Q6r
Rer'. tle Errtornoklgia, r'ol. 10, fase. 2, seternbrtr tg3g

Recordsand descriptionsof Brazilian
T i p u l i d a e( D i p t , )P a r t V .
b1'
C n , l l r LE S P . A r , n xA Nt ) E R

Rio cle Janeiro - firasil(Dipt.) Prrt U.
Tipulidae
of Brazifian
Bccordranddercriptionr
P. At UxANDER
State College, Arnherst,Mass.
Maseachusetts
by Culnlrs

tWith 16 figuros)

The species'describedat this time are chiefly from Nova
Teutonia, Correio lta, Santa Catharina, where they were colA few additionalspecies
lectedby Mr. Fritz Plaumann.
from other sourc€s are acknowledgedin the text. I wish to
expressmy deep appr€ciation to those entomologistswho haveextended our knowledge of the Brazilian Tipulidae in ttt€manner indicated. Under a preliminary caption of <Recordsof distribution> I am supplying Brazilian records for several
rare and little-known speciesof Tipulidae.

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129

R e c o r d so f d i s t r i b u t i o n
Tipula gLadiator Alexander.
Nova Teutonia, Noyember l,1935 (Plaumann).
Holorusia pcellata (Ender,lein).
Campo Bello, Itatiaya, Rio cle
altitudell00
meters,July 5, lgzg (zikdn). Joinviile, Sarrta
Janeiro,Catharina, August to October lgZ2, at electric light; in Dcutsches
E n t . M u s . ,t h r o u g hD r . V a l t h e r
Horn.
Limonia (Geranomyia) argenlinensisAlexander.
Nova feutonia,
1,
I
1936 (Plaumann).
June
Jul.v
I-imonia (GeranomJ'ia) wolkeri Alexander.
Jaragu6, August 2g,
1929.
lrolymgrc ( Poly*",'o, microstictu.loAlcxarrcler.
I lheos, Fiahia.
j
\
1
.
1
9
3
0
(
R
.
C
.
S
h
a
n
n
o
n
)
;
U. S. N.
July
Polymera ( Polynrcral superba Alexander.
Ilh€os, Bahi;r, Jrll.
1930(R. C. Shannon); U. S. N. M.
Lecteria ( Lecteria) orntillaris (Fabricius).
Par6, April 1g3O
( R . C . S h a u n o n ) ; U . S . i V .M .
Lecteria ( Psaronius
Manaos, Amazonas,) pallipes (Alexander).
1
93
1(R. C. Shannon); U. S. N. M.
Jurre
Lecteria (Psarodus) pygm&eas(Alexander).
Tcf fe, March 13,l93l (R. C. Shannon); U. S. N. M.
Aonomyit (Lipophleps) basispinosaAlexander.
Nova Teutonia,
D t ' c c ' m b el ,r 1 9 3 6 ( P l a u m a n n ) .
Gonomriu ( I.ipophleps) lcmnisctttuAlexander.
Jaragud, Sept.
20, 1929.
Cryptolubis (Cryptolabis) schadai Alcrancler.
Canrlto llello.
Itatiaya, altitude 1100 meters, Nor-errrhe
g2g,
r 21, lJanuar_r'I 'i3(l(zikrin).
To.rorhina (To.rorhina) centralis Alexander.
Neu Bremel, Rio
L a e i s s ,s a n t a c a t h a r i n a ,N o v e m b e r2 , l 9 3 6 ( F r i t z
Hof fnrann).

D e s c r i p t i o n so f s p e c i e . s
7'ipu{u ptrla,

sp. ll.

Gcneralcolorationbrou'nishEray,the pleura yellorv; antennae(male) elongate,nearly one-halfthe entirebody; flagellar segmentsweakly incised,bicolor,ed,the basal enlargerttentt
black; rvings tinged with brown, the costal border ancl-stignra
darker; abdominaltergites obscureyellow, with tour narro\v
black stripes,one pair lateral,the other sublateral;subternrinal
segmentsblack, hypopygiumorange; malc hypopygiunru'itlr
the eighth sternite bearing a long sheathinglobe,- the apcx
entire, narrowly obtuse.
M a I e.

L e n g t h , a b o u t 1 5 - 1 6m m .; r v i n g , I 1 . 5 - 1 6m m .;antenna,about 7 mm.
Frontal prolongation of head orange-1'ellolv,opaque;nasus distinct; palpi yellorv, the apex of terminal segment

