Tipula pagana Meigen, 1818
(a cranefly)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesTipula pagana (a cranefly)
SubgenusSavtshenkia (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 pagana (a cranefly) :
1: Tipula pagana (a cranefly)
21 Oct 2013 OSGR: SU00 50° 50’ N, 1° 60’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
2 brachypterous females, perching on wall of painted shed
Image 1: Female - dorsal view - silver backgroundImage 2: Female - genitalia - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - white backgroundImage 3: Female - genitalia - laterral view - microscope low magnification - white backgroundImage 4: Female - genitalia - ventral view - microscope low magnification - white backgroundImage 5: Female - lateral view - silver backgroundImage 6: Female - dorsal view - close-up - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 7: Female - foreparts - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 8: Female - head - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 9: Female - head - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 10: Female - head - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 11: Female - thorax - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 12: Female - thorax - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 13: Female - ventral view - close-up - enlarged - silver background

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Edwards, F.W. 1939 Additions to the list of British crane-flies Ent. Mon. Mag. Vol. 75: 241-249.

Larva

Brindle, A. 1958 Notes on the larvae of the British Tipulinae (Dipt., Tipulidae) Part 1 - the larvae of Tipula fascipennis Mg. and T. pagana Mg. Notes on the larvae of the British Tipulinae (Dipt., Tipulidae) Ent. Mon. Mag. Vol 94: 230-232.

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

A common autumn cranefly. The females have reduced wings and are unable to fly, but, unlike most craneflies, are able to crawl over the ground with some speed. They also climb and are often seen in lepidopterists’ light traps.

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