JOURNALOF

THE

New York Entomological
VOL.XXXIX

Society
No. 2

JUNE, 1931

RECORDS AND DESCRIPTIONS OF NEOTROPICAL
IX
CRANE-FLIES(TIPULIDIE, DIPTERA),BY CHARLES P. ALEXANDERMASS.

AMHERST,

The preceding part under this general title was published in
1930(JOURNAL N. Y.

ENTOMOLOGICAL SOCIETY, 38:

109-120).

The crane-flies discussed at this time were collected in the
Greater
Chile
Mr.

Antillesby Doctors
D.
S.
Mr.
Bullock;
byFriedrichJ. G. Myers

I wishSchade.

and P. D. Sanders;in Santa

andto express

Catharina,
myinBrazil, by
thanks todeepestthe above-mentioned entomologists for the privilege of retaining
the types of the species here described.
Genus Limonia Meigen(Dicranomyia) clavigera new species.
General coloration brownish gray; antennae black throughout; wings
grayish subhyaline, the oval stigma pale brown; Sc short, Sc, about one

Limonia

half

as

long

cell

as Rs;

1st M2closed;

male

with

hypopygium

theventraldististyle fleshy, the outer apical region bearing a long tail-like fleshy extension

that

oval,

clothedin a blackened

terminates

MALE.-LengthandRostrumclub.

4.5 mm.;
5.3 mm.
wing
black.
Antennae
black
throughout;

about

palpi
a
with

delicate

white

pubescence;

flagellarsegments
incon
short
and

verticils

spicuous. Head brownish gray, clearer gray on the orbits.
Mesonotum

brownish

gray,

the

prescutum

with

three

darkerbrown

stripes; scutal lobes brown, the median region and posterior selerites dark,heavilyLegs

Pleurapruinose.
withthe coxae andpruinose.
trochanters

Halteresyellowish;

the
pale,
femoraknobs
yellowish

blackened.
brown,

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their bases brighter, the outer ends darkened; tibiae and tarsi black. Wings
grayish subhyaline, the oval stigma pale brown; veins black, those of the
cord

and

outer

end

of

st M2

cell.

stouterandsemi-obliterated.

Venation:

Sc ending opposite or just before the origin of Rs, Sc2 some distance fromits tip, Sc, alone about one-half Rs; cell 1st M2 closed, relatively small;second section of M1+ only about two-fifths the distal section; m-cu before
the

of M.

fork

Abdominal

tergites black, the extreme caudal margins paler; sternites
brown; hypopygium black, the ventral dististy]e conspicuously pale. Male
hypopygium with the tergite transverse, the median area of the caudal mar
gin gently emarginate. Basistyle small, the ventromesal lobe large. Ven
tral dististyle large and fleshy, on the outer apical region bearing a long
fleshy tail-like extension that is approximately as long as the remainder ofthe style, its apex dilated into a blackened club; rostral prolongation stout,
blackened, with two approximated spines. Gonapophyses blackened, themesal apical lobe gently curved.
Habitat.-Chile.

c, Angol, Malleco, November 23, 1929 (D. S.

Holotype,
Bullock).

is highly
clavigera(Dicranomyia)of the ventral
in the tail-like extension

isolated

Limoniaculiarand peof thedististyle

male hypopygium.
Limoniaspots

orcoloration

cell M2

Rs;

Head

short-oval.

aboutblack.

velvety-black
the front;

scutalfuscated;
disk of scutellum

lobes

dark

clearerblackishwhitishsubSc

short,

segments

flagellar

narrow.

vertexdorso-pleuralinfuscatedfemorayellow,

darkenedgray,

scutellum

Pleura gray,regionbasally,
the tips

more

apicesinto
passing

palingbrown;
into brown.
is morein alltheveinsVenation:brown.

andregionmedio

postnotal

lined with brown, theHalteres

that

light

behind;indistinctly

ochreous.

tarsi passing
darkened;
narrowlya very diffuse
gray patternline, withspots and clouds
ring as ill-delimited
region;the median

medially,darkened

their

tips

costalshort

reticulated;of m.
open by the atrophy
4.6 mm.
4 mm.;
wing
black
Antennae
throughout;gray;tergite grayish brown.

low;

four
wings

short
near
with
the suturefourbrownishgray,praescutum
from
most
when
viewedevidentor
shortslightly
stripes,spots
inless evidentlyof anteriorof praescutum
medianpart
regionMesonotal

posteriorthe coxae

withthroughout;is somewhat

thatpatternanteriorgray;behindprescutum
black
antennae

stripes;a diffusegray

FEMALE.-Lengthand palpi
Rostrum

species.

the

gray,

shortenedwithhyaline,thanSclongernewtrinitatis(Dicranomyia)

General

pale.

