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New synonym of Tipula (Vestiplex) wahlgrenana Alexander, 1968 (Diptera: Tipulidae)
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Academic editor: Jukka Salmela
Received: 11 Nov 2014 | Accepted: 22 Dec 2014 | Published: 30 Dec 2014
© 2014 Pavel Starkevich, Sigitas Podenas
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Starkevich P, Podenas S (2014) New synonym of Tipula (Vestiplex) wahlgrenana Alexander, 1968 (Diptera: Tipulidae). Biodiversity Data Journal 2: e4237. https://doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.2.e4237
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Based on examination of type specimens a crane fly species Tipula (Vestiplex) hugueniniana Alexander, 1971 is proposed as junior synonym of Tipula (V.) wahlgrenana Alexander, 1968. The new synonymy is based on similarity of male genitalia.
Crane flies, type material, hypopygium, India.
Females of the long-palped crane flies belonging to the subgenus Tipula (Vestiplex) Bezzi, 1924, are characterized by an ovipositor with the cerci powerfully constructed, heavily sclerotized with outer margins serrate, smooth in several Asiatic species; hypovalvae small to rudimentary (
The world fauna of the the subgenus Tipula (Vestiplex) includes 170 valid species and subspecies level taxa, which are distributed throughout the Nearctic, Palaearctic and Oriental Regions (
The type material used in this paper was obtained from the Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Washington, D. C. U.S.A. (USNM).
Specimens were studied with an Olympus SZ51 microscope. Pictures were taken with an Olympus SZX10, camera EvolutionTMMP, program Immage-Pro Express 6.0. (Media Cybernetics).
Terminology of morphological features generally follows that of
Tipula (Vestiplex) wahlgrenana
Tipula (Vestiplex) wahlgrenana
Tipula (Vestiplex) hugueniniana
According to the Catalogue of the Craneflies of the World (
Most of Alexander’s species from India were collected by his colleague dr. Fernand Schmid who had collected insect specimens in India and adjoining countries between 1953-1954 and 1958-1960 as a member of the Swiss Zoological Expedition. Amongst Schmid’s entomological collection there is a very rich collection of crane flies, which is presently preserved in C. P. Alexander collection (USNM) (
Tipula (V.) wahlgrenana Alexander, 1968 (Figs
A. Tipula (V.) wahlgrenana Alexander, 1968 (holotype) B. Tipula (V.) hugueniniana Alexander, 1971 (holotype). Hypopygium, dorsal view. Abbreviations: a9s = appendage of sternite 9, d l, v l = dorsal and ventral lobe of tergite 9, goncx = gonocoxite, l bk, u bk = lower and upper beak of inner gonostylus, m l = median lobe of adminiculum, tg 9 = tergite 9.
Tipula (V.) hugueniniana Alexander, 1971 (Figs
The types of both species were examined. It was found that all the specimens are very similar. In the original description of Tipula (V.) hugueniniana,
The new synonymy is based on the structure of the male genitalia. All the three examined specimens have the hypopygium as in Fig.
Female unknown.
We are grateful for dr. J. K. Gelhaus (The Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA, U.S.A.) for his help and assistance for obtaining Tipula (Vestiplex) crane flies specimens and dr. C. W. Young (Carnegie Museum of Natural History, Pittsburgh, PA, U.S.A.) for review of this manuscript.
The research was supported by Jessup awards (The Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University, Philadelphia) and by U.S.A. National Science Foundation (# DEB-0206674 Survey of the Aquatic Macroinvertebrates of Selenge River Basin, Mongolia).