Description of two new species in long-horned crane fly subgenus Tipula (Sivatipula) (Diptera: Tipulidae) from China

Qiu-Lei Men; Li Tang; Li-Mei Wu; Zhi-Xin Ji; Cong-Hu Li

doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4415.1.12

Description of two new species in long-horned crane fly subgenus Tipula (Sivatipula) (Diptera: Tipulidae) from China

Zootaxa. 2018 Apr 27;4415(1):195-200. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.4415.1.12.

Authors

Qiu-Lei Men¹, Li Tang, Li-Mei Wu, Zhi-Xin Ji, Cong-Hu Li

Affiliation

¹ School of Life Sciences, Province Key Laboratory of the Biodiversity Study and Ecology Conservation in Southwest Anhui; Research Center of Aquatic Organism, Conservation and Water Ecosystem Restoration in Anhui Province, Anqing Normal University, Anqing, Anhui 246011, P. R. China. menqiulei888@126.com.

PMID: 30313641
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4415.1.12

Abstract

Two new species of subgenus Tipula (Sivatipula) Alexander, 1964, T. (S.) multidentata sp. nov. (southern China: Guizhou) and T. (S.) tergatruncata sp. nov. (southern China: Chongqing) are described and illustrated.

Keywords: Diptera, crane flies, hypopygium, Nematocera, semen pump, taxonomy.

MeSH terms

Animals
China
Diptera*