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TITE CANADIANENTOMOI.OGIST23r,Itr l.

A LrST OF THE CRANE_FLTESOF QUEBEC (DrPTERA.) r*
BY CHARLFS

P. AI.DXANDER,'Amherst, Massachusetts_
The basic list of the Tipulidae of euebec is that of winn and Beaulrieul, in
which a total of two Ptychopteridae, tlvo Trichoceridae and eighty-seven Tipulidae are recorded from the Provirrce. Certain of tlre recsnds in this lisL areerroneous, a few others are synonyrns, while still add,i,tional species are placedin itrcorreot g€nera. In ttre presetrt preliminary list, I have endeawured to*-Contribution

from theEntomological. Iabora'tory, Massachusetts Agricultural Collcga
l.-winn, Atbert,andEeaurieu.
c.lmiin.-n i;;idr&y ii"I-;ic..il;rr
uiJi"io.
of Quebcc.Part II. Dptera. 7th Repr.Q''.b*
S;d;t i;, ,il"i';;*-;;f"lfiff;

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beve
collect and correct the various published records and to add the data tbatinrec€Gofcollectionst€ats
identifricatisn
becorne available as a result of 'thedeThe two largest sources of the latter are the series oi Tipulidae takeu b
Gasp6'toNlatap6diashore,Junely Dr. G. C. Crarupton (southGasp6 Penin*tz6-jdy t, tgz}; north shore, Gasp6 to M6tis-sur-m€r, July l-5, r9z8) and tbc
extensive ool,lestions o{ the Canadian National lVluseum, kindly submiced ior
identification by Dr. Janr,es NlcDunnough and Mr. C. Howard Curran.
Collectors of material or authorities for records are indicated by thirinitiais, as follows:

FPI-F. P. IdeHFL-H. F. Lewis
JM:J. McDunnough
RC):R. Ozburn
CEP-C. E. Petch
WAR:W. A. Ross
WSR-W. S. RYan
OS:C. R. Osten Sacken
GSW:G. S. Walley
AFW-A. F. Winn
FWW:F. W. Waugh
VDW-F. Van der WulP

AA:A. Arcaud
ADB:A. D. Baker
GB-Germain Beau'lieu
JiB:1. I. Beaulne
GC-George Chagnon
GCC:G. ChesterCratrrpton
CHC:C. Howard Curran
RNC-R. N. ChrYstal
TWF-T. W. Fyles
AG-Arrthur Gibssn
CHH:G. H. Hamrnond
CBH-C. B. Hutchings
TANYDORIDAE

protoflasa fitchii (o.s.)River Pabos, south shore of Gasp6,June zGJuly t'byz8 (GCb). The very unusual occurrence of this rare fly has been discussed
Cranrpton (Can. Ent., 6r:7o; 1929)'
PTYCHOPTERIDA{

M'o'ntreal (GB); Rigaud' June z6' 06 (GB)'Ptychrp1rro ntfocincta O.S.
(Fabr.)
Mo,ntreal (QB); St. Hilaire, ]uly: Levis,Bi,itaco'torpha ciavipes(AFW)'
July (TWF) ; CaP a l'Aigle, JulY
TRICHOCERIDAE

Trichocera rnaculipenni.s(Fabr.)
Tri,chocera regelatiottis (Linn')

Mon'treal' AuS' (GB) ; Johnson det'Montreal' Sept' (GB) ; Johnsrn det'
TIPUI"IDAISUB- F AM IL Y

T IPUL INA D

Quebec (vdw) ;(Tanyptera atrata Linn Identity entirely problematical)
St. Rose, July (GB).
Bergervill'e (T\\rF); N'Iontreal'lune (GB)'Tanyptera futnipennis (O.S )St' 'Johns Co ' AuSt
Identity problematical) '(Tanyptera d,orsal'isW"tt(G C).

Tattyptera frontati,s (O.S.).
Tanrlttera toltazhta (O S.)'(F P r ) .

