Tipula rufina Meigen, 1818
(a cranefly)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesTipula rufina (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 rufina (a cranefly) :
1: Tipula rufina (a cranefly)
4 Apr 2014 OSGR: SU00 50° 50’ N, 1° 60’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
1 female, resting on east side of shaded painted wooden gate
Image 1: Female - lateral view - silver backgroundImage 2: Female - dorsal view - close-up - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 3: Female - lateral view - close-up - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 4: Female - ventral view - close-up - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 5: Female - terminalia - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - dark backgroundImage 6: Female - terminalia - lateral view - microscope low magnification - dark backgroundImage 7: Female - terminalia - ventral view - microscope low magnification - dark background
2: Tipula rufina (a cranefly)
31 Mar 2014 OSGR: SU00 50° 50’ N, 1° 60’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
3 males, resting on east-facing house wall
Image 1: Male - at rest on house wall - dorsal viewImage 2: Male - at rest on house wall - dorsal view (2)Image 3: Male - dorsal view - wings apart - white backgroundImage 4: Male - lateral view - white backgroundImage 5: Male - head and thorax - dorsal view - close-up - magnified - silver backgroundImage 6: Male - head and thorax - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 7: Male - head and thorax - lateral view - close-up - magnified - silver backgroundImage 8: Male - head and thorax - lateral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 9: Male - head and thorax - ventral view - close-up - magnified - silver backgroundImage 10: Male - lateral view - close-up - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 11: Male - lateral view - close-up - enlarged - white backgroundImage 12: Wing - enlarged - white backgroundImage 13: Male - genitalia - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - white backgroundImage 14: Male - genitalia - lateral view - microscope low magnification - white backgroundImage 15: Male - genitalia - posterior view - microscope low magnificationImage 16: Male - genitalia - ventral view - microscope low magnification - white background

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

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