Tipula (Formotipula) melanomera melanomera Walker, 1848

Zhang, Bing, Ren, Jinlong, Li, Yan & Yang, Ding, 2020, New and little-known species of Tipula Linnaeus (Diptera, Tipulidae) from Laos, with a new synonym, ZooKeys 982, pp. 11-31 : 11

2. Tipula (Formotipula) melanomera melanomera Walker, 1848 Figs 11-14

Tipula melanomera Walker 1848: 68. Type locality: Nepal.

Tipula (Formotipula) melanomera : Edwards 1932: 238.

Diagnosis.

Hypopygium covered with dense long setae. Clasper of the gonostylus slender; beak short with a long tuber which directed upward; dorsal margin bearing a sickle-shaped prominence which directed anteriorly ( Savchenko 1960: 888, fig. 1).

Material examined.

Recorded from Nepal and Upper Burma (BMNH).

Distribution.

India (Assam), Laos, Myanmar, Nepal.

Figures

Figures 11 - 14. Tipula (Formotipula) melanomera melanomera Walker, male 11 habitus, lateral view 12 head and thorax, dorsal view 13 left wing 14 hypopygium, dorsal view.