,,i nYL\\rakeiield' June ra' z6 (FPi)Montreal' (GC): Wake{ielcl' -June r1' z6\,Iontreal.-|une (GB & GC)'
Ct|nofltora ol>icataO.S.
Prionocerafuscipenn'is(Lw.)(includesalsoTi,l,ulai|IustrisDoaneofthe(GC)'W. B. List). \{ontreal.Jol,'o5, oz (GB); Rigaud'June(-JlB) I I'ac
Hull'(GB);Gati'eau' 'Tulv
y'ipulao,bd,orwhmlis(S'y)''lune
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Tipula angulotaLT
June (JIB) ; Monrreal, June (GB) ; Hem_^ _*Ar1*er,mingford, lune z, z3 (ADB);
Rouviile.
Tiftdo ongu,stipennar
Lw.
Montreal,_J_une(GC); Rigaud,June (Gts);
Chelsea,M"y,-Tu.,. (TwF); Hult, yune. lire;il;t;.,rr,z6 (FpI) ;J;ne
Aylmer, May z3_24,19 (CBH); Hennmingr"rd,-na"f;;:;;(cHH),
Junez,z3 (ADB).
Tiputa afi,calisLw.
Chelsea.Julyz, rz (AG).
Ti.pula betta Lw.
Mgrlreal, f CCl ; St. ;,of,rr. Co.,
Juty, Aug., (GC) ;Rougemont,Aag. rz, z5 (GHH); Kirks Fer.nlug-"",l.
f""rl;Aylmer,June 3, za (CHC).
Tipula. bicornis F3rb:-s. Montreal,_Iun9(Ge), Rigaud, June (GB); Ne_waygo,June (AFW); Sherbrooke,,,
6.
-fuly rO; M.g"ntic,'July'6,Tipul,o caJopteraLw.
"Wakefield, JuiJy27,6yl\.
Tipula cincticornisDoane (includesiingrun Alex.).
"6Montreal,Aug. (eB);
AtT"., Aug. 14. i9 (CBH) ; Kingsmere,.3,'rq
nxCj.
lulyf
Tipula collaris Say (as pa.chyriina in theW. B.- List).
Monrreal, June(GB).
Tipula cunctansSay.
Aylmer, Sept. zr_z$, za (CHC)..
/Tipula decora Doane.
Monfreal fCCl.
Tipula d'ejectawalk:- ' Montrear,Aug. (GB),a doubtfutrrecord; Broadvierv
May 15, z5 (GSW)
22, 25 (FpIi; Hemrningford. May 26,z5 (GHH):_M^1y;Chelsea,
May 3o, z3 (RO) ; Aylmer, May 25,24,\Iiyro, z5 1'CHC); Hull, May
23,z5 (CHC).
Tipula eluta.Lw.
Gatineau,Iuly (GB)i lllryl., June (JIB) ; Hull, July
28.-zo(JM); Gaspi,north shore,'Julyi_.1,zg (GCC).
Tiltula fralTitis Lw.
Aylmer, S"pt. ,'g, za'$.HC).

Tipula gaspensissp. n.

Belongsto the hebesgroup; size unusuaty
smalr (rving, under rz m'r.).;antennae ( a ) of moderate length, approxirnately.tieequal tocombined hea<rand thorax; flagelrumcrarkbrorint *i'g.
with the dark pattern much recruced:
male hypopygiumwith the eighth sternitle
its caudalmargin not conspicu_!1*d,ously enrarginate,the surfacewith erect yellow
setae.
Male.-Le6h,
about 9-ro m,m.;
mm.
4-4.5
Female,-Length, about r3_r3.S mm.; rving,rr.5 mm.
Described from alcoholic specimens.
Frontal prolongation of heacr yerlo,rv,
the nasus conspicuous, dark br'wn:
palpi chiefly pale. the basar threesegme.,ts ringed with brown. Antennae (mare)of moderate length, if bent hack',varJ
extending about to the base of the aMomen:
scape-velkrrv,the flagerlnrn brorvnish black,*ihe trasal enlargements of the seg_ments a little darker than the remaincrer.
Head brownish !ray, the frons andIo$'e!' surface more yellowish.
yellow, variegated witl-r dark brown.

