PTYCHOPTERIDAE

Papp, L., Merz, B. & Földvári, M., 2006, DIPTERA OF THAILAND A summary of the families and genera with references to the species representations, Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae 52 (2), No. 2, pp. 97-269 : 110

PTYCHOPTERIDAE

Bittacomorphella thaiensis ALEXANDER, 1953 b (p. 98) and Ptychoptera chalybeata ALEXANDER, 1956 b (p. 75) were described from Thailand. We managed to capture the former species, which is still considered to be endemic (7 indiv.). We have no specimens of Ptychoptera from Thailand.

Bittacomorphella thaiensis ALEXANDER, 1953 – 2 m: PF04/3 (Doi Suthep ); 2 m: PF04/8 (Doi Inthanon); 1 m: PF04/11 (Doi Suthep ); 2 m: PF04/12 (Doi Suthep ). Its description was based on two females from Chiang Mai (Doi Chom Cheng and nr Wat at Doi Suthep ), so all but two specimens were captured at its type locality. The peculiarities of this phantom crane fly inspired us to publish its habitus figure here (Fig. 1) .