Tipula pagana Meigen, 1818
(a cranefly)

Tipula pagana (a cranefly) may be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Tipula pagana (a cranefly) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

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)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Tipula pagana (a cranefly)

Identification Works

Handling & MagnificationAuthorYearTitleSource
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:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Tipula pagana (a cranefly):

BioImagesBioImages (www.bioimages.org.uk) has 13 images of 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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