Mesonotal pra€scutum.
.Pronotum
palewith confluentdark stripei the scutarrob.se*iensi
r.ylJrt.rr"6; scutertum
Pall thesegmentwitfr a narrow duslg; medianiir,"; po"*r*rm
pale,-medianvariegatedwith brown. preurapale,with longit'dinardark brown
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pro'pl€ura,anepisternum and ventral sternopleurite. Halteres pale, the base of theknobs darker. Legs with the coxae and trochanters pa,le; fernora yellow, the ti,psnarrowly dark brown; tibiae obscure yello'w, the tip.s passing into brown; tarsi
brownish black. wings with the dark pattern very reduced, the ground-colo,rsuffused and only vaguely variegated with paler, including an,te- and post-stigrnal
spots, obliterartive areas along the cord, a spot before the outer end of cell M,
adjoining van Cu and a sirnrilar area et near .one-third the lengrth ol cell Ca;
stigma dark br,own.
Abdomen obscure yellow, both sternites and :tergi.teswith a narr:ow brovrnish black median stri,pe, the lateral tergal stripe indicafed only on the subterminal
segrnen'ts; outer segrnents and most of hypopygium black. In the female, theabdominal tergites beyond the second are distinctly trivittate; subgenital segment and sternal valves of ovi,positor blackened. t\{ale hypopygitrrn with theeighth sternite broad, the caudal margin truncarte to slightly convex; surface
laterally with conspicuous grooves that converge anteriorly, these fringed witherect yellow setae; each caudo-lateral angle of sternite with a small yellowish
lobule. r,ateral appendage with three process€s, the lo.rver one verv long andslender, pale, pendutrous; middle process blackened, clau,-like ; dorsal process expanded, the margin obtuse and blackened.
H abitat.-Quebec (Gasp6) .
'Holotyfe, male, south shore, Ju'e e6-July r, r9z8 (G. C Cranrpton).
Allotopotype, femaie.
Paratopot^gpes,several of bo,th se-\es: r d, no,rth shore,
July r-5. rgzg (G.
C. Cran:pton). Tr,nes in autho,r's co,llection.
By Dietz's key to the speciesof the /zcDr.rgroup (Trans. Arnerican llnt.
soc, 4o t 346-347; r9r4), the present s.peciesruns to couplet r.1. crisaereeinsrvith
both included species in the srrall size, leneth of the antennae, anC irr eenitaliccharacters.
Tiprla, grata Lw.
Avimer, June, July (JIB).
Tifula ltcbes Lw.
N4ontreal,-|une (GR): Ottaq,a G,l{ Club, Arre 11. ?4(FPI) : Rigaud. . T u n e (GB ); H u l l , .Iu n e (-i IB ): H enrnri ngf.r< 1.
-\us. r.t.
" 5"(GHH) : Aylmer.
27, za (CHC).
J:i;ur,eTi.pu.la.herynannia,Alax.

\\rakefield. J.oly 27. z6 (FpI); Covev Hiil. Jqne^';;"t:11,,]'oT:**'?1"iI,t;if;
srrore,r-i.eB(ccc).rurv

Tipula ineryni,sDoane (see also T. umbroso\.
\{ontreal. ,furre (GC);
Gatineau,.TuIy(GB).
Tilttla iroquois Alex. (cincta Lw., of the W. B. List).
I,evis (TWF).
Tipula lo,bra.d,orica
Alex.
Abitibi region. northern Quebec. Tulv 16 (Dr.
Cook); PiashteBai, June 16.zr (HFI-).
Tiltula latipennis Lw. (ottazvaensisDetz. of the \V. B. List).
Ar;lnrer,(JIB) ; Hernrningford,.fuly z-Atg. z, z5 (GHH) : Gasp6,nofth shore. Jul.yr-.5,z8 (GCC).
'Tipula ,negaxra Doane.
Ti,pula .monticola Alex.
z3 (RO).

