Tipula (Vestiplex) pallitergata Alexander, 1934

Paramonov, N. M. & Pilipenko, V. E., 2021, New synonym and new records of craneflies (Diptera: Tipuloidea) in China, Russian Entomological Journal 30 (2), pp. 182-188 : 187

Tipula (Vestiplex) pallitergata Alexander, 1934

MATERIAL EXAMINED: China, province Heilongjiang: western border of the “ Honghe ” nature reserve, 47°44.998´N, 133°35.046´E, h= 52 m. a.s.l., meadow vegetation on the banks of water bodies among willow thickets and small-leaved forests, 2 males, 18.v.2018; eastern border of the “Honghe” nature reserve, 47°51.154´N, 133°46.375´E, h= 51 m. a.s.l., meadow vegetation on the banks of water bodies among willow thickets and small-leaved forests, 2 males, 19.v.2018 (A.A. Averin) .

DISTRIBUTION. Russia: FE (Khabarovsky kray, Primorsky kray); Mongolia, China (Inner Mongolia). The record from Zabaikalsky kray [former Chitinskaya oblast] requires confirmation [ Savchenko, 1964]. First record for China’s Heilongjiang province.