A catalogue of the types of Limoniidae and Tipulidae (Diptera: Tipulomorpha) in the collection of the Museu de Zoologia da Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil
Author
Ribeiro, Guilherme Cunha
Author
Lamas, Carlos José Einicker
Author
Azevedo, Leisa Nathalie Silva De
text
Zootaxa
2007
1497
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journal article
10.5281/zenodo.273790
c6f1f707-4479-4dcc-94c9-4070e4379f4b
1175-5326
273790
Tipula (Eumicrotipula) mordax
Alexander, 1945
Alexander, 1945a
: 256–258 (original description); 280, figure 6 (male terminalia).
Type
locality:
Brazil
, São Paulo, São Paulo (Serra da Cantareira).
Holotype
male with labels: (1) handwritten on white paper: “
Brazil
| S. Paulo | S. Cantareira |
900m
.
|
Dec. 1940
[December, 1940] | Travassos”; (2) printed with handwritten inscriptions on red paper: “
HOLOTYPE
♂ |
Tipula
|
mordax
| C. P. Alexander”.
Preservation: mounted at the tip of a pinned paper triangle; terminalia mounted on a plastic slide pinned with the specimen. Missing parts: right antenna, right wing and right legs. Additional note: the original description indicates as collectors “Guimarães & Travassos”. This differs from the specimen label which indicates only “Travassos” as the collector.
Allotype female with labels: (1) handwritten on white paper: “
Brazil
| Sao Paulo | S. Cantareira |
900m
,
XII. 40
[December, 1940] | Travassos”; (2) printed with handwritten inscriptions on red paper: “ALLOTYPE Ψ |
Tipula
|
mordax
| C. P. Alexander”.
Preservation: mounted at the tip of a pinned paper triangle. Missing parts: flagella and all legs.
Paratype
male with labels: (1) handwritten on white paper: “
Brazil
| São Paulo | S. Cantareira |
900m
;
XII. 40
[December, 1940] | Travassos”; (2) printed with handwritten inscriptions on blue paper: “
PARATYPE
♂ |
Tipula
|
mordax
| C. P. Alexander”.
Preservation: mounted at the tip of a pinned paper triangle; terminalia undissected. Missing parts: right flagellum, left wing and most legs except left hind leg.
Paratype
male with labels: (1) handwritten on white paper: “
Brazil
| Sao Paulo | S. Cantareira |
900m
,
XII. 40
[December, 1940] | Travassos”; (2) printed with handwritten inscriptions on blue paper: “
PARATYPE
♂ |
Tipula
|
mordax
| C. P. Alexander”.
Preservation: mounted at the tip of a pinned paper triangle; terminalia undissected. Missing parts: most legs except fore legs.
Paratype
male with labels: (1) handwritten on white paper: “
Brazil
| S. Paulo | S. Cantareira |
900m
.
|
Dec. 1940
[December, 1940] | Travassos”; (2) printed with handwritten inscriptions on blue paper: “
PARATYPE
♂ |
Tipula
|
mordax
| C. P. Alexander”.
Preservation: mounted at the tip of a pinned paper triangle. Missing parts: left flagellum, one undetermined wing, most legs except left hind leg and one undetermined leg glued on a second paper triangle pinned with the specimen and abdomen.