Diptera

Theischinger, Gunther, 2013, Dr Donald H. Colless, in Memoriam, Zootaxa 3680 (1), pp. 210-211 : 210

Diptera , Tipulidae :

Collessophila Theischinger 1994 ; Stapfia 26: 150.

Type species: Collessophila chookachooka Theischinger 1994 by monotypy. Amphineurus (Amphineurus) collessi Theischinger 1994 ; Stapfia 35: 169. Austrolimnophila (Austrolimnophila) collessiana Theischinger 1996 ; Stapfia 44: 26. Dolichopeza (Dolichopeza) collessi Theischinger 1993 ; Linzer biol. Beitr. 25(2): 881. Epiphragma (Epiphragma) collessi Theischinger 1996 ; Stapfia 44: 37. Gynoplistia (Gynoplistia) collessi Theischinger 1994 ; Stapfia 36: 6. Idiocera (Idiocera) collessi Theischinger 1994 ; Stapfia 36: 216.

Molophilus (Lyriomolophilus) collessi Theischinger 1988 : Stapfia 17: 177; (described as Molophilus (Molophilus) collessi ).

Having found out about Don’s death after his funeral, I wish to pay my respect and show my gratitude not with a bunch of flowers but with a bunch of Dapanoptera (Tipulidae) wings from species he collected (see overleaf). The members of this genus have aptly been referred to as the Birds of Paradise of the tipulid world by the family’s greatest student and Don’s colleague, Charles Alexander.