410 Alexander,

Record.sand descriptionso[ Brazilian Tipulitt:temore darkened.Antennaeelongate;scapeand pedicelyellorv;
f lagellar ,segmentsbicolored, the basal enlargementsblack,thJ remainderbrorvn, the extremetips paling to yellorv; f lagellar segments ,elongate,rveakly incised, longer than theto a thimble-likestructure.
verticils;terminal segmentre'Cuced
Head brolvn, the f ront and narrow orbits paler.
Mesonotal praescutuman'd scutum brott'nish gra-v' theformer u'ith scarcelyindicateddarker stripes; setae of interspacesvery reducedin size and number; scutellumand postllou', thenotum more yellorv. Pleura and pleurotergite-ye
ventral sternopleuritea little more pruinose.Haltcrc:slrrou'nish
rs 1'ellon';fettrora
black. Legs rvith the coxae ancl trochante
and tibiae brorvnishyellou', the slender tarsi darker brorvn;
clarvs rvith conspicuousbasal tooth. Wings ( Fi:l'. 1) tinge<lu,ith brorvn; prearcularfiel,cl,cells C and S,; and the :;tigma
slightly darker bron'n; obliterative areas restricted; vcitts
brown. Venation:Free tip of St, \/ery pale throughout;R ' F',[r:tst.
entire but rvithout trichiai m-(rt ou ,lI 1 shortl-l'bt-r't-rtttl
Abdomen obscure _r'ellos',the tcrgites narrort'lv qu'-rdrivittate rvith black, the nri'Clinenarrowly yellou'; sternites
yellou,, less distinctly darkenedmedially; segmentsevenartcl
base of eight blackened;hypopygium orallgc. Male hyponinth tcra'itc (Fig.
pygium relativelylarge ani.l corr.;picuous:g,-gt) with slender,dark-colored,subntedianlol'rcsthat bear
flattened spinous setae; lat'eral shoulders of tcrgite conspicuous; on vcntral surface on cither sile u'ith a consttit-'
spicuousflattenecllobe, its mesal edge u'ith cottsllictlotls
that becomelonger and denserat tip. Mesal tacc of basistyleu,ith a conspicuousblackenedlobe. Outer dististyledarkened,
relatively slender. Inner dististyle (Fig. 10,id) complex, ss
figured, terminating in tu'o flattened plates and trvo additiorral
blackenedknobs; posterior margin tlf sty'le producedinto alobe. Eighth sternite (Fig. 10, 8s) sheathing,producedinto a
conspicuouslobe, the apex entire, moJeratelvobtttse.
Holotype, 6, Nova Teutonia, octotrel l, I 0 j(r ( I',I a u -m a n n ). ParatopotyPe,
6, with tYPe.

Alliecl to 7 ilttrlu lerocio Aler ander , cliffer ing conspicttottslyirr thecoloraticn ancl, especiall.v,in the str uctur e of the ttr alc hvpopr vgi um 'Linronia( P e r i p l r e r o p t e r trtl)t t t l o ,sp' n'

General coloration polished reddish -yellos',the pronotum,darkenecl
medially; antennaeblack throughotrt;femora yellow,

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431

weaklyrvingswhitishsubhyaline,
the tips narrorvlyblackened;patterneds'ith darker,includingthe oval brown stigma;wingtip weakly infumed; restricteddark cloud at arculus;free tipof Sr, an'dRz in approximatetransversealignment;cell 2nd
A rvidest oppositethe inter-analcrossvein;abdominalsegments obscureyellou', in male the tergitesmore ,darkened
basally;terminal segrnentsblackened.

Fie. 1. Tilntla pctla n. Bp. - Fig. 2. Limoni,t. (P*ipheroptera) rhoda n. sp. - Fig. 3. Az*hultipicr@ n. slr. - Fig. {, Aurtroldmnoplttla s. str.) e.cillpr'
tn,li6716plilu (l,itttnophilellal-I'olllncera
qa:a n. ip. - Fig. 5.
(s. s1r.l anticalbo n. sp. - Flg. 6. TeucholaDt's(s. str.) rrfqro.'ottata n. sp. -. FiS. 7. Gonontyio (h'ogonomyia) destrinto n.sp. - Fig. 8. Gymnastes( I'ara grlmnastee) pcre.r q tti ntlc Alexa nd er.

M a I e : Length, about 6.i-7 mm.; rving, 7-S nlin.
F e m a I e : Length, about fi-6.5 tnnr.; u,ing, 7-7.5 mm.
Rostrum and palpi black. Antennae black tirroughout;flagcllar segments oval to long-oval. HcaC black, heavily
pruinose;anterior vertex relativelyrvide,in male nearly thrcc
times the 'diameterof the scape.
Pronotumdark brorvnabove,yellow on sides.Mesonotuln
polisheil reddish 1'ellorv,the praescutumin some individuals
restrictecllydarkenedmedially in front, in other casesvirtuallyunpatterned.Pl,eurayellow. Halteres with stem light brown,knob black. Legs rvith coxae and trochantersyellow, the tips

1:JZ Alexancler,of Brazilian
Recordsancl descriptir-rns'Iipulidtre

narrowly-blackened,the amount subequalon all legs; tibiae
and basitarsibrorvnishblack, the tips blackened;remainderof tarsi black. !fiings (Fig. 2) whitish subhyaline,rveakly
patterned with darker; cells of costal region clear; stigmaoval, brorvn,subequalin size in both sexesor slightly larger
in male; u'ing-tip rveakly darkened, especiallyin ntale; avery restrictedbrorvn seam at arculusand anotherat anterior
cord; \'eins brorvn. Venation:Sc, ending oppositeor shortly
before origin of Rs, the latter short an'clstrongly arcuated;
free tip of St, and Rz in approximatetransversealignrnent,
in cases,the former lying shortly proxima'dor slightly clistadof the latter; some specimensrvith a short spur of R r*
beyonclthe transverseveins; cell I st M, elongate in male,nearll, equal to vein M ,-i beyon 'clit, in f ernale shorter;
cell 2nd A rvidestoppositethe interanalcrossvein'the lattercorrespondinglyshortened.
Abdomenobscure1'ellow,the termittulscgnrctttsof male
5ro1'rrishblack, the basesof the tergitcs rveaklydarkcned;
ip fernale, a conspicuousbrownish black subterminalring,
involving segments four to six, the subterminalsegment; cerci very srrrallabruptly yellow; genital segmentblackened
Holotype, 6, Nova Teutonia,october 10, 19'18.Allo'?,
topotvpe, ?, September 20, 1938. Paratopotl'pes,3 O
S c p t e m b e2r8 t o O c t o b e r7 2 , 1 9 3 8 ( P l a u m a r r n ) .
Lirrtonia (Peripheropteru) rltolu is cltlscst to I" (l'.) ulrosigrtultt
A l e x a n d e r , o f P a n a m a , a n d I - . ( P . ) l t t m i [ t a l ; a l i sA l e s a t t t l c r ,o f s o t t t l t c r n
Brazil, cliffering f rom both in the venatiott antl irt the coloration of
the bod,v atttl u'ings.

