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Re c o r d sa n d d e scri p ti o nosf B fa zi l i a n

T i p ui d a e (D i p t.)P a rt | | |by

Rio de Janeiro -BrasilL

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Recordsand descriptionsof BrazilianTipulidae(Dipt.).Partlll.
anddescriptionsof Brazifian
Becords
Tipulidac
by Cnrnlns P. AlnxlNDnRState College,Amherst,Mass.
Massachusetts

The crane-flies describedand recordedat this time were

all taken by Mr. J. F. ZikAn, at and near CampoBellq
State of Rio de Janeiro,near the southernspurs of Mount
Itatiaya.Exceptwher,erecordedto the contrary,the specimens
were taken at altitudes of from 700 to 800 rneters.I am
greatlyindebtedto Mr. Zikdn for the opportunityto studyof Tipulid4e , thethis and other interestingcollections
types and uniquesbeing preservedin my extensiveseriesof theseflies.
Recordsof

distribution

Type male,/Wacronmstix ( twatomastix) brasilice Alerander.
S e p t e m b e r2 6 , 1 9 3 0 .
Habrom.asti.unigroabdominalis Alexander.
January 21, 1930,
male.
Tipulu letolis Alexancler.
December -1-5, 1935, nutlu andfemale.
At lisht. C)ctober
Limonitt ( Limonia) pampecila (Alcranrler).
15, 1935, both sexes.
At light, October
Limonia ( Limonia) contradistinctaAlerander.
I 5, 1935, female.
At light, October
Linrcnitt (Geranom.t'ia)biargentataAlexander.
'2
2,
15, 1935, males; Januarr'
1 9 3 6 , m a l e . K n o s ' l t h i t h e r t o o n l - r 'f r o mParaguay.
At light. October
Lintonia (Geranomyia) wall;eri (Alerancler).
'2-1,1931, fenrale.
1 5, 1935, male; January 24, I 93{, female; Decernber
At light,
Limonia ( Dicranomyia) alboapicalis Alexander, \'ar.
October 15, 193i male. The typical form is knorvn onll' from Chile.
tlelius (Helius) albogeniculatus
Alexander.- Altitude 1100 meters,
January 1930, through Schade; type male.
Septernber27,
Epiphrugma (Epiphragma) imilans Alexancler.
1 9 3 5 ,f e m a l e ;D e c e m b e 2
r 9 , 1 9 3 5 ,f e m a l e .K n o n ' nh i t h e r t of r o n r A r q e n t i r r aancl Bolivia; the speciesis close to solatrix ()stctr Sacken.but apgtarently
clistinct.
At light,
Gynoplislia (Paralimnophila) cot6persa (Enclerlein).
C)ctober15, 1935, female.
Atarba (Atarba) punctiscutaAlexancler. Jul"v 24, 1930; October
27, 1930; A{ay 2l , 1930; males and females; at light, Octobcr I 5,
1935, both sexes. Knorvu before from Paraguay.
Teucholabis('l'eucholabis)iocosa Alexancler. At liglrt, I)cceutber,6, 1935, male.
Neognophontyiaimntaculipennis(Alexancler). At ligltt February
16, 1936, male. Known hitherto only from Paragtta-v.

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Descriptionsof new specieso z o d i c e r a ( o z o d i c e r an)i g r o m a r g i n a t c t ,s p .n .
Mesonotal praescufumyellorv, rvith three tlark reddish
brown stripes,the cephalicand lateral margins of ,thescleritenarrowly blackened,interruptedonly behind the humeral
region; scutellumand mediotergite
obscureyellow;palpi brownish
throughout;vellou'anterioi vertex dark brown, only about
one-thirdthe diarn,eterof scape; pleura yellorv;
knobs ofhalteresobscure1'eilorv; rvings brownishgiu,u,the prearcularand costal regions yeilorv; stigrna pare brorvn; abcrorninal
tergitesreddishyellow,rvithoutmediandarkening;subterminal
segrnentsdark brorvn.
M a I e. - Length,about 22 mm.; rving, 20 rnm.
Frontal prolongationof headobscureyellorr- pasusshort;and stout, concolorous;palpi, incluclingit . rclatively
shorttt'rrnirtalse.qlncnt.
bron'nish-r'ellou'.
Antcnnae_r,ellou,
Lasally,
the outer f lagellar r.gr.ni,
more bro*,nish yellow, thebranchesu'cakl.vinfuscated;longestbranchsubequalin length
to the segrnent,the last branch about two-thirds
flre tengttrof the segment.Anterior vertex dark brown, only
abbut onethird the diameterof the scape;posteriorvertexlnd
occiput
obscureyellorv to brow,nish1,ellon,.
Pronotum'ellou'. Mesonotall)raescutunr
u'ith the groundcolor Vellou',u'ith three dark rcdclishbrou.n stripes-,
surfacen'eakly pruinose;cephalicancl lateral bordersof,theirthepraescuturnnarrowly.blackened,
a little dilated on the humeral
portion, slightly interrupted immediatelybehind
this point;
scutallobesdark brown, blackened
at the suture,,theposierior
medianarea obscur'eyellorv;scutellumand rnediotergitlbrightct, obscure-vellorvto reddishvellou,.pleura,including
tergite, uniformlt' r'eIlou'. Halteres pale brorvn, the,pleilroknobs
obscure yellou'. Legs u,ith the coxae ancl trochanters,lightfemorauniformly reddishvellorv; tibiae similar, tt *_yellou';tips very narrowly ancl insensiblyiark,er; tarsi passing
intoblack. wings rvith a strong brorvnishgray tinge, th;prearcular and costarregionsconspicuousry
yeliow; itigr" oval,
pale brou'n; veins brorvn,yellorv in the ll"uou" areas.
Venation: Distalof R r+rjpale; secondsectionof M r ,-zratherl"lj
strongly arched.
AMorninal tergitesreddishyellow, without mediandarkening; Iateralstripesbeginningon the secondsegme't,gradual-J20 Alexander,R e e o r d sa n d d e s c r i p t i o nosf B r e z i l i a nT i p u l i d a e

