Tipula (Vestiplex) Bezzi 1924
Creators: name: Yang, Qi-cheng
name: Li, Yan
name: Pan, Zhao-hui
name: Liu, Xiao-yan
name: Yang, Ding
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2021
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Diptera
Tipulidae
Tipula

description: Subgenus Vestiplex Bezzi, 1924
Key to species (male) of Vestiplex from Tibet, China
1. Posterior margin of tergite 9 broadly depressed, wide and flat ......................................................... 2
– Tergite 9 with appendages or divided into two parts ........................................................................ 4
2. Wing reduced in both sexes; inner gonostylus blunt .......................................................................... ................................................................. T. (V.) opilionimorpha opilionimorpha Savchenko, 1955
– Wing fully developed, or only reduced in female; inner gonostylus slender .................................. 3
3. Body mainly yellow; gonocoxite ends with strong spine .............. T. (V.) subscripta Edwards, 1928
– Body mainly blackish; gonocoxite unarmed ................................... T. (V.) scandens Edwards, 1928
4. Ventral surface of tergite 9 with a pair of appendages, strong or weak ............................................ 5
– Tergite 9 without appendages, divided into two parts, lobed ......................................................... 14
5. Ventral armature of tergite 9 black and bifid ................................. T. (V.) eurydice Alexander, 1961
– Ventral armature of tergite 9 yellow or not bifid .............................................................................. 6
6. Arms of ventral surface of tergite 9 leaf-shaped; suture between tergite 9 and gonocoxite with a spiny projection ....................................................................................... T. (V.) platyphylla sp. nov.
– Arms of ventral surface of tergite 9 not leaf-shaped; suture between tergite 9 and gonocoxite without a spiny projection .............................................................................................................................. 7
7. Ventral surface of tergite 9 with a pair of strong arms with granulated margin; without distinct appendages on sternite 9 ................................................................................................................... 8
– Arms of tergite 9 weak or smooth, without granulated margin; sternite 9 with appendages ......... 10
8. Posterior margin of gonocoxite spiny; posterior margin of inner gonostylus swollen ..................... 9
– Posterior margin of gonocoxite hook-like; inner gonostylus not swollen .......................................... .................................................................................................................. T. (V.) motuoensis sp. nov.
9. Inner gonostylus with lower beak; outer gonostylus anteriorly bent, posterior margin of basal half truncated ................................................................................................... T. (V.) uncinella sp. nov.
– Inner gonostylus without lower beak; outer gonostylus spoon-like ....... T. (V.) magatama sp. nov.
10. Arms of tergite 9 slender; lower beak of inner gonostylus with bent angle; apex of outer gonostylus truncated relatively ..........................................................................................................................11
– Arms of tergite 9 not slender, lower beak of inner gonostylus without bent angle; apex of outer gonostylus oval ............................................................................................................................... 12
11. Stripe of prescutum with dark brown margin; arms of tergite 9 sharp; appendages of sternite 9 truncated at tip ........................................................................... T. (V.) adungensis Alexander, 1963
– Stripe of prescutum with pale margin; arms of tergite 9 not sharp; appendages of sternite 9 with rather acute tip .......................................................................... T. (V.) rongtoensis Alexander, 1963
12. Posterior margin of gonocoxite short thorn-like; appendages of sternite 9 strong, bifurcate at the apex; lower beak of inner gonostylus usual ................................. T. (V.) distifurca Alexander, 1942
– Posterior margin of gonocoxite not special or hooked; appendages of sternite 9 not bifurcate at the apex, slender or short; lower beak of inner gonostylus rolled up …............................................... 13
13. Lower posterior margin of tergite 9 with a pair of puny arms; sternite 9 with a pair of slender appendages .......................................................................................... T. (V.) nayogabuensis sp. nov.
– Arms of tergite 9 strong; appendages of sternite 9 short ............ T. (V.) zayulensis Alexander, 1963
14. Adminiculum trident-shaped .......................................................................................................... 15
– Adminiculum not trident-shaped .................................................................................................... 17
15. Outer gonostylus with protrusion; sternite 9 with appendages .... T. (V.) nigroapicalis Brunetti, 1911
– Outer gonostylus without protrusion; sternite 9 without appendages ...............................................16
16. Lower posterior margin of gonocoxite with abundant long setae; lateral processes of adminiculum very short ........................................................................................................ T. (V.) bucera sp. nov.
– Lower posterior margin of gonocoxite without long setae; lateral processes of adminiculum long ..................................................................................................... T. (V.) alyxi s Alexander, 1963
17. Sternite 9 with appendages, the tips of which are shaped like a bird’s head ...................................... ........................................................................................................ T. (V.) avicularia Edwards, 1928
– Sternite 9 without appendages ................................................... T. (V.) himalayensis Brunetti, 1911
description: Published as part of Yang, Qi-cheng, Li, Yan, Pan, Zhao-hui, Liu, Xiao-yan & Yang, Ding, 2021, Six new species of Tipula (Vestiplex) Bezzi (Diptera, Tipulidae) from Tibet, pp. 152-192 in European Journal of Taxonomy 764 (1) on pages 154-155, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2021.764.1477, http://zenodo.org/record/5514464