Aylrner, June (JIB)
Ar.-lrner.
i3. 26 (CHC) ; Cascade,ra,-Iune-Iune

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Tipulo nobilis Lw.
Gal€, south shore,l.unez6_Julyr,zg (GCC).
Tifula parshleyi Alex.
Aylmer,June3, 25 (C,BH) Gasp6,;
no.tl_,sho.e,Julyr-5, 28 (GCC).
Tipula penobscotAlex.
Gary6,bo,thslmres,June z6-Jaly 2g(GCC).
S,(Tipura retort& wulp.
Retorded from the province'ofQ'ebec by vander Wulp ; identityproblematical).
Tipula sorrfAlex.
Say,of the W. B. List).
Montreat (GC); Gat__(-coyta!sineau,July (cB); Huil,.|ulyice), h\_?8, zo 1juy, Ro,rg.*onrt,Aug. 12,z5 (GHH); Kirk,s Ferry, Aug. z5 (GSW).
5,
Ti'pt't'l'asenega Arex. (farid'a Li., oflhe \Ar. B. List).
'2n, Newaygo, June{AFW) ; Wakefield, .fune 4, z6 (Fp\; Megantic,June
23 (CHC) ; Sher_hnroke, JuIy z, 16.
Tipula serta Lw.
(GC) ; Rouville Co., (GC) ; Rigaud,-I\{ontrealJune{GB) : Avlmer, NIav 26.
rg_JuneS, zo (CRH); Chelsea,
fune 17, 16 (AG);Brad,ore,-Iuly 15, zl (HFL)
Tiputa xilphnreaDoane.
Montreal,July (GB), NIay 26,or (GC)
; Gasp6,north shore,.Iuly r-5, z8 (GCC).
Tiltula tefhrocephal:A-v'ner..I'ne (_|IB); H'll, N{av zr, o4;
Gasp6,_-L*
sotrthshore,z6-Julv(GCC).
r,zg-|une
Tipula triztittata Sa.v.
euebec (TWFI ; Monrreal, June (GB) : Ste. Anne,.
lnnez4' 25 (FPI); Garineau,lury rig); Lachine,Jnne"rr.,o innt;; Aylmer,.funerz, zz (CBH). June 22, zq (CHC).
Tiputa ultima Alex. (flavicazrsFabr.. of theiry. B. List).
Montreal, Sept.
{GC) ; St. Johns Co.. Sept. (Gni , Hull, Sept. 25,23(CHC):
Aylmer, Sept.
"18,z3 (CBH); Jordan,Sept.16, r+ (WAR).
TipulauynbrosaLw. (probably in,clucles
inermi,sDoaneof the W. B. fist).
Kingsmere,Atg.3, r9 (RNC), Ki.k'. Ferry, Aug.zz, za(FpI):Abitibi Re_.gion,northern euebec,Iuly r9i6 (Dr. Cook).
Tipula mbnaculato(Lrv.)
Fort Coulonge,Aug. 2r.,17 (JIB).
Tipula valida Lw. (includesalso calztaDoaneof the W. B. List).
Rigaudb
Iune (GB): Huil, -|unezo, o3;Aylnrer.Iune (JIB).
June15,z5 (CHC).
(Tipula vi'trea wurp.
Recordeclfrom the province ofeuebec bv van derlVulrp; identi,typrorblernarlical).
Tipula lounqi Alex.
(macrolabisLw., of the \\r. ,8.
List). Avlmer, June{JIB) : SevenIslands,Aug. 9, z4 (F\V\4r).
Nephrotornael4.cera(Ls,.)
Montrenl, .fune (GB) ; Hull,.fune, (,IIB) ;I-aurentianMts., ,June(JIB).
Nephrotowaferruqinea
Ouebec.
-fuly (T\{F) ; l,Iontreal,Aug.
^(Fabr.)iGC) ; Gatineau,July. (_GR): Iiull. il,t1, 1.rr*, : Rougemont,Ang. r.-. 25: Hemmingford. July 29, 23 rcn'pl ; Gasp6..,o,ill.,
i9TI),ho.., .Tuiv r-c, z8{GCC).
Neplvotoma incuraa (L",.)
Montreal. June (GB); Aylmer,Ju'e. July{.IIB); Hull, _}unero, z3 (CHC).
(Nephrotow.a.lineata (Scopoli).
All A.rnericanrecords erroneous).
Nephrototnalugens(Lrv.)
euebec (T\\rF) ; N{onrreal.
-Tune(AFW), Tulv

