Tipula (Vestiplex) Bezzi 1924
Creators: name: Starkevich, Pavel
name: Podėnas, Sigitas
name: Sivell, Duncan
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2022
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Diptera
Tipulidae
Tipula

description: List of Tipula (Vestiplex) species from the Western Himalayas
Tipula (Vestiplex) avicularia Edwards, 1928
Tipula (Vestiplex) levisoni sp. nov.
Tipula (Vestiplex) mitchelli Edwards, 1927
Tipula (Vestiplex) opilionimorpha aligera Savchenko, 1956
Tipula (Vestiplex) tanycera Alexander, 1961
Key to Tipula (Vestiplex) species from the Western Himalayas
Males
1 Femora with yellow preapical ring. Abdominal segments 1–4 and base of segment 5 yellow, remainder black. Hypopygium with epandrium divided at midline by pale membrane. Appendages of hypandrium present … Tipula (Vestiplex) avicularia
- Femora darkened at tip, without preapical yellow ring. Abdominal segments with hypopygium of similar colour or slightly darker (Figs 1, 21, 38). Hypopygium with epandrium entire, not divided by membrane medially (Figs 7, 24, 43). Appendages of hypandrium absent.................................................................................. 2
2 Antenna with flagellar segments nearly cylindrical. Epandrium forming sclerotised plate with middorsal furrow, anterior border not elevated........................................................ Tipula (Vestiplex) opilionimorpha aligera
- Antenna with flagellar segments distinctly enlarged at base (Fig. 2). Epandrium forming dark brown, polished, sclerotised saucer-shaped plate (Figs 7, 24, 43)....................................................................... 3
3. Thorax blackish, heavily dusted with grey pruinescence (Fig. 22). Epandrium rectangular in outline (Fig. 24). Inner gonostylus without middorsal tooth (Fig. 27).................................................... Tipula (Vestiplex) mitchelli
- Thorax brownish, thinly dusted with grey pruinescence (Figs 2, 39). Epandrium crescent-shaped (Figs 7, 43). Inner gonostylus with middorsal tooth (Figs 10, 46)........................................................................ 4
4 Antenna reaching base of abdomen when bent backwards. Epandrium with large posterolateral tooth; posterior margin with deep median incision (Figs 5, 7). Outer gonostylus flattened, leaf-shaped (Fig. 9)....... Tipula (Vestiplex) levisoni sp. nov.
- Antenna almost reaching middle of the abdomen when bent backwards. Epandrium with distinctly small posterolateral tooth; posterior margin with shallow median emargination (Figs 41, 43). Outer gonostylus nearly oval (Fig. 45).............................................................................................. Tipula (Vestiplex) tanycera
Females
(Note: Females of T. (V.) avicularia remain undescribed)
1 Wing well-developed, extending beyond middle of abdomen (Fig. 3)............................................ 3
- Wing reduced, brachypterous (Fig. 23).................................................................... 2
2 Cercus distally slightly expanded with deep, wide serrations. Hypovalva comprising long filament, its length reaching 2/3 of cercus............................................................. Tipula (Vestiplex) opilionimorpha aligera
- Cercus nearly slender, with gentle serrations (Fig. 32). Hypovalva comprising short filament (Fig. 34), its length reaching base of cercus....................................................................... Tipula (Vestiplex) mitchelli
3 Body length exceeds 30 mm (33.8–38.2 mm). Cercus with small, indistinct serrations, tip broadly rounded (Fig. 15)............................................................................... Tipula (Vestiplex) levisoni sp. nov.
- Body length less than 20 mm (13.5–15.9 mm). Cercus with distinct serrations on distal end, tip narrowed (Fig. 51)...................................................................................... Tipula (Vestiplex) tanycera
description: Published as part of Starkevich, Pavel, Podėnas, Sigitas & Sivell, Duncan, 2022, Tipula (Vestiplex) levisoni sp. nov., a new cranefly (Diptera, Tipulidae) from the Western Himalayas, pp. 131-145 in Zootaxa 5115 (1) on pages 132-133, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5115.1.9, http://zenodo.org/record/6346178