Tipula (Vestiplex) butvilai sp. nov., a new crane fly (Diptera, Tipulidae) from Yunnan, China

Pavel Starkevich; Aidas Saldaitis; Qiu-Lei Men

doi:10.3897/zookeys.869.34166

Tipula (Vestiplex) butvilai sp. nov., a new crane fly (Diptera, Tipulidae) from Yunnan, China

Zookeys. 2019 Aug 5:869:91-101. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.869.34166. eCollection 2019.

Authors

Pavel Starkevich¹, Aidas Saldaitis¹, Qiu-Lei Men²

Affiliations

¹ Nature Research Centre, Akademijos 2, LT-08412 Vilnius, Lithuania Nature Research Centre Vilnius Lithuania.
² School of Life Sciences, Provincial Key Laboratory of the Biodiversity Study and Ecology Conservation in Southwest Anhui Province, Research Center of Aquatic Organism Conservation and Water Ecosystem Restoration in Anhui Province, Anqing Normal University, Anqing, Anhui 246011, China Anqing Normal University Anqing China.

Abstract

A new crane fly, Tipula (Vestiplex) butvilaisp. nov., is described and illustrated based on new material collected in the Nu Jiang Valley of Yunnan Province, China. The hypopygium for the most closely related species, Tipula (Vestiplex) testata Alexander, 1935, is also illustrated. A key is provided to distinguish males of the new species from those of other species in the T. (V.) bicornigera Alexander, 1938 species group.

Keywords: Tipuloidea; hypopygium; nematoceran; ovipositor; taxonomy.