Details for Brithura sancta

Name: Brithura sancta Alexander, 1929 Publication: Philipp. J. Sci. 40: 317 (as Brithura) Status: Recognized taxon. Classification: Family Tipulidae Subfamily Tipulinae 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 habitus male habitus male habitus female habitus female plus 20 more images of body part(s), body part(s), body part(s), body part(s), body part(s), body part(s), body part(s), hypopygium, hypopygium, hypopygium, hypopygium, hypopygium, hypopygium, ovipositor, ovipositor, ovipositor, ovipositor, wing, wing and wing. Distribution: South Korea, China (see citations for provinces);; China (Fujian, Guizhou). Region(s): Eastpalaearctic;; Oriental General note: Chinese provinces after Li et al., 2020. Figure references: Habitus: Liu, 2011 (male); Podeniene et al., 2025 (male, female) Head: Liu, 2011; Podeniene et al., 2025 Wing: Alexander, 1929r (orig descr); Liu, 2011; Yi, 2024 Hypopygium: Alexander, 1929r (orig descr); Liu, 2011; Yi, 2024; Podeniene et al., 2025 Ovipositor: Liu, 2011; Yi, 2024; Podeniene et al., 2025 Other figures: Liu, 2011 (thorax, legs, male abdomen); Podeniene et al., 2025 (thorax) Immature stages Larva: Podeniene et al., 2025 Citations on biology (mainly from 2000 onward): South Korea Habitat. Podeniene et al., 2025: 13 (larvae were found in sandy mud under stones and leaf litter in a shallow, steep stream together with larvae of T. (Nippotipula) Matsumura, 1916). on characters and taxonomy (mainly from 2000 onward): China Description. Liu et al., 2009: 39-40 (descr, figs) (in Chinese). Taxonomy. Liu, 2011: 68-69 (short descr, comparison, figs) (in Chinese). Description. Li, Y. et al., 2023: 42-43 (short descr, fig hypopygium [apparently original]; loc(s) Zhejiang, list of Chinese provinces [not complete]) (in Chinese). Country not relevant Characters. Liu and Yang, 2010a: 53, 60 (comparison). Great Britain Characters. Li et al., 2020: 159 (short descr) (in Chinese). South Korea Description. Yi, 2024: 40 (diagnosis, fig(s)). Description. Podeniene et al., 2025: 5-21 (descr male, female, larva, comparison, phylogeny, fig(s)). on distribution (mainly from 2000 onward): China Distribution. Liu et al., 2009: 40 (list of Chinese provinces, distr) (in Chinese). Distribution. Liu, 2011: 69 (loc(s) Beijing, Hebei, Henan, Hubei, Zhejiang) (in Chinese). Distribution. Liu et al., 2013b: 469 (loc(s) Hebei, distr). Distribution. Xiaocheng et al., 2014: 485 (loc(s) Henan, distr) (in Chinese). Distribution. Li, Y. et al., 2023: 42-43 (short descr, fig hypopygium [apparently original]; loc(s) Zhejiang, list of Chinese provinces [not complete]) (in Chinese). Distribution. Podeniene et al., 2025: 5 (type-loc(s) Beijing, loc(s) Sichuan). Distribution. Provinces Eastpalaearctic part, 2026: (known from Beijing, Gansu, Hebei, Henan, Hubei [Yang, J. and Yang, D., 1992], Shaanxi, Sichuan, Tianjin, Zhejiang). Great Britain Distribution. Li et al., 2020: 159 (loc(s) Tianjin, list of provinces, including Fujian and Guizhou as first for the Oriental region) (in Chinese). South Korea First record. Yi, 2024: 39-40 (loc(s), distr). Distribution. Podeniene et al., 2025: 5 (loc(s)). on flight period (mainly from 2000 onward): China Liu, 2011: month(s): 6-8. Liu et al., 2013b: month(s): 8. Podeniene et al., 2025: month(s): 7-8. South Korea Yi, 2024: month(s): 4, 6-9. Podeniene et al., 2025: month(s): 6-7. on altitude (mainly from 2000 onward): China Podeniene et al., 2025: altitude: 975-2438 m. South Korea Yi, 2024: altitude: 230-596 m. Podeniene et al., 2025: altitude: 197 m.