with

Legs

to yellow;
trochanterstibiae brownish
yellow,

reticulate,moredarkened

cells,
Sc,

whitishWings
or less

ending

just

yel
the

subhyaoccur

beforein thetheJune, 1931]
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ALEXANDER:CRANE-FLIES
some

distance

one-half

longer

Sc,

Rs,

about
arcuated,
sectionof R4+5;

from
than

its
the

tip, Sc,even morecell M, open by the atrophy
the fork of M.
length before
Abdomendark brown,
sparselypruinose.
short and stout.

of m;Valves

alone

Rs

Rs;

exceedingarcuatedbasal
strongly
m-cu
about
one-third
itsofrelatively

ovipositor

Habitat.-Cuba.

Holotype, Y, Buenos Aires, Trinidad Mts., forest capping
limestone (diente perro) peak, altitude 2600 feet, September 15,
1929

Coll. No. C 203.
(J. G. Myers);
Limonia
trinitatis(Dicranomyia)

from L.
is very distinct
in the ground-colorof the body,gray pattern of the wing.

(D.) reticulata(Alexander)
and the diffuse
the venation,
Genus

Wiedemann

Polymera

Polymera (Polymerodes) catharina new species.
Size small (wing, $, 3.5 mm.); antennae black throughout; thoracic dor
sumbrownishblack;

pleurayellowish

brown,

witha broadblack

stripe;legs brownish black, the tarsi only slightly paler; wings narrow, tinged withcell M,

blackish;cell M3

lacking,

short

and

and RsSc,

sprawly;

long;

vein

2nd A short; macrotrichia of veins short and relatively inconspicuous.
3 mm.;

about

MALE.-Length

3.5 mm.;wing

Rostrum and palpi black. Antennae
flagellarsegments
only
Headblack.

apical.

weaklyantenna

5 mm.

about

( ) elongate, black throughout;thebinodose,

basal

node

shorterthantheThoracic dorsum brownish black, the posterior sclerites a trifle paler.
Pleurabrown

yellowish

to darkbrown,

witha broadblack

stripe.

Halteresdusky. Legs brownish black, the outer segments only a trifle paler. Wings
with a strong blackish tinge; pale longitudinal streaks adjoining veins M
and

1st A;

veins

other

speciesofbrownishtheblack.

Wings
Macrotrichia

subgenus.

conspicuouslyof veins

narrower
short

and

in

than
relatively

inconspicuous. Venation: Sc, ending beyond three-fourths the length ofRs, Sc2 some distance from its tip, Sc, alone exceeding m-cu; Rs elongate,angulated
short

M3

originat

origin,andsprawly;
anteriorof Rs;

nearlycell
arculus

three
2nd

times
A

weaklyshort,

than R,+3+4;
R2+3+4; R1+2 longer
2nd A endingvein
oppositecellthepreserved.

Abdomen black, the sternites more brownish black.
Habitat.-Brazil.

Holotype, c, Jaragua, Santa Catharina, August 24, 1929 (F.
Schade).
By means

of my

key

to the speciesof the subgenus

Polyrerodes (Can. Ent., 52: 143; 1920), the present species runs to112

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couplet 2, disagreeing with the included species in the broad
pleural stripe. The species is further characterized by theunusually narrow wings, with the macrotrichia of the veinsshort and inconspicuous.
Genus Shannonomyia Alexander
Shannonomyia myersiana new species.
General coloration of mesonotum reddish yellow; antennae ( ) elongate,
exceeding the body; pleura chiefly darkened; wings gray, the small stigma
pale brown; macrotrichia in outer cells of wing; cell M2 open by atrophyof m.

MALE.-Length

about 5 mm.; wing 6.5 mm.; antenna about 6 mm.
6 mm.;

about

FEMALE.-Length

5.5 mm.

wing

Antennae ( , ) elongate, exceeding the body inlength; scapal segments blackish, the flagellum pale brown, the outer seg
ments again more darkened; flagellar segments elongate-cylindrical, with
Rostrum and palpi black.

erect

conspicuous

setae

that

are muchshorter

than

the

outer

segments;

seg

ments shorter, the setae equal to or exceeding the segments. In the female,the flagellar segments are long-oval, gradually decreasing in size outwardly,
the basal

being

segment

nearly

as

as

long

the

two

succeeding

taken

together.

