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NEWEXOTIC CRANE.FLIES(TIPULIDAE: DIPTERA)PART XXIII'Charles P. Alexander2

The preceding part under this general title was published in
Entomological News, vol. 83: 1-9. Of the five speciesdescribedas
new, three are from Assam, India, where they were collected by
Fernand Schmid, the others being from Java where they weretaken by the late Mrs. M. E. Walsh. I expressmy indebtednessto
the collectors for their assistancein making known the vastly richcrane-fly fauna of these countries. Additional to the novelties I am
providing figures of the male hypopygia and venation of various
speciesof the genus Cheilotrichia from the Oriental region not previously illustrated and based on type materials preserved in theAlexander Collection.
Tipula (Sinotipula) delfinadoae, NEW SPECIES
Size large (wing of female 24 mm); general coloration of head
and thoracic dorsum brownish yellow or light brown; vertical
tubercle very slender, erect;thoracic pleura orange yellow;femora
and tibiae brownish orange, tarsi brownish black; wings with proximal half and outer radial field chiefly orange yellow, posterior
portions more darkened, variegatedby yellow marginal areas;very
small dark brown spots at arculus and on Rs, with a small paler
brown area at midlength of cell Or, veins light yellow, cell Ist M,
small; abdominal tergites yellowed, first segment and posterioi
borders of tergites two to six broadly brownish black, seventhandeighth segmentsorange.
for publication: March 22, 1972.
lAccepted
zContribution from the Entomological Laboratory. Universityof Massachusetts.
Amherst, MA 01002.
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FEMALE-Length about 31 mm; wing 24 mm1'antennaabout 6 mm.
Frontal prolongation of head brownish orange; nasus elongate, pointed; palpi
brownish yeilow, tirminal segmentdark brown. Antennae with scape.and pedicel lightbrown, flagellum more brownish orange;verticils very long. Head light brown; vertical
tubercle very slender,erect.
Thoracic dorsum chiefly brownish yellow, the ce4tral praescutal stripes clearer
yellow, humeral and lateral bordersmedium brown; scufum extensivelyyellowed, with aientral darkeningbehind the suture, sidessimilarly darkened,scutellum and mediotergite
more orangeyellow; scutellum and anterior mediotergitewith long delicateyellow setae;
pleurotergite with lower cephalicportion elevated,light golden yellow pollinose. Pleuraorangeyellow, slightly infuscated on dorsal margin and below midlength of the sterno'
pleurite, the latter extending posteriorly to the abdomen; dorsopleural membrane
brownish yellow. Halteresobscureyellow. Legs with coxae brownish yellow, with longconspicuousyellow setae; trochanters brownish yellow; femora and tibiae brownish
orange, the former with a vague clearer yellow subterminal ring; tarsi brownish black;clawi long, simple.wings (Fig. 1) with proximal half and outer radial field chiefly orange
yellow, p6sterior portion moie darkened,variegatedby yellow marginalareas;very small
b*f. tiorn spots at arculus,base and apex of Rs, and a very small areaat midlength of
i.i Cu; broader paler brown markingsinclude the wing apex and oosterior margin,ilterrupted-by yellow pattern in cellsR3 andR5 and as smallmarginalbrighteningsincells
M1 io M3, with two further such areasin cell 1sf .4; cells Mn, Cu an!2yd. A rnore
uniforml/ darkened apically; conspicuousbrown seamsLt m-cu and adjoining veins,
including the basalseition of Me andveinCu in cellsM andMa prearcularfield uniformly 6right yellow; veins consp'icuouslylight yellow, including thoje in the darkened
trichia oir radial veiis, incluilingR, R 1, Rs, R2a3, and rR3 exceptat outer"tiir.-Srn"lend,other outer veinsglabrous;a few longer trichia on outer fourth of vein Mbefore thefork, posterior ptearcular veins with comparable trichia; squamal setae conspicuous.
Venation: Rs gently cuwed; cell lst Mrsmall;m'cu onMo shortly beyond fork'
Abdominal tergites chiefly yellowed, first segmentand posterior borders of tergites
two to si{ broadly brownish black medially, sidesyellowed; seventhand eighth tergites
chiefly yellow; stJmites more uniformly brownish yellow. Ovipositor with cerci long andnearly straight, dark orange.

