New crane fly species of the subgenus Tipula (Vestiplex) Bezzi (Diptera, Tipulidae) from Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, China.

ABSTRACT: Four new crane fly species of the subgenus Tipula (Vestiplex) Bezzi, 1924, T. (V.) apteroidessp. nov. (Yunnan), T. (V.) bidentatasp. nov. (Sichuan), T. (V.) spinaventralissp. nov. (Sichuan) and T. (V.) ventrobasilatasp. nov. (Sichuan) are described and illustrated, providing discussion on separation of the newly described species from other closely related species. The male genitalia of T. (V.) aestiva Savchenko, 1960 is illustrated and redescribed.

SUBMITTER: Starkevich P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12743253 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature