fromof Crane Flies
SpeciesMountains(Diptera:Tipulidae),Undescribed
Himalaya

Abstract:newSevenfor(E.)

Publication

May

crane
species of eriopterine
to the genus Cheilotrichia

all belonging
described,
are C heilotrichia
Theseapemon,(Empeda)C.

fuscostigmata,

01002

Massachusetts

Amherst,Received

AlexanderP.

CharlestheXVIII1(__.). melanostyla,

1969

23,

flies

from Nepal,

C.

Rossi,
subgenusC.
(E.) chelo ma,C.

(E.)

Sikkim,and Assam

EmpedaOstenandnigristyla,

(?.)
C.

areSacken.
C.

fuscoapicalis,(E).

tumidistyla.

Part XVII of this series of papers was publishedin the Journal of the New
York EntomologicalIn
77:
1969.
thepresent paper I am de?
61-65,
Society,
newto
Cheilotrichia
furtherthegenus
scribing
Rossi, subspecies belonging
genus Empeda Osten Sacken, from Nepal, Sikkim, and Assam, collected by Dr.
Fernand Schmid and Dr. Edward I. Coher. I wish to express my deepest thanks
to the collectors for these materials.
Cheilotrichia
Size medium
halt?res(wingcoloration; generallegs brown, withoutscales;
withvein Sc long,edly patterneddarker;
cell M2 open by atrophySc2 not apparent;
forked.
pale, outer style deeply
yellow;

n. sp.

apemon,(Empeda)

4 mm)of male

wings

gray;

antennae

tingedwithweakly

Scx

black

throughout;restrictvery
brown,of themidlength

oppositeendingof m; malehypopygium

bothwithlong Rs,
dististyles

male:about 3 mm ;wing 4 mm.
LengthAntennae
Rostrum
dark
black.
gray,
palpi

more
segments
proximalpruinose;black,
ones moreoutermostfirstsegment
oval,
large,
flagellar
subglobular,
succeeding
verticilsof morebasal
light gray.
segments
elongate,
exceedingly
long, pale. Head
Pronotumclearer yellow. Mesonotal
obscurethe narrowbrown,
pretergites
yellowbehind,pediceldarkpraescutum

awith

gray

brownish

vague

rowly

foveaepseudosutural
black;
posteriorreddenedbehind.
Pleuradark gray,regiondusky.

ened,alltrochantersoutertarsalcells weaklySeilongerlong,

1Contribution

scutal

lobes

notum

dark

gray,

posterior
fore
with

coxae

infuscated,remainder

ofbrown,

femorallegs

legs withoutscales.

costalfieldspaleyellow,

narrow,

suffused;veinsyellowish

opposite

midlength

veins

andRs

open

by

dark

brown,

outer

atrophyfromstigmaclearerbrown,of the long Rs,_R4moderately
of m; m-cu

very

long

the EntomologicalWings

setae,

theLaboratory,

199

dorsopleuralcoxae andobscurebases
tingeddarkened;region.

nar?

yellow,withbrown,

bases

of

anal

Venation:Sc

one-half_R2+3+_about
evident;
twice
cell
about
cell Rs at margin

Sc2 not

divergent,
to forkMalepaler,

in costal

yellowdark?

similarly
scutellum

remaining

weaklyvaguelycloseyellow.

hypopygium

lobe withsomewhatscleritesLegs

yellow.

yellow;

area,

ofblackened;

than R2;

Abdomentivelybrownishendingcell Ms

R2;

palesegments
andprearcular

long,Halt?res

centralscleritesof M.

hypopygium
longestwithexceeding

University

the
the

basistylerela?

dististyles,

innerof Massachusetts.

200

fewer

withlobes

apical

New

York

setae

but

outer
throughout,stylebranch miscroscopicallydeeplyoutwardly,obtuse.

gentlytipholotype:$,

withC.

andsclerites

is Cheilotrichia

Sex

to oneforked,theflagellum
Pronotumvestiturearm

dilated

into

about

4 mm;

wing

inner

LengthRostrumgray;legs brown,
about
one-third
endingyellow,

disk

Mesonotal
light yellow.
lateralgray;
regionsbrown.

gray,

allat

near

Pleuramore

weaklyof praescutum,
humeralandclearplates.