Head dark gray, the anterior vertex more yellowish pollinose.
Mesonotal praescutum reddish yellow, more darkened medially;suturalfoveseandtuberculatepitslacking;

pseudoofsclerites

posterior

meso

notum more brownish yellow, especially the scutal lobes. Pleura chiefly
dark brown, somewhat paler ventrally. Halteres relatively elongate, pale.
Legs

with

the

the

outer

coxse

and

segmentslow,
the small
female,grayish,in the outermacrotrichia
male

B,

to M,,

to forkor closeSc,
of R+,,;

strongly
BR+2; R4 deflected
and 1st M2 in transverse
more

than

one-half

Abdominal
with

the

outer

of

Wings
veins
pale brown;
stigmatheends of cells beyond

broaderyellegs brownishinin malethan

palebrown.

cord,

more

pale;
darkened.

littleits

tergites
dististylemore

in femaleinclusive);(cellsVenation:inclusive.

atremainder

trochantersasparse,fork of Rs,

theendingoppositevein R3 nearlystraight,
on outercaudadend;alignment;

open byfork of M.

thelengthbeyondthe sternites
darkbrown,
blackened

and

bifid

at

in

in cells

R3

to M3,

atits

tip; R2
end ofSc,

parallel
inner ends

cell M2

Abundant
extensive

to distalofatrophy
Male

cells
of m;

R4, B,
mn-cu

Ovipositor

hypopygium
elon
with

feet, January

30, 1930

paler.
tip.

gate valves.
Habitat.-Jamaica.
Holotype,&, Blue Mts.,

altitude

6000(J. G. Myers); Coll. No. 982.
Allotopotype, ?, altitude 5447 feet, January 29, 1930 (J. G.
Myers); Coll. No. 975.

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113

in honor of the collector,
is named
Shannonomyia
myersiana
Dr. John G. Myers,
to whom I am greatly
indebted for manyfrom all parts of the world.
The referenceof theTipulidae

species to this genus seems correct, despite the elongate antennaeof the maleandthe macrotrichiaof the outercells of the wing.

The aberrant crane-fly described by the present writer fromPanamaas Gnophomyia(JOURN. N. Y.

olssoni

ENT.

SOC., 27:

144; 1919) seems unquestionably to be allied to myersiana andthe two forms may best be considered as representing a highly
specialized offshoot of Shannonomyia.
Shannonomyia brevicula new species.
General coloration reddish brown; antennae short; head silvery gray;pronotum and lateral pretergites silvery gray; wings tinged with yellow,
with a sparse brown pattern, including small spots along cord, outer endof

1st Ms

cell

cell

gin;

and

as marginalR3 unusually

Rs relatively
seams;
vein BR being
shortersmall,

arcuated
short,
than R3+4; cell

at

ori

1st M,

closed, elongate, shorter than vein Mi,+ beyond it.
4 mm.;

about

MALE.-Length

4.3 mm.

wing

Rostrum and palpi brownish black. Antennae short, the basal segments
pale yellow, the outer segments brown. Head silvery gray, the gene a lit
tle darker.

Pronotum above and lateral pretergites likewise light whitish or silvery
gray. Mesonotum opaque reddish brown, the praescutum very narrowly andindistinctly darkened medially; scutal lobes more darkened; scutellum andpostnotal mediotergite dusky, weakly pruinose. Pleura yellowish brown,
cleareryellowHalteresventrally.

paleyellow.

with

Legs

the

coxm

and

trochanters yellow; remainder of legs long and slender, yellow, the tips ofthetibiaeweaklydarkened;

terminal

tarsalsegments

slightlyinfuscated.

Wings

with a yellowish

smallfork of Sc, R,, alongof Bs,
cord and outerspots at arculus,
origincell 1st M2; marginal
on
M,+2,
3,,R4,
M3, M4, Cu, and the anal
spots
veins
in the infuscatedSc short,
areas.
Venation:Sc,
pale, darker

end

of

veins;

tinge, sparsely patterned with brown, including

ending about opposite three-fourths the length of the relatively short Rs,
Sc,

close

to itstip;

cell R3 very

short,

vein

R3 being

shorterthan R3B,;vein

R4 deflected strongly cephalad at outer end; cell 1st M, elongate but shorter
than

vein

fork

of M.

M,.,

beyondit; m-cu

more

than

one-halfits

lengthbeyondtheAbdominal tergites dark brown, the sternites paler; hypopygium obscureyellow.
Habitat.-Cuba.

Holotype, (, Buenos Aires, Trinidad Mts., in tree-fern arroyo,
altitude 2300 feet, September 16, 1929 (J. G. Myers); Coll. No.
C 205.

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the otheris very
distinctfrombrevicula
Shannonomyia
The shape of cell R3 is much as
Antillean
species of the genus.
in S. triangularisof Porto Rico but the medial(Alexander)
field of wingis entirely different.
Genus Atarba
AtarbaSacken(Atarba) bifurcula new species.

