First crane fly from the Upper Jurassic of Australia (Diptera: Limoniidae)
Author
Oberprieler, Stefanie K.
Author
Krzemiński, Wiesław
Author
Hinde, Jack
Author
Yeates, David K.
text
Zootaxa
2015
4021
1
178
186
journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.4021.1.8
8d425c45-f111-456a-af89-bc720361a92c
1175-5326
242726
877670C7-DC35-4874-846A-086A3B9A659D
Genus
Eotipula
Handlirsch, 1906
Eotipula
Handlirsch, 1906
: 491
(
type
species, by monotypy:
Eotipula parva
Handlirsch, 1906
)
Eotipulina
Kalugina
in
Kalugina & Kovalev, 1985
: 52
(
type
species, by original designation:
Eotipulina sibirica
Kalugina, 1985
)
syn.n.
Eotipuloptera
Kalugina
in
Kalugina & Kovalev, 1985
: 55
type
species, by original designation:
Eotipuloptera savtshenkoi
Kalugina, 1985
)
syn.n.
The genus
Eotipula
was described by
Handlirsch (1906)
for two species from the Lower Jurassic (Toarcian) of Dobbertin,
Germany
,
Eotipula parva
Handlirsch, 1906
and
Eotipula lapidaria
Handlirsch, 1906
.
Eotipula parva
was subsequently designated as the
type
species by
Carpenter (1992)
.
Handlirsch (1939)
described four additional species in
Eotipula
,
Eotipula defuncta
,
Eotipula mortua
,
Eotipula longa
and
Eotipula coarctata
, all from the Dobbertin of
Germany
. The genus has not been revised since. A later study of the
types
of the species described by Kalugina
in
Kalugina & Kovalev (1985)
in the genera
Eotipulina
(three species) and
Eotipuloptera
(one species) revealed that they all belong in
Eotipula
, and we therefore here synonymise the names
Eotipulina
and
Eotipuloptera
with
Eotipula
. A diagnosis of Eotipulinae and
Eotipula
is given by
Kalugina (1985)
. A revision of
Eotipula
with description of several new species is in preparation (W. Krzemiński in prep.).