uniformlydarken'
segments
ly u'ideningbehind,the subterminal'eightdarker;
ed; sterniteslight yellorv,segmentsSevenand
hypopygiumpale.
Holotype,male,campo tsello,March 24, 1933(Zik:in).
The nearest all_v of the present f ly is Ozodicera (Ozodicera)
griseipennisLoew, rvhich differs in the smaller size, unblackenedborder"f the praescutum, clark brown palpi with the terminal segtnent
blackenecl,subhvalinervings, darkeued knobs of halteres,entire tlarkcned
median..stripe on abclorninaltergites, and other characters'

ozotl icera( o z o d i c e r us) u b v i t t a t n ,sl).ll.

General coloration graY, the praescutumwith four very
poorly indicatedbrou'nish gray stripes; pleura pale lrrorvnish
yellow, heavily white pruinose; halt'eresinfuscated; fcmora
brownish yellou', not darkenedat tips; u,ings "t'ith lt stronq
brownish tilge, the pr,earcularand costal regionsa trifle moresafurated;.tlg*u pale brown; abdominaltergites chiefly darkbrou,n, greatly restricting the reddish brorvn interspaces;h)'popygium reddish.
L e n g t h ,a b o u t 1 7 m m . ; r v i n g , l l . 5 l l l m .
Male.
L e n g t h ,a b o u t 2 l ' 2 2 m m ' ; u ' i n $ , 1 7 m m .
FemaleFrontal prolongation of head reddish brort'n, sonleu'hat
darker above, the short nasus dark bros'tt; palpi frrownish
black. Antennae(male) ivith scapeand pedicelreddishbrown;basal flagellar segmentsbrown, the incisuresrestrictedlypale,the outei flagellar segments passing into black; flagell4r
branchesblack, stouter and a little shorter than the segmentsthat bear them; in l.he female, the basal flagellar scgments
are cleareryellow. Heaclbrownish gral'; attteriorVertcxnarro\\', especiallyin male.
Mesonotalpraescutumgray, cleareron the lateral portions,*,ith four. \rery poorly indicated brorvnish gray stripes; inter'mediate pair.approximatedat cephalic ends, narrowed andslighly more separatedbehind, becomingobsoletebei'orethes of notum,ut rr.; lateralstiipes lessdistinct;posteriorsclerite
yellou.ishgraY, the centersof the scutal lobes darker' Pteurapate bror"nish yellou,, heavily rvhite pruinose,n'ithout evident
markings except rvhere such appear to be producedby rubbing. Halteres inf uscated.Legs with the coxae pale yellon'"
ruhltc pruinose; trochantersyellorv; femora brownish yelloir',
not dirkened at tips; tibiae light brorvn, the iips rrarrowly
darkened; tarsi pu.ting through brorvn to black' WingS rvith

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a strong brown tinge, the prearcura,rand costal regionsa
trifle more saturated;stigmapale brown; veinsbrown.vena-tion : Distal half of R ,+, pale; in holotype, extreme end ofvein ,4'ls of right wing atrophied.
Abdominaltergites chiefly dark brown, the reddishbrowninterspacesreducedto vague areas on basal rings and lessevidently before the ends of the segments; caudal margins
of segm,entsnarrowly and insensiblypale; subterrninalu.gments mor,euniformly darkened;hypopygiumreddish.
Holotype, male, campo Bello, December31, 1931. Allotopotlpe, female, in copula with type. paratype, ?, Dec e m b e1
r 0 , 1 9 3 5 ,i n f o r e s t( Z i k 6 n ) .
The presentspeciesis rnost readily told from other small membersof the subgenus by the poorly definecl praescutal stripes and theheavill'pruinose,unmarkedthoracicpleura.Among such s1;ecies,
it agrees
most closel-1rvith the still insufficientlv knorvrrOzodiccra( Ozodicera)
Jteclirttto 1\{"iedcniatrn)u'hich has the gcleral col11ratio:rof the headatltl tltorar ochracco:ls,the latter distinctlv stripecl rvit[ clarker; frontal
prolongation of heacl honey-yellow, rvith brorvn stripes; and the thoracic
pleura light vellou', variegated by numerous ochre-brown spots.