Generalnal

Osten

coloration

flagellumeachyellow,bicolorous;

weaklyscutallobe withfemorayellow,

two

with

black
a narrowanten
areas;
brown
sub

terminal ring; wings yellow, with a heavy brown pattern, including a darkbrown stigmal spot; male hypopygium with the edeagus shaped like a tun
ing-fork, the arms being approximately twice the length of the stem.
6 mmi.; wing
6.3 mn.
6-6.5 mlm.
6.5 mm.;
wing

about

MALE.-Length
FEMALE.-Length

Rostrum yellow; basal segment of palpus yellow, the remaining segments
brownishblack.

with

Antennathethe basal

yellow,segments

scapalflagellar segments bicolorous, on the first segment the basal half yellow, the remainder
fourth

dark
of

the

on

brown;

succeeding
the amounttheyellow,segment
seven being
segment

flagellarmoreelongatethanless than the basal
withsegmentsof this color decreasing
outwardly,

darkened;
uniformly
in punctiscuta.
Headpolished

flagellar
yellow,)(segments
more
or less ob

scured, in the allotype blackened.
Mesonotal

praescutum

yellowshiny

to chestnut

in theyellow,

femalewitha capillary darker median vitta; scutum yellow, each lobe with two polished
black areas, the lateral one larger; scutellum and postnotal mediotergite
more or less blackened. Pleura yellow to chestnut-yellow, highly polished.
Halteres

pale,

the

knobs

infuscated.

Legs

with

the

coxe

and

trochanters

yellow; femora yellow, before tips with a narrow dark brown annulus, theextreme apex brownish yellow; tibiae and tarsi yellow, the three terminal
segments of the latter blackened. Wings with a strong yellow suffusion,
conspicuously patterned with dark brown, including the stigma and narrow
seams

at

arculus,originof Rs,

along

cord

and

outer

end

of

cell

1st M.;

inthe female, the pattern is even heavier, the seams being broader and withthe basal halves of cells M and Cu conspicuously washed with brown.
Venation: Sc relatively short, Sc, ending about opposite one-fourth to two
fifths the length of Rs; branches of Rs diverging very gradually; cell 1st
M2

short-rectangular;

m-cu

close

to forkof M.

Abdomen yellow, in male with a subterminal dark brown ring. In
female, the tergites more uniformly brownish black, the sternites yellow.
Male hypopygium with the outer dististyle toothed only on distal fourth.
Inner dististyle longer, the outer half curved. Aedeagus profoundly bifid,
the long arms approximately twice the stem.

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CRANE-FLIESALEXANDER:

Habitat.-Brazil.
Holotype,(F. Schade).

Santac, Jaragua,

Catharina,

21, 1929

September

Allotopotype, $.
Paratopotype, O,October 2, 1929 (F. Schade).
Alexanderis allied to A. punctiscuta(Para
bifurcula
in
and
The
the
coloration
of
the
guay)
legs.
body
wing-pattern
is much heavier, especiallythe conspicuous
stigma, and the deare distinct.
structureof thetails of venation
The peculiar
will
in
be
found
to
occur
also
edeaguspunctiscuta.
probably
AtarbaThe wing-patternof the present
speciesinthan
any other known species of Atarba.
Genus

is moreconspicuous

Edwards

Aphrophila

Aphrophila carbonaria new species.
General coloration intense black, sparsely pruinose; antennae entirely
black; knobs of halteres darkened; male hypopygium with the region of
the tergite extended caudad into a single point.
5 mm.;

about

MALE.-Length

wing

6 mm.

Rostrum, palpi and antennae black. Head black, sparsely pruinose.
Thorax black, sparsely pruinose, the praescutum with a slightly elevatedmore intensely blackened line; dorso-pleural region paler. Halteres pale,
the

knobs

black,

thetibia

brownishdark brown;
trochanters
narrowon the fore
very
legs,
yellow,
half
on the posterior
is included;
the basal
about
legs, whereanda slight
brownishtarsi black.
with
Wings
oval,
tinge;
stigmapaleveins

a duskybrown;
thedark brown,

cord,

wash;
outer
end

of

Rs

relatively

long,yellow;broaderbrown.

femoraof Rs paler.
fork of M.

with

Legs

axillary

Venation:

the

coxe

bases

a

vague
darkeningcell 1st M, andexceedingalong
anterior

R2+,+4; mn-cu

vein

Cu;
branches
close

toAbdomen black, the male hypopygium a little paler. Hypopygium withthe dististyle
median
point

as
quite
betweenin chilena.
the basistyles,of tergite
Regionin chilena
thisextended
area

being

into

a singleandbroaderconspicuously bidentate.
Habitat.-Chile.

