Tipula (Pterelachisus) curvistylus Eiroa

Hancock, E. Geoffrey, Hewitt, Stephen M., Horsfield, David, Lyszkowsi, Richard M., Macgowan, Iain, Ricarte, Antonio, Rotheray, Graham E. & Watt, Kenneth, 2015, Nematocera flies recorded in Serra do Courel, northwest Spain, May 2012 (Diptera: Anisopodidae, Blepharoceridae, Cylindrotomidae, Limoniidae, Pediciidae, Tipulidae and Trichoceridae) including descriptions of two new species of Limoniidae, Zootaxa 3911 (2), pp. 231-244 : 232

Note on Tipula (Pterelachisus) curvistylus Eiroa

Eiroa (1990) described Tipula curvistylus from the same part of Spain, a species we found also in 2012. Dissection of a male in order to make the initial identification allows the inclusion of some additional detail. The outer clasper, or dististyle, viewed from another angle to her figure gives a different appearance in profile ( Figures 1 and 2 ). The opportunity to illustrate the aedeagus has been taken ( Figure 3 ); only the apex can be seen in a figure in Eiroa (1990).

Figures

FIGURE 1. Inner view of left gonocoxite of Tipula curvistylus Eiroa from slide mount of example from Alto do Couto, Lugo, May 2012.

FIGURE 2. Inner view of left gonocoxite of Tipula curvistylus Eiroa, figure 6 from Eiroa (1990).

FIGURE 3. Aedeagus and ejaculatory apparatus (pump) of Tipula curvistylus Eiroa from slide mount of example from Alto do Couto, Lugo, May 2012.