Tipula (Vestiplex) levisoni sp. nov., a new cranefly (Diptera, Tipulidae) from the Western Himalayas
Author
Starkevich, Pavel
0000-0002-0746-0398
Nature Research Centre, Akademijos str. 2, LT- 08412 Vilnius, Lithuania
pavel.starkevic@gmail.com
Author
Podėnas, Sigitas
Nature Research Centre, Akademijos str. 2, LT- 08412 Vilnius, Lithuania & Life Sciences Centre of Vilnius University, Sauletekio str. 7, LT- 10257 Vilnius, Lithuania
Author
Sivell, Duncan
Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London, SW 7 5 BD, United Kingdom
text
Zootaxa
2022
2022-03-11
5115
1
131
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journal article
20273
10.11646/zootaxa.5115.1.9
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List of
Tipula
(
Vestiplex
)
species from the Western Himalayas
Tipula
(
Vestiplex
)
avicularia
Edwards, 1928
Tipula
(
Vestiplex
)
levisoni
sp. nov.
Tipula
(
Vestiplex
)
mitchelli
Edwards, 1927
Tipula
(
Vestiplex
)
opilionimorpha aligera
Savchenko, 1956
Tipula
(
Vestiplex
)
tanycera
Alexander, 1961
Key to
Tipula
(
Vestiplex
)
species from the Western Himalayas
Males
1 Femora with yellow preapical ring. Abdominal segments 1–4 and base of segment 5 yellow, remainder black. Hypopygium with epandrium divided at midline by pale membrane. Appendages of hypandrium present …
Tipula
(
Vestiplex
)
avicularia
- Femora darkened at tip, without preapical yellow ring. Abdominal segments with hypopygium of similar colour or slightly darker (
Figs 1
,
21
,
38
). Hypopygium with epandrium entire, not divided by membrane medially (
Figs 7
,
24
,
43
). Appendages of hypandrium absent.................................................................................. 2
2 Antenna with flagellar segments nearly cylindrical. Epandrium forming sclerotised plate with middorsal furrow, anterior border not elevated........................................................
Tipula
(
Vestiplex
)
opilionimorpha aligera
- Antenna with flagellar segments distinctly enlarged at base (
Fig. 2
). Epandrium forming dark brown, polished, sclerotised saucer-shaped plate (
Figs 7
,
24
,
43
)....................................................................... 3
3. Thorax blackish, heavily dusted with grey pruinescence (
Fig. 22
). Epandrium rectangular in outline (
Fig. 24
). Inner gonostylus without middorsal tooth (
Fig. 27
)....................................................
Tipula
(
Vestiplex
)
mitchelli
- Thorax brownish, thinly dusted with grey pruinescence (
Figs 2
,
39
). Epandrium crescent-shaped (
Figs 7
,
43
). Inner gonostylus with middorsal tooth (
Figs 10
,
46
)........................................................................ 4
4 Antenna reaching base of abdomen when bent backwards. Epandrium with large posterolateral tooth; posterior margin with deep median incision (
Figs 5, 7
). Outer gonostylus flattened, leaf-shaped (
Fig. 9
).......
Tipula
(
Vestiplex
)
levisoni
sp. nov.
- Antenna almost reaching middle of the abdomen when bent backwards. Epandrium with distinctly small posterolateral tooth; posterior margin with shallow median emargination (
Figs 41, 43
). Outer gonostylus nearly oval (
Fig. 45
)..............................................................................................
Tipula
(
Vestiplex
)
tanycera
Females
(Note: Females of
T.
(
V.
)
avicularia
remain undescribed)
1 Wing well-developed, extending beyond middle of abdomen (
Fig. 3
)............................................ 3
- Wing reduced, brachypterous (
Fig. 23
).................................................................... 2
2 Cercus distally slightly expanded with deep, wide serrations. Hypovalva comprising long filament, its length reaching 2/3 of cercus.............................................................
Tipula
(
Vestiplex
)
opilionimorpha aligera
- Cercus nearly slender, with gentle serrations (
Fig. 32
). Hypovalva comprising short filament (
Fig. 34
), its length reaching base of cercus.......................................................................
Tipula
(
Vestiplex
)
mitchelli
3 Body length exceeds
30 mm
(
33.8–38.2 mm
). Cercus with small, indistinct serrations, tip broadly rounded (
Fig. 15
)...............................................................................
Tipula
(
Vestiplex
)
levisoni
sp. nov.
- Body length less than
20 mm
(
13.5–15.9 mm
). Cercus with distinct serrations on distal end, tip narrowed (
Fig. 51
)......................................................................................
Tipula
(
Vestiplex
)
tanycera