Tipula (Vestiplex) testata Alexander, 1935

Starkevich, Pavel, Saldaitis, Aidas & Men, Qiu-Lei, 2019, Tipula (Vestiplex) butvilai sp. nov., a new crane fly (Diptera, Tipulidae) from Yunnan, China, ZooKeys 869, pp. 91-101 : 91

Tipula (Vestiplex) testata Alexander, 1935 Figs 14-20

Tipula (Vestiplex) testata Alexander, 1935: 119; Tipula (Vestiplex) testata : Savchenko 1964: 157; Tipula (Vestiplex) testata : Oosterbroek and Theowald 1992: 159.

Material examined.

1 male, China, W. Sichuan, road Yaan/Kangding, Erlang Shan Mt., 29°52.23'N, 102°18.35'E, elevation 2100 m, 10-11.IV.2010, genitalia slide No. PS0421m, leg. A. Saldaitis; 5 males, W. Sichuan, road Yaan/Kangding, Erlang Shan Mt., 30°32.40'N, 102°46.10'E, elevation 2161 m, 20.VIII.2014, leg. Floriani & Saldaitis (NRC).

Hypopygium. Black. Tergite 9 completely divided at midline by pale membrane ( Figs 14 , 16 ). Posterior margin with U-shaped notch, posterolateral margin of tergite 9 rounded. Anal plate a short process ( Fig. 16 ). Dorsal portion with posterior margin of tergite 9 with a pair of lobes directed caudad and covered with setae. Ventral portion of tergite 9 flattened, hypertrophied and occupying almost entire tergite area. Each half of ventral portion of tergite 9 shallowly concaved and with blackened rim. A blackened glabrous area on either side of midline dividing tergite 9. The inner margin of midline slightly elevated, terminated into short obtuse process. Gonocoxite entirely separate from sternite 9, dorsally produced into gently curved spine with acute tip ( Figs 15 , 17 ). Outer gonostylus club-shaped ( Fig. 18 ). Inner gonostylus brown, lower beak small, upper beak short, dorsal crest rounded ( Fig. 19 ). Appendage of sternite 9 covered with setae, with short dorsal lobe, ventral lobe nearly triangular ( Fig. 20 ). Adminiculum triangular in ventral view with median sclerite ( Fig. 20 ).

Figures

Figures 14 - 20. Hypopygium of male T. (Vestiplex) testata. 14 Hypopygium, dorsal view 15 hypopygium, lateral view 16 sternite 9, ventral view (tergite 9, gonocoxites, outer and inner gonostylus removed) 17 left outer gonostylus 18 tergite 9, dorsal view 19 left gonocoxite 20 left inner gonostylus, lateral view. Abbreviations: ap, anal plates; dl, dorsal lobe of appendage of sternite 9; dp, dorsal portion of tergite 9; vp, ventral portion of tergite 9. Scale bar: 0.6 mm (14 - 15), 0.5 mm (16 - 20).