M a c r o m a s t i x g y m n o c e r a , S p .n .
Thorax black; antennae(male) 11-segmented,
the flagellutn chiefly obscu:
e 1'ellou',u'ithout strong verticils;halteresbrou'nishblack; f emora yellorv, the tips rather narrorvly
blackened; u'ings u'ith a strong bro,rvntinge, the costal andstigmal regions a little darker; cell lnL short-petiolateto sessile; abdominalsegmentstw'o to four reddishyellow, the outerscgrnentspolished black.
M a l e . L e n g t ha, b o u q
t - 1 1m m . ; u ' i n gg, - 1 1m m . ; a n t e n n aabcut 2.E-3mm.
Frontal prolongation of head brorvnish black to black
above,someu'hat1:aleron sides; naius short and s tout; palpi
black. Antennae (male) 11-segmented;scape and pediccl
brou'n. f lagellum obscur,eyellow, the outer four or five seg-mentsmore infuscated;flagellar segmentscylindrical,without
trace of basal enlargement,verv gradually decreasingin size
outu'ardl.r',the two last subequal; flagellar segmentsalmostu'ithout verticils, these being virtually restricted to a single
small seta on outer face, close to apex. Head brown, withdull cupreousreflexions,somervhatdarker behindand on postgenae; verticaltubercleconspicuous,
evenlyrounded;posteriorvertex broad.
T

gZZ Atexander,of BrazilianTipulidae
Recordsand deserlptions

Prothorax and mesothoraxalmost uniformly dark brou'nto black, rvithout evident stripes or spots. Halteres brou'ttish
black,the base of stem very restrictedlybrightened.Legs u'ith
the coxa,ebrownish black; trochantersobscure broivnish yellow; femora yellou', the tips rather narror,vly(1.2 mm.) but
abruptly blackened,the amount subequalon all legs; tibiae
brown basally, passing into black at tips; tarsi black; spurformula l-2-2; claws simple.Wings with a strong brorvntinge,
the base, including proximal ends of Anal cells, the costal
region and the stigma somewhatdarker brou'n; a '.veakdark
cloucl on anterior cord; v,einspale brorvn. Macrotrichia on
R ,+, , itt caseson the basal half of Rs, and on most 'of outer
section of Rr+i: m,edialveins glabrous; trichia variable inmore restricted than iir oihersanrount,in some sp,ecimenscl,,subeqtral
Venation: Sc, rveakly preserved;Rs short, arcttate
to ol' a littlc longer than Rr,r; cell :14,r'ariablein length,
in casessessilelo broadly sessile;t?tusually short-petiolate,
cu close to fork of tl4r.rr.
Basal abdominal tergite dark brorvn; segmentsttt o tofour bright reddish yellow; outer segments,includin.q'lit'1ropygium, polisheclblack. Male hypopygium $'ith tht caudal
maigin of tergite e\renlyconcave,the posteriorhalt 9f sclerite
thelvith nunlerousblack setae.Both dististylesdark-colored,outer a flattenedclavatestructure; inncr dististylerelativcly
long, the basal two-thirds swollen and here set with several'
low blackenedspineson outer face, the distal third narrorved
into a compressedblade, the tip gently curvecl.
Holotype,6, Maromba,altitude1100 metcrs,irt e\.ellirtg,'2
December2, 1q35. Paratopotvpes,20 6 6 l)arat,v'pcs, 6 6'above Campo Bello, altitude 1300 meters,Not'cmber23-25,
1 9 3 5( Z i k i tn ) .
g),mnoceradeviates from the ttortnal chalactcrs oflllctcrort:as!i.v
the genus in the number and structure of the antennal sestnctrts,but
It tlil'ftrs f rorttsurelv appearsto be con'c:t11'referred to /l,lacronmstir'.
'l-hc
erteiisivct)'peall regionai speciesin the cliagnosticfcattrreslistecl.
_\criesincluderl only males and it is possiblethat the fentale rvill befouncl to be subapterous.The f ly previously describetl f rom southern
Brazii as Tipul,t lusirali,; Alexander Ina-\'likeu'ise be found to be morecorrectly referrecl to fulacronnsti.vbut is still knon'n only f rom theunique type female.

