Species Nephrotoma pedunculata

Classification

Cranefly - Nephrotoma pedunculata - male

Crane Fly laying eggs in the sand - Nephrotoma pedunculata - female

Crane Fly laying eggs - Nephrotoma pedunculata - female

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Diptera (Flies)

No Taxon ("Nematocera" (Non-Brachycera))

Infraorder Tipulomorpha

Family Tipulidae (Crane Flies)

Genus Nephrotoma (Tiger Crane Flies)

Species pedunculata (Nephrotoma pedunculata)

Contributed by tom murray on 26 July, 2005 - 7:51pm

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