Catalogue of the Craneflies of the World: Erioptera (Meterioptera) bengalensis Alexander, 1921

Catalogue of the Craneflies of the World

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

Name:	Erioptera (Meterioptera) bengalensis Alexander, 1921
Publication:	Insecutor Inscit. Menstr. 9: 180 (as Erioptera)
Status:	Recognized taxon, Synonym(s): flava Brunetti, 1912.
Classification:	Family Limoniidae Subfamily Chioneinae
Descriptive note:	As new name for Erioptera flava Brunetti, 1912. Description based on type-material of flava Brunetti in Joseph, 1978b.

Distribution:	Bangladesh, India (W Bengal).
Region(s):	Oriental
General note:	To be confirmed for Taiwan (Edwards, 1921d, as flava Brunetti).

Citations	on characters and taxonomy (mainly from 2000 onward):
	Bangladesh Description. Ahmad and Maruf Akhter, 2009: 208 (descr, after Brunetti, 1912) (as bicolor). Description. Ahmad and Maruf Akhter, 2009: 209 (descr, after Brunetti, 1912) (as flava).
	on distribution (mainly from 2000 onward):
	Bangladesh Distribution. Ahmad and Maruf Akhter, 2009: 208 (distr, citing Alam, 1967) (as bicolor). Distribution. Ahmad and Maruf Akhter, 2009: 209 (distr, citing Alam, 1967) (as flava).