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Angarotipula

Description

Key to word species of genus Angarotipula

1. Wing with cell m1 sessile, as in genus Nephrotoma (Alexander 1919, p 25, Pl. I, fig. 8)............................................. ..................................................................................................................................... A. parrioides (Alexander, 1919)

- Wing with cell m1 long petiolate.................................................................................................................................. 2

2. Antenna with first flagellomere as long as second flagellomere (Alexander 1967, p 167, fig. 10).............................. ............................................................................................................................................... A. illustris (Doane, 1901)

- Antenna with first flagellomere much longer than second flagellomere...................................................................... 3

3. Tergites of abdomen with black or brown central stripe..............................................................................................4

- Tergites of abdomen uniform in color........................................................................................................................ 12

4. First flagellomere three times as long as scape; tergite 9 with lateral angles broadly rounded, posterior margin nearly straight (Savchenko, 1961, p 359, fig. 213)................................................................... A. rubzovi (Savchenko, 1961)

- First flagellomere subequal to scape in length; tergite 9 not as above......................................................................... 5

5. Flagellum uniform in color, brownish ochreous; R3 curved, as in genus Holorusia (Edwards, 1926, p 51)............... .............................................................................................................................................. A. indica (Edwards, 1926)

- Flagellomeres 1–3 different from other flagellomeres in color; R3 not curved........................................................... 6

6. Posterior margin of tergite 9 thickened, laterally expanded but not produced into process; clasper of gonostylus ventrally produced posteriorly, tip hook-like (Savchenko, 1961, p 355, fig. 211) ...... A. tumidicornis (Lundstrom, 1907)

- Characters not as above................................................................................................................................................ 7

7. Posterolateral margin of tergite 9 with a spine-like process......................................................................................... 8

- Posterolateral margin of tergite 9 without spine-like process..................................................................................... 10

8. Spine-like process on posterolateral margin of tergite 9 long; clasper of gonostylus ventrally produced into small spine-like process (Alexander, 1935, p 131, Pl. III, fig. 42; Savchenko, 1961, p 356, fig. 212)................................... ..................................................................................................................................... A. laetipennis (Alexander,1935)

- Spine-like process on posterior margin of tergite 9 short............................................................................................. 9

9. Tergite 9 with a small obtuse process and a small spine-like process on posterolateral margin; lobe of gonostylus narrow, but distinctly narrowed at midlength (Fig. 15) ............................................................... A. biprocessa sp. nov.

- Tergite 9 with only a small spine-like process on posterolateral margin; lobe of gonostylus broad, not narrowed at midlength (Alexander, 1966, p 266, Pl. V, fig. 45) ..................................................... A. xuthoptera (Alexander, 1966)

10. Lobe of gonostylus long and narrow, the length about four and one-half times the diameter, parallel-sided, outer end narrowed and slightly curved, without protuberance on posterior margin (Alexander, 1966, p 263, Pl. V, fig. 43)..... .............................................................................................................................. A. snodgrassiana (Alexander, 1966)

- Lobe of gonostylus broad, outer end narrowed and curved, with protuberance on posterior margin....................... 11

11. Lobe of gonostylus with curved apex, posterior margin before apex with a tumid, setiferous lobe; clasper of gonostylus with beak slender and elongate, tip slightly expanded (Fig. 7)............................................... A. aspina sp. nov.

- Lobe of gonostylus with apex not curved, posterior margin just before apex slightly protuberant; clasper of gonostylus with beak stout, tip slightly expanded, broadly obtuse (Alexander, 1966, p 264, Pl. V, fig. 44)............................. ....................................................................................................................................... A. frommeri (Alexander, 1966)

12. Flagellomeres 1–3 yellow, first flagellomere three times as long as scape; tergite 9 with posterior margin gently emarginate, apex armed with two widely spaced, blackened conic processes; clasper of gonostylus with base of beak broad, ventrally with a long spine-like process, tip acuminate (Yang & Yang, 1995, p 335, fig. 4)............................. ......................................................................................................................... A. heilongjiangana Yang & Yang, 1995

- Flagellum uniform in color; first flagellomere subequal to scape in length............................................................... 13

13. Abdomen uniformly black; posterior margin of tergite 9 emarginate; lobe of gonostylus long rod-like; clasper of gonostylus medially depressed, beak long and stout (Yang & Yang, 1996, p 175, fig. 36)........................................... ............................................................................................................................... A. qinghaiensis Yang & Yang, 1996

- Characters not as above ............................................................................................................................................. 14

14. Femora dark brown except tips darker and bases slightly brightened; tergites of abdomen dark gray, lateral tergal borders narrowly paler gray; midposterior margin of tergite 9 slightly produced, more or less bilobed; lobe of gonostylus stout rod-like; clasper of gonostylus medially depressed, beak long and stout (Alexander, 1964, p 107, Pl. IV, fig. 41)....................................................................................................................... A. tokunagana (Alexander, 1964)

- Femora yellow except tips broadly blackened; tergites of abdomen dark brown, lateral tergal borders narrowly more yellowish (Alexander, 1935, p 133; male unknown) .................................................... A. altivolans (Alexander, 1935)

Notes

Published as part of Liu, Qifei & Yang, Ding, 2010, Two new species of the genus Angarotipula Savchenko, with a key to world species (Diptera, Tipulidae), pp. 60-68 in Zootaxa 2653 on page 61, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.198874

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Family
Tipulidae
Genus
Angarotipula
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Diptera
Phylum
Arthropoda
Taxon rank
genus

References

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  • Alexander, C. P. (1967) The crane flies of California. Bulletin of the California Insect Survey, 8, 1 - 263.
  • Doane, R. W. (1901) Descriptions of new Tipulidae. Journal of the New York Entomological Society, 9, 97 - 127.
  • Savchenko, E. N. (1961) Crane-flies (Diptera, Tipulidae), Subfam. Tipulinae, Genus Tipula L., 1. Fauna USSR, Diptera, 2 (3) (N. S.) 79, 1 - 488 (in Russian).
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  • Lundstrom, C. (1907) Beitrage zur Kenntnis der Dipteren Finlands, 2. Tipulidae (Tipulidae Longipalpi Ost. - Sack.). Acta Societatis pro Fauna et Flora Fennica, 29 (2), 1 - 27.
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