HABITAT-India. Holotype I , Chug, Kameng, North East
Frontier Agency, Assam, 6,800 - 7,300 feet, htly 29, 1961
(Fernand Schmid).
This attractivefly is namedfor Dr. MercedesDelfinado,accomplishedstudentof the oriental Diptera.we aregreatlyindebtedto
ivliss Delfinado for her critical editing of the Alexander andAlexandersectionsof the forthcomingoriental catalogueof theDiptera coveringthe Tipulidaeand certainsmallergroups.Amongthe more tharr 30 regional speciesof the subgenusSinotipula
Alexander presently known the present fly is most similar tor. (s) krishnaAlexanderandTipula(sinotipula)hobsoniEdwards,r.'(s.) rondanianaAlexander,differingin variousdetailsof coloration of the body and especiallythe wings,aswell asthe venation.

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Tipula (Vestiplex ) schizophallus, NEW SPECIES
Size medium (wing of male 17 mm); general coloration ofmesonotum yellow, praescutum with four brownish gray stripesthat are partially margined with darker brown; femora brown,bases very nalrowly yellowed; wings light brown, variegated bydarker brown and whitened areas; abdomen with proximal four
segmentsobscure orange yellow, outer segmentsuniformly brownish black; male hypopygium with apex of basistylebispinous; outerdististyle unusually large, flattened, beak long and slender;
phallosome with aedeagusdepressed-flattened,apex deeply divided
into two long parallel spines,penis unusually long and slender.
MALE-Length about 15 mm; wing 17 mm; antennaabout 2.9 mm.
Frontal prolongation of head obscure yellow, nasus concolorous, tufted with longyellow setae, upper surface with smaller black setae;palpi brownish black, incisures
vaguely paler. Antennae short; scapebrown, pedicel light yellow, flagellum brown, first
segmentslightly paler; segmentsnearly cylindrical, subequalin length to their longest
verticils, basal enlargementsscarcely indicated, terminal segmentsmall, globular. Headyellowed anteriorly, posterior vertex more pruinose;vertex with a narrow dark brown
central stripe extending from between the antennalfossaeto the occiput.
Pronotum yellow pollinose, laterally patterned with brown. Mesonotal praescutum
yellow, with four brownish gray stripes that are narrowly marginedwith brown, mostevident on inner borders; scutum yellow, each lobe with two brown confluent areas;
scutellum yellow with a central brown line that endssomedistancebefore posterior end,
parascutellayellowed; postnotum yellow, anterior half of mediotergite more darkened,
clear yellow posteriorly, with a narrow central line that widens behind. Pleura lightyellow, vaguely pattemed with darker anteriorly, dorsopleural membrane obscurebrownish orange. Halteres with stem yellow, knob brown. Legs with coxae andtrochanters yellow; femora brown, basesvery narrowly yellowed, tips darker brown;
tibiae dark brown; tarsi black, claws of male small, with a subbasalspine. wings lightbrown, variegatedby the darker brown stigma and more whitened areai; prearcularandcostalfields darker yellow, wing apex uniformly of the ground color; veins darker brown.
Venation:Rs about twiceRr*r,'rz about twice the petioleof cellMr.
Abdomen with proximal four segmentsobscure orange yellow, with three diffuse
brown stripes, basal sternites orange, basal tergite pruinose, outer segmentsuniformly
brownish black. Male hypopygium (Fig. 7) with upper lobe of ninth tergite, f, low,obtuse, their mesalpart with long black setae,lower tergal lobesnear midline produced
into a blackenedrod, inner margin microscopically roughened-Ninth sternite, 9r, withthe appendagea short stout lobe, apex obtuse, with long yellow setae. Basistyle, D,bispinousat apex, outer spinelarge,the inner a small point. Outer dististyle, d unusuallylarge, flattened, beak long and slender,blackened,lower beak small obtuse to truncate;
inner style a long-ovallobe with very abundantblack setaefrom conspicuouspuncfures.
Phallosome,p, with the distinctive aedeagusappearingasa deptessed-flattenedplate, themedian structure more heavily sclerotized, apex profoundly divided into two longparallel spines; penis unusually long and slender.

