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NEWEXOTICCRANE.FLIES(TIPULIDAE:DIPTERA)PART XXVI 1CharleiP. Alexander2
lhesebeingZehrndotipulafrom Ecuadolaredescribed,
ABSTRACT:Nine new species
hirtistllata, Orimarya(Orimarga)coraci/ta,Oimarya lorimarga)
daedalus,Zelanalotipulamelanopoda,Shannonomyiagurneyaa, Eioptera (Elioptera) acucuspis,Molophilusnd Molophilus(Molophilug
diacaenus,'lMolophilus)coryne,Molophilus(Molophilus)
patvlspiculus.
Al1 species described as new at this time were included in materials
collected in vadous provincesof Ecuador by Dr. Ashley B. Gurney, esteemedfriend and former student of mine at the University of Massachusetts.
Ecuador is very rich in speciesof this group of flies and studentswill be aided
in their study by consuiting the Alexande{ and Alexander, Catalogueof theDiptera of the Americas south of the United States,Family Tipulidae, pp. I 259, published by the Museu de Zoologia, Universidadede Sao Paulo, in1970. This volume includes slightly more than 3000 speciesin this family offlies, rnany of which are from Ecuador. I wish to expressmy deepthanks toDr. Gurney lor supplying me with this further important seriesof flies. The
types of the novelties are preservedin the Alexander Collection, now theproperty of the SmithsonianInstitution.
Zelandotipuls daedalrs, new species
General coloration of body dark brown, thoracic praescutumvidually
coveredby four obscureyellow strlpes;posterior scleites of notum pattemedwith brown and yellow, pleura chiefly light yellow; haltereswith stem lightbrown, the small knobs brown; wings conspicuouslypatternedwith dark andpaler areas,as described;longitudinal veinsposterior to vein R without majortrichia; male hypopygium with tergite transverse,posterior border shallowly
emarginate, with abundant blackened pegs; outer dististyle broad basally,outer third narrowed; inner style with beak slender, disk with abundant
blackenedspinoid points, in the region of the lower beak concentratedinto adensemass.
Male- Lengthabout15 mm.;wing17 mm.
Wingand hypopygiumon sljdc.Rostrumbrown,nasuslongandslender;proximal
Antennae
wiih scapeandpedicelof palpiblack,tctminaisegmentJqllow.
threesegmentst Acceptedlor publication: November22, 1975
2Contribution from the Entomological Laboratory, University of Massachusetts,Amhent, MA 01002.

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denticles and microscopic
shorter than the basistyle.

tubercles; aedeagus moderately

long, straight,

Male Length about 4.5 mm.;wing 4.2 rnm.
Rostrum and palpi black. Antennaeblack; flagellarsegmentslong-oval,with delicate
erect pale setulae,upper face witl two or three long black verticils, the more basalone
very long, exceedingtwice the lenglh of the segment.Headblack, sparselypiuinose.
Prothorax and antedor end ol praescutumdark brown, remainderof notum paler
brown, more yellowed laterally, Pleura alnost uniformly dark btoNr ant€norly,
postelior sclerites paler bro,m. Halteres yellow. Legs with coxae and ttochanters
yellowed; rcmainder of legs pale yellowish brown, outer tarsal segmentsonly slightly
darker. Wings pale bro\ln, sligma more suffused, prearcular rcgion slightly moreyellowed;veinspalebrown.
Abdomen dark brown. Male hypopygium (Fig. l0) with apical spine of basistyle,,,slender,near its basewith sparseweak yellow setae.Outer dististyle,4 with inner apicalpoint broad, outer a $ ioflg and slender,gently siluous. Inner dististyle,4 distinctive,
subequalin length to the outer style; apex stightly dilated, beaJingabout five spinesol
diiferent sizes,two being larger;upper surface of apex more protubetan't,with several
low denticlesand microscopictubercles.Aedeagus,d, moderatelylong, sttaight,slighily
widenedbefore midlength,shorterthan the basistyle.
Habitat -Ecuador. Holotype,d, Napo Province, 110 krn west of LagoAe o, 5400feet,May 18,1975(A.B.Gurney).
Other regional A.ndeanspeciesthat have the inner dististyle of the
hypopygrumgenerallysimilar to that of the presentfly, differing inimportant details,include Molophilus (Molophilus)aritzs Alexander,ofEcuador;M. /M) brownianusAlexander,Ecuadot M. (M.) panchrestus
Alexander,Peru,atndM. (M.) tucumnnusAlexander,Argentina.

EDITORIAL COMMENT
The precedingadicle is especially noteworthy becauseDr. Alexander
indicatesit is his l000th pap€r. His fint paper on insectswas publishedin
ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS in 1910 and over the past 66 years,he hashad
paperspublished in 33 different countdes. He indicateshe is still working
on further papers. Both he and we hope his health will allow him tocontinue working on his farorite family, the Tipulidae, for many yea$ tocome. ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS congratulates Dr. Alexander on his
tremendouscontdbutions to the study of crane flies and is proud to have
had a long standingassociationwith this great entomologist.