Holotype, S, Angol, Malleco, November 25, 1929 (D. S.
Bullock).
in collections with Aphrophilacarbonaria, and the species next described
are allied to A. chilena but evidently
distinct.
AssociatedA.

chilena

Alexander.

as A. multidentata,

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Aphrophila multidentata new species.
General coloration brownish gray, the praescutum with three dark brown
stripes; antennae black throughout; caudal half of postnotal mediotergite
blackened; halteres pale; axillary region of wing not darkened; ovipositor
with dorsal margin of each tergal valve with from 12 to 14 small teeth.
FEMALE.-Length about 5.3 mm.; wing 6.2-6.3 mm.
Rostrum and palpi dark brown. Antennae black throughout. Head darkbrown, the anterior vertex light silvery gray.
Mesonotal praescutum brownish gray, with three dark brown stripes, thebroad median stripe further divided by a capillary elevated line; centersof scutal lobes darkened; median region of scutum, and the scutellum tes
taceous yellow; postnotal mediotergite bicolorous, the cephalic half yellow
ish testaceous, the posterior half blackened. Pleura plumbeous. Halteres
obscure yellow. Legs with the coxfe brownish yellow; trochanters yellow;
femora brownish yellow; tibiae and tarsi brown. Wings tinged with grayish yellow, the small stigma brown; axillary region not darkened; veinsbrown, Sc and the prearcular veins more yellowish.
Abdomen dark brown, the pleural membrane yellow; genital segment
brownish yellow, the tergal valves of ovipositor chestnut brown. Tergal
valves

of

basal

ones

with
a
ovipositor
not conspicuously
7 teeth,

about

of

the

of

serieslarger.
ones being

basal

12

from
In

to 14
these

small

chilena,and morelargervalvesthe moreteeth,
have a series

conspicuous.

Habitat.-Chile.

Holotype, $, Angol, Malleco, February 1, 1930 (D. S. Bullock).
Paratopotype, 9.
Genus Trentepohlia Bigotnewcubitalis(Paramangoma4

Trentepohlia

species.

General coloration pale yellow; wings yellow, stigma lacking; a conspicu
seam

on distal

FEMALE.-Length

about

ous

brown

Rostrum and palpi
ochreous yellow.
Mesonotumsalscarcely
segments
seam
brown

Venation:
B4;

pale

yellow.

mr-cu

tergitesaslightOvipositor

5.5 mm.

Antennebrown
bristlesthe prescutal

darker.

from

Cu,.

Halteres yellow.
Wings
half ofon distalarea.

to produce

wing

yellow,

light

strongly
Abdominalveinyellow.

ous. Pleura light yellow.
spicuous
cloudedof

6 mm.;

half

R2

yellow,bicolorous
with

Cu,;
one-half

about

shortly
the

pale

fork

of M.

of

the

tergalsmall

but

conspicu

a con
withoutyellow,
stigma;darkerin theveins pale yellow,
thanR3+4; R, diverging
longerbases

appearance;

black,

dull

Legs yellow, the terminal tar

beforeelongatethroughout. Headweaklysegments
sternites
and genital
valves.

infuscatedsegment

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Habitat.-Brazil.

Holotype, Q, Jaragua, Santa Catharina, September 29, 1929
(F. Schade).
Trentepohia cubitalis is very different from the other describedThe venationof Paramongoma.

species

is of the general

type of T. (P.) longifusa (Alexander), differing in the detailsof length

and course of veins.
Genus

Osten

Teucholabis

SackenTeucholabis(Teucholabis) catharinensis new species.
Size large (length over 10 mm.); general coloration reddish, the prescu
tum with three darker stripes; head black; femora yellow, the tips narrowly
black; wings yellow with three pale brown crossbands; male hypopygiumwith the spine of the basistyle long, the apical flanges not serrate, merely
setiferous.
11 mm.;

about

MALE.-Lengthalittle

9.5 mm.

wing

14 mm.;

about

FEMALE.-Length
Rostrum
only

8.5 mm.

wing
than theshorterremainder

the head,

of

dark

red

dish, the tip more blackened; palpi black. Antennae with the basal segment
reddish brown, the remainder black; flagellar segments black, long-oval,
more
becoming
tinct violaceous

attenuate

outwardly.

reflexions,palingHeadwithblack,
behind.

to reddish

more

or

less

dis

Pronotum obscure yellow. Mesonotal praescutum yellow, highly polished,with three darker stripes, the lateral stripes more blackish than the reddish
brownscleritesof mesonotum
area;
posterior
more
or
the
scutellum
darkbrown,

medianextensively
Pleurapale,

extensively

withvariegatedblack,

the scutal
yellow,atless darkened
a dorsalincluding

lobes
base.

area

in

volving the propleura and anepisternum, the ventral sternopleurite and an
area

on

the

entirepleurotergite;

a

with

pleurapubescence to produce a pruinose appearance.

narrowly

extremetheirblackened,
outer
face

tips

again

pale.