H o l o r u s i a s u b ' l a e v is , s P .1 1 .
Ceneral colorationof mesonotumbrown, the llraescut[mu'ith four scarcely differentiated,slightly darker stripes that

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are separatedby vague darker borders; pleura yellolv
i antennal flagellum bicolorous; femora obscureyellow, the tips nar_r'owly blackened; lvings brown, rvith a heavy ,rark hrown
pattern and r,estrictedyellolv discal areas; ..1t, cand scdarkened;large darkenedareas at base and near midlengthof cell M; wing-tip beyond cord almost uniformly darkenid;
Rs exceding twice_Rr+, abdominal tergites reddish brou,n,rvith thre,edarker brown, interrupted,longitudinal stripes.
F em a I e
Length,about 22 mm.; rving, Zl mm.
Rostrumdark brown; nasusvery long and .slendei.;
palpi
brownish black. Antennaewith the scape and pecliceliightbrown; flagellar s'egmentsrveaklybicoloious,brownish 5laik,rvith the apices of the segmentsnarrorvly obscure yellon,,
the amountdecreasingon the outer segments.Hcad dark reddishbrown, lvith vagueindicationscrf a slightlv laL.kermediap
vitta.
Mesonotal prae,scutumbrorvn, r,vith four scarcely differentiatedslightly darker stripesthat are s,eparated
hy vaguedarker borders, the most distinct being the meclian r.itta;
scufurnbrownish yellorv; scutellumobicure yeilorv; mediotergite dull yellow. pleura yeilow, the dorso-pleurarregion a little darker. Halteres brownish black, the baseof stem narrowly pale. Legs with the coxae and [ro_chantersy'ellorv;femora obscureyellorv, the tips parrorvly
blackened,the amount (about 1 mm.) subequalon all tegs;
tibiae light br,ou'n,the tips more narrowly blackened;taisi
dark brown. wings with the ground-colorbrown, variegatedby darker bro$'n and more l,elrou,ishareas;the darker brorvn
includescells c and sc, the stigma,a small spot at origin ofRs, and larger ar'easin 'haseof cell M and,at near rnidlengthof the same cell; wing-tip beyond cord almost uniformly
infumed, *'ith vague paler areas near outer ends .f certainof the cells,especiallyMr; the yelrow areasincludecell M and,a prestigmalmark in outer ends of cells R and Rr; rreinsdark brorvn. Venation: Rs r,elativelylong, exceedingtlvice
Rr.,r, N'ith a short spur near basei ffi-cuonly a short rlistance
before fork of M r+r.
Abdominal tergites reddish brorvn, irregularly trilineate
with darker brown, including a broken m e d i a n s t r i p e : r r r dmore extensive sublateral 'ittae ; lateral margins of tergites
pale; sternites yellorv.

Holotype,?, CampoBello,January22, lq36 (Zik 6 n .
)gZ4 Alexander,R e c o r d sa n d d e s c r i p t i o n so f B r a z i l i a n T i p u l i d a e

The nearest allied speciesis Holorusia .levis Alexander, rvhich isstill known only from Paraguay. The latter differs especiallyin theless extensiveand paler brown pattern of the wings, and the different
pattern of the abdominal tergites, rvith segments one to five almost
unifolmly dull yellowish, six to eight dark brown.

Limottia( N e o l i m n o b i aa) n t h r a c o p o d a ,S P .l l .

Mesonotumgray, with four more blackishstripes; posterior scleritesof mesonotumdarkened,the scutum and scutellum pale medially; antennal scape and pedicel black, flagel'
lum yellow, halteres yellor,v;legs black; rvings rvhitish subhyaline, rvith a heavy, dark brown, reticulatedpattertt; super'
numerary cr,ossveinin cell R3 at near trvo-thirdsthe lengthof cell; basal abdominalsegmentyellow, the succedingsegments brownish black.
L e n g t ha, b o u t6 m m . ; u ' i n g , 7 l n m .
Femal'eRostrumand palpi black.Antennaeu'ith scapeand pedicel
black; flagellum abruptly yellorv; flagellar segments oval,;
with verticils that are a little longer than the segm'enh
terminal segmentabout one-half longer than the penultimate.
Head dark gray; a mor,e blackish spot on anterior vertex
behind the antennal bases,together u'ith other rnarkiitgson
the p'ost'eriorvertex.
Pronotum brorvnish black. Mesonotal praescutum9f&)',with four more blackishstripes,the intermediatepair separated
only by a broken lin,e of the ground-color; lrcsterior lnterspaces rlore or less obscured; scutal lobes blackened,thearea pale; scuteliumblackcned,rvith a paler mediant,-teciian
yitra, the parascutellapaier; mediotergitechieflv blackened.
Pleura u,ith the ground-colorgra)', u'ith a broad, r'elvetyblack, dorsal, longitudinal stripe and rvith other dark lines
antl dasheson th,e dorsopleuralmembraneand less evidently on th,e ventral p,leurites.Haltenes pate yellow, the knobs
scarc€lydarkened.Legs rvith the coxaepale yellow, the outer
fac,eu'ith a dark, subbasalstreak; trochantersobscureI'ellor'r';
remainderof legs entirell'black.Wings u'hitish:;ubhyaline,
the basemore yellowish;a heavy,dark brott'n,reticulatedpattertr that is more abundant than in lttr'pocrita,at near midl,ength of cells R and M, and again along the cord more
confluent and expanded;veins brown. Venation: St, ending
immediately beyond origin of Rs; supernumerarycrossveinin cell R,, lying far distad, at near trvo-thirdsthe lcngth ofthe cell; ftt-ciltclose to fork of /t4.

