Details for Brithura fractistigma

Name: Brithura fractistigma Alexander, 1925 Publication: Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (9) 15: 392 (as Brithura) Status: Recognized taxon. Classification: Family Tipulidae Subfamily Tipulinae Descriptive note: Description repeated (with colour plate) in Alexander, 1950w. 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) habitus male body part(s) head and thorax hypopygium wing Distribution: China (Hubei, Zhejiang);; China (Fujian, Guizhou, Jiangxi, Hainan). Region(s): Eastpalaearctic;; Oriental General note: The type-locality Kiu Kang refers to Jiujiang in Jiangxi. Distribution after Liu et al., 2020b. Figure references: Habitus: Alexander, 1950w (male) Wing: Alexander, 1925b (orig descr) Hypopygium: Alexander, 1935f; Liu, 2011 (reproduced in Li, Y. et al., 2023) Citations on characters and taxonomy (mainly from 2000 onward): China Taxonomy. Liu, 2011: 60-61 (short descr, comparison, figs) (in Chinese). Description. Li, Y. et al., 2023: 42 (short descr, fig hypopygium [of flavifagellum, error]; loc(s) Zhejiang, list of Chinese provinces) (in Chinese). on distribution (mainly from 2000 onward): China Distribution. Liu, 2011: 60-61 (loc(s) Fujian, Guizhou, Hubei, Zhejiang, Hainan) (in Chinese). Distribution. Li, Y. et al., 2023: 42 (short descr, fig hypopygium [of flavifagellum, error]; loc(s) Zhejiang, list of Chinese provinces) (in Chinese). on flight period (mainly from 2000 onward): China Liu, 2011: month(s): 4, 8.