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HABITAT-India. Holotype d, Chug, Kameng, North East
Frontier Agency, Assam, 6,800 - 7,300 feet, July 28' 196l
(Fernand Schmid).
There presently are known more than 40 regional membersof
inthe subgenusVeitiplex Bezzi,all differing from the presentfly
suchA"iuif, 6f nypopygial structure. The single most distinctive
featurein the presentfly is the conformationof the aedeagus.

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HABITAT-India. Holotype: d , Chug, Kameng, North East
Frontier Agency, Assam, 6,800 - 7 ,300 feet, luly 29, 196l
(Fernand Schmid).
The most similar regional species is pedicia (Tricyphona)glabripennis(Brunetti) which differsin detailsof colorationand in
hypopygialstructure,especiallythe phallosome.The conformationand colorationof the gonapophyses
in the presentfly appearto be
distinctive.

Pedicia(Tricyphona) nigrocuspis,NEW SPBCIESCheilotrichia(Empeda)crassistyla,NEW SPECIESGeneral coloration of thorax light gray, praescutumwith four
yellow'dark brown stripes; legs light brown; wings brownish
preacularand coJtal fields clear light yellow, stigmal area not or
scarcely darkened, cell lst M, closed; abdomen black' male
ftvpopygi"* with apex of laterll tergal arm nalrowed at a rightphallosomewith inner mesalspinesor
u"if"j dlstistyle compact;^decussate
near tips, outer armsas figured' thegoiupopftysessmall,posteriorpair blackened.
MALE-Length about 7 mm; wing 7 mm; antennaabout I mm'
penultidark brown, terminal se€mentof latter shorter than theand palpi
Rostrum-,trri"n"ae'short,flagellar..segments
fiveproximal_brown;
dark
16-segmented,,n"t..
than theirtruncaied, ,"riuirrirrg segmentsmore oval, slightly shorter.r"*iJ,-""a,brown.
dark
Headverticils.
dark brown stripes, thePronotum gny. Mesonotal praescufum|ight glay with fourof notum light gray, each scutal
tilerites
posteri--or.nt"'tiotfv;
pair
confluenf
intermediate;;*. Pleura clear light gray. Haltereswith,stem vellow'
lobe with two confluent ;;;;
bases
Eray to browniJh gray; femora tight-brown' preknob infuscated. Legs *iift ..**
Wings brownish vellow'
includi-ng-iarsi,.light.brown'
b!s,;;;.i"aer"of;;;*;,
the veins, remaining veins light
filfti Vllow,'ini"aingarcular and costal fields"i"1"
pale zuffu-sion'Longitudinalimallaindicited-asotl".l"fr
notbrownt stigmal areaslightly m.orethan twice
Rr12
Venation:arculus.
tireveins with trichia basad,r.;lo
its petiole; cellRr; r-m long, on Ro*" shortlY beyond its origin; cellJl,f, ihorter thanls7 M, closed.
Male hypopygium (Fig' 8)
Abrlominal tergites black, basal stemites darl< brown'
Ninth tergite' r, with
Zetterstedt).
,uug"]ioivp"-A:mnuifu*ntsthe
generally as inouter margin ofpoint,asmall
intolateral arms straight, upilJry'u"nt at a right-angle
compact, suboval, the rostralterminal,d,nististvrirou-frJn;
microscopicauy
stem
longer; body of stvle
portion only slighfly protu""O, with long setae,two being muchp'with apex strongly
Phallosome'setae'.pinoii
with abundant short tf""f""i,anear tips' the outeremarginate;gorr"poplyri, *ittt ittt"i ot mesalspinessmall' decussate
blackened'distincfly
oneposteriorthestouter,andiitngdrarms
laterisize relativelylarge(wing of maleabout4 mm);generalcoloration of thorax plumbeousgray,pleuravariegatedwiih yellow; legs
brown; haltereswith knob clear light yellow; wingsvlry slightly
tinted, prearcular field and costal border clearei yellow; malehypopygium with outer dististyley-shaped,darkened,both arms
simple,the outer at apexdilatedinto a subcircularhead.
MALE-Length about 4 mm: wing 4 mm.
FEMALE-Length about 4,5 mm; wing 4.2 mm,
Rostrum dark brown, palpi black. Antennae with scape brown, pedicel black,flagellum
brown, the segmentsoval. Head gray.
Pronotum and pretergites light yellow. Mesonotum almost uniformly plumbeous
gny, suture and posterior border,of scutellum light brown. pleura chiefly
ilumbeousgray, central stemopleurite with the more postedor adjoining sclerites
and'the dorso_
g-leyratregron light yellow, dorsal stemopieurite darker, u"it al ,t"rnopleurite gray.
Halteres with stem obscure yellow, knob ilear and light yellow, r"gs wittt c&ae andkochanters brownish yerrow,,remainder of legs light biown, femora riore yellowed
beneath,tarsalsegmerrtsdarker brown; femoriwith long pale ,"at",to tt-ou-terlong black
setae.wings very slightly tinted, prearcutar fiJtd and costal"dditiorra"
border clearer
yellow; veins brown, yellow in the prearcularregion. venation:sr rriutiu.rv nng, s",ending shortly before midlength of Ri,' veinsR" airdRo generaltyparallel
to one anotherthroughout most of their lengthim-c:uzt fotk if M.
Abdomen brown above,:i:nlt"s_1ng hypopygium more yellowed. Male hypopygium
Gig. 1r) with the outer dististylea v-srraiea iof, ttte out* arm shoder, at apex dilated
into a subcircularhead,inner arm narrowei gradua[y tothe ottuse tip; no spii on outer
atm asin brevior and gracilis.