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u'ith the basalsegmentyellorv;succ,eeding
Abdom,ensegbrou,nishblack; genitalshielddarkened.
m,ents
Cercienlarged
at bas,es,
the outer trvo-thirdsstraight.
Holotype,?, CampoBello,January24, 1936('Zi !i h n ).
The most sinrilar described species is Limonia ( Neclinutobia)
hypocrlta Alexander,likervisefrom sorrthernBrazil, which differs conspicuousl,vin the sparse rving-patternand in the pale, differently patternedlegs.

I - i m o n i a ( G e r a n o m y i ap)l u m b e i c o l o r ,sp.n.

General coloration dark gray, the pleura plumbeous;
rostrum about one-half the length of body; antennaeblack
throughout; praescutumrvith three narrow black stripes, additional to the dark lateral borders; Iegs black, the tips offemora narrorvly and abruptly light yellow; r,vingsrvhitish
subhl'aline, lvith a very heavy brown pattern, including four
major costal darkenings; third costal area involving both theorigin of Rs and fork of Sc; male hyfiopygium with the ventral
dististyle very large, its rostral prolongation bispinous,thespinestrnequal,from closell' approximatedunequal tuberctes;
mesal lobe of gonapophysislong and slender,gently curved.
Male. - Length,excludingrostilfr, about 6 mrn.;rving,
6 mm.; rostrum, about 3 mm.
Rostrum eilongate,about one-half the remainder of body,
black, the tips of the long labial palpi a little paler; maxillary
palpi black. Antennae black throughout; flagellar segmenb
oval. Head dark plumbeous,the posteriorvertexmore blackishon either side of midline.
Mesonotal praescutumdark Eray, with three narrow,black, intermediatestripes that are closely approximated,thelateral pair more intensethan the medianwhich becomesnarrowed and paler on posterior half; lateral borders of pra€scutumbroadly blackened;scutum with median area obscure,eachlobe dark plurnbeous,narrowly borderedby black; scutellum and mediotergitedark brorvnish plumbeous.Pleura dark
plumbeousthroughout. Halteres dark brown, the base ofstent restrictedly pale. Legs rvith the coxae obscure yellou',fore pair more darkened; femora black, the bases narrou'lv
obscrrre)€llou', the tips very narrorvly (0.3 mm.) but abruptly
light yellorv; tibiae and tarsi brownish black. Wings u'hitish
subhyaline,the prearcularand costalportions light yellorv; anunusualll' heavy brorvn pattern, including four major costal

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Tipulidae

areas,the second at the supernumerarycrossveinin cell Sc,
the third a large common area involving the origin of /ts
and the fork of Sc, the la.st area stigmal and virtually connected with broad seams along the cord; outer end of cell
7st tr|, darkened;large vague cloudsat endsof all longitudinalveins, most conspiorouson the Anal veins; central portionof disk, in cells R and M, slightly infuscated;veins dark brown,brighter in the costalinterspaces.Venation:.Screlativelyshort,
Sr,. ending a short distancebeyond the origin of Rs, Sr, at
its tip ; cell I st M, relatively long, subequalto .rein M r+
beyond it ; m-cu closc to fork of M.
Abdominaltergitesblack,the basalsternit'esbrighter; subterminal segmentssomervhatpal,er.Male hypopyglum withthe caudal margin of tergite nearly transverse. Basistyle
relativelysmall, much lessextensivethan the large oval ventral
dististyle; rostral prolongation of latter small, at its basebeariug tn'o slightly unequal spines that arise f rom unequaltubercles.Mesal-apicallobe of gonapophysislong, slender,
gentl,r"cUrved.
Holotyp€S,6, Campo Bello, October 15, 1935,,ert light(Zik6n).
plumbeicolor is very different froln otlrer
Linoniu (Geranom.1,ia)
described regional species in the coloration of the bdy, legs andrvings. In the Neotropical fauna, the heav.vwing-pattern is most nearly
approachedby L. (C.) tatei Alexander,of Mount Roraima,in northern
Brazil. This latter speciesis otherwisever! distinct in all otlrer regardso f c o l o r a t i o na n d s t r r r c t u r c .

