Catalogue of the Craneflies of the World: Brithura fracticosta (Alexander, 1935)

Catalogue of the Craneflies of the World

(Diptera, Tipuloidea: Pediciidae, Limoniidae, Cylindrotomidae, Tipulidae)

Name:	Brithura fracticosta (Alexander, 1935)
Publication:	Philipp. J. Sci. 57: 90 (as Tipula)
Status:	Recognized taxon.
Classification:	Family Tipulidae Subfamily Tipulinae
Descriptive note:	Type-material: Blech and Rohlfien, 1987.
Keys:	Liu and Yang, 2009, 2010a (World species Brithura); Liu, 2011 (Chinese genera Tipulidae, species Brithura) (in Chinese); Chen et al., 2025 (Brithura China, males)

Distribution:	China (Chongqing, Sichuan);; China (Jiangxi).
Region(s):	Eastpalaearctic;; Oriental
General note:	Kwanhsien, mentioned with the type-locality, is referred to as Guanxian in Sichuan by Liu, 2011, and as Dujiangyan in Sichuan by Gao, 2021. To be confirmed for China (Taiwan), Taiwan (in Liu, 2011 and Liu et al., 2020b).
Figure references:	Wing: Alexander, 1935f (orig descr) Hypopygium: Alexander, 1935f (orig descr)

Citations	on characters and taxonomy (mainly from 2000 onward):
	China Taxonomy. Liu, 2011: 60 (short descr, distr) (in Chinese).
	on distribution (mainly from 2000 onward):
	China Distribution. Bin et al., 2010: 266 (loc(s) Chongqing, distr) (in Chinese). Distribution. Liu, 2011: 60 (short descr, distr) (in Chinese). Distribution. Oosterbroek in litt., 2025: (loc(s) Jiangxi).
	on flight period (mainly from 2000 onward):
	China Oosterbroek in litt., 2025: month(s): 8.