The Neotropical Tipulidae in the Hungariannational museum (Diptera). III
C P Alexander
Entomological News 25:205-215 (1914) http://biostor.org/reference/53233
Keywords: Lecteria; Limnophila; Limnophila kerteszi; Limnophilini; Molophilus; Molophilus flavidus;
Molophilus taurus; Psaronius; Rancagua; Tipulidae

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braconides
and, ,rnagnifico Alex.22, species with_End.n
the head black.
It differs from both of these species
andfrom all other banded winged
species, in its redclish thoracic
dorsum.
Eriocera sublima sp. n. (pl. IX, fig.
12.)
Head red; thorax black;the last segment orange;"fOo-err"fU.t,wings dark brown with a very
narrow whitl cros, band at the cord.
Female.-Length, r3.z mm.; wing, rr.4
mm. Rostrump"fpil".f.
brown; antenne with the scapal segments"nadeep orange_red,
flagellars.egmentsdark brown; fron! vertex and.occiput
fiery orange, tir""gan*darker.
Thorax dark brownish black, the mesonotum
without well defined
stripes. Halteres black.
Legs very dark brownish black, the tips of thetibia and the tarsi
mgch paler, light brown.
Wings dark brown, the alar band white and.
very narrow, of abouttlre same width as the cell tstMz; anal celis
oitfr" *irg ,;;:J;;]il:
Venation, see Plate IX, figure rz.
Abdominal segments dark brown, the last
segment abruptly fieryorange,_Holotype, female, -Minas Geraes, Brazll, tg97. Ex Coll.
Fruhstorfer, in the Hungarian NationalMuseum.
This species differs from all of theforms with banded
wings in the very narrow, white alar band,and in itp very darkbrownish coloration.
Eriocera_chrysoptera
Walker. (pl. f& ng. re.l
1856. Limnobia chrysopteroWalkerj Iis.
Saunders,vol. r, Dipt.,
p.4,8.
rgoz. L. chrysopteraKertesz; Cat. Dipt., vol, z, p.
r7r.
r9r_3.EriocerachrysopteraAlexander; proc.
U.-S. Nat. Mus.; vol.
44, No. rffi, p. 4go.
rgr4. EriocerachrysopteraAlexander;psyche,vol. zr,p. 37.
Female.-Length,
r8.g mm.; wing ,3.6 ,rr_. Rostrum,"i"tpi,tenne and head very deepblack.
"n_Thorax black. Halteres short, black.
Legs, coxe and trochantersblack, basal portionof femora d.ark
brownishblack, this dark basenarroweston thefore legs, bioadeston the hind legs where it coversalmostone-thirdof the ;.;*.;;;;of femora black, the middle portion bright yellow;
tibia and tarsi
very dark brown.
zzAlexander,
psyche,vol. zr, pp.3Z
3g; pt.i, ni. Z egril.''

Wlings bright golden yellow, the anal cells gray; tip of the wingfrom the cord outward dark brown. Venation, see Plate IX, figure r3.
Abdomen black.
Twospecimens, one a female, one withthe abdomen brok-en, from Coroico,Bolivia. I have but little doubt that this is
Walker's chrysoptera;the type in the B,ritishMuseumhas lost
all the legs,which are quite distinctivein this species.
Eriocera . ohausiana Eirderlein.
!9r2, Eriocera ohauswna Enderlein; Zool. lahrb., vol. 32, pt. r,
pp. 45, 46, fig. Ar,
t9I3. Eriocera ohausiana Alexander; Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol.
, 44, No. t966, p. 4go.
t9r4. .Eriocera ohausianaAlexander; Psyche, vol. zr, p. 36.
One male, Sierra, San Lorenzo, Colombia; Ujhelyi, coll.
One male, one female, Callanga, Peru.
One female fromSongo, Bolivia.
One female from Coroico, Bolivia.
These specimens vary much in intensity of the wing-pattern and in coloration, but I cannot find characters which will
justify specific separation.
.The two females from Bolivia
lack the dark femoral apices and have the abdominal tergites
5-7 blackish, the wing much more uniform in coloration, etc.
The female from Peru has the legs dark brown and lacks
black colorationon the abdomen.
one female, for my collection.

I have retained one male,

ExplaNaTron or' Pr.itn IX.
Figure r. Hypopygium of. Motophitus taurus sp. n.; ventral apicalappendagefrom beneath.
' Figure z. Hypopygium of. M, flaaid,ussp. n.; ventral apical appendage from beneath.
Figure 3. Hypopygium of Al[. guatemalensis Alexander; ventral apical appendagefrom beneathFigure 4. Hypopygiuno of. fu[. sagittarius sp. n.; ventral apical appendage from beneath.
Figure 5. Wing of Sigmatomera occulta sp. n.
Eigure 6. Wing of Rhabdomastir illudens sp. n.
Figure 7. Wlng of Gnophomyia leraicar sp, n.
Figure 8. Wing of G. maestitia sp. n. ..Figure 9. Wing of Lecteria abnormis sp. n.
Figure ro. Wing of Limnophila kerteszi sp. n.
Figure rr. Wing of Eriocera perdecora sp. n.
Figure rz. Wing of E. swblima sp. n.
Figure 13. Wing of E. chrysoptera W'alker.