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Species of Crane Flies from the Himalaya Mountains(Diptera: Tipulidae), XX1
P.

CHARLESAMHERST,ALEXANDERMASSACHUSETTS

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1971

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Six new species of crane flies from Uttar Pradesh, Sikkim, and Assam are de
Abstract:
scribed, these being Limnophila (Eloeophila) diacis, L. (E.) subdilata, Atarba (Atarbodes)
crassispina, Rhabdomastix (Sacandaga) normalis, Ormosia (Parormosia) saturnina, andErioptera (Erioptera) connata.
Limnophila (Eloeophila) diacis, n. sp.
Size medium (wing of male to about 7 mm.); antennal flagellum bicolored; knobs ofhalteres brownish black; legs yellow, femoral tips broadly brownish black; wings whitened,
conspicuously patterned with brown, including about seven larger costal areas, markingsof the interspaces small and numerous, several not reaching the veins; male hypopygiumwith lateral spine of outer dististyle at near two-thirds the length; phallosome with gonapoph
yses appearing as slender acute darkened spines that are directed caudad, lying parallelto the relatively short slender aedeagus.
MALE: Length about 5.5-5.8 mm.; wing 6.2-7.3 mm.; antenna about 1.3-1.5 mm.
Rostrum brownish gray, palpi black. Antennae with scape and pedicel brownish black,flagellum bicolored, yellow, bases of segments narrowly dark brown; segments oval with long
verticils. Head light gray.
Pronotum obscure yellow medially, sides darker. Mesonotal praescutum with disk virtually
covered by three brownish black stripes that are gray pruinose, humeral region yellowed;
posterior sclerites brown, gray pruinose, mediotergite with a narrow black central stripe.
Pleura gray, lined longitudinally with dark brown, dorsal stripe including the propleura,anepisternum and dorsal pteropleurite and pleurotergite. Halteres brownish yellow, moreyellowed basally, knobs brownish black. Legs with coxae and trochanters brownish yellow,
gray pruinose; femora yellow, tips broadly brownish black, outer end slightly paler; remainder of legs yellow. Wings with ground whitened, heavily patterned with brown,
two confluent
seven larger costal areas, the proximal
includingband at level of origin of Rs and the supernumerarycompletethe stigmal
and fifth costal areas extensive,
region,includingcrossvein; supernumerary crossvein in cellMathird area forming
behind,fourthcrossveinin cell M;
overunitedbehindthe r-mlying in the darkened cross band; darkenings

notconnected
severalsmall and numerous,
interspaces
areas. Venation:
m-cu
in the patternedbrown,
slightly darker
central parts of both sternites
dark brown,
Abdomenlaterally
of

the

with

the

at nearandveins;
one-third

tergites

veins

light

M3+4.

yellowed,

outer

Contribution from the Entomological Laboratory, University of Massachusetts.
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Part

XIX

of

this

seriesofpaperswaspublishedinthe

Journalofthe New

York

Entomological Society, 78: 201-205, 1970. Six further species are described, all from India,
in Uttar Pradesh, Sikkim and Assam, collected by the veteran entomologist, Dr. Fernand
Schmid, to whom I again expressmy thanks for this series of Himalayan Tipulidae.
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segmentsmore uniformly dark brown. Male hypopygium with outer dististyle terminating ina shortcurved

outer

spine

and

inner

a stouter

point,

outeratmarginthe

two-thirds

nearlength with a conspicuous appressed spine; inner style narrowed on outer half. Phallosome
small, gonapophyses appearing as slender acute darkened spines that are directed caudad,
lying parallel to the relatively short slender aedeagus.