L i r n o r ti a

( G e t a t t o r r t y i au) r t i s p i r t i i e r u , s p . n .

General colorationlight gray, the praescutumrvith thrce
narro\\', brownish black, intermediatestripes; femora obscureyellow, rvith a relatively broad, brownish black, subterminal
ring, precededand followed by narrow, cleareryellow annuli;
n'ings subhyaline,u'ith a restricteddark brorvu pattern, including four costal darkenings,the third involving both theorigiu of Rs and the fork of Sc, male hypopygium with asingle developed spine on the rostral prolongation of theventral dististyle; mesal-apical lobe of gonapophysis pale,
slender,gently curved.
Length,excludingrostrum,about 6 mm.; wing,
M aIe .
6.3 mm.; rostrum,about 3 mm.
Length, excludingrostrum,about 5 mtn.;
Femalewing, 5.5 mm.; rostrum,about 2.7 mm.

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Rostrum about one-half the length of the body, black
throughout,including the maxillary palpi. Antennae black
throughout;flagellar segmenboval. Head graY, the posteriorvertex with velvety'black areas on either side of the narro\\'median line.
Mesonotal praescutum light graY, rvith three narro\^',brou'nish black, intermediatestripes that ar,e wider than theinterspaces,the median stripe reaching the suture; lateral
margins of praescutumless heavily darkened; scutum pale
medially, each lobe more grayish, it,s mesal edge brownish
black, being a direct posterior ext'ensionof the lateral intermediatepraescutalstripes; outer margin of scutal lobe lessdistinctly darkened,'being a prolongation of the dark lateralpraescutalmargins; in cases,thesedark sctttalar'easare interconnectedto encircle the lobes; scutellum pale brorvn, rebrown, sparsely
strictecllvpaler mediall-vat base; mecliotergite
pruinose.Pleura chieflv obscure t'ellow, the more dorsal
pleuritesand the pleurotergitcslightly more darkened.Halteres
1'ellou',the knobs weakll, darkened.Legs with ,the coxae andtrochanters yellorv; femora obscure yellow, with a relatively
broacl (0.5 mm.) brorvnish black subterminal ring that isprecedetl and follorved by much narrow,er (0.15-0.2 mm.)clearer vellou annuli; tibiae brorvnishyellou', the extreme
base and tip darker brotvn; tarsi obscurevellou', the outersegnrentsbrou'nish black. Wiags subhyaline,u'ith the costal
portion. especially cell Sc, clearer yellorv; a restricted dark
brorvn pattern, including four costal darkenings, the first postarcular, the second at the supernum,erarycrossvein in cellSc, the third a small cpmmon area involving ,the origin of
fts and tip of Sc, the last area stigmal; a small brort'n spot
at end of vein Rei narrow, pale brotvn seams along cordand outer end of cell I st Mzi \rag'ue,scarcelvapparent darkclouds at ends of longitudinal \,eins, most distinct at tip of
2nd A; veins pale brorvn, darker in the cloudedarea:3,Sc, R
and Cu lighter yellou'. Venation: Sc relativelyshort, Sc, end'
ing shortll beyond origin of Rs, Sc, at its tip ; cell I st M,
about as long as .vein M , ,, b€\'ott,dit; m-cu shortly treyorrd
the fork of Il.
AMomen dark brou,n,the basal sternitessomewhatpaler.
Male hypopygiumu,ith the ninth tergite rather gently notched.
Basistyle smaller than the medium-sizedventral dististyle;rostral prolongationof the latter of moderatelength,compres-328 Alexander,R e c o r c lasn t l d e s c r i p t i o r or sf B r a z i l i a nT i p u l i 6 a esed, virtually unispinous; spine placednear base of prolongation, appressedto it and reachingnearly to its outer end baial;
tuberclc almost lacking; second normal spine reducedtoatiny acicularpoint that is invisible exceptunder high magnificati'on,lying close to and just belorv the base of the prii,rry
spine.Gonapophysis
rvith the mesal-apicallobe slerrdei-,gentrycurved,pale throughout.
Holotype, 6, Campo Bello, October 15, 1935,at light(Zik a n ). Allotopotype,?, November 3, 1934, at light( Z i l < i r n) .
The onlv other approximatelysimilar Neotropicalspeciesof
thcsubgenushaving a single rostral spine is I.ittrorria(Gerartontyisl
walheri
Alexancler(Colombia,Brazil), rvhich has all cletaiisof coloration
ancl
the structureof the nralerrr-pop_l'uitrrn
cluitedistinct.