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ii:Uiy:lkt:#il"',?::,,1:'{.:'"4I":
Nephrotoma ntacrocercr.(Say).

,, Nephrotoma occipitalrs (Lw.)\;cfltrotoultt, sodolis (Ln,.)

Ft. Coulonge, July9, r7 (JIB).
Coarticook,Sept. (JIB).\Io,ntreal,Aug. (GB); Hull,July (JIB)I||
Nepl,rrotomatenu.is(Lw,)
St.JohnsCo.,O"* tiai; Ln*nlUtyCo.,(GB),I
Nephrotorna
rantl.tostigma(Lrv.)
N,I,ontreal,
Aug iCgi
Iz8(Gic);urv,-5,'":';:":'::,;::;;:::*o'i;o,,,.ff:?#t:"T:'.,
OropezaobscuraJohns.
OropezavenoseJohns.

|R,igaud,June (GB)Gasp6,no,rthshore,July l_5, eg (GCC).

|I*S?fii::T.:';J"|;"itr*i,,:.:::Tt;;i":K:*il

rv' rvrcdLrr!aKc'
June zr, 16; Gasp6,botrhshores,lune z6-Julys, zg (GCC). "Phalacroceraneorena Alex.
Homnningford,June 27,23 (ADB)
Subfamilyr,rMoNrrNAE.,-- lr*onia(Lintonia) cinctipes,r"f,;-t"t*ontrear, May (GB);He'r'ii'gford.

Aug.ro,za(cHC);Gas,p6," #t1336:(GHH);Avlmer,";:;';,ffi;-;:
rttUii*(Limonia)hud'sonica(o.s.))"#:#i#,KT.%j:longr!o',Limonia (Limonia)_ yoti.tya (O.S.)

Gasp6,
nortirshore,Juty r-5,z8

I

IIIII

sherbrooke
co''Mav,(GB);JuneI

Ottawa Golf a,Tl:
14(GSW) ; St Hila.ire,July (GC) Gatineau,.r4:;
July (GB) ; Hull, Juty1:,*:(JIB);
Rou_ ||;';;i#l;-.::,I#'i;fii';H::*;* ifyl * it,;?,:r',i;;Li.rnonia (Limonia) tristigma (O.S.)
Kirk,s Ferry, Aug. 5, z5 iCSW).
Limonia (Dicranomyia) breaiueno(O.S.)
Aylrner, S.ei
i 1CUC|.
-' (Limonia(Dicranomyia) distansO.S. of the W. B. Ljst erroneous).
-,III(cei :Rigaud
tuy{K)?;rx:x:"',#{ii?lif,o.*?*",,
lf;"j_;Hee,I
Limonia (Dicranomyi.a)gta.diator(O.S.)

Aylmer, Sept. r4, z4 (CHC).
Limonia (Dicranornyia) humidicora (o.S.) (bad.iaof au,thors,
rrac walk.) |I
G+.p6,both shores,June z6-July zg (GCC).
S,J(Dicranomvia) Ion'giltennis (schumm')
Provirrce of Quebet.
8.:{;."^Ir'imottia(Dicrano'wfia)ri-berta(o.s.)Montreal,June (GC)--..1-;:; Rigaud,..,...,.TrrrreI