Details for Tipula (Sinotipula) exquisita

Name: Tipula (Sinotipula) exquisita Alexander, 1935 Publication: Philipp. J. Sci. 57: 95 (as Tipula) Status: Recognized taxon. Classification: Family Tipulidae Subfamily Tipulinae Revision: Yang, Q. et al., 2023. Descriptive note: Type-material: Yang, Q. et al., 2023. habitus male habitus male body part(s) head and thorax hypopygium hypopygium plus 3 more images of hypopygium, hypopygium and wing. Distribution: China (Qinghai, Sichuan). Region(s): Eastpalaearctic General note: Described from the Szechwan-Tibet border, Yin-Kuan-Tsai; this refers to Yingguanzhai in present-day Ganzi Prefecture in Sichuan (Qicheng Yang, pers. comm. Nov. 2022, based on research including the diary of the collector, David Crockett Graham, in Walravens, 2006); the various paratype-localities are also in Sichuan. Biology: Hardy et al., 2020 (on high altitude craneflies). Figure references: Habitus: Yang, Q. et al., 2023 (male) Wing: Alexander, 1935f (orig descr); Yang, Q. et al., 2023 Hypopygium: Alexander, 1935f (orig descr); Yang, Q. et al., 2023 Other figures: Yang, Q. et al., 2023 (thorax) Citations on characters and taxonomy (mainly from 2000 onward): China Revision. Yang, Q. et al., 2023: 91-93 (type-mat, descr, key, comparison, figs). on distribution (mainly from 2000 onward): China Distribution. Hardy et al., 2020: 19 (on high altitude craneflies, citing Alexander, 1962g). Distribution. Yang, Q. et al., 2023: 91 (type-loc(s) Sichuan, loc(s) Qinghai, Sichuan). on flight period (mainly from 2000 onward): China Yang, Q. et al., 2023: month(s): 7-8. on altitude (mainly from 2000 onward): China Hardy et al., 2020: altitude: 5182 m. Yang, Q. et al., 2023: altitude: 3658-4267 (4572) m.