I-im o n iu

( l , e r i p l t e r o p , e) r ut ' t tr t ri b a s o l i s

Alexaniler'.

are at hand, Not'it Tctttottilt,Augttst
Atlditionalspecimens
2 ' 3t o O c t o b e 1
r 1,1938 (Plaumann).
Charactersas in fernalccrcept for sexual
A I I o t y p e.
diff erences.Stigmal region of rving enlargcd and more or
lessdilated,strongly infumed,?s is the prearcttlarfield. Free
tip of Sr, and R? in approximatetransversealignnrent,u'ith
a distinct spur of R ,-i-, jutting beyond; ccll I sr 'M, longer
than in female.
Allotopotype,6, Nova Teutonia, Septerlber 30, 1q38,
(Plaumann).

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433

A tt s t r o I i m no p ltil a (Limnophilella)tn u tti p i cta, sp. n.
General colorationof mesonotunryellow; head dark; legs

vellon'; u'ings subhyaline,with a handsomeocellatedar
pattcrn, arrange,dchiefly as broken bands, the centersof theareas vellorv, conspicuously border'ed by brorvn; a supernumerarycrossveinin cell r(, at near midl,ength;m-cu unusually far before fork of A4, the distanceabout twice the lengthof thc crossvein; ab',cominaltergites dark brown, the basal
rings more brightened;sternitesyellow, the incisLlres
narrorvly
dark bron'n; hypopygium Iarge, brownish black.
M aI e.
L e n g t h ,a b o u t l 0 n l m . ; r v i n g , 9 . 5 l n m . ; a n tenna, about 2 mm.
Rostrunrbrou'nishblack; palpi black. Antennaerelatir.ely
short; scapeblack; pedicelbrorvn,pale at apex; basal flagellar segmentslight vellow, the segmentsof outer half more
inf uscated; r'erticils 'elongate,,especiallythose of outer segments. Hea,d blackish, the front, anterior vertex and orbits
light gra)'; anterior vertex narrow, about equal in u'i,clthto
dialneter of scapc.
Pronoturndark broun, paling tr,r.r'ellon'on sides.MesonotaI praescutunt-1'ellos',a trif le darkenedin f ront, unstriltecl;
scutal lobes rveakly 'darkened;posterior sclerites of noturn
testaceous.yellou',
the lateral portions of mediotergitcrveakly
darkened.Pleura and pleurotergiteuniformly pale yellow.
Halteres elongate,stem yellorv, knob brown. Legs with thecoxaeand trochanterspale -vellow;remainderof legs darker
vellou', the .outer tarsal segments s c a r c e l y , d a r k e rW
. ings(Fig. 3) subhvaline,
handsomely
patternedrvith ocellatcarcas;
prearcularregion an,dcells C and Sc almostuniformly darker
thart rentain'derof ground; ocellateareaswith centersyellow,
conspicuouslybordered by brorvn, f orming broken bands
bevond arculus, rt general level of origin of Rs and nt-c{t,an'd at the cord, u,ith other more solid areas at arculus,in
stigmal area, at supernumerarv
crossveinin cell R,,ancl as
marginal spots in outer ra.lial and medial fielcls; spot at
posterior en'J of band at cord very large, directly connected
rr ith a seam at outer end of cell I st /t4z rather than at fcrk
of /\I; r'eins brorvn. Venation: Rs long, angulatedat origin;
R., far from tip of Rr, R,_{_,subequalto precedingsectionof vein Rr ; sr:., en'ding shortly beyond fork of Rzae..rI I
supernumerarycrossveinin cell Re at near midlengthof cell
art'd distad of R: ; cell lWL strongly narrorvedat outer ,end,

4J{

AlexAptler,

Recordsand descriptionsof Braziliart Tipuliclar'

subequalin length to its petiole; m-cu unusuallyfar before
forl<of M, the distanceabout twice the length of the crossvein.
Abdominaltergitesdark brown, the basalportion a little
more brightend basally and at near rnidlengthof the segment; "sternitesyellorv, the incisuresnarrorvly dark brou'n;hypopygiumlarge, brownishblack.
Holotype, 6, Nova Teutonia,october 7, 1938 ( I',t a u mann).
Attstrolintnophilu (Limnophitetla) multipicta is most similar to thesubgenotype,A. it.l epiphragrnoicles(Alexander), of Para, Brazil, differing noiably in ttre venation and pattern of the rvings. In this latt':rspeciesthere is no Supernumerarycrossvein itt any of the Cells' cclt
it, is \'€r1, cleep, with very short petiole, rvhile m'cu' is olly about
the
its own length before the fork of M. Tfue present fly shows
greatest recessionof nt-cu as yet found in the Flexatomini,equallingthethe condition found in the subgenus Orimarga Osten Sacken in
in
Limoniini. The exact status of Limnophitetta Alexander still remains
it i.
tluestiort. I am still considering it as representing a subgenusbutt i i . q h t r .p r . o b a b l et h a t i t r v i l l e v e n t u a l l v r e c e i v e f u l l g e n e r i c r a t t k i n s .

