Redescriptions of the poorly known crane fly species Tipula (Vestiplex) scandens and Tipula (Vestiplex) subscripta from Tibet and Yunnan, China (Diptera, Tipulidae)

By

Starkevich, Pavel
Men, Qiulei
Sivell, Duncan

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2020

Original Publication

ZooKeys

Volume

917

Pages

127--140

Subjects

Biodiversity , coquillettiana species group , hypopygium , ovipositor , scripta species group , systematics , taxonomy

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.917.38044

 

Abstract

Tipula (Vestiplex) scandens Edwards, 1928 and Tipula (Vestiplex) subscripta Edwards, 1928 were both briefly described based on single specimens and lacked illustration in the original literature. In the present paper, these two species are redescribed with new illustrations of additional morphological features based on type and non-type specimens.