HOLOTYPE: , Lata, Pauri Garhwal,Kumaon, Uttar Pradesh, India, 7,500 feet,
July 6, 1958 (Schmid).
PARATOPOTYPES: two 8$ , pinned with

type.
Frontier Agency,

PARATYPES: 2 d d on a single pin, Rupa, Northeast

Kameng,Assam, India,May 2-3, 1961 (Schmid).
Other

small

regional

species

the wing

havingpattern

generallyin theaspresent fly include Limnophila (Eloeophila) bicolorata Alexander, of Nepal
Assam, and L. (E.) fascipennisBrunetti, of Assam, all differing among themselves in hypopygial structure,especially the outer dististyle and the phallosome.
Limnophila (Eloeophila) subdilata, n. sp.
Characters generally as in perdilata; wings not conspicuously dilated opposite outer endof vein

2nd A

as

in malesof perdilata;

wing

induding

patternband

a conspicuous

level

at

of origin of Rs, paler behind, ending before apex of cell 2nd A, remainder of this cellcommonlywithdarkenings

attainthat

theposteriorborder,

in

cases

with

this

part

of

cell unpatterned; male hypopygium with lobe of margin of outer dististyle narrow.
MALE: Length about 6-6.5 mm.; wing 7-8 mm.
FEMALE:Length about 7-7.5 mm.; wing 8.5mm.
Head gray, palpi brownish black. Antennae with basal segments light yellow, flagellum
light brown.
Thorax

light

gray,

with

an

interrupted

brown

patternthat

includesacentralline

onpronotum, three narrow stripes on anterior half of praescutum, with broader lateralmargins
theon posterior
part,
Haltereswithbrown.

darkenedremainingstem yellow,
knob

scutumand pleuraof praescutum,
patterncoxae brownish
dark brown.
Legs with

paler
gray,

trochanters obscure brownish yellow; femora yellow with a broad dark brown subterminal
ring, the apex narrowly paler brown; tibiae yellow, tips narrowly darkened; proximal
tarsal segments yellow, extreme tips and outer segments brown. Wings not conspicuously
dilated opposite outer end of vein 2nd A in male, as in perdilata. Darkened pattern includ
ing a major brown band at level of origin of Rs, paler behind, terminating before apex
of cell 2nd A, remainder of cell with darkened areas that reach the posterior border, incertain specimens (as in the paratypes from Gawana, Khumyara and Tarsali) posterior
margin of cell 2nd A unpatterned; a nearly solidly darkened triangular area in stigmal
region; veins of the interspaces with small brown spots, those in cubital and anal fields
more elongate.
Male hypopygium with the outer dististyle of the perdilata type, the apex a slender curved
spine; lobe of outer margin of style narrow, in perdilata much broader, its apex truncate.
HOLOTYPE: &, Hanuman

Chatti,feet June 17, 1958 (Schmid).

Pauri Garhwal, Kumaon,

Uttar

Pradesh,9,000

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ALLOTOPOTYPE:
9, pinned below type.
PARATOPOTYPE:
9, lowermostof three specimenson pin with types. Paratypes,
two $8 , Binaik Chatti, Pauri Garhwal, 7,000-7,500 feet, June 16, 1958; one ;,Gawana,Teri Garhwal,

6,000

feet, May23, 1958;

one&, Khumyara,

Pauri

Garhwal, 4,300-5,000 feet,May 4, 1958; one $, Tarsali, Pauri Garhwal, 6,000
7,000 feet,May 6, 1958 (all Schmid).
The most similardescribed species isLimnophila (Eloeophila) perdilataAlex
ander, as discussed above.
Atarba (Atarbodes) crassispina, n. sp.
Allied to flava and decincta; general coloration of body light yellow, two subterminal
abdominal segments very slightly darkened; male hypopygium with spines of outer dististyle
few in number, very stout, their diameter across base nearly one-half the length of spine.
MALE: Length about 4.8 mm.; wing 5.3mm.; antenna about 1mm.
Rostrum, palpi and antennae yellow. Head uniformly yellow.
Thorax light fulvous yellow, unpatterned. Halteres yellow. Legs with coxae and tro
chanters yellow; remainder of legs broken. Wings yellow, veins only slightly darker than
the ground. Veins beyond general level of origin of Rs with trichia, with a few on outerends of basal section of Cul and both Anals. Venation: Sci ending about opposite two
thirds Rs, branches of the latter slightly divergent, at margin cell Ra about twice as exten
sive as cell R2; m-cu

shortlybeyondfork of M.