Aus t r o lim no p hita (Austrolimnophila)e c L t { e r g a t a , s P .n .

Ceneral coloration pale broll'll, the pleura testaceous
yellorv; heacl brorvnishyellorv, the center of posterior vertes
iarkened; halteres elongate, brownish black; legs pale brownn
the broad tips of tibiae and all tarsi white; wings long andnarro\\', q,ith short basal petiole, -r-ellOrvin color, ScarCel)'patterned; outer radial and medial forks deep; abdorninal
iergite,sbrolvn, sternitesyellow; terminal segmentsuniformlv
blaikene,d; nrale hypopygium with the outer lateral angles
of tergite produced into spinous points; both dististyles
slendei the outer terminating ip a curved spine, the inner
gonapopht'seslong and slender'
boomerang-shaped;
Length, about 15 mm.; $'ing, 13 mln'; arlM a I e.
tenua, about 2.8 mm.
Rostrumshort, yellorv; palpi brorvn.Antenttaeof llroderateoflength, if bent backrvandextending nearly to the root
halteres,bro*,n throughout; f lagellar segmentsc}'lindrical,th"dislongest verticils exceedingthe segmentsand secund intribution. Head light bro$,nish yellorv, the f ront and narro\\'orbits gray, the center of posterior vertex extensivelyinfuscated; anterior Vertex broad, about three times the diameterof scape.

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435

Pronotumweakly infuscated.
Mesonotumpale brown,thepraescutumrvithout clearly defined stripes; praescutalsetae

t6
rfr. 0.^rirrlo p.alon:_pp.rpalehyqgrpygiug,9t-hlergite.- Fig. 10.Idern, nlale hypopygiun' 8tl s!_ernit".,_;-.Fig:
rr. Auatdttrinopnita6.etr,f acutergatVn- rp., nititiipoi;i,;iririr.

'g'#:?;;iix:v"'ai!i::_Wn;"!f"c;.$'l?{ffiiii;fi:;:xdS
sw?fi\ffi f--iie-nip"pygiiil.

pcrcJi(F.-u?-raalexander, mg.l.ehypopygiuF.--

Fig. 15. Molophilis le. etr.l phallds-omicuen.

Fig. i6. ,to\ophituc./s.-str.)4/gtfii i;-si-.,
ip:_p1t^?^,!Ipl,p_{qignl.---!fffi31t33,fl1;tfl'*"d,fr,ff$:t?x,'"1.:,r.,?;$,T:'";s:61;"'1,3;i.ti"['iL1'n{""i1kgyl'::sternite; r, tergite).
small. Pleura testaceous
yellow. Haltereselongate,brownish
black. Legs elongate;coxaeand trochantersyellow; femora
pale brorvn; tibiae pale brown, the tips broadly white, on186 A I e x a ll cl e r,

Reeordsand descriptiolts of ltrazilian Tipulidae

the fore legs includingaboutthe distalfourth, on the postermore than the
inr lerrrslightlv more
involving slightly
extensive,involvins
more exfensiveiorlegs ,-r.,reouter half; all tarsi rvhite, only the outer segmentsrveakly

darkened; tibial spurs relatively short, hairy; claws simple.
Vings (Fig. 4) long an,d narrow, the basal petiole short;color almost ,uniform yellow to brownish yellou'; stigma
scarcelydifferentiated,pale brown; a similar pale brown streak
dou,n center of cell R,' outer radial veins very insensibly
seamed with pale brown; veins brownish black. Venation:
S,', ending shortly before fork of R +3+4, Sc, at its tip ;R , , , a tiltte more than twice Rg alone; radial cells and cell
; m-ctt more thair <lne-halfl4L.d..p, the latter short-petiolate
itJ length beyond fork of M; vein 2nrl A long, u'ith tracesivein or fold behindit.
of a rudimentar.v
Abdomenelongate; tergitesbrorvn,sternitespale yellorv;
segments seven to nine, inclusive, black. Male hypopygium(Fig. 11) with the tergite, gt, extensit'e,the outer lateralangles producedinto lobes, the inner angles of rvhich arc
spines.Outer dististyle,further produceclinto acute blackenecl
od, sinuotts, slender, the surface with numerotls setae, theapex a slender curv'ed spine. Inner dististyle, id, a little'shorterand broader,yellow, in shapemuch like a boomerang'
Aecleagussimple, nearly parallel-sided,thc apex truncate org, appearingas unuver'f/feebly emarginate.Gonapophyses,s u a l l y , l o n g , s l e n d e r ,c u r y e d , s c l e r o t i z e ds p i n e s 'Holotl'pe, 6, Nova Teutonia, October 3, 1 9 3 8( P l a u mann).

The nearest ally of the present fl.u is uncloubtedlyAuslrolimnosouthpltila ( Att.slrolimnopltilrr) candiditarsis Alexancler,llikervise f rom
in the patternedwings and structure
crn Biazil, rvhichcliffers cspeciall-r'of the nrale hypopygiuur,notabll, the non-spinoustergal lobes.