Range,

Nepal,

8,197

feet,

n. sp.

cheloma,of mesonotum
flattenedveinsscalesbrown,
as wellR>, and R?

posterioras setae;long,generally

outer

dististyleheavily
deeplyblackened,
un?
into two slender
midlength
slightlya spatula;
inned
4 mm;
antennaabout 5 mm ;wing
5 mm.
Lengthand palpi
brownish
Antennae
black.
dark brown. Headlight gray.
obscurepaleflattenedcoloration

with

pale
inner
branch,blade
that widens

a simpleas broadly

including
length of Rs;

themaleanother;hypopygium
arm divided
narrower
outerrods,

female:; general

dististyles

outersimpliciar Alexander, both of Southstructure, as the heavily blackened(Empeda)

4 mm)

(wing

parallel

equal
male:

of maleBothorlonger(Empeda) microdonta
Alexander,
distinct. Two other allied species,

details(E.)
and in hypopygial

pleurawithwings

appearing

LXXVII[Vol.

setulae.

thePass, Mahabharat

Cheilotrichia
Size medium

apex;has the hypopygial
Alexander, and C.

(E.) accomoda
India, differ in venation
outer dististyles.

delicate

tosubequal
inner style

Gonapophyses

Simbhangang

whichSociety

abundant
stem

forked,atroughened

June 24,1957(Coher).
The most similar speciesof Kashmir,

Entomologicaldististyleunusually
1 mm.
about

with

darkened.

withpraescutumsclerites
posteriorandscapebroad.

pedicelbrownishblack,

extremewithborderPetergites,brown
four nearly
confluentstripes,of notumlobes
scutallight gray,membrane
Halt?resdorsopleuralyellowed.
withfore coxae and trochantersdarklight yellow.
Legs
trochanters
yellow;remainderofwithflattenedscalescularandabout

oppositelight yellow;
the straightappressed
costalregions
one-third

legs

additional

brown,
to delicate

veins
Rs;

femoralwith
stem dull yellow,knob
coxae andbrown,
remainingbases
narrowlylegs
yellowed;

setae. Wings
weaklySc
Venation:light brown.
veins Ra and Rilong, generally

darkened,long,Seiparallelprearending
to oneanother.
Abdominal
Male
dark
obscuresternites
tergitesbrown,yellow.
yellow,hypopygium
arm narrow,atouter
withouterhypopygium
dististyleheavily
blackened,deeplyforked,
near midlength
into adividedinto two slender,
inner arm dilatedrods,slightlyunequalas a yellow
inner style unusuallycleaverlike
spatula,tip obtuse;blade,
broad,
appearing
the tip obtuse.

holotype:

Sirhoi Kashong, Manipur,
7,500 feet, June
Assam,?\S, with type. Paratopotype,Allotopotype,$,10, 1960(Schmid).
The present
structurefrom other regional species by thefly is readily distinguished
Other regionalof the male hypopygium,including both dististyles.

species having the dististyles heavily blackenedand C. (E.) melanostyla,
accomoda Alexander
species with vein Sc shorterthe dististyles.
especiallyand withinclude Cheilotrichia(Empeda)n. sp., these being smaller

the hypopygial

detailsquite

different,Alexander:

1969]

September,

Cheilotrichia
Size medium
with

scutumabout(winglarge(Empeda)

4 mm)yellow,vein
indicated;

gray,black;wings
yellowish
fourth Rs, vein 2?3+_ longer than R?.
sex ?: Wing
4 mm.
Rostrumbasalbrownishyellow,
palpi
brownishsegments

black,

terminal

yellow,
flagellumslightly
thanthesegments
subglobular,slightlylargerin length
to theverticils
setulae,subequal
Pronotum
Mesonotal
yellow.
praescutum
a broadincludingdelicate

lateralline;

brownishyellow,yellow;

mediotergite

pteropleurite
remaininglarge

1st A,
endingacoveredinfuscated,sparse.

Wings

indicated;on mostontrochantersthewiththree major
blackpolished
that narrows
behindscleriteslightly

smallersimilarascutumarea;

a polishedscutellum
obscureblack mark;more
ventralPleurayellowed.
yellow,
fore coxae
infuscated,by fungi.
Legs withfemora yellow,but conspicuously
tips narrowly
byouteryellow;
fifteenthremainder

all but

the proximal
one-fourthRs,

withproximal

exceeding
fiveofthetarsi

black;

on

fifth
Sc2

notveinR?;

segments

Sex ? Nanga,

Cheilotrichia

ofsegment;
notibiae

2ndbasitarsi
femoralcostalregionlight

costalfield,yellow,
setaeyellow,Sc.

especiallyon Sc
lackingof Rs,
Sc moderately

outer

segments

destroyedandlong,

Sei
twice

2?_+3+_ and i_i+2 long, nearly
evident;m-cu
twice
cell MVt about
its petiole,

yellow;

Sikkim,A. Venation:andonlegs,scales

gray,yellowish
faintly
tinged with
more
veins
inlight brown,
yellowedveinslevel of origin
longitudinalbeyondoppositei?3+4 long and straight,Rr,
to fork of M.

holotype:

areas,
intolargely

narrowly

Abdomenbrown.

