Acantholimnophila maorica (Alexander, 1922)

Ribeiro, Guilherme Cunha, 2012, Redescription of Notholimnophila Alexander and Acantholimnophila Alexander, poorly known New Zealand endemics (Diptera: Tipulomorpha: Limoniidae), Zootaxa 3173, pp. 54-68 : 63-66

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scientific name	Acantholimnophila maorica (Alexander, 1922)
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Acantholimnophila maorica (Alexander, 1922) View in CoL

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Acantholimnophila maorica (Alexander, 1922) View in CoL . Type species: Limnophila maorica Alexander, 1922b: 309 View in CoL –310 (original description); Alexander, 1924: 368 (taxonomy); Ribeiro, 2008: figs. 97, 171 (illustrations of male genitalia); Oosterbroek, 2011 (catalogue citation).

Diagnosis. Acantholimnophila maorica distinguishes from A. bispina mainly by having the interbase relatively longer, narrower, with a simple, non-bifid tip.

Dimensions. Thorax length, 1.00– 1.10 mm; thorax height, 0.8–0.92 mm; wing length, 5.25–7.35 mm; wing width, 1.12–1.68 mm; gonocoxite length, 0.47–0.58 mm; gonocoxite width, 0.21–0.29 mm; clasper of gonostylus length, 0.19–0.22 mm; clasper of gonostylus width, 0.03–0.05 mm; lobe of gonostylus length, 0.18–0.19 mm; lobe of gonsotylus width, 0.03–0.05 mm.

Material examined. Holotype. Male. Ohakune, N.Z [North Island, 39º25’05”S 175º23’54”E]. Alt. 2060 ft [627.8m], Oct. 1, 1921, T.R. Harris.

Preservation. Specimen not dissected and nearly intact, with one wing and leg fragments glued in a sheet of paper pinned with the specimen.

Paratypes. 1 female. Graymouth, New Zealand [South Island, 49°27’S 171°12’E], Sea-level, sept. 7, 1921, T.R. Harris.| Allotype. 1 male. Graymouth, New Zealand [South Island, 49°27’S 171°12’E], Sea-level, sept. 7, 1921, T.R. Harris. 1 male. Ohakune, N.Z [North Island, 39º25’S 175º23’E]. Alt. 2060 ft. [627.8m], Oct. 4, 1921, T.R. Harris. 2 males. Ohakune, N.Z [North Island, 39º25’S 175º23’E]. Alt. 2060 ft. [627.8m], Oct. 10, 1921, T.R. Harris. 1 male. Ohakune, N.Z [North Island, 39º25’S 175º23’E]. Alt. 2060 ft. [627.8m], Oct. 11, 1921, T.R. Harris. 1 male. Ohakune, N.Z [North Island, 39º25’S 175º23’E]. Alt. 2060 ft. [627.8m], Sept.21, 1921, T.R. Harris. 3 males and 1 female. Dunedin, N.Z., Nov. 26, 1921, Geo. Howes.

Non-types. 2 males. Ohakune, N.Z [North Island, 39º25’S 175º23’E]. Alt. 2060 ft. [627.8m], Nov. 8, 1922, T.R. Harris | Limnophila maorica Alex. Det. C.P.Alexander, 1922 . 1 female. Ohakune, N.Z [North Island, 39º25’S 175º23’E]. Alt. 2060 ft. [627.8m], Nov. 14, 1922, T.R. Harris | Limnophila maorica Alex. Det. C.P.Alexander, 1922 . 1 male and 1 female. Ohakune, N.Z [North Island, 39º25’S 175º23’E]. Alt. 2060 ft. [627.8m], Nov. 16, 1922, T.R. Harris | Limnophila maorica Alex. Det. C.P.Alexander, 1922 . 2 males. Ohakune, N.Z [North Island, 39º25’S 175º23’E]. Alt. 2060 ft. [627.8m], Nov. 22, 1922, T.R. Harris | Limnophila maorica Alex. Det. C.P.Alexander, 1922 . 1 male. Ohakune, N.Z [North Island, 39º25’S 175º23’E]. Alt. 2060 ft. [627.8m], Nov.24, 1922, T.R. Harris | Limnophila maorica Alex. Det. C.P. Alexander, 1922 .