Molophilus (Molophilus) lauri Alexander, 1945

Ribeiro, Guilherme Cunha, Lamas, Carlos José Einicker & Azevedo, Leisa Nathalie Silva De, 2007, A catalogue of the types of Limoniidae and Tipulidae (Diptera: Tipulomorpha) in the collection of the Museu de Zoologia da Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil, Zootaxa 1497, pp. 1-22 : 11

Molophilus (Molophilus) lauri Alexander, 1945

Alexander, 1945b: 39–40 (original description); 43, figure 17 (male terminalia). Type locality: Brazil, São Paulo, Salesópolis, Estação Biológica de Boracéia.

Holotype male with labels: (1) printed on white paper: “ BRAZIL – S. Paulo | Boracea 900ms. | 13. IV. 1942 | Almeida & Trav. F o [Travassos Filho]”; (2) printed with handwritten inscriptions on red paper: “ HOLOTYPE | Molophilus | lauri | C. P. Alexander”.

Preservation: mounted at the tip of a pinned paper triangle; part of abdomen with terminalia mounted on plastic slide pinned with the specimen. Missing parts: antennae, left wing and most legs except left middle leg.