Tipula (Vestiplex) scripta Meigen, 1830

Ren, Jinlong, Li, Yan & Yang, Ding, 2021, Two new species of Tipula (Vestiplex) Bezzi (Diptera, Tipulidae) from Northwest China, Zootaxa 4903 (3), pp. 373-392 : 384-387

Tipula (Vestiplex) scripta Meigen

( Figs 33–39 )

Tipula scripta Meigen, 1830: 286 ;

Tipula (Vestiplex) scripta: Edwards, 1931: 80 ; Starkevich and Podenas, 2015: 9; Starkevich et al., 2020: 65 (redescription).

Tipula (Vestiplex) scripta scripta: Savchenko, 1964: 158 ;

Tipula (Vestiplex) immunda: Alexander, 1934: 403 ;

Tipula (Vestiplex) scripta immunda: Savchenko, 1964: 162 ; Oosterbroek and Theowald, 1992: 158 (synonymy after Starkevich and Podenas, 2015).

Material examined. 1 male, Xinjiang, Burqin, Baihabacun , 48.68°N, 86.79°E, alt. 1350 m, 2017.VII.11, Jinlong Ren ; 2 males, Xinjiang, Burqin, Baihabacun , 48.66°N, 86.79°E, alt. 1730 m, 2017.VII.13, Bing Zhang ; 1 male, Xinjiang, Burqin, Kanas , 48.68°N, 87.01°E, alt. 1360 m, 2017.VII.18, Jinlong Ren ; 1 male, Xinjiang, Burqin, Kanas , 48.68°N, 87.01°E, alt. 1370 m, 2017.VII.18, Bing Zhang ; 9 males, Xinjiang, Burqin, Hemu , 48.58°N, 87.45°E, alt. 1160 m, 2017.VII.21, Jinlong Ren ; 13 males, Xinjiang, Burqin, Hemu , 48.58°N, 87.45°E, alt. 1160 m, 2017. VII.21, Bing Zhang ; 6 males, Xinjiang, Burqin, Hemu , 48.56°N, 87.44°E, alt. 1150 m, 2017.VII.22, Jinlong Ren ; 3 males, Xinjiang, Burqin, Hemu , 48.56°N, 87.44°E, alt. 1150 m, 2017.VII.22, Bing Zhang ; 1 male, Xinjiang, Burqin, Hemu , 48.56°N, 87.44°E, alt. 1210 m, 2017.VII.23, Jinlong Ren ; 1 female, Xinjiang, Burqin, Baihahecun , 48.68°N, 86.79°E, alt. 1350 m, 2016.VII.11, Jinlong Ren ; 1 female, Xinjiang, Burqin, Baihahecun , 48.67°N, 86.79°E, alt. 1630 m, 2016.VII.12, Jinlong Ren ; 1 female, Xinjiang, Burqin, Baihabacun , 48.69°N, 86.79°E, alt. 1180 m, 2016. VII.12, Jinlong Ren (light trap) ; 1 female, Xinjiang, Burqin, Kanas Lake , 48.74°N, 87.01°E, alt. 1390 m, 2016. VII.17, Jinlong Ren ; 2 females, Xinjiang, Burqin, Kanas , 48.68°N, 87.01°E, alt. 1370 m, 2016.VII.18, Jinlong Ren ; 1 female, Xinjiang, Burqin, Kanas , 48.66°N, 87.00°E, alt. 1310 m, 2016.VII.19, Jinlong Ren ; 2 females, Xinjiang, Burqin, Hemu , 48.58°N, 87.45°E, alt. 1163 m, 2016.VII.21, Jinlong Ren ; 1 female, Xinjiang, Burqin, Hemu , 48.56°N, 87.44°E, alt. 1150 m, 2016.VII.22, Jinlong Ren ; 3 females, Xinjiang, Burqin, Hemu , 48.56°N, 87.44°E, alt. 1210 m, 2016.VII.23, Jinlong Ren ; 1 female, Xinjiang, Burqin, Hemu , 48.56°N, 87.44°E, alt. 1210 m, 2016. VII.23, Bing Zhang .

Diagnostic characters. Antenna reaching base of wing if bent backward ( Fig. 33 ). Prescutum and presutural scutum with one relatively broad grey stripe at middle ( Fig. 34 ). Wing whitish subhyaline; costal and subcostal cells brownish ( Fig. 35 ). Tergite 9 with posterior margin of tergal saucer broadly emarginated; anterior part narrowed, elevated into a quadrate-shaped sclerotized plate ( Fig. 37 ). Gonocoxite point-apexed with raised distal part ( Figs 36, 38, 39 ). Clasper of gonostylus blade-shaped; beak sclerotized and spike-shaped ( Fig. 39 ).

Elevation range in China. Adults were collected at altitudes ranging from 1100 m to 1800 m.

Period of activity. Adults were collected only in July.

Known distribution. Andorra, Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia–Herzegovina, Bulgaria, China (Xinjiang), Croatia, Czech Rep., Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Mongolia, Montenegro, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Ukraine.

Remark. This is the first report of this species from China.

Figures

FIGURES 33–35. Tipula (Vestiplex) scripta. 33: male habitus, lateral view; 34: head and thorax, dorsal view; 35: right wing. Scale bars 1.0 mm.

FIGURES 36–39. Tipula (Vestiplex) scripta. 36: hypopygium, lateral view; 37: tergite 9, dorsal view; 38: hypopygium, ventral view; 39: lobe and clasper of gonostyli with apex of gonocoxites, lateral view. Scale bars: 0.5 mm (36–38), 0.1 mm (39).