) n t i c c t l b a , S P 'n 'P o t ) ' I n e r a ( P o l y m e r aa'
Belongsto the niveitarsisgroup; mesonotumdark brorvn,
the pleura paler, brownish yeflow; antennae(male) elongate,
more than one-half longer than bocy; f lagellar segments
lveakly trino,dose; femora ye[owish brorvu, tibiae darker
brorvn; tarsi ,dark brown, the terminal segmentsof all I'egs
rvhite, most extensive on posterior legs; u'ings brownish
yellorv; r-m at or before fork of Rs; cell fut, very small;abdominal tergites dark brorvn, sternites and hypopygium
brorvnishyellorv.

Rev. de Entomologia, vol. 10, fasc. 2, setembro lg3g

Male.

4gz

L e n g t h ,a b o u t Z - g m m . : wing, 7.5-g rnm.;

antenna, about l2,S-13.5mm.
Rostrumvery short, pale whitish yellow; palpi black.Antennae (male) elongate,more than one-half iong.t than theentire body; scape yellow, pedicel brownish yellow; firstflagellar segment obscur,eyellow at base, the remainder oforgan black; flagellar segnents elongate,each weakly trinodose, u'ith verticils of long erect s,etaeat the nodes, thebasal an,d apical nodes more evident than the central pne.
,
Head dark gray.
Mesonotumdark brown to brownish black, the posteriorborder of scutellum a little paler; mediotergitesomervhat
Iighter in color. Pleura brownish yellorv. Halteres brownish
black. Legs with the coxae testaceousyellow; trochanters
yellou,; femora y,ellowishbrown, tibiae a litle darker; tarsi
dark brown, the outer segmentsof all legs white, on fore
and middle legs all basitarsiand all but tip of segmenttwo
darkened;on posteriorlegs,proximalthree-tourtns
of basitarsi
darkened,the remainderof tarsi rvhite.wings (Fig.5) witha faint brorvnishyellorv tinge; veins an,ctrichia black. venation : r-nt at or before fork of Rs,. cell ML very small m-cu;
jtrst beyond fork of M.
,
Abdominaltergitesdark brown; sternitesand hypopygium
brownishyellow.
Hollotype,6, Nova Teutonia,November 2s, l 936 ( p I a u mann).
Allied to Pol)'mera ( Poll'mero) rrireitarsis Alexander, differing
especiallyin the u'hite tarsi of all legs ancl the slightly more nodulose
flagellar segmentsin the male sex. Jn niveitarsis and allies, only the
postcri'or tarsi are white and the flagellar segmentsare cylindrical or
virtully so, without nocluloseswellingJ and with the setaemore generally
diCribruted over the entire segment,not grouped into more or less distinA serticils.

T e u c h o la b is (Teucholabts
t I t ov i ilto r o x (\)/ielemann)
N o v a T e u t o n i ao, c t o b e r 6 , l 9 3 g ( p l a u m a n n ) . c a m po Bello,Itatiaya,.Riode Janeiro,October25, lg37 (Zik 6 n ).
In another paper (Encycl. Entomol., Diptera, 4: 2s-26;lg27) I have redescribedthe unique type firnale. The twonale specimensabove recordedare referred without question
to this same species,although they diff,er in slight delails ofcoloration of the thorax.
11

488 Alexander,

Recordsand deseriptionsof Brazilian Tipulidae

T e u c h o t a b i s ( 7 - e u c h o l , a bni is g) r o c o r p o r i s A l e x a n d e r, ay 18, 1938 (Plaumann)'
N o v a T e u t o n i aM
( T e u c h o l u b i ss)& n g u i n e A A l e x a n d e rseries,all males,Nova Teutonia,September
A considerable
2 8 t o o c t o b e r1 2 , 1 9 3 8 ( P l a u m a n n ) . I n t h i s s e r i e st,h r e every faint brown praescutalstripes are sometimesevident,
the median one longest and capillary, the short laterals
developedj ust before suture. In the male hypopygium,thesmall .put near base of outer dististyle is often reducedor
entirely lacking, evidentlybeing a variablecharacterin thisvariesspecies.Similarly, the terminal spine of the ae'deagus
slightly in length.
7 ' eu c h o l a b i s

7 'e u c l t o t a b i s ( T e u c h o l ^ a bni si g) r o c o s t a t a , s P . n 'General coloration of thorax uniform reddish orange,
unmarked;headblack;palpi, antennaeand legsblack; halteresshort, stem black, knob obscureyellog'; rvings brownish yellorv, the costal border narrowly but conspicuouslyblackened,
the wing tip less intenselyinf um,ed;male hypopygiumwith
the spini of basistylea flattened blade that narrows at apex
into a slender spine; inner dististyle unispinous.
Lengtha, b o u t9 m m . ; r t ' i n g ,8 m m 'Male.
L e n g t h ,a b o u tI m m ' ; $ ' i n g ,7 m m 'FemaleRostrumblack, anout tn'o-thirdsthe length of remainderof head; palpi black. Antennaeblack throughout;f lageilar
segments ouul, the verticils relatively short. Head black;anterior vertex wide, sparselypruinose.
pronotum reddishyellow. Mesonotumand pleura reddish
orange,'unmarked.Halteres short, stem black, knob obscureyellor.v;remainder
yeliorv.Legs rvith the coxaean,dtrochanters
bt legs black, only the f emoral bases restrictedlyobscureyellow. Wings (Fig. 6) brownish yellow, the cephalicprcarcularfiel,d,cells C and Sc, and the stigma brou'ilishblack;
rving-tip less strongly infume,d;posterior prearcularfieldcleaier yellog,than the ground,this color involviugthe basal
dark seam on antcrior cord; veins
veins; a very restricte,Cbrownish black. Venation:Sc long, ending oppositeor justbeyondmidlengthof the long Rs, St, a short distancefrom
its tip; R5 ont a little shorter than its anterior branchi Re
just ,ii.t"d of end of Rs; cell I st M2 approximat'elyas longas vein M,, beyon,dit; m-cu at or just beyondfork of M'

