Metalimnobia (Metalimnobia) tenua Savchenko, 1976

Jiang, Ye & Zhang, Xiao, 2020, New Metalimnobia crane flies (Diptera, Limoniidae) from China with an update of species distributions, ZooKeys 1008, pp. 93-105 : 93

Metalimnobia (Metalimnobia) tenua Savchenko, 1976

Metalimnobia quadrinotata tenua Savchenko & Krivolutskaya, 1976: 151. Type locality: Russia, several localities in Eastern Siberia and the Far East

Specimens examined.

1 male, China: Sichuan, Pingwu, Wanglang National Nature Reserve, Shuizhagou (32°54'16"N, 104°09'34"E, 2447 m), 2016.VII.20, Yizhe Li.

Diagnosis.

Pleuron brownish yellow, variegated by darker areas. Femora each brownish yellow with two rings, apical ring black, subapical ring slightly paler and spreading over half of femora. Wing brownish with two relatively large spots at base. Sc1 ending beyond fork of Rs, Sc2 shorter than Sc1; basal section of CuA1 before fork of M. Inner gonostylus divided into three lobes. Paramere subtriangular, tip slightly acute and bare (Fig. 4b, e ).

Distribution

(new record in bold). China (Ningxia, Sichuan); Austria, Czech Rep., Italy, Finland, Japan, Kazakhstan, Mongolia, Norway, Russia, Slovakia, Sweden ( Oosterbroek 2020).

Remarks.

Metalimnobia (M.) tenua is widespread in the Palearctic region. In China, this species was previously only known in Ningxia and is now recorded in Sichuan for the first time. For descriptions and illustrations of this species, see Savchenko and Krivolutskaya (1976), Savchenko (1983), Podenas and Gelhaus (2007) and Mao and Yang (2010).

Figures

Figure 4. Details of male genitalia of Metalimnobia a-c parameres and aedeagus, dorsal view a M. (M.) bicolor sp. nov. b M. (M.) tenua c M. (M.) caudifusca sp. nov. d-h tip of paramere d M. (M.) bicolor sp. nov. e M. (M.) tenua f M. (M.) caudifusca sp. nov. g M. (M.) quadrimaculata h M. (M.) rectangularis g, h after Mao and Yang 2010.