Tipula lunata Linnaeus, 1758
(a cranefly)

Interactions where Tipula lunata is the victim or passive partner (and generally loses out from the process)

The following relationships have been collated from the published literature (see 'Interaction References').

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Affected Part Summary Taxon Vernacular Classification References Darwin Classification of Active Taxon Active Taxon Active Vernacular Active Taxon Uncertain Active State Active Part Active Stage Relationship Relationship Uncertain Relationship Geography Darwin Classification of Passive Taxon Passive Taxon Passive Vernacular Passive Taxon Uncertain Passive State Passive Part Passive Stage Passive Taxon's significance to Active Taxon Indoors etc Season Summary
larva is endoparasitoid host of larva Admontia maculisquama a parasitoid fly Diptera: Tachinidae Tachinid Flies (Diptera: Tachinidae), Belshaw, R., 1993
A taxonomic account of the final instar larvae of some British Tipulinae (Diptera; Tipulidae), Chiswell, J.R., 1956
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Tachinidae/Admontia maculisquama/Admontia maculisquamaa parasitoid flylarva Animal / parasitoid / endoparasitoid /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Tipulidae/Tipula lunata/Tipula lunataa craneflylarva larva is endoparasitoid of larva

Author & YearTitleSource
Belshaw, R., 1993Tachinid Flies (Diptera: Tachinidae)Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects, Vol 10, Part 4a(i), 169pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London
Chiswell, J.R., 1956A taxonomic account of the final instar larvae of some British Tipulinae (Diptera; Tipulidae)Trans. R. Entomol. Soc. Lond. 108: 409-484.

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

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

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesTipula lunata (a cranefly)
SubgenusLunatipula (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 lunata (a cranefly)

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

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

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