Abdomen yellow, segments seven and eight weakly darkened. Male hypopygium withouter dististyle blackened, short-clavate, macelike in appearance; outwardly with a double rowof very stout spines, including about six or seven on either side, the stoutest spines across theirbases about one-half the length of spine; inner style slightly longer, parallel-sided, apex obtuse.
Phallosome with each gonapophysis appearing as a nearly straight blade, aedeagus slightly
longer; paired elements very pale, straight, virtually contiguous at midline.

HOLOTYPE:8, Rahung, Northeast Frontier Agency, Kameng, Assam, 7,000
feet,April 25, 1961 (Schmid).
The

present

speciesis generally

similarto Atarba(Atarbodes)

decincta

Alexander and A. (A.) flava Brunetti, differing especially in hypopygial charIn the species
acters, including the unusually stout spines of the outer dististyle.
listed these spines are more numerous and more slender, in the extreme cases
five times as long as their basal diameter.
being approximately
Rhabdomastix (Sacandaga) normalis, n. sp.
Generalcoloration

of

head

and

thorax

light

gray,

abdomendark

brown,

hypopygium

yellowish brown; antennae 16-segmented, with no fusion of proximal flagellar segments;
halteres light yellow; legs light brown; wings subhyaline, veins pale brown; veins R4
and R2+3+4subequal, R5 and M1+2with sparse trichia; ovipositor with cerci very long andslender.
MALE: Length about 2.9-3 mm.; wing 3.4-3.6 mm.; antenna about 0.7-0.75 mm.
FEMALE:Length about 4 mm.; wing 4 mm.
Rostrum obscure yellow, heavily gray pruinose, palpi brown. Antennae black; flagellum

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with fourteen distinct segments, with no fusion of basal elements. Head light gray; anteriorvertex very broad.
Thorax almost uniformly light gray; praescutum with four vaguely indicated darker
stripes, intermediate pair widely separated, tuberculate pits and pseudosutural foveae
blackened, conspicuous. Halteres light yellow. Legs with coxae light brown, sparsely
pruinose, trochanters obscure yellow; remainder of legs light brown. Wings subhyaline,
slightly more yellowed basally, veins pale brown. Very sparse trichia on outer ends of veins
R5 and M1+,. Venation: Sci ending about opposite midlength of Rs, Sc2 not apparent;vein R3 short, erect in type, suberect in other specimens, distance on costa between R1+i
and R3 about one and one-half times the length of the latter vein; vein R4 unusually long,subequal to R2+3+4;basal section of vein M3 variable in length, in cases, including holotype,very short; m-cu at from one-third to one-half M3+4; cell 2nd A broad.
Abdomen dark brown, hypopygium yellowish brown. Ovipositor with cerci very longand slender, nearly straight. Male hypopygium with outer dististyle only slightly expanded atouter end. Gonapophysis with apical blade elongate, narrow, about twice as broad as the stem.

HOLOTYPE:$, Ranibagh, Naini Tal, Pauri Garhwal, Kumaon, Uttar Pradesh,
India, 1,778 feet,October 13, 1958 (Schmid).
ALLOTYPE:
9, Salkhola,Pauri Garhwal, 4,240 feet,August 22, 1958.
PARATOPOTYPES: 2 8$ , pinned with
The most
Alexanderand

1 male, withallotype.

similar regional species include Rhabdomastix(S.) emodicola Alexander, which differ

and R.

in further minor

flagellar

type. Paratype,segmentscharacters.