Legs

trochantersdarkened;
the amountsubequal

weaklyblackened,

thepale browncrossbands,
the wing-apex;
stigmalatsecond

area

with

coxse

the

the

femorayellow,tibiae andlegs;

yellow, with

cord,

the

last

darkersubtriangular,

silvery

appressed

yellow, the knobs

yellow;on alllow, the tips of the latter black. Wings

dense

Halterestheyellow,
the

tips

tarsi

yel

three conspicuous

narrowest,
includingthan
the crossbands;

veins yellow, darker in the infuscated areas, especially along the cord and
outer

end

of

cell

1st M,.

lengthof Rs,

Sc,

somesiderably

longerAbdomen(female,thepaler;

genitalia

than

the

arcuatedor beyondendingoppositein position,
tip; R2 obliquecell 1st M2 closed.

Sc

Venation:
distance

from

its

R,+,;

) reddish, the sternites narrowly darkened sublaterally.

abdomen
of

more
both

blackened,sexes
reddish.

thecaudalMalemargins

hypopygium

of

the

with

mid
con

In

segments
the spine

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of basistyle long and acute, the mesal face before apex with appressed
setule; marginal flange at apex of basistyle smooth, conspicuously seti
notferous,serratedasin melanocephala.

Outer

a

dististyleyellow

simplerod that narrows to a small blackened spine, the outer surface with coarse
setae. Inner dististyle bifid.

Habitat.-Brazil.
Holotype, , Jaragua, Santa Catharina, December 24, 1929
(F. Schade).
Allotopotype, i, November 17, 1929 (F. Schade).
catharinensis

Teuzcholabis

to T. melanocephala

runs

(Fab

ricius), from which it differs especially in the large size, wing
and leg-pattern and structure of the male hypopygium.
Teucholabis(Teucholabis) nigrosignata new species.
General coloration reddish yellow; head yellow; mesonotal preescutumwith three incomplete black stripes, the outer ones occupying the lateral
margins of the sclerite; femora yellow, the tips broadly and equally blackened; wings whitish subhyaline, with the stigma and narrow seams on cordand outer end of cell 1st M, darkened; Sc short, Sc2 before origin of thearcuated Rs; branches of Rs divergent, cell R, at margin conspicuously nar
rower

than

cell R4.

MALE.-Length about 4.5 mm.; wing 4.5 mm.
FEMALE.-Length about 4.5 inm.; wing 4.2 mm.
Rostrum obscure yellow; palpi brown. Antennae with the first scapal
segment obscure yellow; second segment yellowish brown; flagellum black;basal flagellar segments subglobular to very short-cylindrical, the outer seg
ments

more

hind

and

Pronotumcompleteinto

slender,passing
the gene.

on

Head

oval.

more

yellow,

Mesonotal
reddishyellow.
praPscutum
black
the medianstripes,
stripebecomingyellow,
obsoleteinfuscated

with
at

be

three
about

in
mid

length, the outer stripes occupying the lateral margins of the sclerite, in
some

cases

obsolete

cephalic-lateral
the scutellum
low or withlight yellow;
a medianyellowwithreddish,behind,ofportionsa ventral

pleurite;

pleurotergite

with

coxea

broadly
obscuretheandyellow

ish subhyaline,
narrow
black;

andothersextendedscutallobes;

postnotal

region,whitishandsends

black. Halterestrochanters

with
dark

seams

along

dusky,

yellow;
the amount
into

onto

the

of scutum
regionthe basedark with

and

the

directedsutureblack;

yel
Pleurabackward.

that occupies
stripea spur dorsad
onto

reddishblackened,soon passinga restricteddarkconspicuously
at base,acrossmedianmediotergite
the point

triangle,longitudinal

the meralsternopleurite,

in
the

the

dorsaltheptero

the knobs yellow.

Legs

femorathe tips
yellow,on all legs;
tibisesubequaltarsi black.
whit
Wings

stigmapattern;end
cord and outerbrownish
subcircular,of cell 1st M2;
veinsJune, 1931]
dark

119

ALEXANDER:CRANE-FLIES
thebrown,

costalatregionnear

midlength

Vena

to yellow.

palingtion: Sc short, Sc ending about opposite one-fourth the length of thestrongly arcuated Rs, Sc2 some distance from its tip and before the originof Rs;

at

R2

fork

anteriorof Rs;

ofbranchRssinuousgentlyto nearly

straight, at outer end deflected slightly cephalad so cell R, is conspicuously
narrower than cell R4; cell 1st M1 widened outwardly, the lower face longer
vein M4

thanamountofit; mr-cu

beyondAbdominalatlattertheor shortly

before

of M.

fork

ringed caudally withsegments black,theoutwardly,

increasing

thereddish yellow,

subterminal

more

segments

uniformly pale; hypopygium black.

