2. Tipula (Formotipula) melanomera melanomera Walker, 1848 Figs 11-14

Tipula melanomera Walker 1848: 68. Type locality: Nepal.

Tipula (Formotipula) melanomera: Edwards 1932: 238.

Diagnosis.

Hypopygium covered with dense long setae. Clasper of the gonostylus slender; beak short with a long tuber which directed upward; dorsal margin bearing a sickle-shaped prominence which directed anteriorly (Savchenko 1960: 888, fig. 1).

Material examined.

Recorded from Nepal and Upper Burma (BMNH).

Distribution.

India (Assam), Laos, Myanmar, Nepal.