Trypetolimnia Mayer 1953

19. Trypetolimnia Mayer, 1953 (New record)

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Trypetolimnia Mayer, 1953: 215. Type species: Trypetolimnia rossica Mayer, 1953 (monotypy).

Diagnosis. Frontal vitta wide and shining. Face with black median spot. Anepisternum and anepimeron bare. Upper posterior margin of katepisternum with 2 long setae. Only 1 pair of postalar setae. Wing hyaline with distinct reticulated pattern.

Remarks. This monotypic genus comprises only 1 described species, Trypetolimnia rossica Mayer, 1953, which is restricted to the Palearctic Region.

Before our study, Trypetolimnia had never been recorded from China. We determined 3 females of T. rossica from Liaoning Province, Xingjiang, and Qinghai Province, all of which are in the Palearctic Region of China. This is the first record of Trypetolimnia from China.

Specimens examined. 1♀, CHINA, Xinjiang, Akesu, 2400 m, 1977. VI. 19, Changjiang Li (IZCAS); 1♀, CHINA, Qinghai, Yushu, 3750 m, 1964. VII. 4, Shuyong Wang (IZCAS); 1♀, CHINA, Liaoning, Shenyang, 2016. IV. 4–19, collectors unknown (CAU).