Sternal pocket ($ ) broadly U-shaped.

Malethe basistylewithhypopygium

thedististyle.

Outer dististyle

midlength

witha series

of

spine

of

as

nearlylong

the outerassimple, the apex glabrous, the margin at near
6 to 8 acute

from

Inner

serrations.

with the blade-like apical portion expanded, terminating
beak.

dististylein a bidentate

Habitat.-Cuba.

in cafetal, altitude 2000 feet,d, Trinidad Mts.,

Holotype,

14, 1929

September

C 189.

Coll. No.

(J. G. Myers);

Allotopotype, 0.
Paratopotypes, 2 c?.
is distinct
from all of the now num
Teucholabis
nigrosignata
is mosterous NeotropicalThe venation
species of the genus.
by species such as T. bruneri Alexander
andnearly approached
1. szubmolesta Alexander,

but

Genus
Gonomyia(Progonomyia)
coloration

General
three

being

prwescutal
its own
dististyle
pale,

the

on

lengthbeyonda flattened,outerbrightpale,yellow;yellow;

new species.
with

the

representing
small
stigma

of

Rs;

male

palpi
flagellum

5.2 mm.
wing
brownishblack.

innerMesonotal

marginclearercleareryellow;

postnotal

mediotergite

dististyle

Antennae
the

first

Head

with

areas,of theyellow,

flattened,

thesegment
yellow.
reddishpreescutum
to oval polishedwiththree circularlaterally,yellowends of the praescutal
the cephalicstripes;
represent
brownishscutellum
black
coveredareas;by extensive

low,
that

ends

pale

the base of
black,
smalleroutwardly.

oval, becoming
segments
flagellar
darkened
Pronotumlaterally.
yellow,

black

five polishedanteriortheR2 less thanbrown;
withthe outerhypopygium

blade;
parallel-sided
into a spine.

angle
produced
4 mm.;
about

MALE.-LengthobscureRostrum
segments

yellow,
the fork

anddistinct.

Meigendorsumthoracicpraescutum

wings

stripes;

Gonomyia

quinqueplagiata

yellow;

theis very

the species

blackscapalpaler;
yelareas

lobes chiefly
scutalthe caudal
yellow,the lateral margins

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of the selerite conspicuously darkened. Pleura yellow, with two longitu
dinal areas of blue pruinosity, appearing as more or less distinct longitu
dinal stripes. Halteres relatively elongate, dusky, the bases of the knobs
darkened, the apices brightening to yellow. Legs with the coxse and tro
chanters yellow; femora and tibiae brownish yellow, the tips of the latter
narrowly darkened; tarsi passing into black. Wings relatively long andnarrow, yellow, the small stigma pale brown; veins brown, those in thebasal and costal regions more yellow. Venation: Sc long, Sc1 ending at
near two-thirds the length of the long Rs; B, less than its length beyond
fork of Rs, B,+4 considerably longer than Ra; BR long and gently sinuous,
four

nearly

times

B3;

m-cu

at

fork

of M.

Abdomen yellowish brown, the hypopygium yellow. Male hypopygiumwith the outer dististyle a pale flattened blade that is nearly parallel-sided,or gently expanded outwardly, the tip more truncate. Inner dististyle aflattened pale blade, the outer angle produced into a spine. Aedeagus
broad-based, the apical half narrowed, the apex simple.
Habitat.-Brazil.
Santa

3, Jaragua,

Holotype,
Schade).

8, 1929

November

Catharina,(F.

Gonomyia (Progonomyia) quinqueplagiata is very different
from other described species of the subgenus, being most nearly
allied to species such as thiosemaAlexander.
(Lipophleps) cubana new species.
Belongs to the manca group; thoracic pleura brownish gray, striped
longitudinally with white; knobs of halteres yellow; wings with a strong
brown suffusion; male hypopygium with the dististyle simple, entirely
fleshy; phallosome consisting of four chitinized structures, the two larger
more heavily chitinized.
Gonomyia

about

MALE.-Length
Rostrumout.

Headorange-yellow;
theyellow,

3 mm.
wing
brownishblack.
Antennae
palpi
centerof the vertex
darkened.

lateral pretergites

Anterior
scutellum

3 mm.;

theyellow,

centralpale yellow. Mesonotum
base

at

portionbrownish

Pleura brownish gray, with a broad white

gray.

from

behind

the

fore

coxve

to

black

throughgrayishbrown;

postnotumgray;longitudinal stripe ex

thedorsopleuralregionabdomen;tending
Halteresarea beneaththe wing-root.
a yellowish
pale yellow,
pale yellow;
the coxe- and trochantersof stem dusky.
the outer portionyel
Legs withlow;

remainder

stigmaldistance
1st M,

regionbeforeclosed;Abdominal

popygiuma strong
with
brown
Wings
legs broken.
Venation:veinslittle darker;
pale brown.
the length ofof Bs that is nearly
the originofsuffusion,

a

Sc,

m-cu

a shortdistance

beforethedark brown,
tergites
more
and sternites
uniformly

lateral
pale.