of

lobe

all

present
about

pedicel,denselydark
Headinfuscated,
pleurotergite
Halt?respruinose.
destroyedaboutbutwithbasal
flagellar
outwardly;
coveredwith
short
stiff

withsuture

involvingnotstigmaMacrotrichia

Antennae

darker.

slightly

especially

yellow,half
anterior

beforeeach

endingsegments.

bordersgraycoxae andblackened,tips moreon

markcentralnarrowly

tips
Sei

segment
paler,andpraescutum
butconspicuously
one
about
oppositemesonotal

yellow,

femoraareas;
notstigman. sp.

fuscoapicalis,coloration; generalblack

polished

201

Flies

Crane

close

fungi.

byfeet, August 3, 1959 (Schmid).
is distinct from all described regionalof the thorax and legs. It most nearly

5,000(Empeda)

fuscoapicalisof the subgenus in the coloration
resembles species such as C. (E.) min?scula Alexander and C. (E.) nigroapicalis
Alexander, of Formosa and southern Japan, which differ in the details of colora?

members

tion including

the broad blackened
Cheilotrichia

coloration

Generalofhead

femoral(Empeda)andthorax

fuscostigmata,
clear

wings
light
entirely
yellow;legs light brown;veins dark brown;
oval stigma
and its included
male:
about 3.5 mm ;wing 4 mm.
LengthRostrum
segments
Thoraxregionyellow.
tarsaltips.
n. sp.

halt?reswithout
pattern;pale
blue-gray,the long
the veins,
includingonlyyellow,
Sc long, R> very oblique,?.+3+4.
exceeding

Antennae
black.
greatly
black;
pedicelpalpi
Headwith very long verticils.
light gray.
without
clear blue-gray,almostpattern;
uniformly
andenlarged;

proximalflagellarof maleand dorsopleuralpretergites
small.
Halt?resfoveae more
very
pale
darkened,
testaceous;pseudosutural
terminal
femoracoxae
obscuretrochantersandlight brown,yellow;
Legs withthe veins,thedarker.
only
includingentirely
light yellow,
segments
Wings
slightly
more

long-oval
opposite
Abdomenand its included
stigmaRs ; R2 very
two-thirds
broken.

veinsoblique,darkbrown.

exceeding

Venation:R2+-m.

5clong,Sei

endingabout202NewYork

EntomologicalSociety

LXXVII[Vol.

holotype:$, Rongne, Sikkim, 6,200 feet, August 21, 1959 (Schmid).
in the coloration of the wings,
the most
fly is very distinct
vamantasimilar regional species being Cheilotrichia
Alexander
which(Empeda)
The

presentand winghas the coloration

Cheilotrichia
Sizeandandsmall

pleuracostal(wing of malemoreyellowed;
fieldsmorewithouterhypopygiumarm of outermale:

Lengthmale

Rostrum,
Pronotumandless than

3 mm)femorabrownishSeiyellowed;outer dististyleantennae

pretergites
lightpleurotergite

membranelighttrochanters

yellow;

n. sp.

melanostyla,;mesonotum

mediumendingsclerites

posteriorprearcularyellow,
to one-fifthRs;

one-fourthandcomplexinstructure,andscutallobes

mediumbrownishyellow.

large

2.7 mm.

black.

Headdarkened.

Mesonotal

yellowed.

praescutum

brown,

posteriorborderchiefly
Halt?resyellow,
with

rectrictedly
stem yellow,

yellow.
femorabrown,

brownishyellow;wings
about
oppositeheavily
blackened,
into a slender point.

andscutellumbrown;
Pleura(Empeda)style extended
about 2.5 mm; wing

palpi
and

quite different.

patternyellow;

mediotergite
withpatterned
knobbrown.

brown,
dorsopleural
coxae
and
Legs withbrownish

the darkened
color produced
yellow,by setae andabundant
tibiae brownish
tarsi darker
brown.
brownishappressed
scales;Wings
yellow,and costal regions
veins pale brown.
Venation:
Sei ending
yellow,prearcular
light yellow;
about
one-half

opposite
more

Abdominal

tergitesouterdististyleinnerapicalto one-fifth

one-fourth
extensive

Rs;

R2+s+iand R2

subequal;cell R?

at marginabout

than cell R?.
sternitesbrown,and hypopygium
Maleyellow.
in structure,outerlarge and complex
a slender
inner arm unequally
point,

heavily
blackened,extended
into
angle

with
hypopygium
arm flattened,
its
bifid

obtuseintolobes.

