Two new crane fly species of the subgenus Vestiplex Bezzi, 1924 (Diptera, Tipulidae, Tipula) from Yunnan and Sichuan, China, with a key to species in the immota species group

Qiu-Lei Men; Pavel Starkevich; Aidas Saldaitis

doi:10.3897/zookeys.1040.64376

Two new crane fly species of the subgenus Vestiplex Bezzi, 1924 (Diptera, Tipulidae, Tipula) from Yunnan and Sichuan, China, with a key to species in the immota species group

Zookeys. 2021 May 26:1040:33-48. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.1040.64376. eCollection 2021.

Authors

Qiu-Lei Men¹, Pavel Starkevich², Aidas Saldaitis²

Affiliations

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

Abstract

Two new crane fly species, Tipula (Vestiplex) gongdangensissp. nov. and T. (V.) dechangensissp. nov. are described and illustrated based on materials collected in the Yunnan and Sichuan provinces, China. A key is provided to distinguish males of the new species from those of other species in the T. (V.) immota Alexander, 1935 species group which is proposed here for the first time.

Keywords: Tipulinae; Hypopygium; ovipositor; taxonomy.

Qiu-Lei Men, Pavel Starkevich, Aidas Saldaitis.