Details for Tipula (Vestiplex) bicornigera

Name: Tipula (Vestiplex) bicornigera Alexander, 1938 Publication: Philipp. J. Sci. 66: 102 (as Tipula) Status: Recognized taxon, Synonym(s): takahashiana Alexander, 1938. Classification: Family Tipulidae Subfamily Tipulinae Revision: Starkevich and Young, 2023. Descriptive note: Synonymy and type-material: Starkevich and Young, 2023. Keys: Starkevich et al., 2019a (males Vestiplex bicornigera group); Starkevich and Young, 2023 (Vestiplex Taiwan) habitus male habitus female body part(s) head and thorax body part(s) head and thorax body part(s) thorax plus 5 more images of hypopygium, hypopygium, hypopygium, hypopygium and ovipositor. Distribution: China (Taiwan), Taiwan. Region(s): Oriental Map: Starkevich and Young, 2023 Figure references: Habitus: Starkevich and Young, 2023 (male, female) Wing: Alexander, 1938d (as takahashiana) Hypopygium: Alexander, 1938d (orig descr); Starkevich and Young, 2023 Ovipositor: Starkevich and Young, 2023 Other figures: Starkevich and Young, 2023 (thorax) Citations on characters and taxonomy (mainly from 2000 onward): China (Taiwan), Taiwan Key. Starkevich et al., 2019a: 93, 98 (key, comparison). China (Taiwan), Taiwan Revision. Starkevich and Young, 2023: 19-29 (type-mat, synonymy, descr, key, comparison, bar-coding, phylogeny, figs). on distribution (mainly from 2000 onward): China (Taiwan), Taiwan Distribution. Starkevich and Young, 2023: 24-25, 30 (type-loc(s), type-loc(s) takahashiana, loc(s), distr, map). on flight period (mainly from 2000 onward): China (Taiwan), Taiwan Starkevich and Young, 2023: month(s): 3-6, 8-10. on altitude (mainly from 2000 onward): China (Taiwan), Taiwan Starkevich and Young, 2023: altitude: 1550-2743 m.