Tipula (V.) excisa, Schummel, 1833

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 : 23

Tipula (V.) excisa species group

The excisa species group was proposed by Mannheims (1953) and discussed by Theowald & Mannheims (1963) and Savchenko (1964). Males of the excisa group are characterized by the following features: gonocoxite hornshaped, tergite 9 forming a black polished plate with toothed posterior margin and two lateral and one medial spine- or horn-shaped projections. The excisa group is distributed in the Palaearctic Region and includes the following species: T. (V.) crolina Dufour, 1992 , T. (V.) excisa Schummel, 1833 , T. (V.) franzi Mannheims, 1950 , T. (V.) hemiptera Mannheims, 1953 , T. (V.) mediovittata Mik, 1889 , T. (V.) montana Curtis, 1834 , T. (V.) riedeliana Mannheims, 1953 and T. (V.) sexspinosa Strobl, 1898 .