Details for Nephrotoma ligulata

Name: Nephrotoma ligulata Alexander, 1925 Publication: Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (9) 15: 402 (as Nephrotoma) Status: Recognized taxon, Synonym(s): pygmaea (Dodonov, 1926). Classification: Family Tipulidae Subfamily Tipulinae Keys: Liu, 2011 (Chinese genera Tipulidae, species groups Nephrotoma, species cornicina group) (in Chinese); Men et al., 2015b (Nephrotoma mainland China); Ren and Yang, 2017 (Nephrotoma Xinjiang); Wang, X. et al., 2025 (Nephrotoma NW China) habitus male body part(s) head and thorax hypopygium hypopygium hypopygium plus 5 more images of hypopygium, hypopygium, ovipositor, ovipositor and wing. Distribution: Russia: WS (Tuva); Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, Afghanistan; Mongolia, China (Xinjiang);; India (north). Note: see the manual for abbreviations: present-day Russia. Region(s): Eastpalaearctic;; Oriental Figure references: Habitus: Wang, X. et al., 2025 (male) Head: Wang, X. et al., 2025 Wing: Wang, X. et al., 2025 Hypopygium: Wang, X. et al., 2025 Ovipositor: Wang, X. et al., 2025 Other figures: Wang, X. et al., 2025 (thorax) Citations on biology (mainly from 2000 onward): Russia Habitat. Saaya, 2008: 71 (found in high mountainous area). Habitat. Saaya, 2010b: 1-17 (on the Tipulidae of Tuva: fauna, ecology and distribution) (in Russian). on characters and taxonomy (mainly from 2000 onward): China Taxonomy. Liu, 2011: 175 (diagnosis, distr) (in Chinese). Key. Ren and Yang, 2017: 552 (key Nephrotoma Xinjiang). Description. Wang, X. et al., 2025: 179-180, 194-198 (descr, key, comparison, figs). on distribution (mainly from 2000 onward): China Distribution. Liu, 2011: 175 (diagnosis, distr) (in Chinese). Distribution. Wang, X. et al., 2025: 194, 197 (loc(s) Xinjiang, distr). Mongolia Distribution. Podenas et al., 2013: 118 (one of the just three species found both north and south of the Gobi desert in the eastern Palaearctic and Oriental regions). Russia First record. Saaya, 2008: 71 (loc(s), new for Russia and Tuva, distr). Distribution. Saaya, 2010b: 1-17 (on the Tipulidae of Tuva: fauna, ecology and distribution) (in Russian). on flight period (mainly from 2000 onward): China Wang, X. et al., 2025: month(s): 7-8. Russia Saaya, 2008: month(s): 8. on altitude (mainly from 2000 onward): China Wang, X. et al., 2025: altitude: 1300-1800 m.