Libnotes (Libnotes) Westwood, 1876

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Libnotes (Libnotes) Westwood, 1876

Libnotes Westwood, 1876: 505 .

Type species ­ Libnotes thwaitesiana Westwood, 1876 ( Sri Lanka) .

Usually large yellow, brownish or gray crane flies with long and comparatively narrow wings. Vein Sc very long, tip of Sc 1 reaches far beyond branching point of radial sector (Rs). Distal wing cells without additional cross veins. Basal deflection of CuA 1 at its own length beyond branching point of M. Ninth tergite of male genitalia simple, posterior margin widely rounded, gonocoxite with large ventro­medial lobe, outer gonostylus narrow and slightly arched, inner gonostylus oval or nearly so with well developed rostral prolongation and additional lobe bearing few long apical setae. Ovipositor usually bifid at apex. Larvae typical for the genus, developing in dead, rotten wood. Hypostoma with more than five teeth. Ventral sclerites of spiracular field with distinct margins ( Krivosheina and Krivosheina, 2011). A total of 145 species of the subgenus Libnotes is recorded worldwide. Most of them are known from Oriental (84 spp.), Australia (59 spp.), and Eastern Palaearctic Region (11 spp.). Single species is known from Afrotropical Region ( Oosterbroek, 2015).