Tipula (V.) nubeculosa, Meigen, 1804

Starkevich, Pavel, Podenas, Sigitas & Gelhaus, Jon K., 2020, Taxonomic review of Tipula (Vestiplex Bezzi) crane flies (Diptera: Tipulidae) in Mongolia, Zootaxa 4837 (1), pp. 1-88 : 59

Tipula (V.) nubeculosa species group

The nubeculosa group was proposed by Mannheims (1953) and the list of species was revised by Savchenko (1964) and includes the following species: T. (V.) cisalpina Riedel, 1913 , T. (V.) hemapterandra Bezzi, 1924 , T. (V.) hortorum Linnaeus, 1758 , T. (V.) nubeculosa Meigen, 1804 and T. (V.) saccai Mannheims, 1950 . Males of this group are characterized by the following features: gonocoxite large with extended apex, tergite 9 forming plate reduced in size. The members of the nubeculosa species group are mainly distributed in the West Palaearctic, except T. (V.) nubeculosa which also occurs in the Eastern Palaearctic, including Mongolia.