holotype:?, Thingsat, Mizo District, Lushai Hills, Assam, 2,000 feet, Sep?
tember 9, 1960 (Schmid).
Cheilotrichia
is most readily told from other gen?
(Empeda) melanostyla
similarthe outertheerally
structure, particularly
regional species byhypopygial
butOtherhaveofdiffer?
thatthisblackened
dististyle.
speciesstyle heavily
ent conformation
include C. (E.) accomoda Alexander
and C. (E.) brevior(Brunetti).
Cheilotrichia
Generalvery

colorationofdarkened,faintlythoraxSei(Empeda)dark

oppositeouter

blackened,
unequallyheavily
dististylearm expanded
oval blade.
into a flattened
male:
about 3.5 mm; wing 3.8 mm.
LengthRostrumdark

Pronotum
gray,

sides

gray,

brown,
ofthepalpi

black.

pretergites
former
light

clear

halt?res

gray;
about

endingAntennaelightyellow.

gray;posteriorn. sp.

nigristyla,

bifid,

light

one-third
thelongerouterhypopygium
a simplearm

scape morepruinose.
black,
Mesonotal
andpraescutumscleritesof notum

gray.

wings
with

legs brown;

yellow;
male

Rs;

rod,

inner

Head

lightgray.

scutal

lobes

dark

Pleuradark

brown,

Halt?resclear
membraneLegs withlight yellow.
yellowed.
dorsopleuralpruinose;coxae
femoraand tibiae
coxae dark brown,
and all trochanters
yellowed;
remainingsetae and dense
abundant
black
tarsi darker
brown;
leg vestiture
includinglight brown,
brown.
veins
Vena
scales. Wings
verydarkened,indicated;stigmascarcely
faintlypaler
grayforetion:

Alexander:

1969]

September,

203

Flies

Crane

Sc moderately

veins Rs and Rs slightly
one-thirdRs;
long, Sei ending about opposite
and Rs at margin
in extent ;m-cu
close to fork of M.
subequalmoredark brown,sternites
and hypopygium
somewhatMaleyellowed.
hy?
arm
a longer
with
outer
outer
dististyleheavilyunequallybifid,blackened,

cells R2

divergent,
Abdomenpopygium

inner arm
obtuse;half more
expanded,

simplerod, tip narrowly
outer
inner style yellowed,

at

expanded

apex

intoa

flattened

oval

blade;

obtuse.

apex broadly

holotype:$, Chingsao, Manipur, Assam, 3,800 feet, June 13, 1960 (Schmid).
Cheilotrichia
differs from C. (E.) brevior (Brunetti)(Empeda) nigristyla
and some other generally similar regional species chiefly in hypopygial
struc?
the outer dististyle.

ture, especially

Cheilotrichia
Sizesmallof male(winggray,scutellum,wings

faintly

andpleurotergite
brownishtinged with(Empeda)

about; mesonotal

pleuraextensively
costal
field

gray,

stout andlarge, pale, unusually
dististyles
male:about 2.5 mm; wing 3 mm.
LengthRostrumbrownishblack.
brown,
palpi

n. sp.

tumidistyla,3 mm)theirtumid,

Antennae

tips

coxae

fore
male

yellow;

scutumandpraescutum
yellowed;brownishdarkhypopygium

brown;
thewithobtuse.

brownishblack.

Head

dark

gray;

eyes

large.
Pronotumgray,andmediotergite

yellow;more
anepisternum
pleural membrane
mainingbrown.
veins
about

Mesonotal
light yellow.
praescutum
scutellum
brownishgray, posterior

pretergites
evident
pattern;

without

coxae

and

gray,

sides,

sternopleuriteHalt?res
yellow.

light
all trochanters

faintly
tinged with
more
brownishbrown,
one-thirdRs.
opposite
Wings

light

Abdomenbrown,

hypopygium

as large
appearingouterstyle deeply

tinctive,basistyle;withtogetherpruinose,

fleshytheslightly

andscutumbrownishborderobscurebroadly
Pleurayellow.
yellowed,
pleurotergite,
suffusedwithbrownishdorso?
black,

re?
dark brown,fore coxae
yellow.
Legs withfemoraand tibiae
obscuretarsi dark
yellow;yellow,
fieldscostalbrownishandgray,yellow;
prearcularin the brightened
fields.
Venation:
Sei ending
yellow

light
pale
bothyellow.
lobes
lobes

Male
that

hypopygium
are scarcely

innerdististyles
in color
thandis?
thesimilarly

stout,

Lushai Hills, Assam,?, Thingsat, Mizo District,
1960
September 9,(Schmid).
Cheilotrichia
is generally similar to C.
(Empeda)tumidistylan.
instructure.
sp., differing evidently
hypopygial
nostyla,2,000feet,nearlyas broad

holotype:style,obtuse;

thestylebifid,
as the inner arm of outerstout,
tips
tip obtuse.

withdarker(E). mela?