Limonia (Limonia) swezeyana, Alexander, 1942

Alexander, C. P., 1942, Diptera, Tipulidae of Guam, Insects of Guam I, Honolulu. Hawaii: Bernice P. Bishop Museum, Bulletin, 172, pp. 195-198 : 195-196

4. Limonia (Limonia) swezeyana , new species.

Belongs to the albitarsis group; general coloration of mesonotum medium brown; pleura paler; legs brown, the tarsi snowy white, involving about the distal fourth or fifth of the basitarsus; wings with a strong brownish tinge; Sci ending about opposite two-fifths the length of Rs; male hypopygium with two rostral spines. Male, length about 5 mm., wing 5.5 mm.; female, length about 5 mm., wing, 5 mm.

Rostrum and palpi black. Antennae black throughout. Head dark.

Mesonotum almost uniformly medium brown; pleura paler. Halteres dark brown. Legs brown, the tarsi snowy white, this including about the distal fourth or fifth of the basitarsus, as well as the outer tarsal segments. Wings with a strong brownish tinge; stigma not or scarcely darker; veins dark brown. Venation: Sci ending about opposite two-fifths the length of Rs, Sc2 a short distance from its tip; free tip of Sc2 lying a short distance beyond the level of R2; m-cu close to fork of ill.

Abdominal tergites dark brown, the caudal borders of the segments a trifle paler. Male hypopygium with the tergite transverse, the setae apical. Basistyle relatively long, the lobes much as in albitarsis . Dorsal dististyle a nearly straight, stout rod. Ventral dististyle small, the prolongation conspicuous, bearing two long conspicuous spines from a common tubercle; outer spine about four-fifths as long as the inner and a little more slender. Gonapophyses with mesal-apical lobe long, straight and very slender.

Fadian , Sept. 18, Swezey, holotype female; "ex rotten bark of dug-dug", Swezey, allotopotype male, in poor condition .

I take great pleasure in naming this species in honor of the collector, 0. H. Swezey. It is allied to Linionia (Liinonia) albitarsis (Alexander) and Limonia (L.) subalbitarsis Alexander , of the East Indies, differing in the small size and in the possession of two rostral spines on the ventral dististyle of the male hypopygium.