the

fork

marginsMale

endingtheathelatter;cell

hypopygium

yellow;
with

hy
the

of M.
obscureJune,

1931]

ALEXANDER:

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CRANE-FLIES

basistyle elongate; dististyle single, very pale throughout, scarcely differ
entiated from the apex of basistyle, terminating in two fasciculate setee.
Phallosome consisting of four chitinized structures, the longest straight onbasal half, the outer half curved, narrowed to an acute point; a second
heavily chitinized structure is broadly expanded at base, thence narrowed
to a blunt blackened point, the surface before apex with scattered setulae.
Besides the above pair of structures, there are two slender paler rods, un
equal in length, one presumably being the aedeagus.
Habitat.-Cuba.

Holotype, A, Trinidad Mts., in cafetdl, altitude 2000 feet,
September 14, 1929 (J. G. Myers); Coll. No. C 189.
Gonomyia (Lipophleps) cubana is distinguished from theotherdescribedof the manca

species

groupthat havea simpleentirely fleshy dististyle (duurvoorti Alexander, haploa Alex
ander, inermisAlexander, manca Osten Sacken, maya Alexander,
phoroctenia Alexander and tergofimbriata Alexander) by the
structure of the phallosome.
(Lipophleps) sandersi new species.
the manca group; thoracic pleura striped; wings grayish, thetoBelongs
costal region a trifle more whitish; male hypopygium with the basistyle

Gonomyiaofinsertionofthe pointbeyondproduced

the

into

dististyle

a

stout

fleshylobe; outer dististyle a curved chitinized hook; phallosome without paired
blackened apophyses.
Rostrum

3-4

about

MALE.-Length
brownishblack;

theorange,darkened.
the vertex

flagellum

ments

Anterior

mm.

black.
Antennapalpi
black.
Headbrownishwithslightly

moretheyellow,reddishcenters

of

the
the

yellow,sulphur yellow. Mesonotal

lateral pretergites

the interspaces
ish brown,
to yellow;
scutumpaling

2.9-3.5

wing

mm.;

seg
scapalcenterofpreescutum graythe lateral margins
brown,
the lobes chiefly
blackened;scutellum black, the margin broadly yellow; postnotal mediotergite
a blackishwithlunatereddish brown.
dinal

stripe,regionpleuralyellow.

Legs
the

the

a

short

ventralbroadly
with
the

tips

beforedistance

short-spurred
of M.

at

on

cephalic

margin,theposteriororigin;yellowmore

marginPleura purplish, enclosing a conspicuous whitedarker;a triflestigmalregionsomewhatlight brown,
low,

area

longitumore
dorso
and meronyellowish;
sternopleurite
the knobs
Halteresbrownishlightdusky,
yellow.
femorabrownishcoxve and trochantersyelyellow;tibiaedarker;
paler
the

tarsi

and

brownishcostalandincostalthethegrayish,
Wings
more
veins
whitish;regions
Venation:Sc
endingregion.
black.

basal

the latter weaklyof Rs,
angulated
originthe
Wi-cu
at or before
cell 1st M2 closed;

to
fork

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Abdominal tergites chiefly yellow, the median and caudal portions of thesegments more infuscated; sternites and hypopygium yellow. Male hypopygium with the outer angle of basistyle produced caudad beyond the pointof

insertion

of

the

into

dististyles

thatis almostasin scimitara, short

blunt

lobe

that

is

longerandOuter dististyle a curved chitinized hookstouter than the fleshy dististyle.
and

puer.

Phallosome

entirely

pale,

without

paired blackened apophyses as in scimitar; a setiferous structure on either
side

that

terminates

in

two

small

finger-likefleshylobes;

longestarmofphallosome a compressed blade, the apex obtusely rounded.
Habitat.-Cuba.

Holotype, J, Soledad, November 1, 1929 (P. D. Sanders).
Paratopotype, '; paratype, 5, rocky creek in Seboruco forest,
Soledad,October

11, 1929

Coll. No. C 260.
(J. G. Myers);
in honor ofis named
sandersi

theGonomyia(Lipophleps)
studentof the Psycollectorof the type, Dr. P. D. Sanders,
The species
chodidae.
is related
to G. (L.) puer Alexander,
In thein the subapicalof the dististyles.
insertiondifferingof the dististyles,
it agreeslatter respect, and in the structureeven more closely with G. (L.) scimitar Alexander,
which, however, differs conspicuously in having paired blackened apophyses.