Redescription of Notholimnophila Alexander and Acantholimnophila Alexander, poorly known New Zealand endemics (Diptera: Tipulomorpha: Limoniidae) Author Ribeiro, Guilherme Cunha text Zootaxa 2012 3173 54 68 journal article 45580 10.5281/zenodo.279866 465ffc6f-023e-40fe-88f0-270e262d03d7 1175-5326 279866 Acantholimnophila maorica (Alexander, 1922) ( Figs 17–27 ) Acantholimnophila maorica (Alexander, 1922) . Type species: Limnophila maorica Alexander, 1922b : 309 –310 (original description); Alexander, 1924 : 368 (taxonomy); Ribeiro, 2008 : figs. 97, 171 (illustrations of male genitalia); Oosterbroek, 2011 (catalogue citation). Diagnosis. Acantholimnophila maorica distinguishes from A . bispina mainly by having the interbase relatively longer, narrower, with a simple, non-bifid tip. Dimensions. Thorax length, 1.00– 1.10 mm ; thorax height, 0.8–0.92 mm ; wing length, 5.25–7.35 mm ; wing width, 1.12–1.68 mm ; gonocoxite length, 0.47–0.58 mm ; gonocoxite width, 0.21–0.29 mm ; clasper of gonostylus length, 0.19–0.22 mm ; clasper of gonostylus width, 0.03–0.05 mm ; lobe of gonostylus length, 0.18–0.19 mm ; lobe of gonsotylus width, 0.03–0.05 mm . Material examined. Holotype . Male. Ohakune, N.Z [North Island, 39º25’05”S 175º23’54”E ]. Alt. 2060 ft [ 627.8m ], Oct. 1, 1921 , T.R. Harris. FIGURES 22–23. Acantholimnophila maorica (Alexander) . 22: wing venation. 23: thoracic sclerites, lateral view. Preservation. Specimen not dissected and nearly intact, with one wing and leg fragments glued in a sheet of paper pinned with the specimen. Paratypes . 1 female . Graymouth, New Zealand [South Island, 49°27’S 171°12’E ], Sea-level, sept. 7, 1921 , T.R. Harris.| Allotype. 1 male . Graymouth, New Zealand [South Island, 49°27’S 171°12’E ], Sea-level, sept. 7, 1921 , T.R. Harris. 1 male . Ohakune, N.Z [North Island, 39º25’S 175º23’E ]. Alt. 2060 ft . [ 627.8m ], Oct. 4, 1921 , T.R. Harris . 2 males . Ohakune, N.Z [North Island, 39º25’S 175º23’E ]. Alt. 2060 ft . [ 627.8m ], Oct. 10, 1921 , T.R. Harris . 1 male . Ohakune, N.Z [North Island, 39º25’S 175º23’E ]. Alt. 2060 ft . [ 627.8m ], Oct. 11, 1921 , T.R. Harris . 1 male . Ohakune, N.Z [North Island, 39º25’S 175º23’E ]. Alt. 2060 ft . [ 627.8m ], Sept.21, 1921 , T.R. Harris . 3 males and 1 female . Dunedin, N.Z., Nov. 26, 1921 , Geo. Howes . FIGURES 24–26. Acantholimnophila maorica (Alexander) . 24: Male genitalia, dorsal view. 25: aedeagus and associated structures, dorsal view. 26: male terminalia, lateral view. FIGURE 27. Acantholimnophila sp. (presumably maorica ). Female ovipositor, lateral view. Non-types. 2 males . Ohakune, N.Z [North Island, 39º25’S 175º23’E ]. Alt. 2060 ft . [ 627.8m ], Nov. 8, 1922 , T.R. Harris | Limnophila maorica Alex. Det. C.P.Alexander, 1922 . 1 female . Ohakune, N.Z [North Island, 39º25’S 175º23’E ]. Alt. 2060 ft . [ 627.8m ], Nov. 14, 1922 , T.R. Harris | Limnophila maorica Alex. Det. C.P.Alexander, 1922 . 1 male and 1 female . Ohakune, N.Z [North Island, 39º25’S 175º23’E ]. Alt. 2060 ft . [ 627.8m ], Nov. 16, 1922 , T.R. Harris | Limnophila maorica Alex. Det. C.P.Alexander, 1922 . 2 males . Ohakune, N.Z [North Island, 39º25’S 175º23’E ]. Alt. 2060 ft . [ 627.8m ], Nov. 22, 1922 , T.R. Harris | Limnophila maorica Alex. Det. C.P.Alexander, 1922 . 1 male . Ohakune, N.Z [North Island, 39º25’S 175º23’E ]. Alt. 2060 ft . [ 627.8m ], Nov.24, 1922 , T.R. Harris | Limnophila maorica Alex. Det. C.P. Alexander, 1922 .