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HABITAT-Java.Holotype: d, SoemberBrantas,East Java,feet,Januaryt4 - 2i, tgEs(M. E. Walsh).
Ailotopotype,9,009
9, pinnedwith type.

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The present fly differs from cheilotrichia (Empeda) gracilis(de Meijere) and other regional speciesin body coloration and in
hypopygial structure, including the simple arms of the outerdististyle.

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Cheilotrichia (Empeda) perscitula, NEW SPECIESt

Allied to scitula; mesonotal praescutum polished chestnut
brown, the anterior and lateral parts more blackened, scutellum,
pleurotergite and pleura yellow, the anepisternum slightly darker;
legs yellow, tips of femora broadly blackened, base and apex oftibia more narrowly black; wings yellow, veins pale brown, veinsR, and Ro strongly divergent,cell Rn at margin about twiceRr;male hypopygium with outer dististyle blackened, simply bifid,
inner arm very slender.

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flSules 1;8 - fig. l, Tipula (Sinotipula) detlinadoae, new species,venation. Fi!.2,
Cleilotrt:h.i! pmOed! chelomo Alexandcr; venation. Fig. 3,'CheiiotrichA@npiclaj
fuscoapicalisAlexander; venation. Fig. 4, cheitotrichia (Empeda)fuscostigmaiaAlexander; venation. Fig. 5, cheilotrichia (Empeda) melanostyla Alcxander; venation. Ilig. 6,
C4ellorycflr pmpeda) tumidostylo Alexandcr; vcnation. Fig. 7, Tipula (Vestiflex)
schizophallus,new species;male hypopygium. Fig. 8, pedicia ftncyphonal itgrocispii,
new species,;
male hypopygium. (Symbols:li, basistylc;4 di.stistylc;p, phallosome;s,sternite;r, 9th tergite.)