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4gg

Abdomenblack, in the female,the caudalbordersof thesegmentsmore grayish, in male the caudal bordersof the' more yellow; hypopygiumobscureyellow;
outer segm'ents
ovipositorwith the genital shield polishedyellorv;cerciblackbasally,the remainderhorn-colored.Male hypopygium(Fig.
12) with the spine of the basistyle,b, a flattenedblade ttrat
abruptly narrows at apex into a slender black spine, theapex of blade at base of spine with a few microscopic
denticles;basalflange of basistyleblackened.
Outer dististyle,od, expandedon basal fourth, the remaind,ermoderately
slender,the tip subacute,the entire surfacervith coarsesetae.
Innerdististyle,id, with bladeunispinous,
the usual,morebasal
tooth lacking.Aedeagus,ct, rvith apicalpoint relativelyshort,in longitudinal alignment with remainderof aedeagus.
Hollotype,6, Nova Teutonia,october 12, 1g3g ( p I a u m a n n ). Allotopotype,?, September2g, lg3g. paratopotype,6, rvith type.
The most generally similar speciesis 7'eucholabis( 7'eucltolabis)
spinigera (Schiner), of Colombia and Venezuela,which differs conspicuousl-vin the dark halteres, r'enation, especiallyof the radial field
where the branchesof Rs lie parallel to one another for their e'tire
Gourse,and, especially,the very different male h1.pop.rgium.

Gy *nastes( P a r , a g y m n a s t epse) r e x q u i s i t a

Alexander

Males and females from Nova Teutonia, August 26 andS e p t e m b e8r, 1 9 3 8 ( P l a u m a n n ) .
T h e f e m a l e sa r e s o m € what larger than the type female (Length,about 7 mm.; wing,
6.2 mm.). The hitherto un'describedmale is herervithdefinedas allotype.
A l l o t y pe .
Male: Length, about 5.5 mm.; wing,

5.2 mm.

Differing from female only in sexual characters.Venation (Fig. 8) rvith Rr+u erect, in direct alignment with thesubequal transverse R2. Male hypopygium (Fig. 14) rvith flreouter dististyle, od, complex, as illustrated, extendeclinto a
narrow blackenedbeak that terminates in an acute blackspinean'dis tufted rvith long yellorvs€tae,the latter angularly
bent at near midl,ength;immediatelybasad of origin of beak$'ith one or two unusually long strong bristles. Inner dististyle, id, a long simple black rod, the apex subacute.Basistyle,b, on mesal face near apex lvith a group of stronq biack setae.
Allotopotype,6, Nova Teutonia,August 26, 1g3g ( p I a u mann),440 Alexander,

Recordsand desoriptionsof Brazilian Tipulidae

G o n o m , y i s ( P r o g o n o m y i ad)e s t r i c l a , s p ' n 'General coloration gray; antennae,halteres and legs
black; rvings whitish subhyaline,with brown washesat stigma
i Rg Very faint,
and beyond arculus; veins blaqk, conspicuous
at fork of Rs+&+r; male hypopygiumwith the apex of outer
lobe of basistylbbearing about four blackenedspines;outerdististyle flattened, bilobed outr,vardly,th'e inner lobe a strong
ouruud black crook; intermediate longest, €tt near midlength
dilatecl into a roundecl knob; aedeagusslender, the apex
decurved.
Length,about 6 mm.; rving, 6 mnl'
Male.
Rostrum black, sparselypruinose;palpi black' Antennae
black,the scapepruinose;flagellar segmentsoval, the central
segmentssmaller, tlte outer on,es more elongate; verticils
not exceedingthe segtnents
relatively,shortand inconspicuous,in length. Hea'd gray; anterior vertex wide'
Thorax ,clark 1raY, the praescutum u'ith three poorly
foveae black; scuteldelimited,darker stripes; pseudosutural
lum dark. Halteresblackened.Legs with the coxaedark gray;remainderof legs black. rVings (Fig. 7) whitish subhyaline,
the stigmal area and a wash beyond the arculus in basal
Venation:Stt
cells ,rnoreinfumed; veins black, conspicuous.
ending about opposite midlength of Rs, S,'r sonle distancefrom its tip ; R2 \'ery f aint, at f ork of R r+* ; cell 2nd '41,
deep; m-cu.at fork of fuI; cell 2nd A u'ide.
Abdomen,including h)'popygium,black, pruinose.Malehypopygium (Fig. 13) with the outer lobe of basistyle,b,relatively slender,the apex with about four blackenedspinesOuter ,dististyle,ocl, flattened, bilob,edoutwardly, the outer
apiculate;
lobe a flattenedblade rvith the tip microscopicallyinner lobe a strong curved black crook. Intermediatestyle,ffid, longest,the inner margin at near midlengthdilated intoa roundedknob, beyond this point the long apex prolonged
into a gently sinuousrod; baseof style rviht aoundantsetulae.
Inneldististyle, id, a flattened clavatelobe, the apical portion
with ,unusually conspicuoussetigerous puttcturesthat bearstrong retrorse setae. Aedeagus,a, slender,simple, the apex
decurved;margin before apex with about five strong setaeon 'either side.
Holotype,6, Nova Teutonia,November28, 1935 ( P I a u mann).

