Details for Ellipteroides (Protogonomyia) thiorhopalus

Name: Ellipteroides (Protogonomyia) thiorhopalus (Alexander, 1962) Publication: J. N.Y. Ent. Soc. 70: 15 (as Gonomyia) Status: Recognized taxon. Classification: Family Limoniidae Subfamily Chioneinae Variant spelling(s): thiorhopala Spelling comment: Spelling of name adjusted here (considered an adjective, referring to the sulphur yellow knob of the halteres). hypopygium wing Distribution: India (Sikkim). Region(s): Oriental Figure references: Wing: Alexander, 1968i Hypopygium: Alexander, 1968i Citations on characters and taxonomy (mainly from 2000 onward): Country not relevant Phylogeny. Kania-Klosok et al., 2025: 6-8 (phylogeny Ellipteroides: examined taxon). on distribution (mainly from 2000 onward): India Distribution. Banerjee et al., 2018: 742 (region(s) of distribution specified in relation to the faunal diversity of Indian Himalaya).