Molophilus (Molophilus) cautus Alexander 1947
Description
Molophilus (Molophilus) cautus Alexander, 1947
Alexander, 1947: 345–347 (original description); 339, figure 21 (male terminalia). Type locality: Brazil, São Paulo, Ferraz de Vasconcelos.
Paratype female with labels: (1) handwritten on white paper: “ Brazil | S. Paulo | Ferraz | Vascon- | celos | Aug. 46 [August, 1946] | J. Lane”; (2) printed with handwritten inscriptions on blue paper: “ PARATYPE | molophilus | cautus | C. P. Alexander”.
Preservation: mounted at the tip of a pinned paper triangle. Missing parts: antennae and most legs except middle legs.
Paratype of unknown sex with labels: (1) printed with handwritten inscriptions on white paper: “ Brazil – Rio [Rio de Janeiro] | Angra dos Reis | Alt. 50mets. | VII – 9 1945 [July 9, 1945] | Lauro Travassos”; (2) printed with handwritten inscriptions on blue paper: “ PARATYPE | Malophilus | cautus | C. P. Alexander”.
Preservation: mounted at the tip of a pinned paper triangle. Missing parts: head, right wing, most legs except left front leg and right middle leg and abdomen.
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Additional details
Identifiers
Biodiversity
- Family
- Limoniidae
- Genus
- Molophilus
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Order
- Diptera
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Scientific name authorship
- Alexander
- Species
- cautus
- Taxon rank
- species
- Taxonomic concept label
- Molophilus (Molophilus) cautus Alexander, 1947 sec. Ribeiro, Lamas & Azevedo, 2007
References
- Alexander, C. P. (1947) Notes on the tropical American species of Tipulidae (Diptera). III. The specialized Eriopterini: Rhabdomastix, Cryptolabis, Erioptera, Molophilus, Styringomyia, Toxorhina, and allies. Revista de Entomologia, 18, 317 - 360.