Tipula ( Vestiplex ) coquillettiana Alexander, 1924

Tipula ( Vestiplex) coquillettiana Alexander

( Figs 1–7 View FIGURES 1–3 View FIGURES 4–7 )

Tipula coquillettiana Alexander, 1924: 605 ;

Tipula ( Vestiplex) coquillettiana: Alexander, 1934: 405 ; Savchenko, 1964: 190; Oosterbroek and Theowald, 1992:154.

Material examined. 3 males, Xinjiang, Burqin, Baihabacun , 48.67°N, 86.79°E, alt. 1630 m, 2017.VII.12, Jinlong Ren GoogleMaps ; 3 males, Xinjiang, Burqin, Baihabacun , 48.66°N, 86.79°E, alt. 1730 m, 2017.VII.13, Bing Zhang GoogleMaps ; 2 males, Xinjiang, Burqin, Kanas , 48.66°N, 87.00°E, alt. 1310 m, 2017.VII.19, Bing Zhang GoogleMaps ; 1 male, Xinjiang, Burqin, Hemu , 48.58°N, 87.45°E, alt. 1160 m, 2017.VII.21, Jinlong Ren GoogleMaps ; 1 male, Xinjiang, Burqin, Hemu , 48.58°N, 86.44°E, alt. 1130 m, 2016.VII.11, Jinlong Ren GoogleMaps ; 1 male, Xinjiang, Burqin, Hemu , 48.57°N, 86.44°E, alt. 1120 m, 2016.VII.10, Jinlong Ren GoogleMaps .

Diagnostic characters. Antenna 15-segmented, reaching base of wing if bent backward; each flagellomere except first one with enlargement at base and apex ( Fig. 1 View FIGURES 1–3 ). Prescutum and presutural scutum with four stripes ( Fig. 2 View FIGURES 1–3 ). Costal and subcostal cells yellowish-brown ( Fig. 3 View FIGURES 1–3 ). Base of tergite 9 and sternite 9 fused into a continuous ring ( Fig. 4 View FIGURES 4–7 ). Posterior margin of tergal saucer with a U-shaped median notch; anterior margin with a rectangular plate which has blackened and elevated saucer ( Fig. 5 View FIGURES 4–7 ). Gonocoxite elongated apically into a short, bifid lobe ( Fig. 6 View FIGURES 4–7 ).

Clasper of gonostylus pistol-shaped; beak with a sclerotized and obtuse apex; margin covered with long bristles dorso-laterally; concavity near basal lobe with bristles in center part ( Fig. 7 View FIGURES 4–7 ).

Elevation range in China. Adults were collected at altitudes ranging from 1100 m to 1700 m.

Period of activity. Adults were collected only in July.

Known distribution. China ( Xinjiang), Japan ( Hokkaido), Kazakhstan (east), Russia.

Remark. This is the first report of this species from China.