Eotipula grangeri Oberprieler, Krzemiński & Yeates, 2015

Oberprieler, Stefanie K., Krzemiński, Wiesław, Hinde, Jack & Yeates, David K., 2015, First crane fly from the Upper Jurassic of Australia (Diptera: Limoniidae), Zootaxa 4021 (1), pp. 178-186 : 180

Eotipula grangeri Oberprieler, Krzemiński & Yeates , sp. nov.

( Figs 1 –3)

Type material. Holotype: F.139996 (part), F.139997 (counterpart). Talbragar Fish Bed (Upper Jurassic: Kimmeridgian–Tithonian (151 ± 4 Ma), Gulgong, New South Wales, Australia, December 14. xii.2013, collector Jack Hinde. Part and counterpart impressions of poor preservation state; visible body length 6.5 mm; lateral view of thorax, abdomen, wings and legs, though incomplete; head and halteres missing. Housed in the Australian Museum, Sydney, Australia.

Etymology. The species is named after the collector’s nephew, Charles Granger, who aided in its discovery and extraction.

Diagnosis. Sc ending opposite bifurcation of Rs on R2+3+4 and R5; Rs almost equal to R2+3+4; cell d 1/7 of wing length; cross vein m-cu just before bifurcation of M3+4 on M3 and M4.

Description. Relatively small limoniid, wing length 8.5 mm. Head, antennae and palpi not visible. Legs long, without visible tibial spurs. Vein Sc ending opposite bifurcation of Rs on R2+3+4 and R5; cross-vein sc-r twice its length before the end of Sc; R1 ending opposite 1/3 the length of R3; cross vein r-r (R2) twice its length before the end of R1; Rs almost equal to R2+3+4 and 1.5 × as long as R3; only three medial veins; cell d 1/7 of length of wing; cross vein m-cu just before bifurcation of M3+4 on M3 and M4; A2 straight.

Figures

FIGURE 1. Photographs of Eotipula grangeri sp. nov., holotype; A — Part (F. 139996) B — Counterpart (F. 139997).