Tipula maxima

Tipula maxima is a species of true cranefly.

Tipula maxima
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Family:	Tipulidae
Genus:	Tipula
Subgenus:	Acutipula
Species:	T. maxima
Binomial name
Tipula maxima Poda, 1761
Synonyms
Tipula sinuata Fabricius, 1775 Tipula gigantea Schrank, 1776 Tipula nubilosa Harris, 1776 Tipula hortorum Herbst, 1787 Tipula pseudogigantea Strobl, 1900

Distribution

Tipula maxima is widespread throughout the western Palaearctic.