7 -c u c l t o l a b i s( T e u t ' l t o t a b i s l r e , on o r a , s p . 1 1 .

Mesonotalpraescutumalmost coveredby three confluent,polished black stripes; scutellum reddish brorvn head dull;
black;halteresdark throughout;regsblack,the femora
l.eilorv
basalll', the darkenedtips broacleston the lor.e legs g.i6gs;
brownish yellorv the tip narrorr,'l\uncl vcry gracluallyclarkened; stignraoval, dark brou,n; sc long, s,', ending about oppositetrvo-thtrdsthe length of the long /1s,.abclonrinaltergites'i..ryblack; nrale hyrropygiumwith the spine of the basistl,l.
denselyfringed rvith long yeilorv setae along the mesal edge.
M aI c.
Length,about6 mm; n,ing,6.5 mm.
Rostrum relativelylong, abclut equal l-o the remainclerof ltead,black; palpi black.Antennaeblackthroughour;basal
flagellar segmentssubglobularto short-oval,the ourer segments passing into oval, rvith verticils that much exceedfile
scgments.Head dull black, the surface opaque by a rveak
pruinosity.
Pronotum u'ith the borders brorvnishblack, ihe ceirtral
portion obscureyellort'.Anterior lalcral pretcrgiteslig6t.vellow. Mesonotalpraescutunr
almost.ur'.r.,I bv thr.. contluelt,
polishecl
black stripes,the humeraland lateraiportions<lbscure
1-ellort';scutumblack, the median region a little more tinged
u'ittrreddish;scutellumreddishbrou,n;rnecliotergite
blackcned,
the surface sulr'opaque.
Pleura black, the dorso--pleuralmenlbranerestrictedlypaler; a broad,pale, longitudinatstripe frombehind the fore coxae, crossing the dorsal sternol:leurite,
ventralpteropleuriteand pleurotergiteand involving the ,eptire

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meral area, the surfaceweakly rvhite pruinose.Halteresdark
throughout.Legs with the fore coxae and trochantersblack,
the remaining coxae and trochanterspaler; femora obscureyellow basally,the tip,sblackened,broadeston the fore legs
\r'nere the distal tlvo-thirds is included, narrowest on theposterior femora rvhere about the outer fifth is darkened;
tibiaeand tarsi of fore and middle legs black; posteriortibiae
obscurebrorvnishyellow, the tips blackenedand rveaklyswollen shortly before outer ends; tarsi btack,the proximalthirdof posteriorbasitarsidilated.Wings rvith a weak, brownish
yellow tinge, the prearculararea slightly more yellorvish;
rving-tipbeyondcell lst M, very graduallyand weaktyclarkened; stigma oval, dark brown; veins black, .brighter in theprearcularfield. Venation:Sc long, Sc, ending about opposite
two-thirds the length of Rs, the latter somewhatsinuous;
Re nearly trvice Rz+s+rand a little longer than R ,+r; cellI st lvI" gently u'idenedoutlvardly; tn-cu aboul in transversealignmentwith r-m.
Abdomenblack,the caudalbordersof the sternitesmuch
paler; hypopygiumdark. Male hyfrcpygiumwith the spine of
the basistylesubterminalin position,about equal in length tothe style, appearingas a curved yellow horn, gradually narncwedto the black spinouspoint, the rvholemesaledge witha very dense fringe of long yellorv setae.Outer clististyle
flattened,graduall,v*narrorvedto the acute tip, the surface
set n'ith scatteredlorv spinoustubercles,the rnargins except
at base n,ith abundantacute spines.Apex of inner dististylestronglybispinous.
Holotvpe,6, Campo Bello,in forest,Novemoer15, 1935
(Zikrln).
I namethis interestings p e c i e sa f t e r M i s s L e o n o r R o s a l i a
Z i k i n , y o u n g e s t d a u s h t c r o f t h e c o l l e c t o r -o f t h i s i n t e r e s t i n g s e ,-fhcrics of Tipulidae.
fl-l' differs conspicuouslvfrom all other sirnilar
black specieshaving the u'ings nearl_r'inrrnaculateby the structure of
the male hypopygium,especiallythe dense fringe of lorrg yellow setaeon the spine of the basistyle.

T eucltol abis

( T c u c l r o l a b ias nl g u s t a p i c a l i s ,sp. n.

M a Ie.
Length, about 10 mm.; rving 9-9.5 rnm.
Verfy similar to 7'eucltolabis(Teuchotabis) c'uihu rirrcrtsis
Alexander(Brazil: SantaCatharina),differing especiallfin the
structure ol the male hpopygium.