unitedThe

first named

into a fusion-segment

almorae(Sacandaga)in the short vein R4
species has the proximal

whereasin the present

fly all

flagellarsegmentsare distinct, suggesting the specificname.
Ormosia (Parormosia) saturnina, n. sp.
Thoracic dorsum light brown, unpatterned, postnotum and pleura darker brown; haltereslight yellow; legs black; wings strongly infuscated, restrictedly variegated by whitened areas,
including especially the cord and outer end of cell 1st M2, the color including the veins;
abdomen dark brown.
FEMALE:Length about 6mm.; wing 6.5 mm.
Rostrum and palpi black. Antennae basally light yellow, outer segments brownish black.
Head dark brown.
Thoracic dorsum light brown, unpatterned, pseudosutural foveae almost concolorous, post
notum darker brown. Pleura dark brown to brownish black, dorsopleural membrane brownish
yellow. Halteres light yellow. Legs with coxae brownish black, trochanters obscure yellow;
femora black, remainder of legs slightly paler, brownish black. Wings strongly infuscated,
especially the costal third, sparsely variegated by paler areas that include broad diffuse
more

at cord and outer end of cell 1st M2, witha smaller spot at origin
markings
the pale color including
the veins;a small more
mark
at either
stigma withyellowedveins pale brown,
distalsectionof R5 darker brown.
Venation:end, the outer one smaller;
at fork of M.
three times R2s+; m-cu
Ra about
whitenedof Rs,

Abdomen uniformly dark brown. Ovipositor with valves very slender, cerci gently up
curved,more yellowed.

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HOLOTYPE:9, Jhum La, Northeast Frontier Agency, Kameng, Assam, India,
7,800 feet,May 13-14, 1961 (Schmid).
The most similar species is Ormosia (Parormosia) discalba Alexander, from
Northeastern Burma that differs evidently in the wing markings, the whitened
pattern being reduced to a single small area at the fork of vein M.
Erioptera (Erioptera) connata, n. sp.
Allied to litostyla; general coloration yellowed, head slightly darker; antennae, halteresand legs yellow; wings pale whitish yellow; male hypopygium with outer dististyle a slendersmooth rod that narrows to a subacute point, inner style about two-thirds as long, anentirely pale blade that bears a small fingerlike lobule at near midlength of outer margin;
gonapophysis a slender blackened spine; aedeagus a flattened subhyaline shield without alateral blackened spine, the two enclosed filaments terminating before the apex.
MALE: Length about 4.5 mm.; wing 4.7 mm.; antenna about 1mm.
Rostrum light brown, palpi dark brown, terminal segment about one-fourth longer thanthe penultimate and more slender. Antennae yellow. Head brown, eyes very large.
Pronotum light yellow. Mesonotum fulvous, sides of praescutum more yellowed. Pleurafulvous with a narrow pale brown longitudinal stripe from and including the fore coxae,
continued backward to base of abdomen, passing beneath the halteres. Halteres uniformly
yellow. Legs with fore coxae darkened, as described, remaining coxae and all trochanterslight yellow; remainder of legs uniformly yellow. Wings pale whitish yellow, veins slightly
darkeryellow,trichiabrown.

Venation:

R2+3+4 and R2+3 subequal;

m-cu

at

fork

of M;

vein

2nd A very strongly sinuous at near midlength.
Abdomen yellowed, tergites vaguely infuscated medially, subterminal segments more
extensively darkened. Male hypopygium with dististyles nearly terminal, outer apical angleof basistyle with very long setae, the longest about four-fifths the length of longer
style. Outer dististyle a slender smooth rod, very gently curved, outer half more darkened;
inner

style

about

two-thirds

as

long,

appearingas an entirely

pale

blade

that

narrows

to anobtuse point, on outermargin at near midlength with an appressed fingerlike lobule. Gonapoph
ysis a very slender blackened spine. Aedeagus a flattened subhyaline shield, the enclosed
filaments ending before apex, margins of style not provided with a blackened spine as inlitostyla.

HOLOTYPE:$, Doling, Sikkim, 5,900 feet, April 29, 1959 (Schmid).
In general appearance
the present fly is similar to Erioptera(Erioptera)litostyla Alexander, likewise from Sikkim. Both species have the structure of theaedeagus generally the same, the genital filaments ending before the arched andflattened apex, in litostyla bearing a strong blackened spine that resembles the
gonapophysis, presenting the appearance of four apophyses instead of the normal
single pair.