Molophilus (Molophilus) trifibra Alexander, 1954

Ribeiro, Guilherme Cunha, Lamas, Carlos José Einicker & Azevedo, Leisa Nathalie Silva De, 2007, 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, Zootaxa 1497, pp. 1-22 : 11

Molophilus (Molophilus) trifibra Alexander, 1954

Alexander, 1954 a: 42–43 (original description); 45, figure 8 (male terminalia). Type locality: Brazil, São Paulo, Salesópolis, Estação Biológica de Boracéia.

Holotype male with labels: ( 1) handwritten on white paper: “ Brazil | Boracea | Mar. 27. 49 [ March 27, 1949] | Travassos”; ( 2) handwritten on white paper: ♂ hyp. [hypopygium] | in | slide; ( 3) printed with handwritten inscriptions on red paper: “ HOLOTYPE ♂ | Molophilus | trifibra | C. P. Alexander”.

Preservation: mounted at the tip of a pinned paper triangle. Missing parts: head, right wing, left front leg, hind legs and abdomen.