Rev. de Entomologia, vol. 10, fasc. 2, setembro 1939l{tConomyia (Progonomyia) destricta is entirely different from allother described species of the subgenus,differing especially in thepattern of the wings and in the very distinct male hypopygiunt. The
presenceof blackeneclspinous points at apex of basistyle is of very
uncommon occurrencein Progonomyia.

Gonomyia( l , i p o p h l e p sp)y e n s o n i ,sp. n.

Thoracic pleura conspicuouslystriped with brown andu'hite; Legs dark brorvn; u'ings with a strong grayish tinge,
the stigma an'd outer radial field even darker; male hypopygium rvith the gonapophysesappearingas long blackened
divergent spines; apicesof outer blades of aedeagusnot or
but slightly expanded.
Length,about 3 mm.; wing, 3 mm.
Male.
F em a I e
Length,about 3.5 mm.; wing, 3.3-3.4mm.
Rostrum chiefly blackened;palpi black. Antennaewith
scape.andpedicelyellow, flagellum black.Head yellou',r'ariegated with darker.
Mesonotum dark brorvn, the lateral pretergiteslightyellow; central portion of scutum obscure yellow, with anarrow dark median vitta; mediotergitedark, with a yellow
Vahaperl transversearea. Pleura dark brown, with a broad
white band extending from the for'e coxae to the base of
abdomen. Halteres pale, th'e base of knob infuscated,theapex light yellow. Legs with the coxae obscureyellou', thefsre -coxae rvhite, as above deseribed; trochantersbrownish
yellow; remaitrderof legs dark brorvn.Wings rvith a strong
grayish tinge, the stigma an,douter radial f ield even darker;
wins pale brorvn. Venation: S., erxling opposite origin of&r' m-at at fork of ,+L
Abdominal tergites brown, the lateral borders of thetf;ftes narrorvly yellow; in the male, the cautdalmargins of
the indlvidual segmentsare sonaewhatdarker than the disk;
hyfropygiumyellow. Male hypopygiummost generallysimilar
to extensa,differing as follows: Outer dististyle longer andmore sinuous,the long apicalspine not abruptlydifferentiatedappearingas longfrom the remainderof style. Gonapophyses
slenderblackenedspines,diverging strongly from one another.
Apices of outer bla'des of aedeagus not or but slightly
expanded.
In extensa,th'e apical spine of the outer dististyle isshort, abruptly terminating the style. Gonapophysesnearly442 Alexanrler,of BrazilianTipulidae
and deseriptions
Recorcls

their apicesnot spinous.
paralllelor evenslightly convergent,
Apices of bladesof aedeagusstrongly expanded.
Ma)' 27, 1937 ( P y Holotvpe,male,Manaos,Amazonas,e n s o n ) . Allotopotype,female.
Gonomyia ( Lipophleps) pt,ensoni is uamed in hottor of m)' forto whom I atn['yenson', t. Louism e r s t u d e n t ,t h e c o l l e c t o r D
indebtecl for several interesting species of Brazilian f ipulidae. lt isclosest to G. ( L.) e.rtensaAlerander (Panama, Trinidad, British Cuiana), cliffering especially'in the structure of the male h-vpopygiutn.

tlI o I o plt t I us

(Molophilus) phal I o s 0 m i c tts, sp. n.

Belongs to the plagiatus group; gertcral colcration dull;
black; antennae (male) elongate, the f lagellurn no'dulose
wing u'ith a strong blackish tinge, the veins and macrotrichia ,darker; male hypopygium rvith the basal dististylea
long narro\\' pale blade, the apex acute; phallosomic platevery large, extensive,depressed,the sides p roduced laterad
toothed.
into slenderarms,the tips of u'hicharc tnicroscopically
Length, about I mln.; rving, "1.3mm.; anM aI e.
tenna, about 3 mm.
Hea'clbroken, only the antenna'epreserved,theseelongate,
black throughout; flagellar
as shown by the measurements,
thesegmentsfusiform, u'ith long glabrous apical ;reclicels,swollen basal portion rvith u'horls of ttnusuallvlong verticils
that exceeclthe segmentsin length.
General colorationof thorar dulI black,the surfacesttbniti'dous,tfre lateral pretergitesver)' restrictedlybrightened.

