Tipula (Formotipula) melanopyga Edwards, 1926

Zhang, Bing, Ren, Jinlong, Li, Yan & Yang, Ding, 2020, New and little-known species of Tipula Linnaeus (Diptera, Tipulidae) from Laos, with a new synonym, ZooKeys 982, pp. 11-31 : 11

3. Tipula (Formotipula) melanopyga Edwards, 1926 Figs 15-18

Tipula melanopyga Edwards 1926: 53. Type locality: Laos: Nam Mat.

Tipula (Formotipula) melanopyga : Li et al. 2013: 204.

Diagnosis.

Abdomen yellowish-white pruinose has blackish brown stripes, last two segments dark brown. Male ninth tergite has a slender hammer-shaped projection at middle. Clasper of the gonostylus with two short acute blackened spines ( Li et al. 2013: 205, figs 16-18).

Type material examined.

Paratype, male, Laos: Nam Mat, 15 April 1918 (BMNH).

Distribution.

China (Yunnan), Laos.

Figures

Figures 15 - 18. Tipula (Formotipula) melanopyga Edwards, male 15 habitus, lateral view 16 left wing 17 head and thorax, dorsal view 18 hypopygium, ventral view.