MALE-Length about 3 - 3.5 mm; wing 4 - 4.5 mm.
Rostrum obscureyellow, darker dorsally; palpi dark brown. Antennae with scapeand
pedicel dark brown, flagellum pale brown; proximal flagellar segmentssubglobularto
short-oval,the outer onesmore elongate.Head clear light gray; arterior vertex broad.
Pronotum and pretergites yellow. Mesonotal praescutum polished chestnut brown,
anterior and lateral parts more blackened; scutum chestnut brown, lobes blackened
laterally, scutellum yellow; mediotergitedark brown, pleurotergiteyellow. Pleuraalmost
uniformly yellow, anepistemum very slightly darker. Halteresyellow. Legs with coxae
and trochanters yellow; femora yellow, tips broadly blackened,more extensiveon fore
pair where about one-fourth is included; tibiae yellow, base and apex conspicuously
black, broadest on fore pair; basitarsi light yellow, tips and remainder of tarsi black.
Wings tinged with yellow, prearcular and costal regionscleareryellow; veins pale brown.
Longitudinal veins beyond general level of origin of Rs with abundant short trichia,
including also most of 2nd A, lacking or with very few on,lsf ,4. Venation:^ic, ending
opposite one-fourth the length of Rs, vein R, perpendicular;veins R, and Ro strongly
divergent,cellRo triangularin outline, at margin about twice asextensiveasR3.
Abdominal tergites dark brown, sternitesand hypopygium yellow. Male hypopygium(Fig. 13) with the outer dististyle, d, blackened, simply bifid, inner arrn very slender,outer arm stouter; inner style slenderon basal third, outwardly gradually expandedto
the subtruncatedapex.

HABITAT-Java. Holotype: d, Soember Brantas, East Java,
6,000 feet, January 14 - 25,1936 (M. E. Walsh).Paratopotypes,
5 dd.
The most similar regional species is Cheilotrichia (Empeda)
scitula Alexander, of Sumatra and Java, differing especiallyinthe
coloration of the legs,venation and trichiation of the veins, and in
structure of the male hypopygium, especiallythe dististyles.

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Cheilotrichia (Empeda) apemon Alexander
Cheilotrichia (Empeda) apemon Alexander; Jour. New York Ent.
Soc.,77: 199;1969.
Type from SimbhangangPass,Mahabharet Range,Nepal. Fig. 9(male hypopygium).
Cheilotrichia (Empeda) cheloma Alexander
Cheilotrichia (Empeda) cheloma Alexander; Jour. New York Ent.
Soc.,77: 200;1969.
Type from Sirhoi Kashong,Manipur, Assam, India. Fig. 2 (venation); Fig. l0 (male hypopygium).
Cheilotrichia (Empeda) fuscoapicalin Alexander
Cheilotrichia (Empeda) fitscoapicalls Alexander; Jour. New York
Ent. Soc., 77: 201:-1969.
Type from Nanga, Sikkim. Fig. 3 (venation).

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Cheilotrichia (Empeda) fuscostigmata Alexander
Cheilotrichia (Empeda) fitscostigmata Alexander; Jour. New York
Ent. Soc.,77: 2Ol:1969.
Type from Rongne,Sikkim. Fig.4 (venation).

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Cheilotrichia (Empeda) melanostyla Alexanderl4

Cheilotricltio (Entpeda) ntelanostyla Alexander; Jour. New York
Ent. Soc.. 77: 2O2; 1969.
Type from Thingsat, Mizo District, Lushai Hills, Assam, India.
Fig. 5 (venation); Fig. l2 (male hypopygium).
Cheilotrichia (Empeda) tumidostyla Alexander

Figurcs 9-l4 - Fig. 9, Cheilotrichia (Empedo) apemon Alexarder; male hypopygium.
{C.-t0, .C.heiyfichlo (Empeda) cheloma Alexandcr; male hypopygium. fig. ff,*eilotrichia (lmpedal crastistyla, new species;male hypopygiu-. Fig.-f1, Cheilotrichia(Empeda) melanostyla Alexandcr; male hypopygium. Fig. ll, Cnelomcnia@mpeda)perscitula, new spccios;malc hypopygium. Fig. 14, cheilotrichia (Empeda)tumaostyia
Alexander; malehypopygium. (Symbols:D, basistylc;d dististyle;p, phallosome.)

Cheilotricltia (Empeda) tuntidostl'la Alexander; Jour. New York
Ent. Soc., 77: 203:1969.
Type from Thingsat, Mizo District, Lushai Hills, Assam, India.
Fig. 6 (venation): Fig. l4 (Male hypopygium).