Tipula (Lunatipula), Lunatipula Edwards, 1931

Lantsov, Vladimir I. & Pilipenko, Valentin E., 2021, A new Palaearctic species of the subgenus Lunatipula (Diptera, Tipulidae) from the West Caucasus with a survey of the caucasica species group, ZooKeys 1048, pp. 145-175 : 145

Subgenus Lunatipula Edwards, 1931

The Tipula caucasica species group.

Diagnosis (after Savchenko 1964 with additions). Medium sized grey species. Rostrum with nasus, wings with more or less distinct bluish tint in transmitted light; metakatepisternum with setae; abdomen slate or brownish grey with lateral intermittent dark brown stripe on tergites. Males with tergite 9 transverse with two or three concave notches at apex; inner gonostylus posteriorly simple; sternite 8 with paired appendages composed of short wide base with bristles and an elongate glabrous spine bent medially; no dense brush of setae between bases of paired appendages (except for T. quadridentata ). Caucasian endemics. Savchenko included the following species in the Tipula caucasica group: Tipula caucasica , Tipula quadridentata Tipula quadridentata , Tipula quadridentata Tipula paupera , Tipula talyshensis .