Tipulidae

Hancock, E. Geoffrey, Hewitt, Stephen M., Horsfield, David, Lyszkowsi, Richard M., Macgowan, Iain, Ricarte, Antonio, Rotheray, Graham E. & Watt, Kenneth, 2015, Nematocera flies recorded in Serra do Courel, northwest Spain, May 2012 (Diptera: Anisopodidae, Blepharoceridae, Cylindrotomidae, Limoniidae, Pediciidae, Tipulidae and Trichoceridae) including descriptions of two new species of Limoniidae, Zootaxa 3911 (2), pp. 231-244 : 242

Tipulidae

Nephrotoma appendiculata spp. pertenua Oosterbroek. Common at Alto do Couto, along roadside, 1300m, E.G. Hancock.

Nephrotoma flavescens (Linnaeus) . Near Field Station, Seoane do Courel, 28 May 2012; swept on woodland edge, nr Moreda, E.G. Hancock.

Nephrotoma guestfalica (Westhoff) . Near Field Station, Seoane do Courel, 28 May 2012, one male, E.G. Hancock.

Nephrotoma sullingtonensis Edwards. Swept on woodland edge, nr Moreda, 29 May 2012, E.G. Hancock.

Tipula (Acutipula) maxima Poda. Common at all sites, larvae identified from stream margin sediment near Seoane do Courel, 25–29 May 2012, E.G. Hancock.

Tipula (Emodotipula) obscuriventris Strobl. Larva from moss on rock in river, nr Moreda, 23 May 2012, adult female emerged 6 June 2012, D. Horsfield.

Tipula (Lunatipula) cava Riedel. Larva in detritus in pine stump, nr. Seoane do Courel, 26 May 2012, I. MacGowan.

Tipula (Lunatipula) pilicauda Pierre. Two adult females emerged from larvae in moss at base of a Castanea tree (sweet chestnut) near Moreda, 27 May 2012, E.G. Hancock and D. Horsfield. New to Galicia. This species has not been reared before. Adults were collected from marshland habitat by Oosterbroek & Eiroa (2004).

Tipula (Lunatipula) pustulata Pierre. At Field Station at Seoane do Courel, 29 May 2012; swept on woodland edge, nr Moreda, 27 May 2012, E.G. Hancock.

Tipula (Lunatipula) trigona Mannheims. Common at all valley sites but not above the altitude of 900m, E.G. Hancock. New to Galicia.

Tipula (Lunatipula) vernalis Meigen. Common at all sites, including Alto do Couto at 1300m.

Tipula (Pterelachisus) curvistylus Eiroa. Near Field Station at Seoane do Courel, 27 May 2012, I. MacGowan; swept on woodland edge, nr Moreda; Alto do Couto (1300m) and near Formigueros at 1500m, E.G. Hancock. Eiroa (1990) did not figure the aedeagus and it is illustrated here ( Figure 3 ) and an alternative view of the gonocoxite (with dististyles) is added also ( Figure 2 ).

Figures

FIGURE 2. Inner view of left gonocoxite of Tipula curvistylus Eiroa, figure 6 from Eiroa (1990).

FIGURE 3. Aedeagus and ejaculatory apparatus (pump) of Tipula curvistylus Eiroa from slide mount of example from Alto do Couto, Lugo, May 2012.