Tipula melanoceros Schummel, 1833
(a cranefly)

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

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

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesTipula melanoceros (a cranefly)
SubgenusPlatytipula (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 melanoceros (a cranefly)

Identification Works

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Larva

Brindle, A. 1959 Notes on the larvae of the British Tipulinae (Dipt., Tipulidae) Part 4 - The larvae of Tipula luteipennis Mg. and T. melanoceros Schum Notes on the larvae of the British Tipulinae (Dipt., Tipulidae) Ent. Mon. Mag. Vol 95: 36-37, Plate III.

Tipula melanoceros (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 melanoceros (a cranefly):

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