Halteresdusky. Legs with the coxaedull black; trochantersbrou'n; femora an,cltibiae brorvn,paler basally,the tips pasing into brorvnish black; tarsi black. N7'ingsrvith a strong
black tinge, the veins an'd macrotrichiablack. Venation: Rz
in transversealignment u,ith r-ttt; petiole of cell M3 long,e x c e e , d i ntgh r e e t i m e s t h e s l i g h t l l ' a r c u a t e dt t t - c t t , ' \ ' e i n2 n d
A long, exten,dingto shortly beyond nl-(u.
Abdomen,including hypopygium,black. Male hl'popygium(Fig. 15) with the beak of v,entrallobe of basistvle,b, relatively
stout an,dflattened,the apex obtuse.Outer dististyle,o:l, rvith
the stem short an,,lstout, the axial arm stout. smooth,bearing
roughenedby
the srnallerlateral branch that is conspicuousl)'
microscopicspinttlae.Basal 'dististyle,bd, a long tlarrow pale
blade, the apex acute, the surfaceof blade with asr,r,ond-likefew delicatesetigerouspunctures.Phallosomicstructure,P, ofIier'. tle Flrrtottrologia,vol. [1.),fase. 2, -*etertrbt'o1939l{:iunusualsize and peculiarconformation,appearingas a very
plate, the sides producedlateral into
extensive,depressed
relativelyslen,deranns, the tips of rvhichare microscopically
toothcd.
Hollotype,6, Nova Teutonia,August 2'2,1936 ( P I a u mann).
(ienerall_v sirrrilar to /lloloplrilus ( tllolopltilus) cGnosus Alexander, likcrvise fronr southern Brazil, in the black color, darkened wings
ancl elongate antennae in the male sex. lt differs \:er-v conspicuously
in the details of n'ing venation and, especially,in the structure of themale hvpopygiurn, more notablv of both clististvlesand the somelvhat
r e m a r k a b l e p h a l l o s o r n i cp l a t e .

. l I o I o p l t i I us ( M o l o l t h i l u s )h y s t r i x ,Sp. n.

tselongsto the plagtatusgroup; generalcolorationre,ddish
broun, the hea,d, pronotum and pretergites china-white;
halteresyellow: legs yellou', the fore tibiae rvith a ;lightly
dilated,darkened,subbasalring; rvings brorvnish,vellow,theprearcularan,d costal regions cleareryellorv; petiole of cellMs short; male h-r'popygium
rvith the basaldistist'ylea blackene,drod, at apex split into trvo slenderappressedspines;
phallosomic structure a relatively long ar,d narrow plate,emarginateat apex,the surfacewith conspicuouscoarsesetae;
elongate,pale, suddenlyand conspicuouslydilatedae,cleagus
at near mi'dlength.
M a I e.
Length,about 3.8-4mm.; wing, 1-4.5mrn.;
antenna,about 1.2 mm.
Rostrum brown; palpi black. Antennaewith scape andpeclicelyellou', flagellum passinginto brorvn; flagellar segments long-oval,the longest verticils excee,dingthe segments,
unilaterallyarranged; flagellar segmentswith long pale outspreadingpubescence,
additionalto the verticils.Head palechina-u'liite.
Pronotum china-u'hite, infuscate,don sides. Pretergites
rvhitened. Mesonotum reddish bror,vn,the humeral region
and narro\\' lateral margin of praescutumchina-white,thepraescutum unstripe'd;scutellumand mediotergitesomervhat
darker brou'n. Pleura infuscated,the dorsopleuralmembrane
paler. Halteres pale yellow. Legs rvith the fore coxae infuscated,remainingcoxaeyellorv;trochantersyellow; remainderof legs light yellou', the terminal tarsal segmentsa trifle
darkened;fore tibiae (male) with a slightly dilated anddarkenedsubbasalring. lVings brorvnish yellow, the pre-441 Alexander,Reeordsand descriptionsof Brazilian Tipuliclae

arcular an'd'costalregions clear'eryellow; veins yellow, trichia
pale brown. Venation: Rz lying just distad of l,evel of r-m;
petiole of cell Mr short, a little exceedingm-cu; vein 2nrt A
long, ending beyond level of m-cu.
Abdomen light brown to y,ellowish brown, the pleuralregion infuscated;hypopygium brownish yellow. Male hypopygium (Fig. 16) with th,e spine of basistyle,b, straight andslender,rvith numeroussetigerouspuncturesat its base.Outerdietistyle with the inner arm a slender spine, the outer arm
more flatterted.Basal dististyle,bd, a slenderblackenedrod,
the apex deeply split into tu'o appressedspines; basal fifthof style slightly dilated,bearing a conspicuouserect spine onouter margin; stem of style with a few appressedspinules
before mi'dlengthand again near fork. Phallosomicstructure,
Ir, ,a relatively long and narrow plate, with sides nearlyparallel, the apex deeply emarginate;surface,and especiallythe margins, rvith numerouslong coarse setae.Aedeagus.A,
elongate, pale, suddenly and conspicuouslydilated at ncar
midlength.
Holotype, 6, Campo Belllo, Rio de Janeiro, October
14, 1936 (Z i k 6 n ) . Paratopotype,6, October 27, 1937
( Z i k 6n ) .
tllolopltilus (rllolophilus) ftystlix is closest to lrl. (.41.1 cmarglnatus Alexander,likewise from southern Brazil, differing especiallyin
the details of structure of the male hypopygium,particularly of thebasal dististyle and the phallosonric structuf€. ln emarginntus,thespinesat apex of the basaldististyleare much shorterattd conspicuously
ur€qual, one beihg otrly about as long as the small lateral spine of
the style; phallosomicstructuremoie oval in outline, not parallel-sided,very densely setiferous over the entire surface.