New and little-known species of Tipula Linnaeus (Diptera, Tipulidae) from Laos, with a new synonym

By

Zhang, Bing
Ren, Jinlong
Li, Yan
Yang, Ding

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2020

Original Publication

ZooKeys

Volume

982

Pages

11--31

Subjects

Biodiversity , Description , Distribution , systematics , taxonomy

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.982.49781

 

Abstract

Only seven species of the genus Tipula Linnaeus were previously known to occur in Laos. Here one new species is added to the fauna of Laos, Tipula (Nippotipula) champasakensissp. nov.Tipula (unplaced) cladomera Alexander, 1936 is designated as a synonym of T. (unplaced) reposita Walker, 1848, syn. nov. A key to species of the genus Tipula from Laos is presented.