - grey backgroundImage 10: Male - T9 - latero-dorsal view - magnified - grey backgroundImage 11: Wing - white background
2: Tipula pabulina (a cranefly)
5 Jun 1997 OSGR: SU56 51° 20’ N, 1° 10’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
Heath trap
Image 1: Female - dorsal viewImage 2: Female - lateral viewImage 3: Female - ventral view

Identification Works

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Larva

Brindle, A. 1959 Notes on the larvae of the British Tipulinae (Dipt., Tipulidae) Part 5 - The larvae of Tipula pabulina Mg. and T. truncorum Mg Notes on the larvae of the British Tipulinae (Dipt., Tipulidae) Ent. Mon. Mag. Vol 95: 64-65, Plate V.

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

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