Austrolimnophila (Austrolimnophila) bifidaria Alexander, 1942

Ribeiro, Guilherme Cunha, Lamas, Carlos José Einicker & Azevedo, Leisa Nathalie Silva De, 2007, A catalogue of the types of Limoniidae and Tipulidae (Diptera: Tipulomorpha) in the collection of the Museu de Zoologia da Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil, Zootaxa 1497, pp. 1-22 : 3

Austrolimnophila (Austrolimnophila) bifidaria Alexander, 1942

Alexander, 1942: 56–57 (original description); 75, figures 23 (wing) and 30 (male terminalia). Type locality: Brazil, São Paulo, São Paulo (Serra da Cantareira).

Holotype male with labels: (1) handwritten on white paper: “ Brazil | Sao Paulo | S. Cantareira | 900m; XII. 40 [1940] | Travassos”; (2) printed with handwritten inscriptions on red paper: “ HOLOTYPE ɗ | Austrolimnophila | bifidaria | C. P. Alexander”.

Preservation: mounted at the tip of a pinned paper triangle. Missing parts: entire body except for the wings and some leg fragments. Additional note: the original description indicates as collectors “Guimarães & Travassos”. This differs from the specimen label which indicates only “Travassos” as the collector.