330 Alexander,R e c o r d sa n d d e s c r i p t i r . ronfs B r a z i l i a nT i p u l i d a e

Rostrumdark brorvn; palpi black.Antennaewith the scapedark brou'n; pediceland flagellum black; flagellar segments
long-oval,u'ith verticils that exceedthe segmentsin length;
ternrinalsegmentabouttrvo-thirdsthe penultimate.t{ead black,the occipital region more reddish.
Pronotumobscureyellorv,black in front. Mesonotalpraesc'utunldeep reddish or chestnut-brou'n,
the humeral region
somervhatmore yellorvish;scutal lobes blackened,the medianarca ntore reddish-brorvn;
scutellumreddish-brownlvith a narrow black medianspot, parascutelladarker; mediotergitereddish. Pleura dark reddish, the dorsal pleurites ,Jarker,thesurfacervith a rathersparsesilvery bloom; pleurotergitewith
a group of long yellor,vsetae.Halteresbrownishyellow, theknobsblackencd.Legs u'ith the coxaeand trochantersreddish
yellow; fernorayellow,the tips narrorvly(0.+ rnm.) blackened;
tibiae and tarsi yellow, the tips not or scarcelydarkened.
V/ing-. ll ith the ground-colorrvhitish subhyaline,rvithout thethe strong yellon' ground of catharirtensis;dark bands not
as extettsiveas in the last-namedspecies,especiallythe basal
one rvhichscarcelyincludescell 2nd A. Male hypopygiumwith
the spinc of the basistylerelatively small, shorter than theouter dististyle, the extreme tip suddenly n?rrorvedinto astraight blackenedspine that extendsin the same direction
as the style itself.
Holotype,6, Cam1rcBello,October15, 1935 (Zik 6 n ).
Parotopotype,6, November21, 1929 (Zi k 6 n ) .
(inopltomyir,( A n o p l r o r n v i a ). iu s t a ,Sp. ll.

Mesonotalpraescutumdark reddishbrown, rvithoutdistinct
stripes,t he humeral and lateral portions obscureyellow; adark brown, longitudinalstripe on dorsal thoracicpleura; legs
light bron'n, the terminal tarsal segmentsblacki wings palebrou'n, the stigma narro\\',darker brown; Re oblique,about
trvice Rr+, ; m-cu about one-half its length beyond the forkof M; abdominal tergites dark brorvn, the sternitesobscurevellou-;male hypopygiumrvith the outer dististyleunusuallylong, curvedto a long, flattened,acutepoint.
M a le.
Length,about7 mm.; wing, 7 mm.
Rostrumand palpi black.Antennaeblack,the pedicellarge,

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a trifle paler; first flagellarsegmenta little paler at extremc
base;flagellarsegmentslong-ovalto truncate-fusiform; longest vcrticils subequalin length to the segments.Head darkgra)'.
Cervical sclerites brolvnish black. Pronotum yellowish
n'hite. Mesonotal praescufumalmost uniformly dark reddish
brou'tt, u'ithout distinct stripes; humeral and lateral portions
obscure 1'ellow; posterior sclerites of mesonotum uniformly
dark plumbeousbrou,n. Pleura brorvn, with a broad, dorsal,
longitudinal,darker brou'n stripe extendingfrom the cervicalregion to the postnofum; dorsopleuralmembranedusky; meral
regiou yellou'. Halteres dusky throughout. Legs rvith the fore
coxae darkened,remaining coxae and all trochantersyellorv;
rentainderof legs rather light brorvn, the terminal tarsal segmettts black. \)/ings u'ith a uniforml-r.pale brorvn tinge, theprearcularrcgion a trifle brighter,best-evidenced
by the moreyellou'ish veins; stigma narro\\', darker brown; veins darkbrou,n. Venation: Sc, ending just before the anterior end o{
the oblique Rr,.Scnsome distancefrom its tip, shortly before
the fork of the relativell, long Rs,' R ,_r, about one-hatf Rg;
veinsR3 and R+ nearh' parallelto one anotherexceptat outer
ends; basal section of vein R; very reduced,in alignrnent
rvith Rs; cell lst Mz about equal in length to vein Mi m-cu
about one-half its length beyond fork of M.

AMominal tergitesdark brown, the sternitesobscureyell,orv; hypopygrumbrorvnish yellow. Male hypopygium withthe outer dististyle unusually long, simple, yellow basally,
darkened apically, cun'ed to a long flattened acute point.
Holotype, 6, Campo Bello, altifude 1300 meters,Nov e n r b e2r 3 . 1 9 3 5 ( Z i k 6 n ) .
The present f ll' is related to other Neotropical species,as
Qnopliom.t'iu (Gnophomyia) acricula Alexander, A. (A.) hchrypslls
Alerancler, G. (G.) molina Alerander, O. (A.) nigrina (Wiedemantt),
Alexanderand C. (C.)
A. lA I porteri Alerander, G. (C.) sublt.l,alinayU, Alerander, dif fering in details of coloration of the body, rvingrenation, anrl, especiallr',the structureof the male hypopygium.